Excitement is upon us as we share that our Marketing Coordinator, Brianna Rogers, has been named one of Access Tallahassee’s Future 5. This phenomenal award celebrates five young leaders who are not merely showing upbut are actively excelling and architecting a new era of prosperity in Tallahassee. We extend our praise to Brianna for blazing such an impressive trail.
With immense pride and a continuation of the celebratory cheer,we tip our hats to our Accounting Associate, Christina Cesard, for graduating from Florida State University, where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Accounting. Cesard achieved the esteemed Magna Cum Laude distinction, and she is poised to start her next chapter with grit and resolve. Our warmest congratulations go to her on this outstanding triumph.
Grova Creative Sweeps the 2026 ADDY Awards
Carrying the jubilant momentum forward, we are stoked to highlight the remarkable achievements of our partner, Grova Creative, following their dominant performance at this year’s American Advertising Awards. In a sweeping victory for AAF-North Central Florida, the team secured 7 ADDY Awards, including two gold and five silver honors, for its exceptional branding, promotional, and campaign work with esteemed clients like the Tallahassee Soccer Club, TLH Reckoning, and Young Actors Theatre.
Competing against top-tier creative projects from across Florida and the Caribbean, where only 12% of entries receive recognition at these levels, Grova cemented itself as a leading visionary in the design landscape. We congratulate the entire team on this exceptional victory.
THRIVE Network Farmer Training Graduation
A Job Well Done
We are honored to applaud the graduates of the third cohort of the THRIVE Network Farmer Training Program, an elite group of apprentices who have successfully navigated the transformative 12-week intensive. This esteemed milestone represents more than just the completion of a curriculum; it marks the emergence of a new frontline of urban agriculturalists dedicated to food sovereignty.
As Program Manager, Trydent Consulting sends a thunderous storm of applause to the THRIVE graduates. Congratulations!
As THRIVE moves forward with its final cycle of programming this year, we invite you to apply to the Food Advocacy training program beginning on June 17th.
CEO Christina Lynch to Speak at the National HBCU Entrepreneurship Summit
Lynch Will Take the Stage as a Featured Elevating Entrepreneurs Speaker, Contributing Her Expertise to the Advancement of Startups
On behalf of the distinguished Howard University & PNC National Center for Entrepreneurship, our CEO, Christina Lynch, has been invited to speak at the fourth annual National HBCU Entrepreneurship Empowerment Summit in Washington, D.C.
This year, the summit will convene under a transformative theme and will feature a series of panels aimed at leveraging artificial intelligence as a catalyst for entrepreneurial wealth and HBCU innovation.The conference stands as a premier convergence of thought leaders and scholars, with a robust volume set to attend, including visionary researchers, investors, entrepreneurs, HBCU institutions, and global business leaders.
