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Quint Studer (quintstuder.com; Pensacola, FL) believes a strong local business presence is the heart and soul of a vibrant community. As founder of Studer Community Institute (SCI), he leveraged this belief to help revitalize Pensacola, Florida, which has seen 25.9 percent growth in property values in the past five years and has won awards for its thriving downtown. His book Building a Vibrant Community: How Citizen-Powered Change is Reshaping America shares this story. A core part of Quints strategy centers on leadership skills training for entrepreneurs and small business leaders. SCI holds training and development workshops and small business roundtables every month. It also hosts EntreCon, a conference held in Pensacola each November, just for entrepreneurs. He is founder of Vibrant Community Partners, which coaches communities in building out a blue print for growth and excellence. It focuses on education, downtown development, economic development, including training for small businesses, and civic engagement. Quint founded outcomes firm Studer Group in 2000.  Over the years it won multiple awards, including the 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. By the time it was sold in 2015, it had 250 employees. He has authored eight books. His first, BusinessWeek bestseller Hardwiring Excellence, is one of the most read leadership books ever written for healthcare, with more than 1 million copies in circulation. Results That Last reached number seven on the Wall Street Journals bestseller list of business books. In The Great Employee Handbook he shares insights from working with thousands of employees during his career. Currently hes writing The Busy Leaders Handbook, filled with tactics to meet common business challenges.  Quint was named in Florida Trends 500 Most Influential Business Leaders list for 2018