Alberto M. Carvalho, Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the fourth largest school district in the nation spoke at the February ChamberSOUTH General Membership Breakfast, sponsored by Zaniac and held at the Dadeland Marriott.
Carvalho annually speaks at the Chamber breakfast which is presented by the Chamber’s Education/Business Coalition. Each year the Superintendent captivates the audience with his passionate delivery and eloquence; it is one of the most well-attended breakfasts of the year.
Carvalho has served as Superintendent since 2008, and has remarkably led the district through difficult times. In 2012, the school district won the prestigious Broad Prize for Urban Education. In February 2014, the American Association of School Administrators named Carvalho the National Superintendent of the Year, and in December of that same year, he was named Florida’s Superintendent of the Year.
Chamber members and trustees were joined by Miami-Dade County School Board Members and other elected officials, area principals and regional superintendents, officials with the United Teachers of Dade who were all on hand to listen to his remarks.
This year, Carvalho came to address the group with a heavy heart, as in the weeks prior there were several local killings and shootings of school age children in our communities. Carvalho noted that we are “living through a crisis. The sanctity of our community is being destroyed by bullets.” He exhorted the attendees to be part of the solution, noting “this doesn’t take a skill set, it is will set. It is better to build a community than to repair a broken nation.”
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- Alberto M. Carvalho, Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools with UTD’s Karyn Cunningham greeting students at the breakfast.
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- Carvalho is engaged in a conversation with Veronica Benitez, a Sunset Senior High honors student, who had the privilege of introducing Mr. Carvalho to the guests.
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- Jonathan Mizrachi performs the National Anthem, as Chamber Chair Claudia A. Cancio and past Chair Peter Jude look on at the stage.
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- Chamber Executive Board Members and distinguished guests photographed with Superintendent Carvalho: School Board Member Larry Feldman; Marsha Tejeda, Baptist Health South Florida; JoAnn Parns, Palmetto Bay Events; Joe Gallaher, NAI Miami; Claudia A. Cancio, First Natinal Bank of South Miami; Carvalho;, Neydy Gomez, Zaniac; Zac Hall, Minuteman Press; John Edward Smith, JESCOMM; Ken Kistner, CBT College; Peter Jude, Kendall Regional Medical Center; Chamber President Mary Scott Russell, and Ricardo Forbes, Baptist Health South Florida.
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- Zaniac’s Neydy Gomez welcomes the guests.
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- Palmetto Senior High School Jazz Band led by Band Director Kennan Torgersen performed for the guests upon arrival.
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- Trustee members James Jackson and Cristina Duran of Nova Southeastern University.
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- Chamber members Hank Langston and Debi Moore of Gulliver Schools.
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- Palmetto Bay Councilwoman and UTD representative Karyn Cunningham snapping a selfie with the Superintendent and members of the Palmetto High School Jazz Band.
