Joining
the EDC in 2001 as Vice President of International Business
Development, Carmenza
Gonzalez manages and directs the EDC's
International Trade and Export Promotion through coordination
of inbound and outbound missions and the Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) activities in the Metro Orlando region.
FDI activities include implementation of marketing efforts
that result in overseas companies expanding into the Orlando
region.
A
native of Bogotá, Colombia, she has over 20 years
of experience in international business. Prior to joining
the EDC, Ms. Gonzalez was director of international services
for Florida Hospital, an international sales manager
for Mattel Toys, and a government relations officer for
the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee for the
1984 Olympic Games.
She
is a founding member of the Orlando Area Committee of
Foreign Relations; a member of the Orlando Regional Chamber
of Commerce, the Orlando British Chamber of Commerce,
and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Orlando;
and a former member of the National Society of Hispanics
MBA and the Florida
American
College of Healthcare Executives (FCHE). She is also
a current
Administrative Board Member with SunTrust Bank College
Park branch.
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