ABOUT US

Lighthouse Entitlement Professionals, Inc. is a local, family owned and operated Firm specializing in land entitlement and platting. Our Founders opened the firm after a long-term previous employer closed its doors and realizing that the industry was missing the unique specialist they had become and wanted to continue offering their skills and knowledge to the land development community.

LEP has over fifty years of combined knowledge and experience in the South Florida land development industry. Our specialists are experts in administrative project management, plat processing and entitlements, as well as permitting, who have the professional contacts, strategies, and resources to streamline your project goals.

Meet Tara

Tara M. Ramos is Co-Founder and President of LEP. Tara grew up visiting construction sites with her Dad and spent every summer in an engineering firm with her Mom, which is where her interest in the industry was cultivated.

Tara started her career as a receptionist at Ludovici & Orange Consulting Engineers where she worked her way up to Survey Department Administrator. She worked at L&O for fifteen years gaining much experience and vast knowledge of the land development industry. Tara managed the survey side of the business, including overseeing and administering all aspects of the platting process, performing quality assurance reviews on all plans, establishing and monitoring project schedules, tracking progress of all aspects of each project, coordinating with the Surveyor and field crew, closely collaborating with civil engineers and other professionals to complete each project efficiently, and broadly supporting clients in achieving their goals for each project.

Tara’s experience in the administrative processes of land development and her knowledge of the South Florida platting and entitlement processes makes her an invaluable asset to our clients.

Meet Ory

Oriza M. Dawes, better known as Ory, is Co-Founder and Vice President of LEP. Ory started her career in residential construction at a very young age, when her love of the development industry began.

In 1983, that experience landed Ory as a construction secretary on project sites for a well-known residential developer performing the same type of duties. She was promoted to an office position where she coordinated closings with home buyers, attorneys, banks, and title companies, performed walkthroughs with buyers, in addition to her duties of administrative assistant to the President.

In 1988, her industry connections landed Ory at the place she would call home for 36 years, Ludovici & Orange Consulting Engineers. Detailing all her responsibilities at L&O would take up a lot of real estate, so listing her titles might give you an idea of how she acquired her experiences: Office Manager, Bookkeeper, Contract Administrator, Client Relations, Coordinator of Contractor Bids, Human Resources, Training Manager and Administrative Assistant.

Ory’s experience and knowledge provide immeasurable benefits to our clients.