Miami-Dade Youth Fair ranks among top Fairs in the world
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MIAMI – Dec. 05, 2017 – The Miami
-Dade County Youth Fair & Exposition continues to earn acclaim from its peers by winning 12 awards at the 127th Annual International Association of Fairs and Exposition (IAFE) Conven- tion, including first-place in the Social Media/ Mobile Campaign category. “Our organization is proud to be rec-
ognized for excellence and to stand out as a premier fair among the 1,100 fairs across North America, Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Our dedicated team is very deserving of this acknowledgement,” said Robert Hohenstein, president and CEO. The Miami-Dade County Youth Fair &
Exposition took home the first-place Hall of Honor Communication Award for the Social Media/Mobile Campaign category. The award entries were evaluated
and judged by a team of industry lead- ers and presented Nov. 29 at the an- nual IAFE convention in Las Vegas. The Hall of Honor Communications contest alone received 771 entries, showcasing a vast array of promotion- al tactics used at fairs across the world. The remaining 11 awards are as fol-
lows: Second Place –
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Third Place – Competitive agricultural programs: Snapshot/overview of
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Nelson C. Bellido becomes
Chairman of Miami-Dade County Youth Fair & Exposition
MIAMI – Nov. 8, 2017 – Miami-
Dade County Fair & Exposition Inc. announced that Nelson C. Bellido, a local attorney, has assumed the role of chairman of its board of directors. Bellido, who is partner in charge of
the Miami office of Roig Lawyers, a statewide law firm, has served on The Youth Fair’s board of directors for 10 years. Yet, his history with The Youth Fair extends back to his child- hood when he first became involved with The Youth Fair. “I owe much to The Youth Fair, es-
pecially for its support through the Scholarship Program when I attended Duke University and the University of Florida Law School. The Youth Fair was there for me, and I feel very strongly that it is my duty to give back especially to an outstanding insti- tution that is one of the pillars of
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our South Florida community,” Bellido said. The Youth Fair & Exposition awards
more than $530,000 annually in col- lege scholarships, cash premiums and awards to local public, private, charter and home school students. To date, The Youth Fair has awarded well above $11 million to Miami-Dade stu- dents to help them achieve higher ed- ucation. Bellido, who was first appointed in
2007 to the board of directors, also has served as the chairman of the Mi- ami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust, where he is carrying out a second four-year term. He received his law degree from the
University of Florida College of Law and his bachelor’s degree from Duke University, majoring in political science and history with emphasis on Latin American history. Bellido focuses his practice on complex commercial litiga- tion, insurance law, banking and fi- nance law, and products liability. He is a former assistant state attorney with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Of- fice, a former adjunct business law professor at Florida Memorial Universi- ty, vising lecturer at Duke University and adult education teacher with the Miami-Dade Public Schools. Bellido is also a former director of the Cuban American Bar Association.
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