Veleke’ Brown

President & CEO E-RoadMap Corporation

Inspired by fantastic business mentors, she quickly developed a passion for personal self-development and empowering others to succeed. This resolve stuck with her, leading to the 2007 idea launch of a nonprofit organization, E-RoadMap, with an intent to have an active role in shaping the minds of youth.

E-RoadMap Corporation (ERM) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization devoted to enriching and empowering young minds to build sustainable and community-based solutions that work to eradicate food deserts in low-income and marginalized communities.

E-RoadMap has four focus areas as we strive to improve various suppression conditions. Entrepreneurship- youth entrepreneurship boot camps teach youth how to make a profit from their passion; Etiquette- etiquette academies teach a myriad of skills from table setting, conversation starters, proper posture, and more; Financial literacy- financial courses created to teach youth how to understand best what to do with a dollar, household budgets, digital currency, and debt; Health and Wellness- our flagship initiative Operation No Food Gap works to create sustainable solutions to help eradicate food deserts in marginalized communities.

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Through Veleke’s dedication and relentless pursuit to succeed, ERM’s work today catalyzes viable change that has driven individuals to become self-reliant, own and elevate their situation, develop a healthy relationship with food, and share learned knowledge with their children and others. ERM takes a transformative approach to address food inequality and insecurity issues for BIPOC throughout Florida.

Veleke’s work centers around philosophies, principles, and practice. These pillars govern her approach as she strives to create capable, confident, compassionate youth and communities working together using skills to solve problems not just for themselves but for the world.

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“Service to many leads to greatness ”

-Jim Rohn

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