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.
This plenary session will include breakfast, a devotional by Becky Lucas, CEO of Lee & Hendry Habitat, and a panel discussion of the Habitat 2.0 Financial model.
Ed Lee: HFHI, VP US Transformation and Affiliate Engagement Tina Forcier, CEO Hillsborough Habitat
Join us for lunch with a presentation from Keynote Speaker, Daytona Beach Commissioner, Paula Reed!
Commissioner Paula R. Reed is a motivator, trainer, and much more. For over 28 years, Paula has shared her expertise with an enthusiasm that has compelled hundreds to renew their passions and to pursue excellence. Elected to her position in 2012 to represent the Zone 6 constituents of the Greater Daytona Beach Area, Commissioner Reed is no stranger to service. She is the Immediate Past President of the Volusia League of Cities. A native of Daytona Beach, Florida, Paula received her undergraduate degree in Mass Communication from Bethune-Cookman University (BCU), her Master’s Degree in Organizational Communication from the University of Akron, and a Master’s Degree in Transformative Leadership from Bethune-Cookman University. Ms. Reed has served on the United Way Volunteer Board, the Daytona Beach Leadership Board, the Daytona Beach Enterprise Zone Board, and the Daytona Beach Adjustment Board all prior to running for office. Paula is a member of the Daytona Beach Links, Inc., lifetime member of the BCU Alumni Association. She is also a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and current President of the Daytona Beach Alumni Chapter.
