"NO MAN
IS AN ISLAND"
South Bronx
Board of Trade
564 Southern Blvd.
Bronx, New York 10455
728.292.9530
We
honor and mourn
Michael
Nunez, our
president and one of
our
original Founding
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Biography of
MICHAEL
NUNEZ
Mr.
Michael Nunez began his distinguished business career in 1964 as a Special Assistant to the Executive
Director in The
South
Bronx
Neighborhood
Orientation
Center
.
The programs of this agency were geared towards the delivery of
much needed services to welfare clients.
It also focused on code enforcement of residential buildings and
it pioneered in the rehabilitation of substance abusers.
In 1966, Mr. Nunez was a consultant in Project Advance.
He researched several industries in order to design training
programs.
Soon after he was selected to become the Assistant Director for programs
at the
Hunts
Point
Community
Program
Center
.
He was responsible for the Outreach Community Services Program,
which provided technical assistance to neighborhood programs.
During this period he was tapped to be the Coordinator and
Outreach Officer to the
South Bronx
Concentrated Employment
Program. He developed
services to the community for federally sponsored manpower training
programs.
Mr. Nunez' extensive professional career continued with his appointment
as Senior Project Manager at the
Harlem
Commonwealth
Council.
His assignment there was to seek out and expedite opportunities
to foster minority-owned and managed enterprises.
In 1969, Mr. Nunez returned to The Bronx as the Executive Deputy
Director for Programs at Hunts Point Multi-Service Center, Inc.
Mr. Nunez coordinated community and private sector economic
development projects.
In 1971, Mr. Nunez assumed the responsibility of Chief Executive Officer
at Bronx Venture Corporation, a community based economic development
corporation.
Mr. Nunez holds a Bachelors Degree from the
College
of
New Rochelle
with Honors.
He also holds a Masters in Science in Economic Development from
New Hampshire
College
.
Fluent in Spanish & English, he holds a Certificate in
Financing Community Development from the Continuing Education Program at
Harvard.
As of 1991, he presently holds the position of Executive Director of the
Puerto Rican Home Attendants Services, Inc., a home care agency with
over 500 employees.
Mr. Nunez is also the Present President of The
South Bronx
Board of Trade.
He was also the Past President of the
Bronx
Rotarians and he is still
active with this organization. Mr.
Nunez is on the Board of Directors of The Bronx Overall Economic
Development Corporation.
He is survived by his wife Millie Pacheco–Nunez, Daughter Thea Nunez.
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