Cleve Mesidor

Cleve Mesidor is a seasoned political strategist and nationally respected communications guru who served as Chair of the 5th annual NAAHP National Conference in Washington DC last year. She is Managing Partner of Mesidor Strategies and a founding board member of the U.S.-Haiti Technology Association. Previously, Ms. Mesidor was an Obama Presidential Appointee, working as Director of Public Affairs for the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration. Additionally, she is a six-year co-host of the Haitian Ladies Brunch and last year collaborated to organize a White House briefing for Haitian Women. Ms. Mesidor was born in L’Asile, Haiti and moved to the U.S. when she was eight years old. In 2013, she spent seven months in Haiti researching how innovation and entrepreneurship can grow the local Haitian economy. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from LIM College and a Master of Arts from Howard University.