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.

3:00pm EDT

Critical Home Repair

Monday April 28, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT

River Room

Does your Critical Repair Program need a boost? Learn how to launch or relaunch your program, how to engage volunteers to work in this space, as well as potential barriers, funding sources, and measures of success.

Speakers: Mark Billings, Executive Director of Southeast Volusia Habitat and Jack Travis, Board Member, Southeast Volusia Habitat

Speakers

Mark Billings

Executive Director, Southeast Volusia Habitat for Humanity

Mark Billings is a retired Naval Officer who has served as the Executive Director for the Southeast Volusia affiliate for approaching three years. He is a graduate of Rockledge High School in Brevard County, Florida. He holds an undergraduate degree from New Hampshire College, a graduate... Read More →

Monday April 28, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
River Room 11th Floor

Construction & Repairs

4:15pm EDT

Habitat and the Home Builders Association: A Complementary Partnership

Monday April 28, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT

Bill France B

What does Habitat have in common with the Home Builders Association? There is much more beyond working in the same environment of all home builders; how about an affordable housing legislative agenda that mirrors Habitat’s? Learn more from a 30-year Habitat leader who first worked in the for profit development and homebuilding sector, and representatives from the Florida Home Builders Association. You will be engaged in an exploration of the benefits of an active collaboration with the Home Builders Association in your community.

Speakers

Bob Calhoun

Monday April 28, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
Bill France B 1st Floor

Construction & Repairs

9:15am EDT

Construction Innovation: 3D Building

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

Coastal Room

With so many building methods on the market, it can be hard to know what will work best for your affiliate. Hear about the best practices of two affiliates who took on unique construction methods and succeeded!

Speakers:

Anna Terry, CEO, Space Coast Habitat - Habitat Lower Keys - Modular

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Anna Terry

Executive Director, Space Coast Habitat for Humanity, Inc.

Anna has been with Space Coast Habitat in Brevard County since 2019 after “retiring” from a 40-year career in the fashion apparel industry. She's an out of the box thinker and likes to leave things better and stronger than she found them.She is very proud to be leading Space... Read More →

Tuesday April 29, 2025 9:15am - 10:15am EDT
Coastal Room 11th Floor

Construction & Repairs

10:30am EDT

Construction Training & Workforce Partnerships

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

Coastal Room

Learn about Habitat Tampa Bay Gulfside's innovative construction training center and partnerships with other local organizations to help build the area's construction workforce.

Speaker: Todd St. John-Fulton, SHRM-CP, Chief People & Culture Officer, Habitat for Humanity Tampa Bay Gulfside

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Todd St. John-Fulton

Chief People & Culture Officer, Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas and West Pasco

Todd St. John-Fulton is the Chief People & Culture Officer for Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas & West Pasco Counties. He has worked at Habitat for over three years and has been in the Human Resources field for approximately 15 years. He studied at the University of South Florida... Read More →

Tuesday April 29, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Coastal Room 11th Floor

Construction & Repairs

2:15pm EDT

Elevate Your Construction Schedule – No Scaffolding Required

Tuesday April 29, 2025 2:15pm - 3:15pm EDT

Bill France B

The story of how Greater Volusia changed their approach and increased their historic build rate.
The good, the bad and the ugly of our journey to increase our construction capacity and serve more families. We will share lessons learned, hurdles faced and how we gained alignment, built enthusiasm and created momentum in the community. No matter the size of your affiliate if you want to accelerate your build rate, please join us for a fun story followed by open discussion.

Speaker: Jeff Beck - Vice President, Supply Chain- TopBuild and Immediate Past President and Construction Committee Chair - HFH of Greater Volusia County

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Jeffrey P. Beck

Tuesday April 29, 2025 2:15pm - 3:15pm EDT
Bill France B 1st Floor

Construction & Repairs

3:30pm EDT

Neighborhood Revitalization & Veteran's Build

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

Surf Room

Learn about these two important programs including best practices for each.

Speaker: Nitza Rivera, VP Veterans Build & Neighborhood Revitalization, Habitat Hillsborough

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