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2019-2020 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.

Board Leadership

  • Chairperson
    Richard Brilliant '93
    Carnival Corporation
    Chief Audit Officer, 
    Risk Advisory & Assurance Services

  • Vice Chairperson
    Humberto “Burt” Cabañas '76
    Benchmark
    Founder & Chairman
    Development Committee, Chair

  • Treasurer
    Andre L. Teixeira ’92, MAcc '93
    The Graham Companies
    EVP and Chief Financial Officer
    Finance Committee, Chair

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

  • Chief Executive Officer
    Howard R. Lipman
    FIU Foundation, Inc.

  • Steven M. Berwick, CPA '74
    Kaufman, Rossin & Co., P.A.
    Audit & Litigation Consulting Principal
    Audit Subcommittee, Chair

  • Francisco Gonzalez, CPA '90
    Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLP
    Principal-in-Charge, Audit
    Athletics Subcommittee, Co-Chair

  • Gerald C. Grant, Jr. '78, MBA '89
    AXA Advisors, LLC
    Branch Director of Financial Planning
  • Noel J. Guillama-Alvarez '99
    OXIO Health, Inc.
    Chairman & CEO
    Campaign Budget Task Force, Chair
  • Michael A. Kappitt '92
    Subway
    Chief Operating & Insights Officer
    Campaign & Foundation Marketing, Chair

  • Juan J. Martinez ’90, MAcc '93
    James L. Knight Foundation
    Vice President, CFO, Treasurer
    Investment Subcommittee, Chair

  • Esther L. Moreno, Esq. '95
    Akerman, LLP
    Shareholder
    Bylaws Special Committee, Chair

  • Chad Moss '94 
    Moss & Associates
    Executive Vice President
    Moss Foundation, Inc., President 
    Athletics Sub-Committee, Co-Chair
  • T. Gene Prescott
    The Biltmore Hotel
    President
  • Mark B. Rosenberg
    Florida International University
    President

  • Adalio T. Sanchez '87
    S Group Advisory, LLC
    President
    Foundation Enterprise
        Planning Committee, Chair

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

  • Elliot Stone
    Royal Castle Builders, LLC
    Principal
    Real Estate Subcommittee, Chair