A native of Houston, Texas, Mr. Frazier received a Bachelor of Architecture from Howard University and a Master's Degree in Urban Design and Planning from the Catholic University of America. He has worked as an assistant professor of architecture and planning at both Howard University and the University of Miami. He is a history buff and enjoys tracing historical events and assessing the impact of socio-economic times on the Black Diaspora.
Mr. Frazier is the retired CEO/Owner of Ronald E. Frazier & Associates, P.A., Architects and Urban Planners, a position that he held for over 40 years. Mr. Frazier is also the second Black registered architect in the State of Florida and has had over 40 years of experience in the design of innovative architectural structures for both governmental agencies and private sector companies. Prior to starting the firm, Mr. Frazier was an assistant professor at Howard University and the University of Miami. His wide scope of knowledge, experience, and successful track record of accomplishments in Urban Planning, Transportation, Airports, Multi-Purpose Facilities, Education, Health, Recreational and Housing Facilities are well known. Frazier’s firm was named “Black Business of the Year in 1989” by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and “Top Black Business of the Year in Miami-Dade County 1990” by the Miami-Dade County Chamber of Commerce. Some examples of the firms’ work include the MLK Transit Office Building and Garage Complex, the Joseph Caleb Center, Miami-Dade State Attorney Building, Satellite Air Terminal, the Overtown Transit Station, Lindsey Hopkins Technical Education Center, WLRN Radio and TV Facility, Miami Dade Community College Liberty City Entrepreneurial Education Center, Broward College Gymnasium, Enoch Davis Community Center, The John Jachson Community Center, The Jefferson Reeves Health Center, Orlando Airport Crash Fire Rescue Station and the Culmer Village Townhouse Development.
Mr. Frazier has extensive international travel experience in many countries and has traveled to all seven (7) continents and now has embarked on a new visionary design medium called Afrocentric Cultural Symbolism – Telling Stories With Graphics And Symbols. The world has witnessed the rise of Afrocentrism in music, arts, food, and entertainment, etc. and now it’s time to awaken the same spirit in architecture and the built environment. Mr. Frazier utilizes the unique symbols, patterns, colors and meanings in the Kente Cloth, Adinkra Symbols and African American Quilt Making to depict the traits, characteristics, endurance, achievements, and contributions of African Americans from slavery to the present in the form of unique graphics applied to various parts of buildings and their sites.
Mr. Frazier is currently the Chairman/CEO of BAC Funding Corporation, a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that provides loans, investments and grants for Black businesses, economic development initiatives and non-profit community-based organizations. Under his leadership, BAC Funding Corporation has developed the $33.5 million-dollar MLK Office Building Garage Complex, loaned over $75 million dollars to Black businesses, provided over $250,000.00 in grants to non-profit community-based organizations, enabled over $10 million in procurement to Black businesses and helped create over 5,000 jobs for Black citizens of Miami-Dade County.
Mr. Frazier has an extensive civic and community volunteer record with various public, private institutions and agencies, as well as inner-city community-based organizations in Miami and in other parts of the state of Florida. Mr. Frazier currently serves on the board for History Miami Museum, The Broward County Independent Transportation Surtax Oversight Board, Miami-Dade County’s 79 Street CRA and The Jackson Health Systems GOB Oversight Committee. Some of the other former community and civic board memberships included the Perez Art Museum Board, St. Thomas University Board of Trustees, Channel 2 Public Television, the Florida Black Investment Board, Founding Member and Chairman of Miami Dade County Chamber of Commerce, Charter member of BAC Funding Corporation, Chairman, Florida Revitalization Board, Chairman of Miami-Dade County’s Community Small Business Enterprise Advisory Board, Chairman of Miami Dade County School Board Minority Business Advisory Board, Chairman of The Historic Hampton House Community Trust and member of the Non Group. As a member of the following professional organizations, Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Mr. Frazier tries to be a beacon of light to guide the way for many African Americans into the future.
