Expertise: start-up, non profits, capacity building, strategic plans, business plans, marketing, marketing plans, creative economy, construction, green business, tutoring, day cards, restaurants, food service

Andrea M. JohnBaptiste has served as a development consultant to businesses, nonprofits, and communities, since 2006. Internal and external consultancies in which she has engaged, have spanned the US, Jamaica, Turks and Caicos, Bahamas, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Belize. JohnBaptiste holds a master’s in organizational management and a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Phoenix and Ithaca College in New York. A lifetime learner and educator, she serves as adjunct faculty at two universities in South Florida, where she teaches business, sociology and general Education.

She has been nominated for several honors and awards and was awarded the 2019 Rising Star Award by the Broward County Women’s Hall of Fame. In 2014 she was also a nominee for the National Women’s History Project: Women of Courage, Women of Character as a Trailblazer and Pioneer, recognized for entrepreneurship, leadership and fundraising. JohnBaptiste is committed to promoting the awareness of the cultural diversity of the Caribbean and its impact and influences globally. She volunteers on several boards of directors of organizations working to elevate and increase the recognition of the socio-cultural impact of the region.