Meet Seth Gordon – Gordon|Diaz-Balart

Here’s someone you need to meet. Seth Gordon, Managing Partner @ Gordon|Diaz-Balart.

Seth Gordon brings over thirty years of intensive local market experience in community relations, economic development, and corporate relations to Gordon|Diaz-Balart, widely known as the “Miami Relations Firm” for their ability to help clients succeed in the complex and rapidly changing Miami market.

In addition, Seth is an active aggregator of like-minded people. He established the TUESDAY NETWORK, a pioneering networking organization for Florida’s and Latin America’s emerging entrepreneurial technology sectors in the late 1990’s. More recently, Seth has been active with MiamiLink.org, a locally-focused analogue of Linkedin.com. Seth is also an active political adviser and expert fund raiser for wide range of candidates (including his former business partner U.S. Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart).

Prior to his partnership with Tia Diaz-Balart, Seth was partner with Jami Reyes in Gordon Reyes & Co., a Miami-based marketing, public affairs and communications consulting firm established in 1989.

Gordon previously was associated with the statewide public affairs consulting firm, Chiles Communications. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President Public Affairs for Citicorp Florida where he was responsible for public relations, community involvement and governmental affairs and marketing support activities on behalf of Citicorp’s ten Florida-based businesses.

For five years prior to Citibank/Citicorp, Gordon was Vice President for Public Affairs of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. He remains active with the Chamber, currently serving as head of the Entertainment & Media Group and member of the Board of Directors.

Gordon earlier served as Tallahassee lobbyist for Metropolitan Dade County and in several capacities in Florida State government including Executive Assistant to the Attorney General, Executive Assistant to the Senate President Pro Temp, and Legislative Analyst for the Senate Committees on Governmental Operations and Health & Rehabilitative Services.

Gordon is and has been involved in a wide array of civic organizations including:

ARTS:

City of Miami Arts & Entertainment Council, founding chairman

New World School of the Arts, founding chairman

Performing Arts Center Foundation, founding member

Florida Philharmonic, board of directors

Miami Arts Exchange, founder/chairman

The Rhythm Foundation, board

Performing Arts Network (PAN), board

ENTERTAINMENT

Miami Film Festival, chairman

Florida Entertainment Commission, chairman

Entertainment Group, One Community/One Goal, co-chairman

BUSINESS & CIVIC

Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors

South Florida Coordinating Council, President

Beacon Council (Greater Miami’s economic development agency), board member

Dade Public Education Fund, president

Gordon received his AA degree from Miami-Dade Community College in 1971, attended Boston University, Florida State University and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Florida International University in 1974.

http://www.gd-b.com

[via UrbanLandInstitute, Linkedin]