(BPRW) Dr. Lisa Davis, PHD Joins the South Beach Wine & Food Festival® as a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Consultant
(Black PR Wire) MIAMI BEACH, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival presented by Capital One (SOBEWFF®) widely known as one in all America’s favourite gourmand gatherings, immediately introduced a partnership with Dr. Lisa Davis, PHD that can deal with range, fairness and inclusion at the Festival. This initiative is a part of the Festival’s dedication to handle the gaps in underrepresentation and inequity throughout the hospitality trade and to advance range and inclusion throughout the board. The partnership comes on the heels of the groundbreaking Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Alliance between Festival host Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits and Festival beneficiary, the Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management at Florida International University (FIU) led by endowed DEI professor, Brian Barker.
A former councilwoman and Vice Mayor of Miami Gardens, Dr. Lisa Davis, brings over 25 years of expertise to this position having beforehand based the Miami Gardens Wine & Food Experience, Sweet Freak Bakers Competition and at the moment serving the neighborhood in a number of management roles. Dr. Davis has obtained a number of prestigious awards and honors from numerous organizations together with the President Barack Obama’s 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award and additionally served as 2nd VP of the Florida Black Caucus of Elected Officials and the VP of the Miami-Dade Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials throughout her political profession. In her position with the Festival, Dr. Davis can be liable for enhancing range, fairness, and inclusion consciousness by means of additional diversifying the expertise pool, buyer base and the Festival’s advertising and marketing and media partnerships.
“As a Festival, it is our goal to serve as a valuable platform that celebrates the diverse restaurant and bar community in South Florida while raising critical funds for the students at FIU’s Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management,” stated Lee Brian Schrager, Festival Founder & Director. “Diversity and inclusivity make each of us better individually, but also collectively, as an organization, and we are committed to action and know that Dr. Davis and her team will help us move the needle forward when it comes to representation.”
“It is an honor to be joining this great Festival,” stated Dr. Lisa Davis. “I’m excited and stay up for working with fellow trade leaders to open the door and create alternatives for everybody and to make sure that we leverage the Festival’s expansive platform to advertise range, fairness and inclusion in the neighborhood.”
To date, SOBEWFF® has raised greater than $31.eight million for the Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management at FIU which graduates extra undergraduate Black, Hispanic and worldwide college students than every other hospitality faculty in the nation.
To coordinate interviews with Dr. Lisa Davis or to be taught extra about the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Alliance at FIU’s Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management, please e-mail Andrea Moreno at [email protected].
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