Vice Mayor Michael Hernandez 

District 4

Michael “Mike” Hernández serves as Vice Mayor for the City of Pembroke Pines and Commissioner for District 4. He is committed to providing excellent constituent service for all 172,000 city residents and enhancing communication and outreach between the City, its residents and county, state and federal government. 

Vice Mayor Hernández has over 20 years of experience in the fields of Communication, Public Relations and Government Affairs. He serves as Vice President of Communications for the Partnership For Miami, a nonprofit organization comprising business leaders acting in the civic interest to build a world-class Miami that works for all. 

Hernández has spent parts of his career working as a senior executive in government and as a c-suite consultant in the private and non-profit sectors. For four years, he served as the Director of Communications for Miami-Dade County government and Senior Advisor to the county mayor. In that role, Hernández led communication efforts for Miami International Airport and PortMiami, as well as the water & sewer and emergency management departments. He was the mayor’s only official spokesperson and chief communications officer for the 25-department government and managed crises such as the impact of Hurricane Irma and the outbreak of the Zika virus. 

From 2019-2024, he appeared on NBC 6 and Telemundo 51 as the political analyst for both stations, providing bilingual commentary and analysis on the political process in Washington, D.C., Tallahassee, and South Florida for viewers. Earlier in his career, Hernández worked as a consultant to heads of state, presidential and congressional candidates, political parties and organizations in the United States and 10 other countries throughout Latin America, the Caribbean and the Middle East while a Senior Director at Washington, D.C.-based Penn Schoen Berland, a global research consultancy. 

Originally from Miami and born to Cuban American parents, Hernández is a graduate of Westminster Christian High School and Florida International University (FIU) where he earned two degrees — a Master’s in Public Administration and Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. He has served as the president of the university’s 300,000-member alumni association and is currently an adjunct professor for the School of International & Public Affairs and College of Communication. Hernández also serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the nonprofit economic development organization Prospera in Orlando. 

 A 17-year resident of Pembroke Pines, Hernández is married to Christine Cento Hernández. They have two children who attend local public schools.