Dear Colleagues,

As the Executive Director of the Dade Association of School Administrators, I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself to our distinguished membership. My name is Delio G. Diaz and I retired from MDCPS after 35 years of rewarding service to the School Board and the children of our community. Throughout my career I've had the privilege to work with a diverse group of individuals which afforded me professional growth and unique experiences. I've had the opportunity to work at numerous school sites as an administrator at the Elementary, Middle, and Senior High school level. Additionally I've also held assignments as a Region Director, Region Superintendent, and in the District office as well.

As I begin this new chapter in my life I am excited to take on new challenges and responsibilities to serve as an advocate on behalf of school site and non school site managerial exempt personnel. Unfortunately due to the harsh economic times that we are going through, many of our colleagues have been reassigned and opportunities for advancement have been curtailed. We must remain united and focused in order to have a strong voice in conversations with the Superintendent and the School Board on issues of mutual interest. One of my goals is to increase our membership since there is power in numbers. I will be reaching out to current MEP employees who are not members of our organization and to any other employees that become managerial exempt personnel. I will also be meeting with our Directors and Board on a regular basis in order to identify important issues of concern to the varied groups of administrative personnel when we begin the meet and confer process with the Superintendent.

I want to formally thank the DASA Board for putting their trust in me to continue to make DASA a vibrant and viable organization. I also want to thank Mr. Eric Jerry Parker for his many years of leadership and dedicated service and wish him a well deserved retirement. We will miss him.

Sincerely,

Delio G. Diaz

dgdiaz@dasa.us