Home » Kionne L. McGhee, Vice Chairman
Kionne 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.
Commissioner McGhee is an accomplished attorney and the author of the best selling-book “Conquering Hope: The Life You Were Destined to Live.”
His numerous affiliations include the Florida Trial Lawyers Association, Wilkie D. Ferguson Bar Association, and the Greater Miami Service Corps, where he serves as a board member. He is also President and founder of 2NOIT Media & Publishing, founder of Y.A.L.E. (Young Advocates Leading by Example), and president of Transitions, Inc. He has been named as one of Miami’s Rising Voices by AT&T and the Miami Herald, and earned the Florida Self-Sufficiency Award in 2010.
Commissioner McGhee is married to Stacy McGhee and is the father of Kionne II, Hayley and Hays.
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