Our Board of Directors
Bob Berkowitz
President, Multivision Video & Film
Trish Blasi
CEO/Founder, Borghese Investments
Blain Heckaman
Managing Principal, Kaufman, Rossin & Co.
Lisa Peddy
Entrepreneur, Angel Investor/Partner, Close Reach Partners
Susan Ford Collins
Founder and CEO, The Technology of Success
J. David Scheiner
Retired President COO, Macys Florida/Puerto Rico Former Chairman of the Board Perry Ellis International
Richard Shapiro
Founder & President, The Center for Client Retention
Umesh Jain
Founder and CEO, Now Analytics
Ben Schachter
Broker / President, The Signature Real Estate Companies
Henry Woodman, FEF Board Chair
Founder, Anemoia Media
Our Members
Molly Birkholm, CEO, Team Genius
Andres Cardona, CEO, Elite Basketball Academy
James S. Cassel, Chairman, Cassel Salpeter & Co., LLC
Shari Cedar, CEO, AK Building Services
Victor Coppola, CEO, Veraco, LLC
David Etzler, President, U.S. Lighting Systems
Dolores Fernandez Alonso, President & CEO, South Florida PBS
Ron Hubsher, CEO, Sales Optimization Group
Milan Khakhria, Doctor, Jacaranda Orthodontics
Randy Klein, Former CEO & President, Creston Electronics
Danet Linares, Executive Vice Chairman, Blanca Commercial Real Estate Inc
Tom Markert, Founder, TailWind Activation, Former Global Chief Information Officer
Mitch Modell, Former Chief Executive Officer, Modell’s Sporting Goods
Alana Oxfeld, Founder, State of Kid
Larry Quinlan, Board Director, Former Global Chief Information Officer
Sue Romanos, CEO Emeritus, CAREERXCHANGE
Lisa Ross, President, rbb Public Relations
GermaineSmith-Baugh, CEO/President, Broward Urban League
Deborah Spiegelman, CEO, Miami Children’s Museum
Garland Sullivan, Co-Founder and President of Atlas Brands, President of GSM Ventures
Bruce Turkel, CEO/ECD, Turkel Ideas
Desh Urs, CEO and President, iBridge, LLC
Jeff Wolpov, Senior Vice President, Ryder System Inc
Johann Zietsman, CEO, Adrienne Arsht Center