Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer
City of Orlando
Mayor
Orlando, FL
Having served Orlando’s residents as Mayor since 2003, Buddy Dyer has worked tirelessly to advance the community’s shared vision for Orlando as America’s 21st Century City. Through strategic investments, Orlando is one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation and under Mayor Dyer’s leadership is becoming America’s new home for inclusiveness, innovation, transportation, opportunity and quality of life. The dean of Florida’s “big-city” mayors, he is also the leading civic voice in Central Florida, a dynamic region and one of the world’s premier tourism destinations. Mayor Dyer helped the community unite and heal following the June 2016 Pulse nightclub tragedy that took the lives of 49 people and injured more than 50, vowing that Orlando would not be defined by one hateful act, but instead by responding with love and compassion. The unity was on display in the hours after the tragedy when residents waited for hours to donate blood, and later at vigils and memorials and as millions of dollars were raised to support victims’ families and survivors through the OneOrlando Fund.
