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Miramar city employee elected to represent Jamaican diaspora. Here’s what to know

By Reporting by Luisa Yanez. Produced with AI assistance
Janice McIntosh, a Miramar city employee, is running for a seat in the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council.
Janice McIntosh, a Miramar city employee, is running for a seat in the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council.

Janice McIntosh, a senior information manager for the Miramar Police Department, was recently elected as the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council representative for the U.S. South region.

She takes office Wednesday, April 1, and plans to use Miramar as her home base to connect Jamaican communities across Florida and 12 other Southern states.

FULL STORY: 5 questions with Janice McIntosh, Miramar’s new Jamaican diaspora representative

Janice McIntosh, the new Jamaican diaspora leader, is congratulated on her election by Oliver Mair, the Jamaican consul general in Miami.
Janice McIntosh, the new Jamaican diaspora leader, is congratulated on her election by Oliver Mair, the Jamaican consul general in Miami. Photo from Consul General Oliver Mair’s Facebook page

Here are key takeaways:

  • McIntosh’s role covers 13 Southern states, including Florida, Georgia and Texas. She plans to promote collaboration, investment and development opportunities among Jamaican-American communities in the region.
  • Her first moves include holding listening sessions, meeting with stakeholders and building a digital network to connect Jamaican-Americans to resources and each other. She wants representatives established in all 13 states within her first six to 12 months.
  • McIntosh has assembled a core team of attorneys, technology experts, business owners and marketing professionals to help build out the digital framework under her platform, “Stronger Ties, Smarter Future.”
  • A Miramar resident, McIntosh moved from Jamaica to Florida in 2009 with her husband, Peter, and their two daughters. She earned her master’s degree from Florida International University.
  • Before her city job, McIntosh spent 11 years as the chief Florida representative for a Jamaican multinational bank, where she promoted trade and investment opportunities.

The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The full story in the link at top was reported, written and edited entirely by journalists.

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