2016-2017 Annual Report
2016-2017 Annual Report
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.
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
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
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