[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10107]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF CARLOS GUILLERMO SMITH

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                           HON. ALAN GRAYSON

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 12, 2014

  Mr. GRAYSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Lesbian, Gay, 
Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month, to recognize Carlos 
Guillermo Smith. Carlos is the son of Luis Ricardo Smith and Johanne 
Marie Ghyslaine Guay.
  Carlos was elected Chairman of the Orange County Democratic Party on 
December 16th, 2013 and made history as the first openly gay Democratic 
Party Chair in Orange County at the age of 32. A Latino of Peruvian 
descent, Carlos has worked closely with leaders in Central Florida to 
engage the local Hispanic community in the political process and elect 
more Latinos to hold public office.
  An alumnus of the University of Central Florida, Carlos gained 
political experience working on a number of Democratic races, including 
his role as Communications Director and Senior Advisor during State 
Representative Joe Saunders 2012 race.
  In 2011, Carlos became a public policy fellow for Equality Florida, 
where he crafted state and local legislative strategy with LGBT 
leaders. Equality Florida is the largest civil rights organization 
dedicated to securing full equality for Florida's lesbian, gay, 
bisexual, and transgender community.
  Carlos currently serves as legislative aide to State Representative 
Joe Saunders. Prior to his current position, Carlos served as the aide 
to Former State Representative Scott Randolph from 2011-2012 and Orange 
County Democratic Party Communications Chair from 2011-2013.
  I am happy to honor Carlos Guillermo Smith during LGBT Pride Month, 
for his contributions to the Central Florida community.

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