President / C.E.O.
Laveda Brown is a person of great courage, faith, insight and wisdom who has a very unselfish and loving spirit.  She has dedicated her life to sharing her wealth of knowledge and experience to enlightening and motivating those around her to do their best. She has a way of getting others to see the big picture and to overcome their differences in order to work together for the common good of all.
Laveda serves as President/CEO of the Cen-Tex African American Chamber of Commerce and Cen-Tex African American Leadership Institute located in Waco, TX.  She is a published writer and is currently working on a book.

Prior to joining Cen-Tex African American Chamber of Commerce, Laveda served as Procurement Specialist/Business Consultant at McLennan Community College Small Business Development Center.

At present, Laveda is a member of Waco Leadership Forum and Junior League Advisory Committee. She serves on the boards of Central Texas YMCA, City of Waco Public Improvement & Development (PID) and Texas Association of African American Chamber of Commerce.

Laveda has in excess of twenty plus years of experience as a procurement specialist/business consultant. Her opinion is highly respected in the areas of business development, minority business certification, purchasing, and government contracting. Trained at the federal and state levels for economic development, Laveda touts a 1.7 billion dollar government contracting track record. She uses her expertise and skills to provide assistance to small businesses in the areas of business development, goal setting, time management, networking and government contracting. Laveda has assisted hundreds of businesses in maintaining positive cash flow and accelerating profitable growth.