Allison Hill is the chief executive officer for LifeView Group, the parent company of Global Connections to Employment. Her office is in the LifeView Group corporate headquarters in downtown Pensacola. Allison previously worked for the regional public accounting firm Saltmarsh, Cleveland and Gund. In 1999, she joined Lakeview Center and became chief financial officer in 2003. She was promoted to chief operating officer in 2014 and became chief executive officer in 2016. Today, she leads LifeView Group, the nonprofit family of companies that includes Lakeview Center and Global Connections to Employment (GCE). During her tenure, she has helped guide the organization’s growth and evolution, including the creation of LifeView Group as an independent nonprofit organization supporting multiple mission-driven enterprises.
Allison graduated from the University of West Florida (UWF) magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting in 1992. She also received a Master of Accountancy degree from UWF and was licensed as a certified public accountant. Allison serves in the UWF Executive Mentoring Program and on the UWF President’s Council, UWF College of Health Advisory Council and UWF College of Business Advisory Council. In 2022, she was inducted into the UWF College of Business Hall of Fame.
She is a Lifetime Member of Leadership Florida, graduating from Cornerstone Class 36, and is a recipient of the 2022 Pinnacle Award from 850 Business Magazine. Allison is past president of the Downtown Pensacola Rotary Club and serves on local and statewide boards of directors, including the YMCA of Northwest Florida and the Florida Network of Youth and Family Services. In 2023, Allison was honored with the Ethics in Business Award by the University of West Florida College of Business and Combined Rotary Clubs of Pensacola. The award recognizes a business professional who exemplifies “service above self.”
Allison grew up in Gulf Breeze, Florida. She and her husband, Brian, have a son, Spencer, and a daughter, Madison.