Perla Tabares Hantman, chairman of the Miami-Dade County School Board, was reappointed to serve on the Miami-Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization Governing Board (MPO) by Governor Rick Scott for an additional term ending December 16, 2017.
The MPO is a federally mandated and funded transportation policy-making organization that is composed of 23 voting members, including the 13 Miami-Dade County Commissioners, an elected official from each city with over 50,000 residents (Hialeah, Miami, Miami Beach, Miami Gardens, North Miami and Homestead), and various appointments by the Governor, one of which is a School Board representative.
“I am honored to serve for my fifth consecutive term on this very important Board, whose purpose is to develop transportation plans and programs to implement a safe and efficient multi-modal transportation system that supports sustainable, livable communities and economic development,” Hantman said.