Lucie Tondreau

Tondreau was born in Haiti but moved to Montreal, Canada in 1967 when she was seven.^[2][3] In 1981, she moved to New York City where she became active in the Haitian community.^[2] In 1984, she moved to Miami where she worked with the Haitian Refugee Center and served as a board member of the Haitian American Community of Dade County (HACAD), the Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Florida Commission on the Status of Women, the Haitian-American Grassroots Coalition, the Miami Art in Public Places, and the Haitian Political Action Committee.^[2] In 1999, she founded the public relations firm, Tondreau & Associates.^[2] She worked as radio personality.^[4]

She was one of two finalists in the non-partisan 2013 North Miami mayoral election,^[5] a city where 1/3rd of the population was Haitian-American.^[4] On June 4, 2013, Tondreau was elected after a runoff election between her and former mayor Kevin Burns.^[6] On May 21, 2014, she was suspended as Mayor of North Miami after allegations of mortgage fraud.^[7] Vice Mayor Philippe Bien-Aime was named acting mayor.