Executive Committee

  • Cesar L. Alvarez – Board Chairman and Senior Chairman of Greenberg Traurig, P.A
  • Richard C. Pfenniger, Jr. – Board Vice Chairman.
  • Chief Carladenise Edwards – Chief Administrative Officer, Miami-Dade County.
  • Patricia Frost – Chairman Emeritus of the Smithsonian American Art Museum Commission, Member of the Florida Board of Governors of the State University System.
  • Phillip Frost, M.D. – CEO and Chairman, OPKO Health, Inc.
  • Steven R. Frank – Global Chair of Investment Banking, J.P. Morgan.
  • Richard J. Lampen – Executive Vice President, COO and Board Member of Vector Group LTD, New
    Valley LLC, and Douglas Elliman Inc.
  • Marialaura Leslie – Deputy Director, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs.

Trustees

  • Tanvi Vattikuti Abbhi – Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Veta Health.
  • Jeffrey Applebaum – Partner and Head of the Americas, Tyrus Capital.
  • Dr. Matthew Denesuk – SVP, Data Analytics & Artificial Intelligence, Royal Caribbean Group.
  • Joseph L. Falk – Retired, Previously Akerman Senterfitt LLP.
  • Sandra Forges – Elections Coordinator, City of Miami.
  • Commissioner Keon Hardemon – Commissioner, Miami-Dade County, District 3.
  • Kelly Jin – Vice President of Communities & National Initiatives, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
  • Dr. Richard Kurin – Smithsonian Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador-at-Large at the Smithsonian Institution.
  • Dr. Kimberly Mendelson – Trustee at Ransom Everglades School, Board Member, Everglades
    Foundation.
  • Dr. Ioannis Miaoulis – President, Roger Williams University.
  • Commissioner Damian Pardo – Commissioner, City of Miami, District 2.
  • Pradip Patiath – Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company.
  • Oana Reedy – Board Member, St. Philip’s Episcopal School.
  • Oti Roberts – Managing Director, Morgan Stanley.
  • Leslie Miller Saiontz – Board Chair, Teach For America, Miami-Dade, Founder / President of Achieve Miami.

Chairs Emeriti

  • Trish Bell
  • Dan Bell