The FIU Foundation, Inc.
2014-2015 Board of Directors
Thank you to our FIU Foundation Board of Directors who give of their time and expertise to advance the Foundation and support FIU.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chairperson Thomas M. Cornish ’85 BankUnited, Inc. President, Florida Bank
Vice Chairperson Richard Brilliant MS ’93 Carnival Corporation Chief Audit Officer, Risk Advisory & Assurance Services Development Committee, Co-Chair Investment Sub-Committee, Chair Hotel Task Force, Chair
Vice Chairperson Kathryn G. Chase Citibank N.A. Regional President, Eastern Region Development Committee, Co-Chair
Secretary Carlos B. Castillo, Esq. ’88 Ring Bender McKown &Castillo, LLLP. Partner
Treasurer Adalio T. Sanchez ’87 Finance Committee, Chair
Agustin R. Arellano, Sr. Arellano Construction President Real Estate Sub-Committee, Chair
Steven M. Berwick, CPA ’74 Kaufman, Rossin & Co., P.A. Principal, Audit & Litigation Consulting Audit Sub-Committee, Chair
Candice B. Gidney Candice Gidney, Esq. P.A. Principal Bylaws Special Committee, Chair
Jill M. Granat, Esq. ’87 Burger King Corporation Senior Vice President/ General Counsel Membership & Board Management Committee, Chair
Albert R. Maury ’96 ’02 Leon Medical Centers Health Plans President & CEO FIU Board of Trustees Chair
Howard R. Lipman FIU Foundation, Inc. CEO
Mark B. Rosenberg FIU President
DIRECTORS
David S. Adler ’08
Adler Development, Inc.
President
Lourdes C. Balepogi ’00
Chispa Marketing, Inc.
Founder & President
Kenneth Bloom
Bloom & Minkser, P.A.
Partner
John Bussel
Hewins Financial Advisors
Principal & Regional Director
Humberto Cabañas ’76
Benchmark Hospitality
International
Chairman and CEO
Veronica Cervera Goeseke
Cervera Real Estate, Inc.
CEO
Carlos A. Duart ’94, MS ’99
CDR Maguire Inc.
President
Maria Del Busto
Del Busto Capital Partners
President & COO
Juan R. Figuereo ’81
NII Holdings
Executive Vice President & CFO
Kenneth G. Furton
Florida International University
Provost and Executive
Vice President
Francisco Gonzalez, CPA ’90
Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLP
Principal, Audit Department
Jorge J. Gonzalez ’88
City National Bank of Florida
President
Noel J. Guillama-Alvarez ’99
Quantum Innovations, Inc.
President & CEO
Jeffrey L. Horstmyer, MD
Neuroscience Centers of
Florida Foundation
Chairman
Melvin Kirk
Ryder Systems
Senior Vice President &
Chief Information Officer
Alberto Lorenzo ’74
Quantum Results Inc.
President
Juan J. Martinez ’90, ’93
James L. Knight Foundation
Vice President, CFO,
Treasurer
Allhan Mejia
FIU Student Government
Association
President, BBC
Michael R. Mendez ’03, MBA ’10
Mendez Fuel Holdings
President
Esther Moreno ’95
Akerman LLP
Corporate Practice
Group Shareholder
Chad Moss ’94
Moss & Associates
Senior Vice President
Mario Murgado
Brickell Motors, Inc.
President and Chief Executive
Marcel L. Navarro ’93
MMG Equity Partners
Principal
Stacey J. Oddman, MD ’94
Holy Cross Hospital
Chief of the Family
Medicine Department
Frank J. Peña ’99
Wyndham Hotel Group
Manager of Franchise
Development
Marcos A. Perez ’90, MBA ’00
Leon Medical Centers Health Plans
Vice President of Business
Development
Jonathan E. Perlman
Genovese Joblove &
Battista, P.A.
Partner
Danny Pino ’96
Professional Actor
Lilly Bernal Pino ’97
Professional Actress
T. Gene Prescott
The Biltmore Hotel
President
Joerg Reinhold PhD
Florida International University
Associate Professor
Orlando Roche ’88
Sabadell Bank & Trust
Regional President,
Miami-Dade County
Jorge Rossell
Total Bank
Chairman & Chief Executive
Officer
Carlos A. Sabater, CPA ’81
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Global Managing Director, Audit
and Enterprise Risk Services
Albert Santalo ’97
CloudCare Corporation
President & CEO
Wasim J. Shomar, PhD
The Lynx Companies
Chairman and CEO
Ronald A. Shuffield
Esslinger Wooten Maxwell, Inc.
President
Elliot Stone
Royal Castle Builders, LLC
Principal LLP.
Florida Market Leader
Oscar Suarez
Ernst & Young LLP
Florida Market Leader
Albert Taño, MD
Kidz Medical Services
Director and Associate Partner
Andre L. Teixeira ’92
The Graham Companies
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
Jose J. Valdes-Fauli ’75
Entrepreneur
Jorge R. Villacampa
Wells Fargo
Senior Vice President,
Community Bank President
Isaac Zelcer
Isaco International Corporation
Chairman
Sanford L. Ziff
Sunglass Hut
Founder