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José Azel

José Azel is currently a Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies, University of Miami. He left Cuba in1961 as a 13 year-old political exile in what has been dubbed Operation Pedro Pan – the largest unaccompanied child refugee movement in the history of the Western Hemisphere.

Dr. Azel was one of the founders of Pediatrix Medical Group, the nation’s leading provider of pediatric specialty services and served as its first Chief Financial Officer.  He co-founded and serves as Board Chairman of Children’s Center for Development and Behavior, an organization dedicated to providing therapies for children with autism and other pervasive developmental disorders.

Dr. Azel was an Adjunct Professor of International Business at the School of Business Administration, Department of Management, University of Miami. He holds undergraduate and masters degrees in business administration and a Ph.D. in International Affairs from the University of Miami. Dr. Azel has a comprehensive general management background integrating broad functional experience in corporate governance, organizational development and finance with interdisciplinary, scholarly research in international business studies