Officers
Marcel L. Navarro ’93
Principal, MMG Equity PartnersAndre L. Teixeira ’92, MAcc ’93
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, The Graham CompaniesCristina R. di Mauro ’01
Head of Wholesale Banking, BankUnitedHugo Mantilla
Executive Director and Institutional Consulting Director, Graystone Consulting
Directors
Adalio T. Sanchez ’87
President, S Group Advisory LLCAdrian F. Gonzalez ’17, MS ’25
Co-owner and President, A & P Air Conditioning CorporationAlbert "Al" Lorenzo ’74
President, Quantum Results, Inc.Candido 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 CorporateEduardo "Eddie" V. Hondal '88, MS '00
Executive Territory Manager-Cardiometabolic, Health Division, Eli Lilly and CompanyElliot N. Stone
Principal, Royal Castle Builders, LLCEmina Cunmulaj-Nazarian
Founder/CEO, Emina’s Hand FoundationHumberto “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 FloridaJavier L. Vazquez, Esq. ’86
Shareholder, GunsterJeffrey L. Horstmyer, MD, FAAN
Founding Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, The Brain CenterJeffrey Taraboulos ’96, MAcc ‘00
Managing Partner, KSDTJill M. Granat, Esq. ’87
Restaurant Brands International, General Counsel and Corporate SecretaryJuan J. Martinez '90, MAcc '93
Chief Financial Officer, Codina PartnersMalcolm "Buster" W. Brown '88
Wealth Advisor, Market Leader, Senior Vice President, Seacoast BankManuel “Manny” Perez de la Mesa ’77
Retired, Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Pool CorporationMichael R. Torres, CPA '96
Partner, PAAST, P.L.Orlando Roche '88
Market President, First Horizon BankRichard P. Tonkinson
President, Tonkinson Financial, Inc.Robert "Bob" A. Baer, Sr. '89
President, Management & Development, Central Civil ConstructionSardou Mertilus
Partner, Citrin Cooperman Advisors LLCThomas C. Ragan
Partner, Ragan & Freeman LLPWalter B. Gonzalez Jr., Esq. '96
CEO, Goja LLC
Foundation Fellows
Trish and Dan Bell
Foundation Fellows
Ex-Officios
Elizabeth Béjar
Provost, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating OfficerJennifer Olmedo-Rodriguez Esq. '99
Shareholder, Buchanan, Ingersoll and Rooney, PCAlbert R. Taño, M.D.
President & Medical Director, Kidz Medical Services, Inc.Sneh Gulati, P.h.D.
FIU Faculty Senate Vice Chairperson, Coordinator of Departmental Development and Special Projects Department of Mathematics and Statistics FellowIsabella “Izzy” Romeo
SGA Vice President, Florida International UniversityManuel “Manny” A. Niebla, ‘05
Chief Operating Officer, JustWell Health
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)
- Adalio T. Sanchez '87 (2023-2026)
(*deceased)





































