Heartland Young Professionals

Heartland Young Professionals is both a personal and professional development group that allows young professionals to interact. The organization provides members an arena for self promotion and professional growth while having a positive impact on the community. At the same time, one can meet and socialize with others who all have the same goal orientation and drive to succeed.

I believe you can always learn from someone else either by work or learned experiences. I also believe you should share your knowledge with others to help them achieve whatever goals they may have. When you have that kind of mindset, you should always try to place yourself around people with similar goals. This enriches and motivates you and others. Heartland Young Professionals is an avenue for those interactions.

Our social events are for letting loose and relaxing. We all have been working long, hard work weeks and need to have some fun. Our motto is: Play Hard, Live Smart, Move Up.

Our organization encourages diversities. In fact, we need it to exist. So whether you are a banker, mechanic, lawyer, realtor, carpenter or store manager, we would love to meet you. What do you think so far? If this sounds good to you or if you have ideas on how we can become even better, consider this your personal invitation to come join us at one of our monthly luncheons or mixers and see what we are all about.

Hope to see you there,

Kimberly Nazian
President/Chairperson

Hip in Highlands County? Today’s young professional eats, sleeps, and breathes their chosen careers, leaving little time to get out and meet new people or cultivate new business contacts. Even if you make time to get out, do you know where to go? Do you have anyone to go with?

Contrary to popular belief, there are young, hip professionals living and working throughout the Heartland. There are few organized opportunities that cater to this generation’s professional and social needs.

Until now.

In 2003, the Sebring Chamber of Commerce designed a committee to meet the social and professional needs of young people throughout the Heartland. YP’s mission is pretty straightforward: To promote and advance the interest of the young professionals within the community through social and professional development. Then, in 2010 Heartland Young Professionals Incorporated.

The vision for YP's is to build a strong professional and social circle that both natives and transplants can instantly engage in, in order to meet their professional and social needs.