Jenice Contreras

Jenice Contreras is president and CEO of the Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development (NEOHCED), which works on community development and equitable asset building in Cleveland's Latino and other underserved communities. Its anchors include the Northeast Ohio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the region's only Latino Small Business Development Center. In June 2025 it opened CentroVilla25, a $12 million adaptive reuse project in Clark-Fulton billed as Cleveland's premier Latino market and food hall.

Her career spans small business development, nonprofits and healthcare. She led the Hispanic Business Center as executive director after serving on its board since 2006. Before that she was a public health consultant with Collaborative Research, supporting federal HRSA grant programs in 13 states, and director of development and HIV services at Care Alliance Health Center. She holds a BA from Capital University and an Executive MBA from Ohio State's Fisher College of Business, and she has served on the City of Cleveland's Community Relations Board.