David Rathke

About David Rathke

As a strategic business partner to the executive team, I enable results by linking the…

Experience

1. Executive Director

   Resiliency Florida

   Jan 2022 — Present · Tallahassee, FL, US

   Resiliency Florida is a leading voice in Florida helping in the efforts to plan and adapt for the future impacts of weather and sea level rise. All communities in Florida face weather resiliency challenges, whether coastal or inland, and will benefit from resiliency planning.Resiliency Florida is a non-profit organization made up of public and private partners dedicated to promoting the development of state and regional strategies and action plans to adapt to extreme weather and sea level rise, and to advocating for increased investment by the state and federal government in critical infrastructure and habitat throughout Florida to mitigate impacts and develop adaptation responses.The mission of Resiliency Florida is to act as a conduit for developing local government and private sector partnerships to secure funding and regulatory and legislative support for resiliency and adaptation strategies at the state and federal levels.

Education

• University of Central Florida

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Social Science Teacher Education and Liberal Studies

  1990

Skills

• Strategic Partnerships
• Strategic Communications
• Public Policy
• Organizational Development
• Management
• Team Building
• Budgets
• Community Outreach
• Community Development
• Executive Leadership
• Team Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Business Transformation
• Customer Service
• Research
• Marketing
• Environmental Policy
• Budgeting
• Government
• Policy Analysis
• Crisis Communications
• Corporate Communications
• Environmental Science
• Public Speaking
• Training & Development
• Editing
• Public Relations
• Media Relations
• Reputation Management