2016-2017 Annual Report

The FIU Foundation, Inc. 2016-2017 Board of Directors

Thank you to all of our directors, past and present, for their time, leadership and dedication in support of FIU and The FIU Foundation, Inc.

Executive Committee

Chairperson
Thomas M. Cornish ’85
BankUnited, Inc.
President, Florida Bank

Vice Chairperson
Richard Brilliant ’93
Carnival Corporation
Chief Audit Officer, Risk Advisory & Assurance Services
Investment Sub-Committee, Chair Hotel Task Force, Chair

Vice Chairperson
Kathryn G. Chase
Citigroup
US Head of Retail Business & Merchant Services

Treasurer
Adalio T. Sanchez ’87
Finance Committee, Chair

Secretary
Jill M. Granat, Esq. ’87
Restaurant Brands International
General Counsel

Agustin R. Arellano, Sr.
NV2A Group
Chairman
Real Estate Sub-Committee, Chair

Steven M. Berwick, CPA ’74
Kaufman, Rossin & Co., P.A.
Principal, Audit & Litigation Consulting
Audit Sub-Committee, Chair

Humberto “Burt” Cabañas ’76
Benchmark Hospitality International
Chairman and CEO
Marketing Task Force, Chair

Candice B. Gidney
Candice Gidney, Esq. P.A. Principal
Bylaws Special Committee, Chair

Claudia Puig
Univision Radio
Senior Vice President and
Eastern Regional Manager

Wasim J. Shomar
The Lynx Companies
Chairman & CEO
Membership & Board Management Committee, Chair

CEO
Howard R. Lipman
The FIU Foundation, Inc.

President
Mark B. Rosenberg
Florida International University

Directors

Stewart L. Appelrouth, CPA, MS ’80
Appelrouth, Farah & Co., P.A. Co-Founder & Principal

Trish and Dan Bell
Bell Family Foundation

Kenneth M. Bloom
Bloom & Minsker, P.A. Partner

John M. Bussel
Hewins Financial Advisors Principal & Regional Director

Maria R. Del Busto
Del Busto Platinum Enterprises CEO

Carlos A. Duart ’94, MS ’99
CDR Maguire Inc. President

Juan R. Figuereo ’81
Revlon Consumer Products Corporation EVP & Chief Financial Officer

Francisco Gonzalez, CPA ’90
Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLP Managing Principal

Noel J. Guillama-Alvarez ’99
Quantum Innovations, Inc. President & CEO

Michael A. Kappitt ’92
Carrabba’s Italian Grill President

Melvin L. Kirk
Ryder Systems Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer

Alberto Lorenzo ’74
Quantum Results Inc. President

Juan J. Martinez ’90, MAcc ’93
James L. Knight Foundation Vice President, CFO, Treasurer

Esther L. Moreno, Esq. ’95
Akerman LLP Corporate Practice Group Shareholder

Chad Moss ’94
Moss & Associates Executive Vice President Moss Foundation, Inc. President

Mario Murgado
Brickell Motors, Inc. President and CEO

Marcel L. Navarro ’93
MMG Equity Partners Principal

Stacey J. Oddman, M.D. ’94
Holy Cross Hospital Chief of the Family Medicine Department

Jonathan E. Perlman
Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. Partner

T. Gene Prescott
The Biltmore Hotel President

Randy B. Robertson ’84
BlackRock Inc. Managing Director

Orlando Roche ’88
Sabadell Bank & Trust Regional President, Miami-Dade County

Jorge Rossell
TotalBank Chairman & CEO

Elliot Stone
Royal Castle Builders, LLC Principal

Oscar J. Suarez
Ernst & Young LLP Florida Market Leader

Albert R. Taño, M.D.
Kidz Medical Services Director and Associate Partner

Andre L. Teixeira ’92, MAcc ’93
The Graham Companies EVP & Chief Financial Officer

Jorge R. Villacampa
Wells Fargo Area President, Miami-Dade

Gerald A. R. Wight ’89, ’92
Carver Federal Savings Bank Vice President, Portfolio Manager

Ex-Oficios:

Lourdes “Luly” C. Balepogi ’00
Chispa Marketing, Inc. and Luly B, Inc. Founder & President

Leonardo Cosio
FIU Student Government Association President, BBC

Kenneth G. Furton
Florida International University Provost and Executive Vice President

Eduardo V. Hondal ’88, MS ’00
Eli Lilly Company Senior Diabetes Specialty Representative

Joerg Reinhold
Florida International University Associate Professor

Foundation Fellows: Danny Pino ’96 and Lilly Bernal Pino ’97
Professional Actor and Actress

Former Foundation Board Chairpersons:

John K. Aurell (1971-1973)
Lester R. Johnson, Jr. (1973-1975)
Jay Janis (1975-1976)*
Dave W. Schornstein (1976-1977)
J. Stephen Hudson (1977-1978)
Thomas D. Lumpkin (1978-1980)*
David L. Perlman (1980-1982)*
Catherine H. Fahringer (1982-1984)
W. James Orovitz (1984-1987)*
Mr. Robert H. Coords (1987-1988)
Alvah H. Chapman, Jr. (1988-1993)*
Joseph P. Lacher (1993-1994)
David R. Parker (1994-1997)
Patricia Frost, EdD, DPS ’02 (1997-1999)
Herbert A. Wertheim, OD, ScD ’96, M.D. ’13 (1999-2000)
Sherrill W. Hudson (2000-2002)
Donald E. Lefton (2002-2004)
Carlos A. Migoya, Ph.D. ’74, MBA ’76 (2004-2006)
S. Lawrence Kahn, III (2006-2008)
Joseph L. Caruncho (2008-2009)
Albert Morrison, Jr.*, Honorary Chairperson (2010-honored posthumously)
Noel J. Guillama-Alvarez ’99 (2010-2011)
Justo L. Pozo ’80 (2011-2014)