Dr. Robert E. Lee has a distinguished career in local government, serving as a city administrator in three Florida cities--Lauderhill, Gulfport and Naples--since 1984. Lee has been an active leader in the Florida City and County Management Association, serving as a board member and president, and has served on many of the Association's professional committees.

Lee will bring his expert knowledge of Florida local government to FSU students through teaching and mentoring, and will help develop the capacity of the new Center for Florida Local Government Excellence to serve the needs of Florida local-government professionals and the residents of Florida.

Recent Publications and Papers

Published articles in the Chamber Leadership Forum entitled: “Intellectual Leadership” and “Leaders Learning from Leaders” (2007).

Co-Authored 12 On-line Case studies involving the International City and County Management Association's code of ethics. The cases are currently being converted into an on-line ethics course to train emerging professionals in the city and county management profession (2006).

Published an article in the Perspective Section of the Naples Daily News regarding professional city and county management and ethics (2006).

Co-authored the 60 th Anniversary Public Awareness Campaign material for the Florida City and County Management Association (2006).

Dissertation entitled: “The Relationship Between the Biodata of City and County Managers and Their Perceptions of Their Own Transformational Leadership Qualities of Idealized Influence, Inspirational Motivation, Intellectual Stimulation, and Individual Consideration” (2000)

Published an article in Management Science and Policy Analysis News (1989) entitled: “Local Government Productivity Measurement: A Summary of Discussions at ASPA'S 50 th Anniversary Conference”.

Recent Awards/Achievements

Recipient of an “Outstanding Service Award” from the Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce (2007)

Recipient of the annual “If You Care You Do” award from the Florida City and County Management Association (2003 and 2000)

Inducted into the Florida City and County Management Association's “Hall of Fame” for support of Manager's in Transition (2002)

Recipient of the “Picot B. Floyd Public Service Award” from the Suncoast Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration (2001)

Recipient of the City Hall Communications' award for developing the “Best Administrative Report in the Nation for Cities with Populations under 50,000” (1997)

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