Daniella Levine Cava was elected Miami-Dade County's first-ever woman mayor in November 2020. She enters the Mayor's Office following a 40-year career as a relentless advocate for South Florida families. As mayor, she oversees a metropolitan government of nearly 30,000 employees, serves nearly 3 million residents, and manages an annual budget of nearly $12 billion.

Mayor Levine Cava's administration is focused on building a stronger, more prosperous, more resilient Miami-Dade. She protected lives and livelihoods by deploying a people-focused coronavirus pandemic response. She is prioritizing reforms to keep our county safe and free from gun violence through the Peace and Prosperity Plan, reinvigorating a thriving economy that delivers economic security and welcomes new investment, tackling the housing crisis by protecting tenants and building more affordable housing, preserving our environment, including Biscayne Bay and the Everglades, for generations to come, connecting every corner of Miami-Dade with the efficient and reliable public transit, and directly engaging with residents to make county government more transparent and accountable.

A social worker, lawyer, and community activist, she was first elected in 2014, and re-elected in August 2018, to serve as the Miami-Dade County Commissioner representing District 8. Previously, Levine Cava served vulnerable children, families and immigrants at Legal Services of Greater Miam and the Guardian Ad Litem Program. In 1996, she founded Catalyst Miami to help low- and middle-income families through service, education, and advocacy, which she ran for nearly two decades. With her husband, Dr. Robert Cava, a Miami native and practicing physician, she is proud to have raised two children, Eliza and Edward, in Miami-Dade.