Alberto "Al" Cardenas

Alberto "Al" R. Cardenas (born in Cuba in 1948) is a partner in the law firm of "Tew Cardenas". He has been named as one of Washington D.C.'s top lobbyists by "The Hill" newspaper. Cardenas is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Florida A&M University.

Cardenas is active in the Republican Party, having served three terms as Vice-Chairman and two terms as Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida. He was also appointed to the Executive Committee of the Republican Party, the highest policy-making board at the Republican National Committee. He was the first Hispanic to lead a major state party and remains the only Hispanic Republican Party Chairman in Florida history. [cite web
title = Professional Directory - Alberto R. Cardenas
publisher = Tew Cardenas LLP
url = http://tewlaw.com/professional.php?id=29
accessdate = 2006-11-25]

Cardenas received his associate's degree from Miami Dade Community College, a bachelor's degree from Florida Atlantic University, and his Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University. [cite web
title = Board of Trustees - Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
publisher = Florida A&M University
url = http://www.famu.edu/index.cfm?a=BOT&p=Trustees
accessdate = 2006-11-25] He is an alumnus of Florida Atlantic University's Eta Mu chapter of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity.

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