Ricky Arriola – Obama’s Man in Miami
Miami, FL – February 10,2010 – Ricky Arriola, President and CEO of Inktel Direct Corp., has been named Obama’s Man in Miami by Poder 360, a premier business magazine known for its cutting edge editorial coverage and exclusive insider access and information on the U.S. Hispanic market and Latin America. Read the excerpt below:
“Ricky is someone you can really count on,” says Wagar. “He’s pulled in so many directions that you wonder how he can do it all.”
It’s a question many of his friends and acquaintances ask themselves. A pocket-dynamo, Arriola, 41, is currently chairman of the Performing Arts Center Trust that oversees Miami’s three-year-old concert and opera hall complex. In November he was appointed to the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, regarded as the nation’s preeminent cultural body which serves as a liaison between the White House and federal agencies.
He’s also now an active member of the Democratic National Committee, working on three campaigns: Alex Sink, for Florida Governor, Rosa Scarcelli for Governor of Maine and Alexi Giannoulias of Illinois for the U.S. Senate.
On top of that he runs 40-50 miles a week and is currently training for a series of triathlons, as well as the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington DC. “He’s incredibly disciplined,” says Rosa Sugrañes, CEO of Iberia Tiles and a past president of Miami-Dade County Cultural Affairs Council. “I get exhausted just thinking about Ricky’s schedule, and I have a lot of energy, too.”
Arriola takes it all in his stride. “I just have very full days. I get up early and I work until my head hits the pillow. I try to schedule things in advance and stay organized.”
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