Ileana Bravo-Gordon Application packageCITY OF MIAMI BEACH
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Bravo-GordonIleana
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5411 Alton RoadMiami Beach
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ileana@lifequote.com
305798839030553611443055399732
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ILEANA BRAVO PRODUCTIONS, INC
Position:
95 Merrick Way, Suite 400
Coral GablesFL33134
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VII of the City Code Standards of Conduct for City Officers,
I Ileana Bravo-Gordon agreed to the following terms on 12/20/201
Received in the City Clerk's Office by:
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Ileana Bravo
A familiar face to television viewers for the last 25 years,lleana Bravo is a respected, award-winning journalist and
media professional.
Known for her journalistic style of in-depth reporting mixed with compassion,she has covered significant news stories
locally, nationally,and globally.
From the Mariel boatlift, the Contra-revolutionary war in Central America, the race riots of the 1980's Cuba's
Communism, nature documentaries in Peru's Amazon rainforests and Brazil's fossil-rich desert region,plane
crashes,natural disasters,Haitian revolutions,to covering health and medical breakthroughs.
She highlights her distinguished television news career with vast contributions as a Health
News Specialist/Anchor-Reporter,a role she fulfilled on NBC affiliates nationwide.
She has earned four Emmy awards for excellence in writing and reporting. She shares in the prestigious
Dupont-Columbia award and the George Foster Peabody Award for team coverage of Hurricane Andrew as
Health News Anchor, WTVJ/NBC,Miami, 199.
,Media/Broadcasting Professional History
After"retiring"from news television work in 2001,Ms.Bravo established lleana Bravo Productions,a consulting
company specializing on-camera&voiceover work, media, marketing&communications training workshops.
Among many On-camera media campaigns,she represented Baptist Health Systems"Areyou Heart Smart?"TV
special/phone bank on NBC6,February 2012.
Hosting a system wide video on behalf of the Baptist Patient and Family Center to educate admitted patients and
families, October 2011.
Co-wrote and co-produced an hour-long "Heart Special"for the hospital,February 2010.
December 2008-2009,Spokesperson, co-producer of"Powerful Medicine".a television informational campaign
on behalf of Broward Health System. The campaign increased awareness and highlights the
comprehensive cancer center at the BHS four hospitals.
May 2007,Media Trainer for MasterCard Worldwide,South American Regional Executives. Trained MC's top 50
executives in multiple sessions,as part of a comprehensive communication program.
2002-2003 Spokesperson for Fresh Del Monte Olympic television campaign on NBC Television.
2002,Spokesperson for"Whole Foods Markets"for NBC Television and Spanish-language Telemundo network;co-
sponsors: "Oleomed"(Pharmed Group), "Bell&Evans"
On-Camera talent/narrator,Human Resources training video for Mount Sinai Medical Center,Miami Beach,
1999
Producer/Writer/Narrator, 'Jubilee 2000.a video launching the Archdiocese of Miami's weekend-long jubilee
celebration April 2000
Writer/Narrator,Marketing video for Jackson Memorial Foundation to help raise funds for"The Holtz Center for
Child and Maternal Care"
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Media Training workshops for University of Miami School of Medicine/Jackson Health Systems,
1999-2000
Media training workshop for Baptist Health Systems,2000
Media training workshop for Miami Children's Hospital,2002
She is also an Internet marketer managing content,public relations and corporate communications for one of
the nation's first online insurance shopping services—LifeQuote.com.
Her television broadcast history started upon college graduation where she began working as the weekend anchor and
reporter for WCIX-TV,Miami.She quickly transitioned to News Anchor/Reporter to WPLG-ABC,Post Newsweek
Stations,Miami.Her last stop as a television correspondent was as Health Anchor,News Reporter for WTVJ-NBC,
Miami,FL,where she was nationally syndicated on NBC stations.
Civic/Charitable Work:
Chair/Member,Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council(CAC)2006-2011,a commission-appointed volunteer board that
awards grants to,arts organizations offering cultural arts programs and performances to the city of MB.
Board Member/Trustee,American Red Cross,Greater Miami&the Keys chapter,2004-present
Board Member,Miami Museum of Science&Planetarium,2003-2006
Board Member 1997-2001,Jackson Memorial Foundation,with the purpose of raising funds for University of
Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital,a leading,public teaching institution for indigent care.
Chairman of the board of the Miami-Dade American Heart Association, 1999-2002,leading Florida's largestAHA
volunteer board to raise research dollars to fight and reduce death and disability from Cardiovascular Disease
Director of the American Heart Association Florida/Puerto Rico Board, 1998-2001
Committee Member of the national American Heart Association,advising Board of Directors on policy-making in
the prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, 1998-present
United Way,advisory cabinet member for 2000 Capital Campaign,South Florida
Founding member of the "Girl's Advocacy Project"(GAP)Advisory Board, an organization to assist and rehabilitate girls
in the juvenile Justice system in Miami-Dade
Member of the Advisory board of"Women of Tomorrow". a group that mentors high-risk teenaged girls in South
Florida
Advisor for"Women in Community Service"(WICS)—a service organization of high schoolgirls who tutor
underprivileged immigrant children in Miami,giving education and spiritual guidance to the needyyoungsters
of this Arch diocesan program
Volunteer at"Providence Place",a transitional residential facility for homeless women and their children in Broward
County, FL. A spiritual place that arms women with skills and offers them shelter to support them and get them
through a difficult time.
Volunteer for"Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic';Miami chapter, recording audio books to help in the education
and participation in society of school children and adults with these conditions
2002-Present,Inducted as a Dame of the American Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta,an
ancient order of chivalry dedicated to defending the catholic faith and committed to the care
of the sick and the poor.
On-camera talent, narrator,fundraising video for the Archbishop's Charities&Development
Drive(ABCD), 1997-2002
Chairman,Archbishop's Charities and Development Drive,Archdiocese of Miami,2001
Volunteer, donor for fundraising video production of"Vision 2000 Capital Campaign"
exceeding the goals of the Archdiocese of Miami,raised$115-million
Vice-Chairman of the Archbishop's Charities and Development Drive,Archdiocese of Miami
1998-99
Member of the Archbishop's Development Council—a group of lay and religious community leaders advising
church leaders, 1999-present
Personal:
Born in Havana, Cuba. Exiled to the U-S as a young child in the 1960s Freedom Flights.
Education:
She is a proud"Hurricane"obtaining her Bachelor ofArts degree from the University of Miami in Broadcast-
Journalism and Psychology.She was named"Alumnus of the Year"in 1990 for UM's College of Arts and Sciences.
Personal Motto:
"Why settle for mediocrity when excellence can be achieved."
Contact.
Ileana Bravo
Reana Bravo Productions,Inc.
95 Merrick Way,Suite 400
Coral Gables,FL 33134
Tel:305-530-9665
Fax:305-539-9732
Cell:305-798-8390
Email:ilea naPlifequote.corn