To make Eatonville an internationally-recognized tourism destination of the arts and culture from throughout the African Diaspora, with special emphasis on the multidiscipline as represented in the life and work of Zora Neale Hurston™.
The mission of the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, Inc. is to promote Eatonville, Florida’s considerable heritage, historical, and cultural resources as a means for the community’s revitalization and economic development; and via programming which promotes pride of heritage, educational excellence and the cultural arts that the community will be preserved and protected for posterity.
Winfred Chad McKendrick, President
Primerica Regional Vice President
Member since 2009
Tadayuki (Tad) Hara, Ph.D., Vice President
UCF Rosen College of Hospitality Management
Member since 2009
Joshua Smith-Benson, PharmD. Treasurer
Walgreen’s Pharmacy
Member since 2015
Rasheeda Garricks, MBA, Secretary
R.G. Smith & Associates
Member since 2019
Marie-José François, M.D. Immediate Past President
Center for Multicultural Wellness and Prevention, Inc.
Member since 2009
John W. Beacham
Red Bud Landscaping & Irrigation, Inc.
Member since 2019
Ava K. Doppelt, Esq.
Allen, Dyer, Doppelt + Gilchrist, PA
Member since 1992
Harietta Finley White
U.S. Postal Service
Member since 2015
Johnny Rivers
JR Grill & Market
Member since 2009
Reginald Lewis
ClaDom Enterprises, LLC
Member since 2019
Reginald B. McGill
City of Orlando – Office of the Mayor
Member since 2000
Jenneil Ross
DaJen Eats
Cafe & Creamery
Member since 2019
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