Biography of Mayor Zenaida Moya-Flowers
Mayor Zenaida Moya-Flowers, a former Member of the National Trade Union Congress of Belize (NTUCB), attained her Associate’s, Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Business Administration with concentration in Economics from St. John’s Junior College in Belize City; Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington; and University of Detroit Mercy in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A., respectively.
Zenaida began her career at the Belize Social Security Board in October 1995, and later moved to the Ministry of Economic Development in May 1997 to work as an Economist and later Senior Economist with the Government of Belize. There she analyzed, coordinated and developed strategies on national development planning initiatives, projects, and programmes in various sectors, while representing the Ministry and Government of Belize at numerous meetings and conferences, locally and internationally.
In February 2002, Zenaida became the first female Registrar of Cooperatives and Credit Unions, where she managed and headed the Department of Cooperatives and Credit Unions while supervising, regulating, and monitoring cooperatives’ and credit unions’ performance to ensure safety and soundness of members’ and investors’ funds. As Registrar, Zenaida represented Belize at numerous meetings and conferences abroad, and was voted a Councilor, and thereafter, President of the Caribbean Association of Regulators of Cooperatives (CASROC). On September 30, 2004, Zenaida was transferred to the Ministry of Finance, and in April 2005, was transferred to the post of Director of Public Sector Investment Programme (PSIP) in the Ministry of National Development.
Effective September 30, 2005, Zenaida resigned from the public service and went on to contest and win the October 29th, 2005 United Democratic Party (UDP) Mayoral Convention.
On March 1st 2006, Zenaida was elected Belize City’s first female Mayor, and on March 4th 2009, Zenaida was re-elected as Belize City’s first two-term directly-elected Mayor. This post has allowed her to serve and represent her fellow residents, both locally and internationally, in her capacity as 1st Vice President of the Caribbean Association of Local Government Authorities(CALGA), and Chairperson of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF).
