Cristian Arango, Chief of Operations                                        carango@miamibeachcdc.org

Cristian Arango serves as the Chief of Operations for the MBCDC. Mr. Arango is a J.D. graduate from the University of Miami School of Law, where he also completed the Robert Traurig-Greenberg Traurig LL.M. in Real Property Development. He received his B.A. from the University of Florida, and holds certificates in Finance & Quantitative Modeling from Wharton and Behavioral Finance from Duke University.

Mr. Arango has extensive and impressive experience in the real estate development field. He spent a year and a half as a development intern at Carrfour Supportive Housing, Inc., where he garnered extensive knowledge regarding the financing and management of affordable housing developments under construction. Upon graduating from law school, he was hired by Atlantic Pacific Communities as a Development Associate, where he financed and managed several high-pressure developments. Further, in 2021 Mr. Arango joined Procore Technologies, a publicly traded cloud-based construction management software company, as a Senior Enterprise Risk Management Consultant within its Finance and Revenue Organization.

Mr. Arango continues to pursue his passion and advocacy for affordable housing and community development, and LGBTQ+ rights. And, remains active with the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) as Vice-chair of Communications for its LGBT Division.