Officers
Adalio T. Sanchez ’87
President, S Group Advisory LLCGerald C. Grant Jr., ’78, MBA ’89
President, G Financial GroupMarcel L. Navarro ’93
Principal, MMG Equity PartnersJill M. Granat, Esq. ’87
Restaurant Brands International, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Directors
Albert "Al" Lorenzo ’74
President, Quantum Results, Inc.Andre L. Teixeira ’92, MAcc ’93
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, The Graham CompaniesCandido K. Viyella
President & CEO, Earthview Capital, LLCCarlos Somoza, Esq. 1993
Principal, International Tax, Kaufman RossinCarmel J. Barrau, MD, FACP
President, Unihealth of South Florida, Inc.Claudia Puig
Chief Communications Officer, SBS CorporateCristina di Mauro ’01
Head of Wholesale Banking, BankUnitedElliot N. Stone
Principal, Royal Castle Builders, LLCFrancis A. Hondal '87, MBA '94
Board Member | Executive | Advisor Formerly President, Loyalty & Engagement for MastercardHugo Mantilla
Executive Director, Wealth Management, Institutional Consulting Director, Graystone ConsultingHumberto “Burt” Cabañas ’76
Founder and Chairman, BenchmarkIra D. Giller, A.I.A.
President, Giller and Giller, IncJames W. Loewenherz, MD, FACP, FASN
Chief of Nephrology, South Miami Hospital, Baptist Health System South FloridaJeffrey L. Horstmyer, MD, FAAN
Founding Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, The Brain CenterJuan J. Martinez '90, MAcc '93
VP/CFO & Treasurer, Knight FoundationMajor LaTéssa Dotson Hall
Executive Director and Founder, Richard P. Hall Eagles Foundation, Inc.Malcolm "Buster" W. Brown '88
Wealth Advisor, Market Leader, Senior Vice President, Seacoast BankMichael R. Torres, CPA '96
Partner, PAAST, P.L.Natasha Lowell
Senior Vice President & Senior Wealth Strategist, Grove Bank and TrustOrlando Roche '88
Market President, First Horizon BankRichard P. Tonkinson
President, Tonkinson Financial, Inc.Robert A. Baer, Sr. '89
CEO, Central Civil ConstructionSardou Mertilus
Partner, Citrin Cooperman Advisors LLCThomas C. Ragan
Partner, Ragan & Freeman LLPWalter B. Gonzalez Jr., Esq. '96
CEO, Goja LLCYolangel "Yogi" Hernandez Suarez, MD, MBA ,FACOG
Executive Vice Dean, Alice L. Walton School of Medicine
Foundation Fellows
Trish and Dan Bell
Foundation Fellows
Ex-Officios
Elizabeth Béjar
Provost, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating OfficerWilkin Caseres
Vice President, Florida International University Student Government AssociationJennifer Olmedo-Rodriguez Esq. '99
Shareholder, Buchanan, Ingersoll and Rooney, PCAlbert R. Taño, M.D.
President & Medical Director, Kidz Medical Services, Inc.Sean Gazitúa '04
President, Florida International University Alumni AssociationSneh 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)