Habitat Florida 2025 Affiliate Conference: Full Schedule

We are excited to welcome you to our 2025 Habitat Florida Affiliate Conference! This year’s theme is Building Tomorrow, Together. As a network, we are embracing change, overcoming challenges, and finding innovative ways to serve our communities. Across Florida, the affordable housing crisis has required our affiliates to continually adapt. Yet, in the face of these challenges, the spirit of Habitat remains strong. Affiliates across the state are scaling up, building more, and serving more families than ever before. Together, we are forging a future where safe, affordable housing is within reach for all.

We have lined up an incredible slate of speakers and sponsors to share their wealth of knowledge with our affiliate network! Thank you for your participation! If you are looking to book your rooms for the conference, you can do so here. The hotel will discount the taxes with a copy of your tax-exempt certificate. This conference, from April 28-30, 2025 at The Shores Resort and Spa is exclusively for Florida affiliate employees and volunteers.

9:15am EDT

Facing the Housing Crisis: Launching the Cornerstone Housing Initiative for Systems Change

Tuesday April 29, 2025 9:15am - 10:15am EDT

Bill France C

This presentation will introduce the Cornerstone Housing Initiative as a comprehensive approach to addressing Central Florida’s housing crisis. By engaging with this session, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the systemic issues driving the housing crisis and learn how community engagement and systems thinking are being leveraged to pioneer changes in the housing system considered fundamentally broken.

Speaker: Dale Brill, Chief Policy Officer, Habitat Orlando & Osceola

Speakers

Dale Brill

Tuesday April 29, 2025 9:15am - 10:15am EDT
Bill France C 1st Floor

Advocacy

10:30am EDT

Habitat Florida & Statewide Advocacy

Tuesday April 29, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am EDT

Bill France B

We are at the beginning of a very busy advocacy year! Join us to learn more about our statewide policy priorities for 2025 and beyond and how YOU can get involved. This session will be presented by Jessica Meyer, Habitat Florida Director of Engagement, and a representative from our lobbying team, Robert Stuart, Angela Drzewiecki, or Carlecia Collins.

Speakers

Jessica Meyer

Director of Engagement, Habitat for Humanity of Florida, Inc

Jessica is the Communications Manager for Habitat Florida. Prior to working in the nonprofit industry, Jessica worked in healthcare communications and taught Civics.

Tuesday April 29, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Bill France B 1st Floor

Advocacy

3:30pm EDT

Local Advocacy: Success Stories and Best Practices

Tuesday April 29, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT

Dolphin Room

Moderated by Jessica Meyer, this panel will take a deeper dive into local advocacy with three affiliate experts. This is a perfect session for those looking to go further with their advocacy efforts.

Speakers: Danielle Stroud, President & CEO, Habitat Lake-Sumter, Trevor Loomis, President & CEO, Habitat Indian River, Sam Young, President & CEO, Habitat Pensacola

Speakers

Advocacy

Habitat Florida 2025 Affiliate Conference

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