News and Updates

Posted On October, 15, 2022

It should not surprise anyone that membership dues and meals have increased in response to high inflation and cost of goods/services.  Our membership dues are now $65 a year. Even at $65 a year, you cannot beat the value of this annual membership, which reminds me, renewal notices will be going out in a few […]

Posted On September, 30, 2022

A big NEBA THANK YOU to Peter Schweizer who had less than 24 hours’ notice to speak to us at last month’s NEBA luncheon. Due to Hurricane Ian and other factors, State Senator Ausley canceled the day before, so we were fortunate to have been able to secure such a high-caliber speaker. On behalf of […]

Posted On August, 19, 2022

NEBA forum featuring the candidates for Leon County Commission, District 5, including Paula DeBoles-Johnson, David O’Keefe, Jay Revell, and Dustin Rivest. A straw poll of NEBA's members was held and Dustin Rivest was chosen as the winner at 80%.

Posted On July, 27, 2022

NEBA continued its series of candidate forums at our luncheon on July 26. The event featured the four candidates running for County Commission Group 2: County Commissioner Nick Maddox, Rudy Ferguson, Nikki Zumbo, and Josh Johnson. At the end of the forum, NEBA members voted in a straw poll with the following results: Rudy Ferguson with 37% Nick Maddox […]

Posted On July, 13, 2022

NEBA continued our candidate forum series featuring candidates for City Commission Seat 3 Commissioner Jeremy Matlow and Dr. David Bellamy. After the forum, we conducted a straw poll of NEBA members in attendance on who they would vote for. David Bellamy won with 75% of the votes. Commissioner Matlow received 25%.

Posted On June, 03, 2022

 NEBA kicked off our candidate forum series with the FIRST Tallahassee mayoral debate of the election cycle. We had over 170 of Tallahassee’s business and media influencers in attendance to hear from our four candidates for mayor: Mayor John Dailey, County Commissioner Kristin Dozier, Mr. Michael Ibrahim, and Mr. Whitfield Leland. We asked important questions like, “Why should small […]

Posted On June, 03, 2022

In May, NEBA kicked off our candidate forum series with the first Tallahassee mayoral debate of the election cycle. We had over 170 of Tallahassee’s business and media influencers in attendance to hear from our four candidates for mayor: Mayor John Dailey, County Commissioner Kristin Dozier, Mr. Michael Ibrahim, and Mr. Whitfield Leland. After the forum, we conducted a […]

Posted On May, 02, 2022

This month NEBA welcomed Dr. Neal Dunn, who represents the 2nd Congressional District of Florida. The district includes all or part of 19 counties in north Florida. Dr. Dunn has been a surgeon in Panama City for over 25 years and in the U.S. Army for over 10 years. Before that, he was the founding president […]