September 27, 2024 (Panama City Beach, FL) – The Highland Group is proud to announce that Bill Conder has been selected by Florida’s Great Northwest (FGNW) Foundation to participate in Class III of the Leadership Northwest Florida program. The program is designed to focus on regional collaboration through community, content, and connection.
Class III participants will be immersed in a seven-month educational program and meet other leaders from a variety of backgrounds who represent Northwest Florida’s diverse composition. The program will offer participants a holistic view of the conditions, challenges, and opportunities shared throughout the region, focusing on the areas of Business Vitality, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Infrastructure, Talent, and Quality of Place.
“The FGNW Foundation Board selected individuals most likely to utilize their leadership abilities for the long-term benefit and betterment of Northwest Florida,” said Jennifer Conoley, President and CEO of Florida’s Great Northwest & FGNW Foundation. “Bill was selected for demonstrating the ideal characteristics sought after in program participants.”
“Florida’s Great Northwest mission to cultivate a pipeline of engaged and empowered leaders aligns perfectly with our company’s purpose,” said Scott Shamburger, President and CEO of The Highland Group. “At The Highland Group our purpose is to develop leaders who have an impact on our firm and the communities in which we work and live. Our missions are closely aligned and thus our ongoing desire and support to place candidates in this esteemed leadership program.”
Bill Conder is an integral leader at The Highland Group: leading multiple successful projects, mentoring new employees and playing a crucial role in strategic planning and decision making. As The Highland Group seeks to empower team member to not only be valuable assets to our clients, but also actively engage and contribute to our local community, we are confident this program will drive impactful change and foster stronger connections.
The program kicks off with an opening retreat in November and will run until May 2025.
View the press release of all the class members.
About Leadership Northwest Florida
For Northwest Florida to continue to compete, diversify and thrive, it will take informed, dedicated leaders who understand the complex and competitive environment of economic transformation. Leadership Northwest Florida is designed to be an educational program offered for professionals in all industry sectors desiring to grow their knowledgebase, network, and skillset in the 13-county region of Florida’s Great Northwest footprint. This experience will ultimately result in long-term influence of the leadership graduates for the betterment of Northwest Florida.
About Florida’s Great Northwest Foundation
The Florida’s Great Northwest Foundation was established to improve the business growth and economic competitiveness of Northwest Florida. In addition to the Leadership Northwest Florida program, the Foundation also supports Northwest Florida FORWARD, a regional strategy for economic transformation. The Foundation operates as a support organization of Florida’s Great Northwest, the regional economic development organization for the 13-county region of Florida’s panhandle. The organization’s purpose is to promote Northwest Florida for economic growth and diversification, to advocate for economic development issues that affect the region, and to collaborate to improve regional competitiveness. For more information, visit FloridasGreatNorthwest.com.
About the Highland Group
The Highland Group is a real estate development and commercial construction firm that specializes in real estate development, preconstruction services, general contracting, construction management, and design-build delivery. Their mission is to develop leaders committed to higher standards who have an impact on their firm and the communities in which they work and live by developing trusting relationships and building quality projects. The Highland Group has offices located in the Gulf Coast Region (501 South McKenzie Street, Suite 2, Foley, Alabama, 36535), the Tennessee Valley Region (1300 Meridian Street North, Suite 300, Huntsville, Alabama, 35801), and the Florida Panhandle Region (130 Richard Jackson Blvd., Suite 104A, Panama City Beach, Florida, 32407). They have been proudly serving clients throughout the Southeastern United States since 2005. Learn more at www.TheHighlandGroup.com