Meet the Staff

Director Marcia Hope Goodwin
407.246.3501

Marcia joined the City in December 1992, and is a member of Mayor Buddy Dyer's Senior Staff. She assists the Mayor, the Orlando City Council and City Staff in developing and implementing the City's community and human relations missions. She serves as the City's liaison to the arts/cultural community and nonprofit sectors of Orlando. Marcia also manages the City's funding and support for nonprofit arts, education and human service organizations. Her responsibilities include oversight of the Mayor's Matching Grants program, ORLANDO CARES, Community Affairs and Human Relations. Before joining the city’s leadership team, Marcia served as Public Information Director for Miami’s WLRN Public Radio and Television; staff writer and columnist for the Orlando Sentinel and Founding Editor of the Orlando Times newspaper. 

Assistant to Director Patricia Newton
407.246.3449

Patricia, a native Orlandoan, joined the City in 1991.  She is accountable for the implementation and oversight of the City’s Human Relations initiatives.  This includes the enforcement of Chapter 57 of the Code of the City and federal discrimination laws, in coordination with state laws as they relate to equal employment, fair housing and access to public accommodations.  She is responsible for the office’s annual budget process and performs administrative and professional work serving as the principal assistant to the office director, and she supports the City’s community relations mission.  Patricia has served as a City Community and Neighborhood Outreach Coordinator, MLK Holiday Commission Staff Coordinator, and Discrimination Investigator.  Prior to joining the City, she was an Orange County public school teacher and an Orlando Sentinel general reporter.