Adalio T. Sanchez ’87
President, S Group Advisory LLCGerald C. Grant Jr., ’78, MBA ’89
President, G Financial Group
Marcel L. Navarro ’93
MMG Equity Partners Principal
Jill M. Granat, Esq. ’87
Restaurant Brands International, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
David Almansa
Vice President, FIU Student Government Association
Stewart L. Appelrouth, CPA, MS ’80
Principal, Taxation and Litigation ConsultingRobert A. Baer, Sr. '89
Central Civil Construction, CEO
Carmel J. Barrau, MD, FACP
President Unihealth of South Florida, Inc.
Elizabeth Béjar
Provost, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Malcolm "Buster" W. Brown '88
Wealth Advisor, Market Leader Senior Vice President, Seacoast Bank
Humberto “Burt” Cabañas ’76
Benchmark Chairman and CEO
Cristina di Mauro ’01
Head of Wholesale Banking, BankUnited
Major LaTéssa Dotson Hall
Executive Director, Founder Richard P. Hall Eagles Foundation, Inc.
Sean Gazitúa '04
President and CEO, WTDC
Ira D. Giller
President Giller and Giller, Inc
Walter B. Gonzalez Jr., Esq. '96
CEO, Goja LLC
Sneh Gulati, PhD
FIU Faculty Senate Vice Chairperson, Coordinator of Departmental Development and Special Projects Department of Mathematics and Statistics Fellow
Francis A. Hondal '87, MBA '94
Board Member | Executive | Advisor Formerly President, Loyalty & Engagement for Mastercard
Yolangel H. Hernandez Suarez, MD, MBA ,FACOG
Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Jeffrey L. Horstmyer, MD, FAAN
Brain Center Founding Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
James W. Loewenherz, MD, FACP, FASN
Chief of Nephrology, South Miami Hospital, Baptist Health System South Florida
Albert "Al" Lorenzo ’74
President, Quantum Results, Inc.
Hugo Mantilla
Executive Director, Wealth Management, Institutional Consulting Director, Graystone Consulting
Juan J. Martinez '90, MAcc '93
Knight Foundation, VP/CFO & Treasurer
Jennifer Olmedo-Rodriguez Esq. '99
Shareholder, Buchanan, Ingersoll and Rooney, PC
Thomas C. Ragan
Partner, Ragan & Freeman LLP
Orlando Roche '88
First Horizon Bank
Carlos Somoza, Esq. 1993
Principal, International Tax, Kaufman Rossin
Elliot N. Stone
Director
Albert R. Taño, MD
Kidz Medical Services, Inc. President & Medical Director
Andre L. Teixeira ’92, MAcc ’93
The Graham Companies Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Richard P. Tonkinson
President, Tonkinson Financial, Inc.
Candido K. Viyella
President & CEO
David M. Zinn MST ‘98
Founding and Managing Director, Ocean Azul Partners
Trish and Dan Bell
Foundation Fellows
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)
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 Núñez-Portuondo
Earl W. Powell
Joan Peven Smith
Theodore Spak*
Amancio V. Suarez
Norman R. Weldon
Gerald Thomas Wolfe ‘80 ‘86
Sonny Wright
Charles Zwick
(*deceased)