P.E.C. Vision Statement:

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™.

P.E.C. Mission:

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.

Our Governing Board

Officers

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

Members

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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