Trustee Members
1360AM WMCU South Florida Christian Talk: Les Haber, Tony Calatayud, John Steen, Dania Hernandez
Advantica EyeCare: Charles Kight
Advantica EyeCare is a Florida-based, national vision benefit company headquartered in Clearwater, Florida. Management of eye care services represents 100% of our business and core competencies of trust and client satisfaction are our distinguishing characteristics in the marketplace. Focusing on group benefits, Advantica will provide your organization a quality vision plan your employees will value. In addition to group vision benefits, Advantica EyeCare also provides vision benefits to Medicare and Medicaid populations all over the country. Advantica EyeCare serves 2 million members nationally, 1 million of which are located in Florida, through a national network of 12,000 independent and retail optical providers. Our network of private practice optometrists and ophthalmologists and major retail optical locations, such as Wal-Mart, Visionworks, For Eyes Optical, Pearle Vision, Sears Optical, JC Penney Optical and Target Optical, will provide access to your employees 364 days a year.
American Medical Response, Inc.: Danny Mica
The South Florida Division of American Medical Response Inc. is located in Miam-Dade County Florida. As the nation’s largest provider of emergent and non-emergent ambulance transportation and pre-hospital care AMR plays a valuable and prominent role in the healthcare delivery system to the residents of Miami-Dade County and the State of Florida. We have provided expert professional healthcare services locally for over 50 years. Randle-Eastern Ambulance Services, Inc. (dba American Medical Response) and its 600 employees, is proud to be a part of the Miami-Dade Community.
Area Stage Company: Maria Rodaz
Assurant Solutions: Arthur W. Heggen
Assurant Solutions provides specialty risk management products and services through a large variety of clients to their respective customers. Clients include financial institutions, auto and manufactured home dealers and retailers. Our products include specialty property insurance, debt protection programs, extended service contracts and certain membership programs.
AT&T: Ramon Flores, Steve Solomon, Tiffany Erving, Carlos Garcia, Juan Trujillo, Alex Zaldivar
AXA Advisors South Florida Branch: Tell Gonzalez, Tomas Hauff, Felix Martinez, Don Marx
AXA Advisors, LLC is a subsidiary of AXA Financial, Inc., a member of the global AXA Group, a worldwide leader in financial protection and wealth management. AXA Advisors’ South Florida Branch uses a relationship-based, value-added consultative planning process focused on providing financial strategies for small businesses, professionals, and successful individuals – both domestic and international. PPG-66681 (1/12) (Exp 1/14)
For more information on AXA Advisors’ South Florida Branch, please visit our website www.axa-advisors.com.
Bank Atlantic: Marta Armas, Sergio Pinto, Ileana Pitaluga, Luisa Cajina, Salina Lozada
BankUnited: Claudia Cancio, Carmen Garcia, Lourdes Lopez, Tony Menendez, Helen Varela, & Max Vazquez
Baptist Health South Florida: Ricardo Forbes, Brian Keeley, Wayne Brackin, Phillis Oeters, Martha Matin, Marsha Tejeda
Baptist Health South Florida is the largest, most-respected not-for-profit health organization in the region. It includes Baptist Hospital of Miami, Baptist Children Hospital, South Miami Hospital, Homestead Hospital, Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute, Doctor’s Hospital, and Mariners Hospital in the Florida Keys. Baptist Health South Florida also offers a variety of urgent care centers, outpatient diagnostic and surgery facilities, as well as home health services.
Barry University: Rebecca de Cardenas, Jose Poza, Dr. Michael Provitera
Barry University’s School of Adult Continuing Education (ACE) offers throughout Miami-Dade undergraduate, non-credit and certificate programs which recognize the educational needs of the adult learner and promote life learning. Our undergraduate degrees allows students to graduate at an accelerated pace: four nine-week terms per a four-week summer session. Courses meet once a week: weeknights, or Saturday mornings. In addition, up to 30 credits are awarded for work experience; professional license credits are also awarded and transfer credits are accepted. For more information see our website at http://www.barry.edu/ACE
Bayside Marketplace: Pamela Weller, Audrey Ruival, Marie Balbuena, Tim Dennis
Beber Silverstein Group: Christine Bucan
One marketing company. Six award-winning divisions including public relations and direct marketing to build and manage your brand. And sell your stuff. Online or Offline, if you are looking for infamous experience, creative that works and brilliant strategic planning, ThinkBSG.com.
