ORANGE COUNTY — Commissioner Carolyn Brown Spooner was presented with the Advanced County Commissioner Level I (ACC I) designation from the Institute for County Government at an award ceremony held at the Florida Association of Counties Annual Conference and Educational Exhibition in Orange County, Florida on June 30.
The ACC I designation signifies the commissioner’s completion of a comprehensive study program designed by the Institute for County Government. The ACC I education program, consisting of three two-day seminars and 27 hours of total coursework, focuses on leadership development with an emphasis on the future of Florida. Commissioners are given the opportunity to participate following their graduation from the Certified County Commissioners program.
“As an optional program, it takes a commissioner who is truly dedicated to serving their community to pursue this designation and it speaks volumes about those who do,” shared the Institute for County Government’s executive director, Eric Poole. “This program brings together commissioners who are committed to facing Florida’s greatest challenges and allows them to collaborate and grow as they learn new strategies, which they may use to better their communities.”
“It was a great pleasure and honor to participate in this educational program to learn more in government and to network with other commissioners around the state to better serve my beloved community of Bradford County and the state of Florida,” Spooner said.
The ACC I education program was launched in 2006 and commissioners must fully commit to the coursework to graduate from the program. Participants are challenged to act, think and lead during times of uncertainty and adversity. Alongside Commissioner Spooner, 17 commissioners earned the designation at the 2022 award ceremony and a total of 285 commissioners have earned the designation since the inception of the program.
The education program is made possible in partnership with the University of Florida/IFAS Extension, who has sponsored this program for the last fifteen years and has offices in all 67 Florida counties.
To learn more about the ACC program and other education programs offered through the Institute for County Government, please visit flicg.org.
