STATE REPRESENTATIVE DANNY ALVAREZ
Elected to the Florida House in 2022, Danny Alvarez is an attorney and business consultant with experience in corporate communications, marketing and messaging management.
Alvarez serves as General Counsel for the Tampa Police Benevolent Association, the Union representing over 1,100 active, reserve and retired members of the Tampa Police Department. He also helps businesses of all sizes navigate day-to-day operational, legal and marketing issues with a concentration on business growth and increased sales.
Alvarez taught Business Law at the University of Tampa for almost nine years and is regularly requested by media outlets in English and in Spanish to provide insight on legal and business matters.
After receiving the prestigious Distinguished Military Graduate designation, Danny was commissioned as an infantry officer in the United States Army in 1997. He is a graduate of the Infantry Officers Basic Course, the Bradley Fighting Vehicle Leaders Course, the Basic Airborne Course and the Jump Master Course. He was a performing member of the Silver Wings, the Army’s first and oldest parachute demonstration and skydiving team. After six years of combined service, he departed the Army in 2001 as a Captain having successfully led hundreds of men and women while maintaining responsibility for millions of dollars in vehicles, equipment and gear.
Alvarez was awarded the prestigious Hispanic Man of the Year by Tampa Hispanic Heritage Incorporated and was also named The Tampa Bay Community Service Person of the Year by Al Gallon Ministries in 2015. He is a three-time Tampa Bay Business Journal Heroes At Work award winner (2014, 2016 and 2017) and in 2012 was named the Small Business of the Year by the Tampa Latin Chamber of Commerce.