Dionne H. E. Polite is AARP Florida’s Director of State Operations, responsible for the oversight and management of all outreach initiatives, engagement opportunities and education efforts in the state of Florida to its 50+ communities. She relocated to Florida from New York nine years ago from AARP New York where she was the Associate State Director for Multicultural Initiatives.Dionne is known to be a passionate and committed servant leader, and currently serves on the Miami-Dade Board of Elder Affairs, is a member of Leadership Florida, the North Broward County Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, on the board of the American Heart Association South Florida and a member of the International Women’s Forum in Miami.Throughout her career, Dionne has received many honors and recognitions that include Legacy Magazine’s Top Executive of The Year, and ICABA’s South Florida’s Women of Impact. Her most recent accomplishment is being selected as the featured artist for Art Basel at The Broward College South Campus Art Gallery. Her artwork has been on exhibition at Island Space in Davie, Florida for Caribbean American month this year.Dionne is a graduate of CUNY York College in Queens, NY, and successfully completed AARP’s Executive Cohort program at Georgetown University. She is happily married to her husband Darryl, and together they have two adult children, and the most amazing grandson Hosea.

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Erakal Goodman, CBHCMS, MBA, PhD
Agape Health and Wellness Center, Inc.
Chief Executive Officer/President
Living Life on Purpose-"Transforming Lives From the Inside Out"
(386) 283-2010
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www.ahawc.org