RALPH CUTIÉ

DIRECTOR & CEO, MIAMI-DADE AVIATION DEPARTMENT, MIAMI

Since 2021, Cutié has led the Miami-Dade Aviation Department, which operates Miami International Airport and four general aviation airports in the Miami area. Together they generate $118 billion in business revenue and support more than 700,000 jobs within Miami-Dade County. MIA handles nearly 56 million passengers and nearly 3 million tons of cargo annually, placing it among America’s busiest international passenger and cargo airports.

EDUCATION: Florida International University (BS)

FIRST JOB: Summer job digging trenches for the father of a friend of mine who was a contractor.

DREAM ALTERNATE CAREER: Anything? I would say history teacher or astronaut.

SOMETHING SURPRISING: I pray every day and I have a passion for history.

HOBBY: My wife and I love hiking, and we recently walked the Camino de Santiago in Spain. It was a bucket list item we have always wanted to do, and we had the chance to do it this March with family and friends.

NONPROFIT PASSION: Wounded Warriors Project. My wife and I have a tremendous respect for veterans and we donate to this organization.

INDUSTRY TREND
“Electric Vertical Take Off and Landing (eVTOL) vehicles.”