Incorporated in 1995, MIA Consulting Group, Inc. offers expert consulting services in the areas of affordable, mid-range and high end assisted living facilities, food catering and adult day care, for profit and non-profit businesses wanting to enter the growing senior market. MIA Consulting pioneered the creation of the first assisted living facility in public housing.
MIA Consulting is presently working with clients in eighteen states to develop assisted living projects. Financing for our projects includes tax-exempt bonds, low-income tax credits, capital fund leveraging and conventional banks loans in partnership with tax credit developers with extensive experience in assisted living projects in the United States.
We are currently under contract with US Housing and Urban Development (USHUD) to create a partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide support and facilitate public housing assisted living projects throughout the United States.
"To Live With Dignity Without Threat of Neglect or Institutionalization"
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- Removing all barriers in the financing and implementation of successful and self-sustainable assisted living projects.
- Accessing capital and operational funds, negotiating at the state and national level for all necessary funding.
- Producing market research, feasibility studies and strategy reports to minimize risks for our clients.
- Working with non-profit and for-profit development teams in financing, designing, licensing and managing award-winning projects.
- We bring to the table over twenty-five years of solid working relationships with developers and architects, financial institutions, health care and aging networks and state and federal regulators.
Ms. Bretos is an experienced lobbyist, activist and executive administrator of special population programs, both national and international. She served as the Florida Secretary for Aging, Program Director of World Health Organization and Director of Housing for Florida International University.
Ms. Bretos is a graduate of Oberlin College, and received an MBA from the University of New South Wales, Australia.
Mrs. Bretos is an experienced, certified ALF administrator with considerable experience in operation and financial management.
Mrs. Bretos has extensive experience as a management consultant with Accenture and IBM. Among Mrs. Bretos' major accomplishments have been project management and the development and implementation of new processes/methodology in the areas of business, staffing, training, communications and performance management.
Mrs. Bretos holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor of Arts from Smith College.
Ms. Seff is responsible for the provision of market research, forecasts and analysis. Ms. Seff has extensive experience in market and need assessment of the elder market. She has published extensively in the field of the elder market research.
Ms. Seff has conducted market analysis for MIA Consulting Group's clients interested in developing new construction assisted living facilities. She has also completed evaluation reports on projects.
Ms. Seff has an MBA from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
Eduardo Carvajal, Senior Financial Analyst
Mr. Carvajal is a licensed Financial Analyst with considerable experience in all aspects of corporate financial analysis.
Mr. Carvajal has an extensive knowledge base in the analysis of historical, pro-forma and projected business operations from his time as a Senior Financial Analyst for a top-three investment bank, as well as financial consulting on many large national and international transactions. Mr. Carvajal has been contracted by MIA Consulting to provide corporate and internal financial consulting for many of its clients as well as strengthen the firm's business network.
Mr. Carvajal holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Miami and a Master's of Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of Miami.
Vivian Garriga, Associate Administrator
Ms. Garriga has over 20 years of sales experience, including national and regional key accounts management, product launches, territory management and training of sales associates. Ms. Garriga is an experienced and certified ALF administrator with considerable experience in operation management and sales and marketing.
Ms. Garriga holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Sarasota and a Bachelor of Arts in Social & Behavioral Sciences from the University of South Florida.
Mrs. King has considerable experience in office management and financial management. Her business acumen includes a best practice approach to reducing costs, operational efficiencies and process re-engineering. Mrs. King has become specialized in our line of business that includes turning around mis-managed assisted living facilities. She has expertise in negotiating service reimbursement from state and federal agencies for facility residents.