Berneice Cox is President and CEO of the United Way of the Big Bend and is host and producer of the NBC television show “Our Issues Tallahassee”. Prior to becoming the CEO of UWBB, she spent over 20 years advocating before the Florida Governor and Cabinet, House and Senate and provided strategy for clients at the national level working with the United States Florida Senate and Congressional Delegation.
She was a First-Generation College student and attended Tusculum University and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree. Berneice taught as an Adjunct Professor at Florida State University.
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