Q&A with Beacon Council’s Larry Williams: Sports, culture, transit key to luring businesses to Miami-Dade | Miami Herald Posted by 305SocialMedia.com | Feb 22, 2016 | Business | 0 | In 2013, Larry K. Williams was named president and CEO of The Beacon Council, Miami-Dade’s economic development agency jointly funded by tax dollars and private funds. Source: www.miamiherald.com