Prior to forming Serenity Hospitality Group, LLC, Joyce founded an Orlando law firm, with satellite offices in Gainesville and Jacksonville, Florida, and served as the firm’s managing attorney. Joyce’s legal practice was focused in the areas of real estate, contracts, probate and regulatory compliance.  As managing and senior attorney, she managed and oversaw the firm’s Government Contract Management and Administrative division, which included responding to multiple requests for proposals and requests for quotes.  Under her leadership, the firm was successful in winning multiple contract awards from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Florida Department of Environment Protection, City of Orlando, Florida and Orange County, Florida.  She was responsible for responding to, and resolving, issues raised by her Government clients.  Joyce led her firm to receive the U.S. Small Business Administrator’s Award for Excellence in Providing Outstanding Contribution to Federal Procurement. She was also Founder and CEO of A&T Title Group, Inc., a commercial and residential real estate title services company. At both the law firm and A&T Title Group, Joyce was a title insurance underwriter for the First American Title Insurance Company and The Fund (formerly Attorneys’ Title Insurance Fund).

Joyce worked for The Boeing Company for over 10 years.  Her most recent role was as a Manager in the Boeing Defense, Space and Security Division, where she led and managed the team responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance for over $10 Billion in U. S. Government assets.  During her tenure with Boeing, Joyce served in multiple other roles across the Boeing enterprise where she was responsible for negotiating and managing multi-million dollar aerospace contracts and leading procurement and compliance teams in the Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Boeing Research & Technology, and Boeing Shared Services Group divisions.

Additionally, Joyce was a Global Risk Manager at Amazon.com, LLC, Outside Legal Counsel for the City of Orlando and Orange County, Florida where she represented both government entities as the lead attorney in code enforcement foreclosure matters, and a Vested Rights Hearing Officer for Orange County, Florida.

Joyce earned a Juris Doctorate of Law degree from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.