HOPE Public Interest Resource Center – 13th Annual HOPE Auction
Auction Ends: Nov 30, 2011 11:59 PM EST

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Lunch for 2 with Manny Diaz, UM School of Law Alumnus & Former Mayor, City of Miami

Item Number
241
Estimated Value
Priceless
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Item Description

Lunch for 2 with Manny Diaz, UM School of Law Alumnus JD'80, and Former Mayor, City of Miami.

Manny Diaz was first elected Miami's mayor in 2001, having never held elective office. He was reelected to a second term in 2005. 

He was chosen to lead the United States Conference of Mayors as its president beginning in the summer of 2008.

Diaz has been recognized with the 2006 Government Award by Hispanic Magazine, the 2004 Urban Innovator of the Year by the Manhattan Institute, 2004 Business Leader of the Year Award by SouthFloridaCEO Magazine, and was named an Outstanding American by Choice by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service.

He serves on the advisory board for the Manhattan Institute’s Center for Civic Innovation, the University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Urban Research and the Mayors’ Institute on City Design, and he was chosen as a judge for the Rudy Bruner Award for excellence in urban design.

Born on Nov. 5, 1954, in Havana, Cuba, Diaz immigrated to the United States with his mother, Elisa, in 1961. Growing up in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood, Diaz attended Belen Jesuit Prep School, Miami-Dade College, Florida International University and the University of Miami’s School of Law.

Diaz is a partner in the law firm of Diaz & O’Naghten.

Item Special Note

http://www.politico.com/arena/bio/manny_diaz.html

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