[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 35 (Friday, February 21, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E141]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





HONORING RUBY JUANITA FLEMING BRIDGEFORTH AS A DISTINGUISHED LEADER IN 
                CENTRAL FLORIDA FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH

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                            HON. DARREN SOTO

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, February 21, 2025

  Mr. SOTO. Mr. Speaker, Ruby Juanita Fleming Bridgeforth is a retired 
executive from the United States Postal Service with 27 years of 
leadership experience in customer service, training, processing, and 
distribution. As the senior plant manager of the Central Florida 
District, she directed processing and distribution centers in Orlando, 
Sanford, and West Palm Beach. Ruby was instrumental in improving mail 
service to the Central Florida community by driving the district's 
performance ranking in the United States from No. 72 to No. 5 within 
three years. As a trailblazer, she was the first Black senior plant 
manager of the Central Florida District, the first postmaster/metro 
manager for Memphis, Tennessee, and the first Black female plant 
manager in the Orlando and Memphis processing and distribution centers.
  Her education includes a Master of Business Administration and a 
Master of Music Education. She has also earned leadership development 
certificates from Eckerd College and Harvard Business School. Ruby has 
received numerous awards, including the Postmaster General Team award, 
two Vice President awards, and the Zeta Phi Beta Woman of the Year 
award. Ruby has also been featured in several publications for her 
accomplishments, including Jet, Grace, and Southern Women magazines. 
Her community service includes being the treasurer of the Osceola 
County Branch of the NAACP and a Golden Soror of the Alpha Kappa Alpha 
Sorority, Inc., Delta Omicron Omega Chapter. Additional community 
outreach includes partnering with a few friends to provide care bags to 
the homeless.
  Prior to her postal career, Ruby taught music at Cotton Plant Public 
Schools in Cotton Plant, Arkansas. Her love of teaching has continued 
as an Osceola County Public School substitute teacher, Sunday School 
teacher at St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church, and instructor at Mount 
Pleasant Bible Academy. She is married to Rev. Anthony C. Bridgeforth 
and they have three sons and two grandchildren. Her priorities are God, 
family, and ``service to all mankind.''

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