External Affairs
External Affairs is the division of FSW that is responsible for the college's primary communications, marketing, community and government affairs initiatives.
Goals/Objectives
External Affairs is closely aligned with FSW's Mission, which in part is to "serve as a leader for intellectual, economic and cultural awareness in the community."
Contact
Name & Title | Phone | |
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Adrian Kerr, Executive Director, External Affairs and Continuing Education |
The Team
The External Affairs team consists of established professionals in the areas of community and governmental relations, communications, marketing, and workforce and corporate training.
Adrian Kerr

Since 2010 Adrian Kerr has been the Executive Director of Workforce Continuing Education and Corporate Training at FSW State College. In that role he is responsible for the strategic long-term vision, planning and operation of the college's Workforce Continuing Education and Corporate Training Department which provides a host of workforce educational training services to businesses in the region. Since 2022 he has also been responsible for External Affairs.
He acts as the FSW Fiscal Agent for SW Florida and has been successful in assisting local businesses obtain over $19M in Quick Response Training (QRT) grants to train new hires as their businesses expand. This funding has helped to train over 7,000 new hires. In addition, he assists businesses with Incumbent Worker Training (IWT) grants for training existing employees.
He has developed over 50, one-day or half-day training classes which are highly customized to the needs of the business.
Partnerships
- Collier County Economic Development - Opportunity Naples / Greater Naples Chamber
- Lee County Economic Development Office - Horizon Council
- Southwest Florida Regional Economic Development Alliance
- Cape Coral Economic Development
- Charlotte County Economic Development
- Hendry County Economic Development
- Glades County Economic Development
- Small Business Development Center of SW Florida (SBDC)
- Career Source of SW Florida / Workforce Board Reg. 24
- Enterprise Florida - Incentives
Workforce Now Research Initiative
- Workforce Now: Southwest Florida Workforce Overview Study 2022 (PDF)
- Workforce Now: Southwest Florida Workforce Overview Study 2019 (PDF)
- Workforce Now 2019 Presentation (PDF)
- Workforce Now: Southwest Florida Workforce Overview Study 2018 (PDF)
- Workforce Now Research Paper 1 (PDF)
- Workforce Now Research Paper 2 (PDF)
- Workforce Now Research Paper 3 (PDF)
- Workforce Now Research Paper 4 (PDF)
- Workforce Now Research Paper 5 (PDF)
- Workforce Now Research Paper 6 (PDF)
- Workforce Now Research Paper 7 (PDF)
- Workforce Now Research Paper 8 (PDF)
- Workforce Now Research Paper 9 (PDF)
In the News
- FSW Secures $524,000 Employee Training Grant for Cheney Brothers
- FSW Secures Significant Training Grant for Arthrex
- FSW Improving Lives, Pumping Millions into Region's Economy
- FSW and Local Non-Profits Partner to Help Entrepreneurs "LEARN”
- The Anatomy of the Deal - Hertz Global Headquarters Relocation to SW Florida
- FSW Leads State In Florida Flex Grants