Ibis Valdés
Director of Civil Affairs - Volunteer Board Position at Women's Chamber of Commerce of Miami-Dade County- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate
USF Corporate Training and Professional EducationMay, 2021- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Women's Chamber of Commerce of Miami-Dade County
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United States
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Civil Affairs - Volunteer Board Position
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Jan 2023 - Present
- Recruiting new members - Voting (on by-laws, budgets, new member requests, and other important board decisions) - Creating and sustaining relationships in the public and nonprofit sectors to increase presence and impact of the Women's Chamber of Commerce - Tracking local legislation that impacts women entrepreneurs - Partnering with local represented officials to reach women entrepreneurs county-wide and promote local government grants and programs that assist women entrepreneurs - Recruiting new members - Voting (on by-laws, budgets, new member requests, and other important board decisions) - Creating and sustaining relationships in the public and nonprofit sectors to increase presence and impact of the Women's Chamber of Commerce - Tracking local legislation that impacts women entrepreneurs - Partnering with local represented officials to reach women entrepreneurs county-wide and promote local government grants and programs that assist women entrepreneurs
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Ibis Valdes Consulting, LLC
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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Business Consultant
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May 2020 - Present
- Helping clients to design company policies that to improve organizational structure and profitability on a foundation of inclusive practices. - Training hiring managers and HR staff on how to select, manage, evaluate and retain employees. - Management coaching and corporate training. - Helping clients to design company policies that to improve organizational structure and profitability on a foundation of inclusive practices. - Training hiring managers and HR staff on how to select, manage, evaluate and retain employees. - Management coaching and corporate training.
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FORUM Miami
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United States
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Executive Offices
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Community Director
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Jan 2020 - May 2021
- Managing leasing process from tours to onboarding new members - Curating community programming for co-working members through content marketing, identifying partners for panels and seminars - Fulfilling business support services for members through coaching or identifying partners to render consulting services - Fulfilling member services through mail handling, greeting visitors and members at the front desk, managing supplies - Managing leasing process from tours to onboarding new members - Curating community programming for co-working members through content marketing, identifying partners for panels and seminars - Fulfilling business support services for members through coaching or identifying partners to render consulting services - Fulfilling member services through mail handling, greeting visitors and members at the front desk, managing supplies
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CareerSource South Florida
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United States
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Government Administration
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100 - 200 Employee
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Refugee Employment & Training Program Supervisor
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Dec 2018 - Nov 2019
Responsible for the SFWIB/CSSF Refugee Employment and Training Program (RETP) special populations programs. Duties include the programmatic compliance, developing reporting methodologies, monitoring regional and local performance, training, and development of career paths specifically tailored to Refugees. The program includes subcomponents: Employment, and Summer Youth Employment. Supervise professional, para professional and clerical staff responsible for eligibility determination; the input and maintenance of various information databases; reviewing of invoices submitted by service providers, and insuring entered data matches documents submitted for billing. Provide guidance to two (2) field staff and six (6) subcontractors regarding eligibility questions, documentations and issues regarding referrals from DCF; resolve errors or areas of discrepancy between subcontractors and SFWIB staff and/or DCF referrals; answers complex questions and provides clarification on rules, regulations and policies.
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Engage Miami
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Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area
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Organizer
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Jun 2017 - Nov 2018
-Helping to register and engage 2500 young voters -Making relationships with community groups and universities in Miami-Dade County to identify issues in communities that affect young voters & increase youth civic engagement -Selected to give civic engagement class presentations at universities in Miami-Dade to highlight importance of voting and local elections -Responsible for training interns to assist in operations -Helping to register and engage 2500 young voters -Making relationships with community groups and universities in Miami-Dade County to identify issues in communities that affect young voters & increase youth civic engagement -Selected to give civic engagement class presentations at universities in Miami-Dade to highlight importance of voting and local elections -Responsible for training interns to assist in operations
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U.S. Department of State
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United States
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International Affairs
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700 & Above Employee
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Virtual Internship
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Sep 2016 - Apr 2017
- Selected to conduct research for Cuba Economic Baseline Study to evaluate progress as Cuba moves forward - Currently analyzing impact on gender; collecting and synthesizing information from primary and secondary resources to create report on impact of economic liberalization on gender and family structures in Cuba - Selected to conduct research for Cuba Economic Baseline Study to evaluate progress as Cuba moves forward - Currently analyzing impact on gender; collecting and synthesizing information from primary and secondary resources to create report on impact of economic liberalization on gender and family structures in Cuba
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Municipio de Quito
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Utilities
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1 - 100 Employee
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Public Policy Researcher
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May 2016 - Aug 2016
- Assisting preparations for UN Habitat III Conference for October 2016; handling social media to promote conference locally, and providing narration services for Habitat III promotional videos, highlighting cultural landmarks and sustainable development goals of Quito - Researching and analyzing points of collaboration between Quito and international sister cities in order to strengthen international relations and reinforce sustainability goals - Offering assistance as needed for administrative tasks - Attending weekly seminar at Universidad San Francisco de Quito to reinforce internship with discussions re: Latin American economics and politics -Participating in local forum(s) as panelist analyzing social, political, and economic themes between United States and Latin America
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Education
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2016 - 2017
University for Peace (UPEACE) - UN Mandated
Master's in International Law and Human Rights, International Relations and Affairs -
2010 - 2015
Northeastern University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science and Government -
2006 - 2010
Gulliver Preparatory School
High School Diploma, International Baccalaureate
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