Christine King was born in Guyana. She grew up in the City of Miami, attending Allapattah Elementary School, Westview Middle School, and Miami Central Sr. High School. She has proudly served the community for many years.
Before becoming an attorney, Christine worked as Chief of Constituent Services for the Miami-Dade County Commission and later as an executive with Community Action Agency (CAA). Her career with the county spanned fifteen years.
She is the President and CEO of the Martin Luther King Economic Development Corporation and a practicing attorney. Christine is married with three beautiful children. She is known for her passion for community service.
As leaders of the community, our Board of Directors are determined to provide a better experience for the residents and business owners who live and operate in the Miami area.
Throughout its forty plus years of service, MLKEDC has risen to meet challenges threatening our community and 2020 was no exception. Our response to the pandemic was swift. Within a week of the shutter in place order, MLKEDC implemented a hot meals program to address the food insecurity our senior community faced. The hot meals program not only provided nutritious meals for our seniors, it was an economic stimulus for our kitchen incubator participants providing more than thirty new jobs at a time when unemployment rose to its highest point in decades.