About Us

Board of Directors

  • OFFICERS

    CHAIR
    PABLO J. PINO
    South Florida Market President Commercial
    TD Bank

    VICE CHAIR
    ERNEST P. MODOCK, JR.
    Sales Performance Zone Manager
    Ford Motor Company

    SECRETARY
    JACKIE MARTINEZ SANCHO
    Director of Client Management, Southeast Region
    Humana

    TREASURER
    NICK TOOTLE
    Principal
    Kaufman Rossin & Co., P.A.

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
    HECTOR J. PONTE
    South Florida Regional Executive
    Wells Fargo Bank

    THE EDUCATION FUND
    LINDA LECHT
    President
    The Education Fund

    BOARD MEMBERS
    MELISSA ABRIL-DOTEL
    2025 Teacher of the Year
    Miami-Dade County Public Schools

    ROLANDO AEDO
    Chief Operating Officer
    Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau

    BETH BAILEY
    Director, Florida Public Sector
    Verizon Wireless

    VICTOR R. BENITEZ
    VP & General Manager
    Gus Machado Ford

    MARY BLANCO
    School Board Member, District 7
    Miami-Dade County Public Schools

    JEANELLE BOSCAN
    SVP & Head of Human Resources and Marketing
    Ocean Bank

    JENNIFER STEARNS BUTTRICK
    Of Counsel & Director of Pro Bono & Community Service
    Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

    GARFIELD DEBARROS
    SVP, Technology and Innovations
    Blackstone

    DR. JOSE L. DOTRES
    Superintendent of Schools
    Miami-Dade County Public Schools

  • YASMINE GAHED
    Director of Advertising
    South Florida Business Journal

    MARIELI GARCIA
    Manager Customer Experience Business
    Ford Motor Company

    MINDY GRIMES-FESTGE
    Secretary/Treasurer
    United Teachers of Dade

    ROLAND HARTLEY-URQUHART
    Managing Partner
    Deep Rock, LLC

    JOSE MALLEA
    Managing Partner
    Forward Global

    JASON MIZRACHI
    Vice President, Unified Partnerships
    iHeartMedia, Inc.

    MABEL MORRISON
    VP, Product Management and Strategy
    Assurant

    CHANTAL G. OSBORNE
    2024 Principal of the Year/Director
    Lindsey Hopkins Technical College, M-DCPS

    LILLIAN M. PETERS
    Senior Vice President, Private Wealth Advisor
    Private Wealth Management
    Synovus Bank

    ROSA PRIETO
    Executive Director – Customer Care Operations
    Florida Power & Light

    DAISY B. RODRIGUEZ
    First VP, Division Head – International
    Valley National Bank

    RANDI WOLFSON
    Trustee
    Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation

    ADVISORY BOARD

    BRENDA BASSETT
    Cefalo-Basset, LLC, Eat This Drink That Go!

    ROBERT M. BROCHIN
    Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

    ANGELA BURGESS
    Retired, Assurant

  • MELANIE DICKINSON
    President & Publisher
    South Florida Business Journal

    DR. LAWRENCE S. FELDMAN
    Retired, School Board of
    Miami-Dade County Public Schools

    ROLAND B. GARCIA, SR.
    Retired, Original Impressions

    GERALD E. GREENBERG
    Founding Partner
    Gelber Schachter & Greenberg, P.A.

    VICTORIA HERNANDEZ
    Victoria Hernandez Consulting, LLC

    GARY M. PAPPAS
    Retired, Carlton Fields

    RACHEL PINZUR
    President
    Pinzur Communications

    HELENA POLEO
    President
    Influence Communications

    ANGELA RAMOS
    Director, Community Engagement
    Univision Communications Inc.

    RAJ RAWAL
    Managing Partner, SF
    Mango Investments, LLC

    BENJAMINE REID
    Retired, Carlton Fields

    BARBARA L. ROMANI
    Retired, Citi

    NELLY RUBIO
    Retired, CBS 4 Miami

    LISA SLOAT
    Consultant, Public Relations/Marketing

    DR. CARLOS WOLF
    Facial Plastic Surgeon
    Miami Plastic Surgery

    LOUIS WOLFSON, III
    Partner
    Pinnacle

    CAROL GRAHAM WYLLIE
    Retired
    The Graham Companies

    BOARD IN MEMORIAM

    ARTHUR H. HERTZ
    BETSY H. KAPLAN
    R. KIRK LANDON
    MYRNA PALLEY
    LUCY W. PETREY
    HENRY H. RAATTAMA JR.
    JOSEPH ROISMAN
    DR. SANFORD ZIFF