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
Robert A. Baer, Sr. '89
CEO, Central Civil ConstructionCarmel 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, A.I.A.
President, Giller and Giller, IncWalter B. Gonzalez Jr., Esq. '96
CEO, Goja LLCYolangel "Yogi" Hernandez Suarez, MD, MBA ,FACOG
Executive Vice Dean, Alice L. Walton School of MedicineFrancis A. Hondal '87, MBA '94
Board Member | Executive | Advisor Formerly President, Loyalty & Engagement for MastercardJeffrey L. Horstmyer, MD, FAAN
Founding Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, The Brain CenterJames 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 ConsultingClaudia Puig
Chief Communications Officer, SBS CorporateThomas C. Ragan
Partner, Ragan & Freeman LLPOrlando Roche '88
Market President, First Horizon BankCarlos Somoza, Esq. 1993
Principal, International Tax, Kaufman RossinAndre L. Teixeira ’92, MAcc ’93
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, The Graham CompaniesRichard P. Tonkinson
President, Tonkinson Financial, Inc.Candido K. Viyella
President & CEO, Earthview Capital, LLCJennifer Olmedo-Rodriguez Esq. '99
Shareholder, Buchanan, Ingersoll and Rooney, PCHumberto “Burt” Cabañas ’76
Founder and Chairman, BenchmarkCristina di Mauro ’01
Head of Wholesale Banking, BankUnitedMajor LaTéssa Dotson Hall
Executive Director and Founder, Richard P. Hall Eagles Foundation, Inc.Juan J. Martinez '90, MAcc '93
VP/CFO & Treasurer, Knight FoundationElliot N. Stone
Principal, Royal Castle Builders, LLCSardou Mertilus
Partner, Citrin Cooperman Advisors LLCMichael R. Torres, CPA '96
Partner, PAAST, P.L.Natasha Lowell
Senior Vice President & Senior Wealth Strategist, Grove Bank and Trust
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 AssociationAlbert 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)