Occupation

• Retired IBM executive

Education

• BA Business Education, University of Puerto Rico

Continuous Education

• 2006 Executive Education Program, JFK School of Government, Harvard University

Affiliations 

• Member of the Threshold Center for Autism Board
• Member of the Orlando Business & Professional Women Association
• Former Member of Citizen's Commission for Children Board
• Former Member of Commission on Aging Board
• Member of the National Association for Female Executives.
• Co-Founder and past president of the Hispanic Professional & Business Women Association
• Member of the American Cancer Society Advisory Board, Orlando, FL
• Volunteer for Harbor House for battered women, Orlando, FL
• Member of the Hispanic Development Center for Cancer, Orlando, FL
• Volunteer for Beta Center (Social Services)

Community Relations

• Member of Clear Channel Orlando Local Advisory Board
• Member of Florida Biofuels Association, Inc. - 2008
• Member of the MetroPlan Orlando Board
• Member of the National Rifle Association  
• Member of the Orlando Health Women's Advisory Council
• Chair of Metroplan Orlando's Transportation Disadvantaged Local Coordinating Board
• Former Member of the Downtown Development Board CRA
• Former Member of Lynx Governing Board (PDF) (2006 - 2008)
• Liaison between the Orange County Board of Education and the Community for the hiring of minority teachers in public schools - 1997
• Established a Hispanic Scholarship Fund for Women - 2000
• Nuisance and Abatement Board, appointed by Mr. Richard Crotty Orange County Chairman - 2002
• Elected as a Commissioner to the Soil and Water Conservation Board, District 2 - 2002

Personal

• Born in San Juan, P.R.
• Moved to Orange County in 1993
• 5 Children, all of them with a professional education
• 3 Grandchildren

• Member of Good Shepherd Catholic Church

   

Contact Information

Email: Commissioner Fernandez
Telephone: (407) 836-5309
Fax: (407) 836-7387

Postal Address:
Mildred Fernandez
201 S. Rosalind Ave., 5th Floor
Orlando, FL  32801