Chamber Leadership

Program Support Specialist

Cynthia’s leadership journey began in New York, serving as the executive director of the Livingston County Business Education Alliance (BEA), a nonprofit dedicated to providing career awareness programs for the emerging workforce, after years in the education sector with experience in everything from preschool to college faculty. After a successful tenure leading the BEA Cynthia was hired as the first woman president and CEO of the Livingston County Area Chamber of Commerce (LCACC). During her time at the chamber, she led the chamber’s 501c3 affiliate the Livingston County Education Alliance (LCEA) and held the county contract for tourism and the Visitor and Convention Bureau (VCB), along with overseeing the construction of the new chamber offices and visitor center. While in New York Cynthia was appointed to the U.S. Chamber’s Small Business Council in Washington, D.C. and Governor Cuomo’s Regional Economic Council and executive committee. She served as vice-chairwoman for the Chamber Alliance of New York State (CANYS), chaired the local United Way campaign and was named Livingston County Business Person of the Year by the New York State Department of Labor. Cynthia has also worked in international economic development in Europe, China, and Africa. She received the Excellence in Community Development award from the New Juaben, Ghana traditional ruler Dassabre Oti Boateng for her work supporting the creation of the first chamber of commerce and business women leadership group in the region. Throughout her career the end-game was always to relocate to Citrus County after discovering the county over thirty years ago when her parents moved to Crystal River as snowbirds. Landing here in 2016 to work as the Citrus County Public Information Officer (PIO) was the perfect position giving her a crash course in county history, culture, and amenities. Life has come full circle for Cynthia, in semi-retirement she is happy to be back in the chamber world as program support specialist for the Citrus County Chamber of Commerce two days a week. Cynthia has a BA in Human Services from the State University of New York (SUNY) and a certificate in nonprofit organizational management from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Northeast Institute at Villanova University.