Juan Carlos Bermudez has just joined the Miami-Dade County Commission as District 12 representative. As founding mayor of Doral, his list of public service accomplishments is long, but just in…
Yolanda Cash Jackson decided she would go to law school after she got passed over for a promotion. Over 30 years after obtaining her JD, she is an experienced government…
Dr. Kenneth A. Jessell is the sixth president of Florida International University (FIU.) With almost 40 years in education, first with 26 years at Florida Atlantic University and since 2009…
Lissette Mendez has always been an avid reader. Since she was a child, her life has revolved around books. She started going to the Miami Book Fair when she was…
Carmen Concepción started her career as an educator over 30 years ago as a student at Miami Dade College School of Education. In September, she was named dean of the…
Private ambulance rates increased between 67% and 110% as county commissioners approved an adjustment Oct. 18. The commission had approved the former rates in March 2004. Some rates were increased…
Eighteen years ago, Jeannette Torres, lost her baby after five months of pregnancy. “My husband and I were very young, we were healthy, we were both taking care of ourselves,…
Doral Mayor Juan Carlos Bermudez, to become a county commissioner Nov. 22, says he will ask to reconsider sites for a waste-to-energy facility due to be built in Doral beside…
The Miami-Dade Expressway Authority has authorized the sale of 5.3 acres to the county’s Aviation Department for a $10.1 million tag price. The terrain is to be used as a…
Karim Alibhai started his career in the hospitality industry over 35 years ago. In 1987 he became the founder and principal of Gencom, one of the leading real estate investment…
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