Joseph Centorino assumed the position of Executive Director of the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust on September 1, 2011, following his laudatory 25-year career at the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office.  For most of that time, he served as Chief of the Public Corruption Division where he oversaw the investigation and prosecution of crimes committed by public officers and employees.  In addition to the private practice of law and work as an assistant district attorney in Massachusetts, Mr. Centorino served for eight years as an elected city councilman in his hometown of Salem and worked briefly as a congressional aide.

The graduate of Tufts University and Boston College Law School is a frequent lecturer, speaker and panelist on corruption and ethics-related topics.  He has served as an instructor of Professionalism & Ethics at Florida International University and is often asked to testify before local and state grand juries, advisory boards and governments.  Mr. Centorino serves on the Florida Bar Professional Ethics Committee and has been admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Watch County Connection video interview (10/10/11)

Read Miami Today profile (9/29/11)