Ramiro Inguanzo

Ramiro J. Inguanzo is the deputy city manager for Bal Harbour Village, Florida, where he assists in the day-to-day management and operations of this coastal community in Miami-Dade County. He served as president of the Miami-Dade County/City Management Association (MDCCMA) of the professional association of city managers in Miami-Dade County from 2019-2021. Previously, he worked for the City of Miami Beach as chief of staff and director of human resources/labor relations from 2001-2012.

Prior to his work in local government, Inguanzo was senior advisor to the college president and assistant dean of students at Miami Dade College. There, he also oversaw government and community relations, and he has taught as an adjunct professor since 2005, teaching courses in government and the U.S. Constitution. He was also director of leadership development at the Council for Excellence in Government in Washington, D.C. and worked as a legislative fellow for the Florida House of Representatives. He was appointed twice by former Florida Governor Lawton Chiles to serve as a member of Florida's Postsecondary Education Planning Commission (PEPC), the state board responsible for making policy recommendations to the Florida Board of Education. During his tenure as a member, he led the initiative to implement service-learning programs in Florida's higher education curricula.

Currently, Inguanzo serves as a board member on the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) affiliate Local Government Hispanic Network, the Miami-Dade County Neat Streets Miami and the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Secure Our Future Advisory Committee.

Inguanzo is a proud two-time graduate of Florida State University, having graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and Communication and a Master’s of Public Administration. While at FSU, he was inducted into the FSU Gold Key Hall of Fame, awarded the Seminole Torchbearer Award and was the first-ever recipient of the FSU Apollo Visko Award. Since 2015, Inguanzo has served as a board member of the Student Affairs Development Council. In 2021, he was appointed to the FSU Alumni Association Board of Directors.