Biographies

Supervisor of Elections Lester Sola oversees the busiest Elections Department in Florida overseeing multiple municipal elections as well as County Elections. He is responsible for the largest voter population in Florida with more than one million registered voters and manages as many as 811 precincts on Election Day.

Supervisor Sola began his career with Miami-Dade County Government more than 18 years ago. In 1992, he joined the County as a member of the County Manager Management Training Program. He has held several high-level positions including:  Contract Coordination Officer in the County Manager's Office, Architectural and Engineering Consultant Coordinator for the County Manager's Office, Division Director for the Department of Business Development, Assistant to the County Manager, Deputy Director for the Department of Business Development, Chief Deputy Supervisor of Elections, and was appointed Supervisor of Elections on March 31, 2005.

During his career with Miami-Dade County, Supervisor Sola has been responsible for the coordination and refocusing of the capital program at Miami International Airport; the establishment of small and minority-based programs for the procurement of goods and services; establishment of centralized systems for the tracking of County capital expansion programs and professional services; the provision of management direction to County Departments (Aviation, Seaport, Performing Arts Center, American Airlines Arena); and the reorganization and transition of several high-level positions.

As the Supervisor of Elections, he currently serves as the department director and manages a staff of 108 full-time, up to 1,000 seasonal, and over 10,000 poll worker positions with an annual operating budget of $27 million. He has been involved in elections since 1992 serving as an Election Day troubleshooter. He serves on the Florida Voter Registration System, Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail and Get out the Vote committees.

Supervisor Sola has a Master's Degree and Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration with a minor in organizational psychology from Florida International University.

Supervisor Sola is married to Ana Maria and they have three (3) children: Alex, Gabriela, Michelle.