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 Orlando Business & Professional Women Association.
• Member of the Citizen's Commission for Children Board
• Member of the 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 Advisory Board, American Cancer Society, 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 Florida Biofuels Association, Inc. - 2008
• Member of Lynx Governing Board (PDF - 237 KB), effective October 1, 2006
• Member of the Orange County Value Adjustment Board
• Vice Chair of Metroplan Orlando's Transportation Disadvantaged Local Coordinating Board
• Member of the Downtown Development Board CRA
• Co-Founder and President of Hispanic-American Professional Business Women Association in Orlando, FL - 1997
• Liaison between the Orange County Board of Education and the Community for the hiring of minority teachers in public schools - 1997
• Planned and organized Naval Training Center Multi-Cultural Heritage Festivities to foster a better understanding and relationship among people of different cultures in the US Navy and in Central Florida - 1998
• Conducted Volunteer work for the Supervisory Election Board - 1999
  Established a Hispanic Scholarship Fund for Women - 2000
• Nuisance and Abatement Board, appointed by Mr. Richard Crotty Orange County Chairman - 2002
• Campaign Treasurer for Anthony Suarez for Florida Senate - 2002
• Campaign Treasurer for John Quinones for Florida House of Representatives, District 49 - 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

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