The Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau’s BHI is welcoming new board members to enhance scholarship opportunities, promote workforce development, and assist emerging hospitality professionals.  

The BPRW’s BHI seeks out new committee members to expand scholarships, promote workforce development, and train future hospitality professionals. The Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau ( GMCVB ) has expanded its BHI board of directors to now include 22 Miami-Dade County leaders in the fields of education, business, civics, and non-profits ( full list below ). The BHI’s goal is to promote financial participation and to make opportunities available to students from the customer industry in Greater Miami. The tourism and hospitality industry contributes to Miami-Dade County’s economy by contributing more than$ 20 billion annually, underscoring the importance of creating skilled workers to fill pressing industry needs. The new board of directors may assist in creating a proper plan to give students the best chances to achieve and profit from Miami-Dade’s leading user industry, according to GMCVB President &amp CEO David Whitaker.” Our future depends on developing a lively, determined tourism and hospitality workforce. The expanded BHI board of directors may promote initiatives like expanding scholarships, launching workplace coaching programs, and collaborating with local businesses to make Greater Miami’s hospitality sector’s hospitality sector more equal opportunities. There are few points more satisfying than inspiring people to take on new challenges and witnessing how they learn, grow, and broaden their frontiers, according to Desmond Alufohai, the head of the BHI board of directors. BHI’s annual H. O. T. Challenge Golf Tournament will be held on May 9 in Aventura in order to raise money to support labor job education.” This industry connects but many people in this community, and our success as an organization may be measured by how we continue to find new ways to reach those who might not be aware of the industry’s substantial career opportunities and teach them on professional development options they can do,” BHI said. The H. O. T. Challenge, which is held at the JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort and Spa, gathers business managers for world-class sports and marketing. The annual tournament has a 32-year track record of funding students in Miami-Dade County with bursaries and the raising more than$ 3.5 million. Visit HotChallenge .com to register your foursome or find out how you can help with the BHI mission. Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau ( GMCVB): David Whitaker, president and CEO.
Chief Financial Officer Joseph Yarzabal
Connie Kinnard, Senior Vice President, Development and Multicultural Tourism
U. Desmond Alufohai, Chairman of the Board, Miami-Dade County and Miami Beach ( Protocol &amp, International Affairs Division, Miami-Dade Aviation Department )
Retha Boone-Fye, vice-chair and programme producer, Black Affairs Advisory Board
CareerSource South Florida’s CEO, Rick Beasley
Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy Trust Executive Director, Bill Diggs
Debra Owens, Director, Government and International Affairs, PortMiami
Heather Shaw, City of Miami Beach Economic Development Department, is the time chairman.
Education and Employment Development: Julie Kennedy, director of the Academy of Hospitality and Tourism’s NAF Career Academy
Miami Dade College’s Career Specialist, David Countin
Florida International University’s Assistant Director, Career Development, Katheryn Martin
Dr. Samer Hassen, Program Director for the St. Thomas University Culinary Arts &amp, Hospitality Management Program, is Dr. Samer Hassen.
Executive Director, Educate Tomorrow, Allison Auston
Commercial and Nonprofit Sector: Ed Ponder, co-founder of Rednop MG LLC.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami CEO and President, Gale Nelson
Nashara Frazier, Director, Expedia Group
One Community Alliance Network, LLC & Foundation CEO, Karen Hunter-Jackson
Yvette Harris, President & CEO, Harris Public Relations, is in charge of society and advocacy.
Carole Ann Taylor, BHI Chair Emeritus
William Anderson– Consultant, Research and Evaluation
Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce President and CEO G. Eric Knowles
Dr. Graylyn Swilley-Woods serves as workers contact and serves as the BHI’s executive producer. About the BHIBHI was founded in 1991 to advance the commerce industry’s job and education options. BHI has supported equal monetary participation and scholarships for students pursuing careers in Miami-Dade’s hospitality industry for more than three decades. BHI focuses on three system components: advocacy, skill development, and job training, with the help of the GMCVB and industry partners. Visit www.gov.gov to learn more about the BHI Initiative and its impact, or to find out about partnership opportunities. gmcvb/bhi .html at miamiandbeaches.com. The Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau ( GMCVB ) is an accredited, independent not-for-profit sales and marketing agency whose goal is to draw people to Greater Miami and Miami Beach for business, leisure, meetings, and conventions. Visit www. for more information. MiamiandMiamiBeach.com/About-GMCVB or call ( 305 ) 539-3000. Follow us on our corporate communications and external affairs social media accounts, Instagram and X.com ( Twitter.com )/ @GreaterMiamiCVB and Linked In.com/GreaterMiamiConvention& Visitors Bureau, to stay connected with the GMCVB. ###