PRESIDENTS BIO                                         

Proclamation (click to read)

    Frank Nieves                                               
President-CEO of The Puerto Rican/Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Broward County 
President-CEO of Puerto Rican Fiestas Patronales, Inc.

Born in NY, NY from Puerto Rican parents and Raised in Puerto Rico in a musical family became a Musician Percussionist at the age of 12 having the honor of playing with Salsa Singers and bands such as: Cheo Feliciano, Santos Colon, Ismael Miranda, Daniel Santos, Roberto Anglero, Claudio Ferrer and many others. As a musician, he had the opportunity to travel to the US mainland and the Caribbean learning the custom and culture of the Hispanics as he traveled. Due to his experience in the entertainment business by 1978 Frank was given the task of organizing special events at the Holiday Inn, in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico . With a 500 seating capacity ballroom he then had to work with private and public events to keep it operating year round.

Frank held the position of Telecommunications Engineer by 1980 working for main telecommunication corporations such as: President of TelDar Telecommunications Solutions Inc., VP Operations ACONI Telecom, Puerto Rico, VP Operation for MR Communication, Puerto Rico, VP of Sales for Siemens. This exposure to the corporate world gave Frank a vast experience in management as well as participating in business expos throughout the Caribbean, Central and South America . Frank was able to open markets for Enhance Communications Group, in charge of the International market in Colombia , Venezuela , Salvador , Panama and others. This gave him the need to get to know the Latin communities, their culture and consumers habits in these countries.  

In addition to the above, some positions, award and committees that Frank has devoted time are: Consultant and Expert for the Puerto Rican Telephone Company, Executive Director for Enhance Communications Group International for Central and the South American Market, VP of The Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Inc.  

Award winner of Entrepreneur of the year 1997 and 1999 by the PR Chamber of Commerce of So. Fl, Business of the year 1997 by: Imagen Latino Americana Hispanic News Paper. Served in Boards for Family Care Council, ASPIRA, Family Network on Disability, Broward Community College Hispanic Advisory Board, World Trade Center Advisory Board, Broward County , Small Business Advisory Board, MWBE Broward School District Advisory Board