Matthew Bennett

About Matthew Bennett

My career spans over two decades with extensive experience providing strategic direction and managing operations, projects, and programs within non-for-profit trade associations, global financial services, technology, education, and consulting industries. Serving as a strategic advisor and counsel to leaders, I thrive in cultivating and maintaining cross-departmental relationships to facilitate satisfactory business outcomes. Proven achievement in overseeing global events, prioritizing business strategies, implementing policies, and providing department leaders with recommendations to improve teamwork and performance. Highly skilled in managing operational initiatives and guiding clients, stakeholders, partners, members, teams, and management while ensuring clarity around priorities and goals for the entire business.

Experience

1. Vice President of Education

   Florida Bankers Association

   Nov 2022 — Present · Tallahassee, FL, US

   One of Florida\'s oldest trade associations, the Florida Bankers Association (FBA) was established in to advocate on behalf of Florida banks and promote the banking industry in the state. Since the beginning, the FBA has served as the voice of Florida’s banking industry and it has grown to be one of the most powerful state banking associations in the country, advocating on behalf of members in Tallahassee, Washington D.C. and in state, regional and national media outlets.

Education

• Florida International University

  Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)