{"id":1881,"date":"2023-07-20T15:57:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T15:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afe.epicenter1.com\/news\/memorial-tribute-established-in-memory-of-sue-conyers"},"modified":"2024-03-15T21:31:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T21:31:16","slug":"homenaje-postumo-establecido-en-memoria-de-sue-conyers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/news\/memorial-tribute-established-in-memory-of-sue-conyers","title":{"rendered":"Homenaje p\u00f3stumo establecido en memoria de Sue Conyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n\tid=\"block_3e56d1f8410417fcfb11de62dd9d7dc1\"\n\tclass=\"nmc-block nmc-block--half-half alignfull  half-half   alignfull\">\n\t  <div class=\"bound boundwide\">\n    <div class=\"wrap\">\n      <div class=\"image\">\n                                                \n    <div class=\"img-variable\" style=\"width: 1663px; aspect-ratio: 1663 \/ 2560;\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sue-Conyers-Photo-scaled-1.jpg\" width=\"1663\" height=\"2560\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n    <\/div>\n          <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" viewbox=\"0 0 15 15\" fill=\"none\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><title>externo<\/title>\n<path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M1.88345 13.1241H13.124V8.24662H15V15H0V0H6.75338V1.87594H1.88345V13.1241ZM8.25152 1.87594V0H14.9974V6.74587H13.1215V3.2041L8.16152 8.16405L6.84082 6.83592L11.7933 1.87594H8.25152Z\" fill=\"white\"\/>\n<\/svg>        \n              <\/div>\n      <div class=\"content\">\n                <div class=\"text\"><p>Se ha establecido un homenaje conmemorativo en honor a Sue Ann Conyers a trav\u00e9s de la Fundaci\u00f3n Floral Estadounidense (AFE) por parte de Red y Katie Kennicott de\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kennicott.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hermanos Kennicott<\/a>\u00a0en Chicago, IL. Sue A. Conyers, de 80 a\u00f1os, falleci\u00f3 el 14 de julio de 2023 tras una batalla contra el c\u00e1ncer cerebral. Sue fue una pionera en la industria floral.<\/p>\n<p>Nacida en Detroit, M\u00edchigan, el 4 de diciembre de 1942, Sue se gradu\u00f3 de la Universidad Estatal de M\u00edchigan en 1964 con un t\u00edtulo en Trabajo Social antes de mudar a su familia a Miami en 1970.<\/p>\n<p>En 1971, una nueva empresa importadora de flores iba a abrir una oficina en Miami, buscaban un gerente de oficina y Sue consigui\u00f3 el trabajo trabajando para Sunburst. En 1975, se incorpor\u00f3 a Southern Rainbow como gerente de ventas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n        <div class=\"buttons\">\n                            <\/div>\n        \n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tras ganar unos a\u00f1os de experiencia en la industria, Sue abri\u00f3 su propia empresa de importaci\u00f3n en Miami, World Flowers, Inc., en 1979. Su primera oficina estuvo en el edificio original de Armellini, al lado del aeropuerto. Se mudaron a su nuevo edificio de World Flowers en 1986.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">World Flowers se convirti\u00f3 en un negocio familiar e inspir\u00f3 a generaciones de trabajo en la industria. El esposo de Sue, Doug, trabaj\u00f3 para ella como gerente de almac\u00e9n. El hijo de Sue, Robert, tambi\u00e9n trabaj\u00f3 para la empresa durante muchos a\u00f1os. Su hija, Christine, trabaj\u00f3 durante algunos a\u00f1os antes de unirse a la Asociaci\u00f3n de Importadores Florales de Florida (AFIF) como vicepresidenta ejecutiva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sue se convirti\u00f3 r\u00e1pidamente en una l\u00edder en la comunidad de importaci\u00f3n de flores de Miami. Ella consideraba la salud de toda la industria con tanta gravedad e importancia como el crecimiento y la salud de su propia empresa. Esta actitud y su convicci\u00f3n de que ninguna empresa puede sobrevivir si la industria a la que sirve no es fuerte la llevaron a encabezar la creaci\u00f3n de la Asociaci\u00f3n de Cr\u00e9dito de Importadores de Flores de Miami (MFICA, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s) en 1981, la cual contin\u00faa prestando servicios a los importadores de flores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sue fue miembro fundadora de la Asociaci\u00f3n de Importadores Florales de Florida (AFIF), donde se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como vicepresidenta durante m\u00e1s de 15 a\u00f1os y continu\u00f3 en la junta directiva durante un total de 22 a\u00f1os hasta 2005. Ocup\u00f3 el cargo de presidenta de transporte de la asociaci\u00f3n, trabajando para convencer a los clientes de flores de que el env\u00edo en camiones refrigerados era mejor que el transporte a\u00e9reo desde Miami.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bajo el liderazgo de Sue, World Flowers fue una de las primeras empresas en tener una terminal de computadora en el escritorio de cada vendedor, ya que varios importadores se unieron para crear un sistema inform\u00e1tico para los importadores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El impacto de Sue en la industria no se detuvo ah\u00ed... Particip\u00f3 como ponente y en paneles en conferencias, convenciones y ferias comerciales de la industria; tambi\u00e9n ayud\u00f3 a guiar las ferias comerciales de AFIF de 1999 a 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aparte de su enfoque en la industria floral, Sue particip\u00f3 activamente en la Asociaci\u00f3n Nacional de Mujeres Empresarias (NAWBO) y form\u00f3 parte de la junta directiva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Servicio de Celebraci\u00f3n de la Vida se llevar\u00e1 a cabo el\u00a0<strong>S\u00e1bado, 29 de julio<\/strong>\u00a0en la Funeraria Van Orsdel, 11220 N. Kendall Dr., Miami, FL, 33176. Habr\u00e1 una reuni\u00f3n despu\u00e9s de la ceremonia en 3610 SW 128 Ave., Miami, FL, 33175.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"nmc-buttons aligncenter  buttons   aligncenter\" id=\"block_b2c83b0b61ab6a95baf650a7acd8a800\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.networkforgood.com\/projects\/71074-donate-to-afe\" class=\"btn\" target=\"_blank\">Haz una contribuci\u00f3n<\/a>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/e1.nmcdn.io\/assets\/afe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sue_Conyers-Tribute-Form1.pdf\" class=\"btn\" target=\"_blank\">Enviar un cheque<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Los cheques se pueden enviar a:<\/strong><br><strong>Fundaci\u00f3n Floral Americana<br>a\/c Homenaje Conmemorativo a Sue Conyers<br>610 Madison Street, Ste. 101, PMB 803<br>Alexandria, VA 22314<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Siempre se notifica a la familia de las donaciones y las contribuciones se pueden hacer por cualquier cantidad.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","news-categories":[32,31,48,29],"class_list":["post-1881","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-categories-donors","news-categories-latest-news","news-categories-memorials","news-categories-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Memorial Tribute Established in Memory of Sue Conyers - American Floral Endowment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/noticias\/homenaje-postumo-establecido-en-memoria-de-sue-conyers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Memorial Tribute Established in Memory of Sue Conyers - American Floral Endowment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After gaining a few years of experience in the industry, Sue opened her own importing company in Miami, World Flowers, Inc., in 1979. 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