Liz Joyner is the Founder and CEO of the Village Square. Named by retired U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe as one of eight organizations to support if you're concerned about the deepening partisan divide, the Village Square was also the recipient of the 2015 Statewide Impact Award from Leadership Florida - recognizing an organization that has created a body of work that can impact Florida as a whole. Liz has a Masters Degree in Social Work, conceptualizing the Village Square after her experience working in politics convinced her that the way we work out our disagreements in today's public square is fundamentally flawed. She was nominated by Leadership Tallahassee as Leader of the Year in 2010, was recently profiled in USA Today's "I am an American" series and was a finalist for the inaugural Bridge Alliance Leader of the Year award in 2017.