Miguel A. Southwell is the Deputy Director of Business for Miami-Dade County’s system of airports that includes Miami International and four general aviation (GA) airports.  He is responsible for generating annually approximately $600 million in revenue from a wide variety of airport business operations that include: Real Estate Management & Development; Food, Beverage and Retail Concessions; Parking; the Miami International Airport Hotel; new Air Service Development; and soon, rock mining at a former GA. Furthermore, Mr. Southwell is responsible for supervising Administrative Services, Fine Arts & Cultural Affairs, and Protocol & International Affairs. He joined the Aviation Department in July 2001. Before joining the Aviation Department, Mr. Southwell spent 11 years at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in numerous positions, including Interim Assistant Director of Business and Finance.  He also served for five years as an adjunct professor of Aviation at Georgia State University. 

Prior to his airport career, Mr. Southwell worked in the banking and airline industries.  He was a Regional Branch Manager and Assistant Vice President of Willamette Savings in Portland, Oregon.  Also, he worked with British West Indian Airways in Antigua, British West Indies.

Mr. Southwell holds a bachelor’s degree in management from Portland State University and a master’s in international business from City University of New York.

Among the international and civic organizations in which he serves, Mr. Southwell is a World Governing Board member of Airports Council International (ACI) and President of ACI - Latin America and the Caribbean Region. ACI is the five-region official association of airports around the world. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Beacon Council, Miami-Dade County’s economic development agency, and a Board member of the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Mr. Southwell is from the Caribbean nation of Antigua and lives in Miami with his wife Allison.  They have two sons, Kiel and Sean.