Nathan Whitaker is a motivational speaker, the co-author of eight New York Times bestsellers, and a Super Bowl champion. He has spoken to corporations, sports teams, and trade associations across the country and world, including the Miami Dolphins, Duke Business School’s Leadership Symposium, the International School of Bangkok, and has delivered numerous commencement addresses. A two-sport athlete in baseball and football at Duke University, he played for Steve Spurrier on Duke’s most recent ACC Championship football team and graduated cum laude with a degree in English and Political Science in 1991. He also holds graduate degrees from Harvard Law School and the University of Florida. He practiced law before working in the front offices of the Jacksonville Jaguars and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where he worked in football administration, salary cap management and contract negotiations, winning Super Bowl XXXVII with the Buccaneers. In 2007 he released Quiet Strength, co-authored with Tony Dungy, which reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. He has also collaborated with Tim Tebow and James Brown, among others. Nathan currently lives in Gainesville, Florida with his wife, Amy, their dog, RickyBobby, and two cats, Fezzik and Scout. They have two daughters, Hannah, a graduate student at the University of North Carolina and Ellie, a sophomore at the University of Florida.
Main Speaker Wallace Harris
Where Do We Go Now?? Embracing A New Leadership Paradigm for Facilities Management
In today's rapidly changing facility-built environment, facility professionals have to respond to ever-changing stakeholder needs, labor shortages, and budget restraints while fighting stereotypical attitudes and perceptions of whether facilities operations is a value-added proposition. This presentation provides a roadmap on how facility professionals can use this time of unprecedented change as an opportunity to not only answer the value-added proposition question but to become the dynamic facility organization for the future.
Wallace Harris has over 30 years of professional work experience including seven years of service in the United States Army as an enlisted man and commissioned officer. After serving our country, Wallace has worked exclusively in the fields of facility, construction, and project management for both private industry and five public/private institutions of higher learning. Currently, he is the Director of Physical Facilities Operations at the University of North Florida. Wallace holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Albany State University, a Master of Public Administration, and a Doctor of Education from the University of North Florida. Wallace is an active member of his community and is an adjunct professor at the University of North Florida.