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