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Leadership Matters

Restaurant CEO's life, work lessons began in the Boy Scouts

Chuck Wolfe’s leadership foundation can be traced back to his days as a Boy Scout.


  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 5:00 a.m. December 7, 2023
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Chuck Wolfe had a successful career in politics before getting into the hospitality industry.
Chuck Wolfe had a successful career in politics before getting into the hospitality industry.
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Chuck Wolfe, celebrating five years at the helm of a noted waterfront restaurant brand this month, has one of the most unique leadership backgrounds of any executive in the region. 

It ranges from rising to the highest ranks of the Boy Scouts of America organization as a young man to running massive political campaigns to helping turn around underperforming business. He’s worked for and with governors and senators. He’s overseen a hurricane relief program and an anti-tobacco and smoking campaign. And as CEO of the Victory Fund, a national Political Action Committee, he was on the front line of supporting LGBTQ candidates in elections nationwide for more than a decade.

And there’s this: Wolfe has been named to OUT Magazine’s list of 50 most Powerful LGBTQ Americans — twice. 

 


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Mark Gordon

Mark Gordon is the managing editor of the Business Observer. He has worked for the Business Observer since 2005. He previously worked for newspapers and magazines in upstate New York, suburban Philadelphia and Jacksonville.

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