File #: 22-2487    Version: 1 Name: VETRESS M. BOYCE
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 3/16/2022 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 3/17/2022 Final action: 3/17/2022
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING VETRESS M. BOYCE FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES THROUGH PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN COOK COUNTY WHEREAS, Vetress M. Boyce raised in the North Lawndale community and is a graduate from John Marshall High School; and WHEREAS, she was employed for 25 years in corporate America, starting as the Secretary and working her way up to become President of Operations; and WHEREAS, Vetress M. Boyce is currently the President, CEO of Boyce Enterprise, a WBE/MBE Certified Medical Supply and PPE business. In addition, she also runs a successful operated Beauty Supply store located on the West Side of Chicago in the North Lawndale Community; and WHEREAS, Boyce Enterprise supplies products to local businesses, residents, and various government entities throughout Cook County; and WHEREAS, Vetress M. Boyce has provided consultant services to various local minority businesses where she assisted in the growth of sales and contracts. She has also collaborated with Wo...
Sponsors: DENNIS DEER

title

PROPOSED RESOLUTION

 

HONORING VETRESS M. BOYCE FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES THROUGH PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN COOK COUNTY

 

WHEREAS, Vetress M. Boyce raised in the North Lawndale community and is a graduate from John Marshall High School; and

 

WHEREAS, she was employed for 25 years in corporate America, starting as the Secretary and working her way up to become President of Operations; and

 

WHEREAS, Vetress M. Boyce is currently the President, CEO of Boyce Enterprise, a WBE/MBE Certified Medical Supply and PPE business. In addition, she also runs a successful operated Beauty Supply store located on the West Side of Chicago in the North Lawndale Community; and

 

WHEREAS, Boyce Enterprise supplies products to local businesses, residents, and various government entities throughout Cook County; and

 

WHEREAS, Vetress M. Boyce has provided consultant services to various local minority businesses where she assisted in the growth of sales and contracts. She has also collaborated with Women organizations to assist them in acquiring their 501Cs’, Articles of Incorporations, Grants, and TAX ID numbers; and

 

WHEREAS, in 2022, Vetress M. Boyce was selected as the Vice President of the Conrad Worrill National Community Reparations Commission and the City of Chicago Reparations Commission and;

 

WHEREAS, from 1999-2002 she was one of the first American African female developers in the historic Bronzeville community; and

 

WHEREAS, Cook County government hereby congratulates Vetress Boyce by transforming lives through professional and community engagement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that, I Cook County Commissioner Dennis Deer 2nd District, along with  President Toni Preckwinkle, the Cook County Board of Commissioners and on behalf of the 5.2 million residents of Cook County takes great pleasure in honoring and celebrating Vetress M. Boyce for transforming lives through professional and community engagement throughout Cook County.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a suitable copy of this Resolution is shared upon the official proceedings of this honorable body and that an official copy of the same is tendered to Vetress  M. Boyce in honor of this auspicious occasion

end