About Us

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