Over 90 area dignitaries and NMA members attended this superb acknowledgement of community leadership.  

The Florida Space Coast Council (FSCC) presented the National Management Association (NMA) Management Week in America (MWIA) Awards Banquet on June 4th, 2009 at the Patrick Air Force Base club, The Tides.  The MWIA Awards Banquet is a celebration to recognize the highest standards of management and leadership in Brevard County.

The evening started with a most excellent networking session where we enjoyed our teammates and compadres and met new friends.  At the appointed time the guests were called to their seats and Mike Woolley, the Master of Ceremony (MC) began the formal portion of the event.  After a short introduction, Susan Cart, the FSCC President led the assemblage in the Pledge of Allegiance and delivered an inspired prayer.  The masses were invited to begin their meal and enjoy the company of their table companions.  After a delicious meal the MC began the formal presentations.

Many government entities State, County, Cities and Towns agree that management and leadership should be celebrated.  We acquired several resolutions and proclamations from them.  The FSCC Awards Committee Chairwoman, Shirley Jenkins read the Proclamation by the Florida State Governor and the Brevard County Commission Resolution, then she enumerated the resolutions from 10 cities, and town in Central Florida.

The FSCC also recognized the member chapters who participated in council programs and took actions to promote stronger, more successful chapters.  The program is based on a point system which rewards chapters for providing their members the opportunity to develop into good leaders.  The Boeing Space Coast Leadership Association (BSCLA), the Lockheed Martin Leadership Association (LMLA), and the United Space Alliance Leadership Association (USALA) earned the 2008-2009 FSCC Outstanding Chapter Award.

Each year the FSCC honors an individual whose leadership style and business insight have done much to impact their organization and/or community by presenting the Brevard County Manager of the Year.  A diverse selection committee consisting of several area leaders deliberated over the many nominations submitted from organizations throughout the county.  Please join me in congratulating the 2009 Brevard County Manager of the Year Award recipient, Kimberly Meehan Agee, Senior Director, Competitive Advancement, of the Space Coast Economic Development Commission.