MARGARET LYNN DUGGAR

Throughout her professional career, Margaret Lynn Duggar has continued to seek new and better ways to organize community and state resources, serve the needs of our aging population, and create public and private partnerships that will lead to a more productive society. Over 25 years, Margaret Lynn has held numerous top leadership positions in local and state agencies. She has received a number of advisory appointments by Florida Governors, and won distinctive designations and awards from statewide and local organizations.

Margaret Lynn's public service positions have included founding Executive Director of an aging services agency in Tallahassee, founding Executive Director for the Area Agency on Aging for North Florida; and state Director of Aging and Adult Services under Governors Bob Graham and Bob Martinez.

In 1989, recognizing a need to assist private businesses and public agencies better serve the growing aging population, Margaret Lynn established an independent consulting firm which specializes in developing products, services and marketing for older adults. Her firm, Margaret Lynn Duggar & Associates, also provides strategic planning and organizational leadership training to numerous Boards of Directors each year.

Their client list includes: Walt Disney World, Florida Council on Aging, community aging organizations, United Ways, area agencies on aging, medical schools, retirement communities, a real estate developer, banks, and health care and telecommunications companies. They provide board and other leadership training for numerous foundation, not-for-profit and governmental boards.

Margaret Lynn Duggar received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Florida State University. She travels statewide, nationally and internationally to offer presentations on issues of aging and leadership. She has served on the Boards of Directors of Barnett Bank, NationsBank, the Chamber of Commerce, the Advent Christian Village and The Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science. She chaired the Board of the United Way of the Big Bend. She is a past President of the Junior League of Tallahassee and past Chair of the Leadership Tallahassee Board of Governors.