(Black PR Wire) Eleace Sawyers, Vice President of Corporate Affairs/Compliance & Business Development at the Jessie Trice Community Health Center (JTCHC), was recently honored at the Diaspora Arts Coalition (DAC) Celebration. Sawyers was presented with the Community Development Leader & Supporter Award. The DAC is a service organization that supports artists and arts organizations that strive to empower the arts community of the African Diaspora to preserve their culture and heritage.

“We are very proud of Ms. Sawyers for receiving this honor,” said Annie Neasman, president/CEO of the Jessie Trice Community Health Center. “We send a heartfelt congratulations to her on a job well done.”

The consummate professional, Eleace Sawyers has been working at JTCHC for 14 years. She earned her Master of Public Administration degree in Public Policy from Florida International University and her Master of Accountancy in Accounting from Milsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. Sawyers is certified in Healthcare Compliance by the Healthcare Compliance Association and is also a member of the prestigious organization.

The Jessie Trice Community Health Center, Inc. is a Florida 501(c)3, not-for-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center, which has been serving Miami-Dade County since 1967. A community mainstay, JTCHC owns and/or operates fifty-five (55) facilities, which includes nine (9) Comprehensive Primary Care centers, including a women’s substance use residential program, forty (40) school-based locations and two (2) university centers. JTCHC’s multicultural, multilingual, and multidisciplinary staff serves a diverse population of over 39,575 patients who make more than 126,000 visits annually. For more information on the Jessie Trice Community Health Center, visit www.jtchc.org.