Dina M. McDermott

Dina McDermott has extensive grant writing, fund development and management consulting experience with a public service record of nearly two decades.  Experienced in managing both small and large size local municipalities, Dina has particular expertise in such areas as financial forecasting and analysis, grant writing and large scale fund development, construction and project management of facilities and infrastructure, issue analysis and strategic planning, negotiations, community relations, and quality improvement management teams. 

Her unique professional accomplishments include serving as the Assistant City Manager of Tamarac, Florida as well as City Manager of Miramar, Florida.  In Miramar she restored a $36 million water membrane treatment plant and managed the construction of a $59 million wastewater reclamation and reuse facility.  She also secured $950,000 in grants for a waste water facility, emergency medical equipment, a multi-cultural learning library, law enforcement program for juveniles and improvements to Fairway Park.

Dina has obtained over $80 million in grant funding for mid-sized nonprofit and for-profit organizations to sustain social service programming and develop the organizational infrastructure to help build long-term financial sustainability.  She has provided due diligence that allowed several businesses to obtain economic development funds to help expand their companies locally and within the State of Florida. 

As president of DM McDermott & Associates, Inc., Dina’s unique skills and accomplishments have often been recognized.  Price Waterhouse and South Florida Magazine awarded her the Up & Comers Award and Sprint and the National Association of Community Leadership awarded her the Distinguished Leadership Award.  She was named Who's Who in Public Management from the International City/County Management Association; recognized as a Leadership Broward Fun Lunch Honoree; awarded the Woman of Distinction recognition by the March of Dimes; included as one of the First Ladies of 2000 by the Broward County Fair; and named Woman of the Year by the American Cancer Society.   She holds an MS in Public Administration and Human Resource Management from St. Thomas University, Miami, Florida and a BS in Business Communications and Marketing from Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Dina clearly lives out her motto “Leadership is the ability to offer service and the willingness to take action with positive results."