Brenda McKenzie is the Workforce Partnerships & Special Projects Director for the City of Tampa. Bren provides essential support to Mayor Jane Castor’s Transforming Tampa’s Tomorrow initiative to address the City’s labor shortage, foster a healthy workforce and remove barriers to access. Bren brings over 20 years of experience focused on building inclusive and innovative residential and business communities using strategies that have resulted in over $20 billion of impactful and sustainable growth. While holding executive leadership positions as a Chief Business Strategist, President and CEO, and Economic Development Director with several major cities within the United States, Bren has been successful in developing and maintaining public-private partnerships in economic and workforce development.