Meet the community leaders who guide our United Way.
Board Chair
Penny Shaffer, Ph.D.
Community Volunteer
President & CEO
Symeria T. Hudson
President and CEO
United Way Miami
Executive Committee
Jayne H. Abess, Emeritus
Partner
thinkLAB Ventures
Sheldon T. Anderson
Chairman and CEO
Grove Bank & Trust
Andrew L. Ansin
Vice President
Sunbeam Properties
Steven J. Brodie, Emeritus
Co-Managing Shareholder
Carlton Fields PA
Lilia DiBello, Ed.D.
Associate Professor of Education
Barry University
Eduardo “Eddie” L. Dominguez, Jr.
Director of Marketing, Communications and Community
City National Bank
Baldwyn English Jr.
External Affairs Manager
Florida Power & Light Company
Brandon E. Gilliland
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
University of Miami
Melissa Gracey
Director of Marketing
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs
Juan Carlos (JC) Liscano
Vice President, Miami, Caribbean and Latin America
American Airlines
Gladys C. Reed
Senior Vice President
Ocean Bank
Carmen Sabater
Chief Financial Officer
Quirch Foods LLC
Robert E. Sanchez
Chairman and CEO
Ryder System, Inc.
Ana VeigaMilton
President
The José Milton Foundation
Counsel
Susan Potter Norton
Partner/Principal
Allen Norton & Blue, PA
Board Members
Alexander P. Adams
Senior Market Executive
The Northern Trust Company
Doug Bartel
Market Leader
Florida Blue
Peter L. Bermont
Managing Director
Bermont Gold Advisory Group of Raymond James
Alfred A. Bunge
Managing Director
JPMorgan Chase
Camila Cote
Managing Partner
EY
Alberto de Cardenas
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
MasTec, Inc.
Mayi de la Vega
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
One Sotheby’s International Realty
Alan T. Dimond
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig PA
William “Bill” Duquette
Chief Executive Officer
South Miami Hospital
Miguel “Mike” G. Farra
South Florida Tax Managing Partner
BDO USA, LLP
José Keichi Fuentes
Senior Government Relations Consultant
Becker & Poliakoff, PA
Luis Gamoneda
Senior Vice President
Fifth Third Bank
Calixto J. Garcia-Velez
President and Chief Executive Officer
Banesco USA
Brian Y. Goldmeier
Founder and Principal
BYG Strategies, Inc.
Aminda “Mindy” Marqués González
Vice President and Executive Editor
Simon & Schuster
Francisco Gonzalez
Audit Partner
BDO USA, LLP
Xavier Gonzalez
EVP of Marketing Communications
Kaseya Limited
Jennifer A. Grant
Community Volunteer
Kim Y. Griffin-Hunter
South Florida Managing Partner
Deloitte LLP
Karla Hernandez-Mats
President
United Teachers of Dade Local 1974
Naftali Holtz
Chief Financial Officer
Royal Caribbean Group, Ltd.
Seth R. Kaplan
Office Managing Partner – Boca Raton/Miami
Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone, LLP
Jess S. Lawhorn Jr.
Credit Officer, Senior
Synovus
Jeff Lozama
President & CEO
CMS International Group
S. Marshall Martin
Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative & Legal Officer
Amerant Bank
Robert McFarlin
General Manager
Miami Herald
Zak Odhwani
Managing Director, Market Executive
Bank of America
Darrell W. Payne
Shareholder
Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, PA
Thomas J. Pelham
President
Kaufman Rossin
Andrea Pita
M-DCPS Student Advisor to the Board
Larry Quinlan
Community Volunteer
Duany Ruiz
Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking Leader Middle Market Banking
Wells Fargo
Jay Steinman
Partner
Duane Morris, LLP
John C. Sumberg
Chairman
Bilzin Sumberg
Rashad D. Thomas
Regional Director, External and Legislative Affairs
AT&T
Mike Valdes-Fauli
Chief Executive Officer
Chemistry Cultura
David Zambrana
Chief Operating Officer
Jackson Health System
Joe Zubizarreta
Consultant
Ex-Officio
Dawn Michele Baglos
The Hon. Daniella Levine Cava
Morris Copeland
Jose L. Dotres, Ed.D.
Ann Keil Dux
Jennifer A. Marques
Advisory Council
Cesar L. Alvarez
Tony L. Argiz
José R. Arriola-Rochez
Natacha Munilla Bastian
Jon Batchelor
Manuel J. Becerra
Darlene Boytell-Pérez
The Hon. Sue M. Cobb
Stephen G. Danner
Albert E. Dotson Jr.
Richard D. Fain
Robert D. Fatovic
Miguel “Mike” B. Fernández
Rudy Fernández
James L. Ferraro
Julio Frenk, Ph.D.
Maritza Gomez-Montiel
Matthew B. Gorson
President Emeritus
Harve A. Mogul
As of August 12, 2022
Gerald C. Grant Jr.
Adolfo Henriques
Laurie B. Jennings
Joseph P. Lacher
David Lawrence Jr.
Elizabeth B. Leight, Psy.D.
Jack Lowell Jr.
Jeffrey S. Miller
John Randolph Millian
W. Allen Morris
Eduardo J. Padrón, Ph.D.
Toni Randolph
Merrett R. Stierheim
Oscar Suarez
Trae Williamson