Meet the Board!

Our board members bring a wide variety of expertise to the Naranja Lakes CRA and are committed to serving the Naranja Lakes community. All members have been appointed by the Miami-Dade County Board of Commissioners.

Kenneth Forbes serves as the Chair of the Naranja Lakes CRA Board. Forbes has an extensive background in community service, particularly in the South-Dade area, including Naranja Lakes. He has served on boards and committees focused on a range of community improvement including economic, agricultural, transportation, business development and more.

Kenneth Forbes, Chair

Stuart Archer has served as the Vice Chair of the Naranja Lakes CRA since 2011. Archer has lived in the South Florida community for over 60 years and has remained active in community engagement throughout that time. His career began in the military where he served for 30 years in the Air Force. For 50 years, Archer has been active in the Naranja Lakes Condominium Associations, serving on multiple boards and as President during Hurricane Andrew period. He participated in relief efforts like food distribution and management of insurance policies for the Condo Associations, and has since remained well-known in the community for his dedication.

Stuart Archer, Vice Chair

Kenneth Forbes serves as the Chair of the Naranja Lakes CRA Board. Forbes has an extensive background in community service, particularly in the South-Dade area, including Naranja Lakes. He has served on boards and committees focused on a range of community improvement including economic, agricultural, transportation, business development and more.

Kenneth Forbes, Chair

Stuart Archer has served as the Vice Chair of the Naranja Lakes CRA since 2011. Archer has lived in the South Florida community for over 60 years and has remained active in community engagement throughout that time. His career began in the military where he served for 30 years in the Air Force. For 50 years, Archer has been active in the Naranja Lakes Condominium Associations, serving on multiple boards and as President during Hurricane Andrew period. He participated in relief efforts like food distribution and management of insurance policies for the Condo Associations, and has since remained well-known in the community for his dedication.

Stuart Archer, Vice Chair

Alex Ballina was appointed to the Board in 2019. Ballina is the Director of Asset Management for AHS Residential, a real estate company in South Florida which has properties in Princeton and Homestead. Throughout his career, he has been involved with various Miami-Dade County boards and committees, including the Miami-Dade County Affordable Housing Trust Fund Board, and is Chairman of the Workforce Housing Group for the Builders Association of South Florida.

Alex Ballina

Alex Ballina was appointed to the Board in 2019. Ballina is the Director of Asset Management for AHS Residential, a real estate company in South Florida which has properties in Princeton and Homestead. Throughout his career, he has been involved with various Miami-Dade County boards and committees, including the Miami-Dade County Affordable Housing Trust Fund Board, and is Chairman of the Workforce Housing Group for the Builders Association of South Florida.

Alex Ballina

The Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) has been instrumental in the redevelopments efforts of the area. In 2002, the BCC created the Naranja Lakes Community Redevelopment Agency and along with the County Mayor, continues to be a pivotal partner. The boundaries of the CRA are within County Commission Districts 8 and 9, represented by Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins and Commissioner Kionne L. McGhee respectively.

Daniella Levine Cava was elected Miami-Dade County’s first-ever woman Mayor in November 2020. She enters the Mayor’s office following a nearly 40-year career as a relentless advocate for South Florida families in public service and elected leadership. As Miami-Dade County’s Mayor, she oversees a metropolitan government with more than 28,000 employees serving nearly 3 million residents, managing an annual budget of approximately $9 billion. A social worker, lawyer, and community activist, she was first elected in 2014, and re-elected in August 2018, to serve as the Miami-Dade County Commissioner representing District 8.

Daniella Levine Cava

Mayor

Danielle Cohen Higgins is a mother, attorney and small business owner proudly representing District 8 on the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners. The daughter of Jamaican immigrants who came to the United States in search of better opportunities, she was born at Jackson Memorial Hospital and spent part of her early years living in what is now a Section 8 housing complex called Milton Manors.

Danielle Cohen Higgins

District 8 Commissioner

Kionne L. McGhee grew up in South Dade public housing and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree from Howard University and a Juris Doctorate from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law. He was first elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2012 for Florida House District 117 and served as the Minority Leader from 2018 to 2020, when he was elected as Miami-Dade County Commissioner for District 9.

Kionne L. McGhee

District 9 Commissioner

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