Community Service

Community Involvement

  • Participated in Mayor’s Economic Summit for Miami-Dade County.
  • Placed 37,000 persons in non-subsidized employment through the Job Assistance Center, with the assistance of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce (“GMCC”), Miami-Dade College North Campus, Miami-Dade County School Board, Job Service of South Florida, Private Industry Council, Jobs for Miami and the Young Women Christian Association.
  • Conducted six (6) matchmaker seminars, in conjunction with the GMCC and MDCC, responsible for over $10 million in procurement contracts for over 200 African-American enterprises.
  • Technical Assistance Provider at business law ddwklaw.com to Latin Chamber of Commerce Loan Fund
  • Technical Assistance Provider SBA/Miami-Dade Enterprise Community Center
  • Host of Glade View Homeowners Association
  • Helped found Little Haiti-Edison Federal Credit Union
  • Adopted Brownsville Middle School
  • Panelist for the City of Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones & CRA “Wake Up Miami Housing & Economic Development Expo 2008”
  • Exhibitor at the Florida Regional Minority Business Council 2008 Business Expo
  • Panelist for 2008 Small Business Info. Forum hosted by MDC Commissioner Moss