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• Wednesday, January 21st Luncheon Meeting Featuring Guest Speaker: JEFF BRANDES, Former Senator, Founder & President of Florida Policy Project

  • When
    January 21, 2026
  •  
    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Hammock Dunes Club, 30 Ave Royale, Palm Coast, FL 32137

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  SPEAKER TOPIC

  The Influence of Nonpartisan Policy Organizations: How Research and Collaboration Shape Florida’s Economy, Governance, and Quality of Life.

  ABOUT THE SPEAKER

  • Senator Jeff Brandes is a highly respected and accomplished leader who served in the Florida Legislature from 2010 to 2022. He represented District 24, which covered a majority of Pinellas County, and was known for his innovative and independent policy-making. Throughout his tenure, he consistently advocated for solutions to address Florida's most challenging issues.
  • Brandes is a strong advocate for free market principles and has worked to reduce regulations and taxes to promote business development in Florida. He is a vocal supporter of cutting-edge technologies and has played a vital role in the state's advancing self-driving vehicles, rideshare, and other emerging technologies. For over a decade, he has hosted the Florida Automated Vehicle Summit, which assembles industry leaders from around the country to address transportation technologies, operations, and policy issues. 
  • He is a veteran, having served as an Army officer in the 101st Airborne Division in Iraq. This experience gave him a unique perspective on leadership and public service. He has also been an advocate for prison reform and worked to increase public safety through improvements in the criminal justice system. The former Senator continues to be an expert leader in property insurance reform. 
  • Brandes is a business owner and serves on the boards of several community organizations. Senator Brandes lives in St. Petersburg and is dedicated to making Florida a better place to live, work, and raise a family. Since leaving office, he has founded the Florida Policy Project, a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization that researches best practices and better outcomes in housing affordability, property insurance, criminal justice, and transportation. The Florida Policy Project is working to impact state policy-making on these pillars.

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• THURSDAY, February 19th Luncheon Meeting Featuring Guest Speaker: Dave Sanderson -- National Leadership Speaker, Accomplished Author, & Inspirational Survivor of What is Known as "The Miracle on the Hudson"

  • When
    February 17, 2026
  •  
    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Hammock Dunes Club, 30 Ave Royale, Palm Coast, FL 32137

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  $45 for members and $50 for guests.  

  This event will sell out!  Early registration is strongly encouraged!

  SPEAKER TOPIC

  Leadership When It Counts, Turning Crisis Into Clarity, Courage, and Community Impact.

  ABOUT THE SPEAKER

  • Dave Sanderson is a nationally recognized leadership speaker, accomplished author, and inspirational survivor of what is known as "The Miracle on the Hudson." As the last passenger off US Airways Flight 1549, which had to ditch into the river, he took the lessons he learned from that profound experience in the frigid water and emerged from the wreckage with a mission to encourage others to do the right thing and share coping skills to address any adversity they may face.
  • Dave is now convinced that everyone has their own defining moment, whether it be personal or professional, but that most people do not know how to take that first step to find opportunities
  • out of their own uncertainty. He now travels the globe on a personal mission to share his life lessons, show the importance of not only setting goals but also achieving them, and share his passion for helping others who are longing for connection and community. So many people do not have a mentor or their own "board of directors," so Dave now works with people of all ages to help them decide what their personal "life" brand will look like going forward.
  • Named one of Inc.com's Top 100 Leadership speakers, Dave travels the world to share his inspirational leadership lessons and has raised over $14.8M USD for the American Red Cross over the last ten years through his talks.
  • He lives in Charlotte, NC with Terri, his wife of 37 years and has four children who were very happy their father came home that day.

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• TUESDAY, March 24th Luncheon Meeting Featuring Guest Speaker: David Weis, Regional President & CEO AdventHealth Volusia, Flagler and St. Johns County Markets

  • When
    March 24, 2026
  •  
    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Hammock Dunes Club, 30 Ave Royale, Palm Coast, FL 32137

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  EVENT REGISTRATION  
  

  Advance registration and payment required: 

  $45 for members and $50 for guests.  

  This event will sell out!  Early registration is strongly encouraged!

  SPEAKER TOPIC

  Trends in Healthcare: How Innovation, Access, and Economics are Shaping the Next Decade.

  ABOUT THE SPEAKER

  • David Weis has been with AdventHealth for 7 years and is currently the Regional President and CEO of AdventHealth East Volusia, Flagler and St. Johns Market. Previously, he served as the President and CEO of AdventHealth Daytona Beach, President and CEO AdventHealth DeLand, the COO for AdventHealth Daytona Beach. Prior to his time at AdventHealth he served as the COO at Adventist Health Ukiah Valley in Northern California. Under Weis’ leadership, his facilities have achieved multiple quality and national clinical excellence recognitions and accreditations as well as a number of national substantial campus expansions.
  • Weis has a passion for growing team members in innovative ways and driving high quality clinical results. He has been heavily involved in improving high reliability care to increase patient safety. Weis has also developed several performance excellence departments over the years that focus on facility-wide process improvement and change management. He is a certified GE Master Change Agent, which utilizes a robust framework to manage organizational change most effectively.
  • As a licensed physical therapist, he began his career at Adventist Health Ukiah Valley in northern California. During his nine years with the organization, he became the operations manager of rehabilitation services, was promoted to director of perioperative services, and then became the assistant vice president of operations before being promoted to vice president of operations and COO prior to transitioning to Florida.
  • Weis earned a Bachelor of Science in biology from Southwestern Adventist University in Keene, Texas. He went on to earn his Doctor of Physical Therapy from Loma Linda University in California and a Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Management from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut.

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