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Co-Founder/CEO

The Healthy Earth Organization

As CEO and co-founder of The Healthy Earth Organization, Falon Tabares provides nature-based experiences and resources to young people throughout Southwest Florida to create a stronger connection to their community and environment. The nonprofit partners with early learning centers to provide enrichment programs, conduct beach/reef/mangrove cleanups, create or revamp community gardens, tag horseshoe crabs, plant vegetation along the coastline and more. While the preservation of our natural resources is the goal of The Healthy Earth Organization, Tabares also understands the value of being resourceful.

“I was a management consultant and decided to turn my love of helping young people be better stewards of the planet into a full-time job,” she says. “The most important thing I’ve learned in my career is that being resourceful is one of the greater skills to have or develop, and to always be proactive instead of reactive in business. And I attribute my growth to my desire to keep learning and embracing challenges in business.”

In the community, Tabares serves as a board member for SWFL Inc., the Below 40 Group by the Above Board Chamber of Florida and Bonita Springs YMCA’s Golf Tournament Committee, which benefits its early learning scholarship program.