Deveni Hodges-Gibson is the Managing Partner at Lemon City Development, a real estate development company specializing in affordable housing throughout South Florida. She also, currently serves as the Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Gibson Memorial Fund, a nonprofit organization committed to providing low-income senior housing (Gibson Plaza – Coconut Grove), education services and college readiness programs to at-risk, underserved youth and community engagement for over 3 decades. Deveni is an active angel investor and a member of Pipeline Angels and the Knight Foundations, Black Angels Miami. She also works with many community organizations including currently serving on the Women’s Business Council for the Miami Dade Chamber of Commerce.

Deveni holds a BA in English from Florida State University, a Master of Music from the University of Miami and a MBA from Nova Southeastern University. She lives with her family in Coconut Grove (Miami), Florida.