Officers
Adalio T. Sanchez ’87
President, S Group Advisory LLCGerald C. Grant Jr., ’78, MBA ’89
President, G Financial GroupMarcel L. Navarro ’93
MMG Equity Partners PrincipalJill M. Granat, Esq. ’87
Restaurant Brands International, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Directors
Robert A. Baer, Sr. '89
Central Civil Construction, CEOCarmel J. Barrau, MD, FACP
President Unihealth of South Florida, Inc.Malcolm "Buster" W. Brown '88
Wealth Advisor, Market Leader Senior Vice President, Seacoast BankIra D. Giller
President Giller and Giller, IncWalter B. Gonzalez Jr., Esq. '96
CEO, Goja LLCYolangel H. Hernandez Suarez, MD, MBA ,FACOG
Senior Associate Dean for Student AffairsFrancis A. Hondal '87, MBA '94
Board Member | Executive | Advisor Formerly President, Loyalty & Engagement for MastercardJeffrey L. Horstmyer, MD, FAAN
Brain Center Founding Chairman & Chief Executive OfficerJames W. Loewenherz, MD, FACP, FASN
Chief of Nephrology, South Miami Hospital, Baptist Health System South FloridaAlbert "Al" Lorenzo ’74
President, Quantum Results, Inc.Hugo Mantilla
Executive Director, Wealth Management, Institutional Consulting Director, Graystone ConsultingThomas C. Ragan
Partner, Ragan & Freeman LLPOrlando Roche '88
First Horizon BankCarlos Somoza, Esq. 1993
Principal, International Tax, Kaufman RossinAndre L. Teixeira ’92, MAcc ’93
The Graham Companies Executive Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerRichard P. Tonkinson
President, Tonkinson Financial, Inc.Candido K. Viyella
President & CEOWilkin Caseres
Vice PresidentJennifer Olmedo-Rodriguez Esq. '99
Shareholder, Buchanan, Ingersoll and Rooney, PCStewart L. Appelrouth, CPA, MS ’80
Principal, Taxation and Litigation ConsultingHumberto “Burt” Cabañas ’76
Benchmark Chairman and CEOCristina di Mauro ’01
Head of Wholesale Banking, BankUnitedMajor LaTéssa Dotson Hall
Executive Director, Founder Richard P. Hall Eagles Foundation, Inc.Juan J. Martinez '90, MAcc '93
Knight Foundation, VP/CFO & TreasurerElliot N. Stone
DirectorDavid M. Zinn MST ‘98
Founding and Managing Director, Ocean Azul Partners
Foundation Fellows
Trish and Dan Bell
Foundation Fellows
Ex-Officios
Elizabeth Béjar
Provost, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating OfficerAlbert R. Taño, M.D.
Kidz Medical Services, Inc. President & Medical DirectorSean Gazitúa '04
President and CEO, WTDCSneh Gulati, P.h.D.
FIU Faculty Senate Vice Chairperson, Coordinator of Departmental Development and Special Projects Department of Mathematics and Statistics Fellow
Chairperson Emeritus and Emeritus Directors
- Neal O. Amdur
- John K. Aurell
- Oscar Bustillo
- Alvah H. Chapman, Jr., Chairperson Emeritus
- Jordan Davidson
- Victor I. Eber Leon J. Ell
- Catherine H. Fahringer
- Stanley J. Glaser
- Gui L. P. Govaert
- J. Stephen Hudson
- Lester R. Johnson
- Roz Kovens
- William M. Lehman, Jr.
- Morris Levitt
- Modesto A. Maidique
- Albert Morrison, Jr.
- W. James Orovitz
- David L. Perlman, Chairperson Emeritus
- Ricardo Nuñez-Portuondo
- Earl W. Powell
- Joan Peven Smith
- Theodore Spak
- Amancio V. Suarez
- Norman R. Weldon
- Gerald Thomas Wolfe ’80 ‘86
- Sonny Wright
- Charles Zwick
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 (1997-1999)
- Herbert A. Wertheim (1999-2000)
- Sherrill W. Hudson (2000-2002)
- Donald E. Lefton (2002-2004)
- Carlos A. Migoya (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)
- Thomas M. Cornish ’85 (2014-2017)
- Richard Brilliant '93 (2017-2020)
- Humberto "Burt" Cabañas '76 (2020-2023)
(*deceased)