Norie began her career at United Way over 28 years ago as assistant project director to the first AmeriCorps program in South Florida which focused on rebuilding efforts following Hurricane Andrew. She then joined the Community Investments team where she worked until joining the Development team as vice president in 2013. She is now Chief Development Officer and oversees all development efforts including corporate, individual, major gift, grants, special events fundraising and endowment and planned giving.
Norie has a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s degree in Public Administration both from Florida International University.
Among Norie’s many accomplishments, she led the team that created the United Way Center for Financial Stability which opened in 2009. Norie has served as a grants reviewer for several organizations in the community and has served on the boards of UAspire and the Thelma Gibson Health Initiative. She is a graduate of Leadership Miami as well as a past chair of the program and founding member of Youth Leadership Miami. She has served as Vice-Chair and Chair of several Chamber committees including the Non-Profit Business Committee and the Senior Executive Orientation programs. She is currently Group Chair of Leadership programs.