Jorge Damian de la Paz: Leads county effort in battle for more affordable housing
Jorge Damian de la Paz has a commitment to fight for the improvement of affordable housing in Miami-Dade County. As a senior strategist for government innovation for Mayor Daniella Levine…
Carlos Cruz Casas: A full menu of innovations to add new forms of mobility
Following the footsteps of his dad, Carlos Cruz-Casas enrolled for a civil engineering degree at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, and then became interested in transportation. “I remember…
Blain Heckaman: Leads Kaufman Rossin’s expansion of financial services
Indiana native Blain Heckaman came to Miami in 1984 as a young accountant for the sun and fun and landed at Kaufman Rossin, one of the top 100 accounting firms…
Pedro Ramos: Overseeing four Florida national parks, 2.5 million acres
The professional career of Pedro Ramos, superintendent of the Everglades and Dry Tortugas National Parks, started even before the Puerto Rico native graduated in Vermont as a student trainee with…
Manny Diaz Jr.: Education commissioner to revamp teacher development
Manny Díaz Jr. was in the Legislature from 2012 to last week, first in the House and since 2018 in the Senate. Upon entering the legislature, he began advocating for…
David Druey: Leading acquisition-minded Centennial Bank for region
David A. Druey started his career in Centennial Bank in 1998 at its inception and came to South Florida about seven years ago after first starting his career in Arkansas.…
Gen. Laura Richardson: Overseeing 31-nation region for US Southern Command
Gen. Laura J. Richardson is the first woman commander of the U.S. Southern Command and says she won’t be the last. From a very young age, her parents made her…
Bill Ulbricht: New Baptist Hospital CEO meets an industry in change
Bill Ulbricht, new chief executive officer of Baptist Hospital, has known he wanted to be in healthcare administration since he was only 12. “My mom was a director of an…
Matthias Kammerer: Sees county’s hotel industry recovering, maybe stronger
The first encounter with the hospitality industry by Matthias Kammerer, managing director of the Biltmore Hotel, was in the kitchen at a very young age. He grew up in Biel,…
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