Established in 1988 by distinguished Floridians who envisioned the need for an independent entity to find impartial solutions to controversial and challenging public policy issues, the Collins Center for Public Policy is known as a “Think Tank with muddy boots.” With offices in Miami, Tallahassee and Tampa Bay, our mission is to find smart solutions to important issues facing the people of Florida and the nation. We are independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit and passionately committed to lasting results. The Collins Center bears the namesake of former Florida Governor LeRoy Collins whose legacy of uncompromising integrity in government and business is well known and continues through the "doable deeds" of the Collins Center.