Javier Souto Javier was born in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, on December 15, 1938. In Cuba, he attended La Salle Elementary school in Sancti Spiritus and La Salle High School in Havana, graduating in 1956. After that he attended Villanova University in Havana and the University of Havana. In the U.S.A. he attended Miami-Dade College and the University of Miami where he graduated from the School of Business in 1967. Souto is a veteran of the Bay of Pigs Invasion (a founding member, #2504) where he was active in the infiltration teams. He served for several years, after the Bay of Pigs, with the CIA sponsored Special Missions Groups. Commissioner Souto was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in November 1984. Javier D. Souto was the first elected Miami-Dade County Commissioner representing District 10 in April 1993. He was reelected in 1994, 1998, 2002, and 2006. His commission district includes portions of Kendall, Westchester, and Fontainebleau. Javier is married to Berta Cepero. They have three adult children, Javier arrived in Miami-Dade County from Cuba on March 25, 1960, and has lived in Miami ever since. Jose Regalado Infiltration BACKGROUND INFORMATION UBS International Inc., Coral Gables, Florida 1994-2004 Vice President International Investments – Retired in 2004 Merrill Lynch International, Miami, Florida 1987-2004 Senior Financial Consultant 1985-1987 Senior Vice-president Tesoro Savings and Loan Association Head of Private Banking San Antonio, Texas Bank of America Latin American Division 1969-1985 Vice President and Manager, Metro America Soc. Financiera, Caracas Venezuela Manager, Quito Branch in Ecuador Senior Credit Administrator for Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile based in Caracas Assistant Vice President Latin American Section, Los Angeles International Office 1960-1967 Bay Of Pigs Invasion Brigade, Intelligence Officer, Infiltration Teams – Miami, Guatemala, Panama – Infiltrated in Cuba 02/14/1961 to train guerillas in Matanzas Province and help The underground in Havana prior to the Bay of Pigs Invasion EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 1969 University of Southern California in Los Angeles, Master of Business Administration In International Business 1967 Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, Ca, Major in Spanish and Business Education With a Minor in Economics 1987 Merrill Lynch MBA Training at Princeton, NJ as International Financial Consultant 1988 Mortgage Broker License State of Florida 1979 Bank of America Professor of Control Documentation for Officer Candidates in Latin America 1959 Universidad Católica de Santo Tomas de Villanueva, Marianao, Habana, Cuba. Graduated as C.P.A. B.A. In Sciences Major in Accounting and Economics Born in Marianao, Havana, Cuba - 08/15/1937 son of Jose Regalado Sanz, Spanish from Barcelona and Rufina Santana Iglesias from Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Civil Status – Married 53 years ago, 4 children, 10 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren - US Citizen Life in Pre-Castro Cuba: Born in Marianao, Havana, Cuba. Lived at same address in Marianao until married on 06/23/1956. 1941-1954 - From Pre-primary until graduation from High School attended same school. Colegio De La Salle of the Order of the Christian Brothers of St. Juan Bautista De La Salle. High School with emphasis in Humanities. 1954-1959 – B.A. in Sciences (Ciencias Comerciales) Universidad Católica de Santo Tomas de Villanueva in Marianao, Havana, Cuba. Married to Nancy Salas Perez, 06/23/1956 the daughter of General Rafael A. Salas Canizares, killed by Revolutionaries in 1956. He was the National Chief of Police in Cuba. 1957-1958 traveling in Western Europe. Lived in Madrid for 6 months and returned to Havana prior to the fall of the Batista Government. Due to my wife’s family attachment to the Government of Fulgencio Batista Revolutionaries looted our house on January 1, 1959 and I was forced to be present during the looting of my house. January 12, 1959 while driving to my parent’s home in the outskirts of Havana, I was kidnapped by elements of the July 26 Movement in the area of the Country Club and tied to a tree. They claimed that we had millions stashed away and they wanted $100,000 or else my mother-in-law, my wife, and I will be killed. They gave me 48 hours to get the money. A dear friend of mine Dr. Jose Roiz, a minority stockholder in one of our companies and a gun collector, upon learning about the predicament I was in offered himself with a couple of friends to set a trap up for the revolutionaries at my parent’s home. When they came for the money Jose Roiz, his friends and I engaged them in a firefight and they escape