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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™.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1630965155483{margin-bottom: 30px !important;border-left-width: 6px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;border-left-color: #f9a319 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]

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.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1544320212694{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-bottom-color: #dedede !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1544320168412{margin-bottom: 60px !important;}”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]

Our Governing Board

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Officers

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Winfred Chad McKendrick, President

Primerica Regional Vice President

Member since 2009

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Tadayuki (Tad) Hara, Ph.D., Vice President

UCF Rosen College of Hospitality Management

Member since 2009

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Joshua Smith-Benson, PharmD. Treasurer

Walgreen’s Pharmacy

Member since 2015

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Rasheeda Garricks, MBA, Secretary

R.G. Smith & Associates

Member since 2019

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Marie-José François, M.D. Immediate Past President

Center for Multicultural Wellness and Prevention, Inc.

Member since 2009

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Members

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John W. Beacham

Red Bud Landscaping & Irrigation, Inc.

Member since 2019

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Ava K. Doppelt, Esq.

Allen, Dyer, Doppelt + Gilchrist, PA

Member since 1992

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Harietta Finley White

U.S. Postal Service

Member since 2015

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Thomas S. Kornegay

TeKontrol, Inc.

Member since 2009

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Reginald Lewis

ClaDom Enterprises, LLC

Member since 2019

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Reginald B. McGill

City of Orlando – Office of the Mayor

Member since 2000

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Jenneil Ross

DaJen Eats
Cafe & Creamery

Member since 2019

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