Dr. Silviana Falcon, Florida Southern College

Dr. Silviana Falcon has called Lakeland home throughout her adult life, building a career that spans healthcare leadership, higher education, business, and community engagement.

Dr. Falcon serves as Associate Provost of the Honors College and Strategic Business Partnerships at Florida Southern College, where she is also a tenured professor of business and holds the Tanner Endowed Chair in Ethics in Business and Economics. Her work focuses on creating distinctive educational opportunities for students while strengthening connections between higher education, business, and the broader community through experiential learning, workforce partnerships, internships, and executive education.

Before entering academia, Dr. Falcon spent more than 12 years in healthcare administration at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, where she oversaw a 96-bed tertiary hospital and outpatient clinic, more than 250 employees, and a $50 million operating budget. She is also an entrepreneur and State Certified Building Contractor with experience in real estate investment and residential and commercial construction.

Her scholarly interests include innovative pedagogy and human resiliency. She is an author and co-author of books focused on higher education and business education, and her work has appeared in publications including Harvard Business Review.

Dr. Falcon holds degrees from Florida Southern College, the University of South Florida, Webster University, and Central Michigan University. Deeply invested in Lakeland and its future, she brings to the Lakeland Vision Board a perspective shaped by decades of leadership across education, healthcare, business, and community life.