12- EMILIO BENITEZ — CEO, ChildNet
Emilio Benitez is President and Chief Executive Officer of ChildNet, the single private non-profit service responsible for administration of the local child welfare system in Broward and Palm-Beach counties under a contract with the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF). A native of Havana, Cuba, Emilio is a graduate of Tulane University, and received his law degree from the University of Florida. Since 2007, Emilio has been overseeing ChildNet, which only last month moved into an expanded 35,000 square foot headquarters which it shares with Fort Lauderdale Independence Training & Education Center. He has been involved in children’s advocacy efforts locally and statewide for more than a decade, and calls Hollywood, Florida, his home.
