News and Events

On October 1, the Engineering Leadership Institute (ELI) hosted Pegeen Hanrahan as the Fall 2025 Linda Parker Hudson Leader-in-Residence (LIR). Pegeen Hanrahan is a registered Professional Engineer and Principal of Community and Conservation Solutions, LLC. A native and lifelong resident, she served Gainesville, Florida as its Mayor from 2004-2010, and as a City Commissioner from ...

On February 11-12, the Engineering Leadership Institute (ELI) hosted Mr. Anthony Hucker as the Spring 2025 Linda Parker Hudson Leader-in-Residence (LIR). Mr. Hucker is an experienced CEO and highly regarded retail leader in the food industry and serves as the President and CEO of Southeastern Grocers (SEG), one of the largest conventional supermarket chains in ...

Daniel Kleinman, Founder & CEO at Seaworthy Collective, an alumnus of Engineering Innovation Institute and Leadership Institute at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, is the 2022 winner of the Prince’s Prize for Innovative Philanthropy from the Foundation Prince Albert II de Monaco and Tocqueville Foundation. Daniel is the youngest and the first winner under 30 years old of ...

Alumnus Gene Fraser Endows Teaching Professorships in the Engineering Leadership Institute

On February 27-28, 2020, Gouthami Gadamsetty (BS ISE, spring 2021) and Gantt Meredith (BS BME, spring 2021) competed fiercely and professionally with 30 other teams from top colleges around the nation. The competition, held at the Lockheed Martin Center for Leadership Excellence in Bethesda, Maryland, involved tense, timed rounds of presentations about an engineering ethics ...

UF Engineering Innovation and Leadership Institutes are jointly offering a set of “teaching modules” in select innovation and leadership topics.

UF ISE Alumni David Thomas returns to campus as the Linda Parker Hudson Engineering Leader in Residence for Fall 2018.

The University of Florida celebrates its largest cohort of engineering leadership certificate recipients.

Dr. Spiguel has joined the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering faculty as Professor of Practice in the Engineering Leadership Institute

University of Florida civil engineering alumnus gives $1.5M to expand the growth of college leadership programs

Natalie Nelson is a doctoral student studying agricultural & biological engineering and an alumna of the Engineering Leadership Institute.

The final talk “Agile Leadership” is scheduled on Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 4:45 pm at New Engineering Building, Room 102

Conversations focused on ethics and civil discourse.

Casey Martin was selected to attend the 4th Annual McDonald Cadet Leadership Conference.

Linda Parker Hudson widens “winners circle” for leadership scholarship nominees

$1M endowed professorship to honor George Kirkland