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Meet Samantha
From executive positions to entrepreneurship, Samantha is well-rounded. A certified Leadership Mentor and Coach for youth and adults, a long-standing juvenile advocate, and consultant to nonprofits and small businesses nationally.
- • Organizational Excellence
- • Building Collaborative Relationships
- • Operations Management
- • Forward Thinking
- • Youth advocacy
- • Technical Expertise
- • Conflict Resolution
- • Nonprofit Board Development
- • Business Strategies
- • Governor appointee to Florida Department of
Juvenile Justice Prevention State Advisory Group - • Top 20 Professionals Under 40 in Tallahassee -
Authentic Community Engagement Award - 2020 - • Tallahassee African American History
Calendar Award - 2019
- CEO, Connecting Everyone with Second Chances (July 2021-present)
- Lead Consultant, CEO, impact Core Group, Nationwide (2019-present)
- Executive Director, Ladies Learning to Lead “L3”, Tallahassee, FL (2010 – present) Part time
- Executive Operations/IT Manager, Florida Health Care Association, Tallahassee, FL (2010-2016)
- CEO, SACS Group Consultant, SACS Group, LLC, Nationwide (2008-2010)
- Operations Supervisor, California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA (2007-2008)
- Financial Project Manager, Alliant International University, San Francisco, CA (2004-2007)
- Additional 5 years of experience in IT with the Environmental Protection Agency, and City of Las Vegas.
- • B.S. in Political Science, minor in Public Administration, Florida State University, 2011
- • A.A. in Business Management, Tallahassee Community College, 2009
- • 12 college credits in computer science courses, 2001
- • Certificate, Nonprofit Executive Program, Florida State University Jim Moran Institute, 2017
- • Youth Leadership Mentoring Coach Certification, Youth Coaching Institute, 2021
- • Google Certifications:
-Ads Certification
-Cloud Certification
-Analytics Certification
-Marketing Platform Certification
-Campaign Manager Certification
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- Samantha VanceClients
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