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 Joseph Bernadel Chief Operations Officer Toussaint L'Overture High School, CJC member since 2008 Joseph Bernadel-- Chief Operations Officer & Co-Founder of Toussaint L'Ouverture High School.
Joseph Bernadel was born in Haiti, where he completed his primary and secondary schooling at the Institution of St. Louis de Gonzague. He emigrated to the United States in 1975 and soon joined the United States Army.
He retired as a Major from the US Military in 1997 after 22 years of worldwide sensitive military assignments, which included positions as Attache Militaire in Haiti and Mozambique.
He is fluent in five languages: Creole, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. Major Bernadel is the co-founder of Toussaint L'Ouverture High School for Arts and Social Justice in Delray Beach, Florida, a charter high school that opened in August 2001, serving Palm Beach County students of diverse backgrounds.
He is the first person of Haitian ancestry to have opened a public school in the United States.
In October 2002, the school launched Haiti Museum of Arts and Culture.
The Museum honors the culture of the Haitian Diaspora and will serve as a repository of the oral traditions of the Haitian people in Delray Beach and surrounding communities. Mr. Bernadel serves as the Chairman of the Delray Beach Housing Authority and is the Chair of the Joseph Laurore Foundation. Mr. Bernadel was appointed by Governor Bush to the Board of the Community Hospital Educational Counsel, a statewide organization and served on the State of Florida Materials Selection Committee for the Department of Education.
He is a national trainer for the Anti-Defamation League of Palm Beach County, Florida and the winner of the Toussaint L'Ouverture Distinguished Service Award in 2007.
He was instrumental in having May declared Haitian Heritage Month as proclaimed by the Delray Beach City Council. Mr. Bernadel holds a Bachelor of Science in Administration from the Hawaii Pacific University (Honolulu, Hi.) and has completed his graduate studies at the University of Florida in Latin American and Caribbean Affairs. His current professional priorities are to build institutions honoring the presence and contributions of people of color in South Florida and to enhance their welfare through education, economic opportunities, and political advocacy. |
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