Bromberg & Associates, LLC: Robert Bromberg
We assist businesses with ever-increasing demands of employing, retaining and managing a well-skilled and motivated workforce through assessment and development of effective Human Resource solutions including best practices in recruitment, employment policies, progressive counseling and documentation, performance measurement and compensation strategies, employee benefit plan development, and, supervisory development programs.
Providing Human Resource Solutions For Management
Carol Alexander, CPA, PA: Carol Alexander
Carol Alexander, CPA, PA is a full service public accountingfirm serving the South Florida business community. Carol Alexander, C.P.A., C.V.A. the principal and founder of the firm has provided tax and estate planning and preparation services for individuals and businesses small and large, as well as not-for-profits. She is certified to provide business valuations for various types of businesses for both tax and business purposes. Please visit www.ciacpa.com
City of South Miami: Mayor Philip Stoddard, Vice Mayor Brian Beasley, Commissioner Walter Harris, Commissioner Valerie Newman, Commissioner Velma Palmer
The City of South Miami holds fast to its small-town traditions. Several annual community festivals lend to the quaint, hometown atmosphere. South Miami is a great place to live, work and play. In addition, local city government is responsive, accessible and friendly. With qualities like this, it’s no wonder the City of South Miami was honored with the title of All-American City.
Community Health of South Florida, Inc.: Col. Brodes Hartely, Mae Goins, Mireya Mayor
Community Health of South Florida, Inc.(CHI) is a non-profit health care organization providing quality primary health care, behavioral health care services and urgent care to the residents of South Miami-Dade County for 30 years. CHI is accredited by the Joint Commission of Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), provides employment to 456 people, has ten delivery sites and treats more than 50,000 people a year including recipients of Medicare, Medicaid, private insurances, as well as people who are underinsured and uninsured.
Daisho Creative Strategies: Frank Irias
Datran Center: Jack L. Goodrich, Tessie Felix
Crescent Real Estate Equities Company, through its subsidiaries, owns and manages some of the highest quality properties in the country. Its portfolio consists primarily of 74 office buildings totaling 28 million square feet located in six states, as well as world-renowned luxury resorts and spa and upscale residential developments. Crescent strives to expand the dimensions of business by providing exceptional customer service through disciplined real estate investment and operating strategies.
Early Learning Coalition Miami-Dade/Monroe: Evelio Torres
Esslinger-Wooten, Maxwell, Inc.: Ronald A. Sheffield, Maggie Buck, T.K. Heatley, Pam Mayer, and Vicki Restivo
First National Bank of South Miami: Veronica Flores, Diane Everett, Stephen Moynahan, Mercy Prieto, Hector Rivera, Luis Vanegas, and Rene Aldonza
First National Bank of South Miami enjoys a solid reputation and bright future as professional bankers. We continue investments in technology and staffing that have resulted in state-of-the-art delivery channels, coupled with very personal service provided by our professional staff. We have received BauerFinancial’s highest safety and soundness rating (5 stars) every consecutive quarter since 1989. This places FNBSM in rare company as only 1% of Florida banks can claim this distinction.
First National Bank of South Miami has proudly served our community since 1952. We have been trustee members of our Chamber since its inception. http://www.fnbsm.com
Flanagan & Williard, PA: Jeffrey Flanagan and Chad Williard
The boutique law firm of Carlos Williard & Flanagan, P.A. is comprised of attorneys Thomas Carlos, Chad Williard and Jeffrey Flanagan. The firm focuses on and specializes in: land use, zoning and governmental permitting matters; all aspects of commercial and residential real estate transactions including writing title insurance; landlord and tenant representation; and governmental relations, including government contract/procurement matters, bid protests, and regulatory compliance issues. The small firm atmosphere combined with their focus on limited practice areas enables them to devote their time and attention to each client’s specific, unique needs and to provide the level of service every client deserves. Centrally located in Coral Gables, the firm’s clients run the spectrum from individuals to small businesses to national corporations.
Florida Coca-Cola Bottling Company: Stephen Dechert, Manny Pardo, Felix Hernandez
Coca-Cola Enterprises is the largest marketer, producer, and distributor of products of The Coca-Cola Company. Each local bottling operations represent several decades of success in building the strongest and some of the most popular beverage brands in the world. Maintaining the local aspect of the
business continues to be an integral part of their success.
Florida Marlins, LP: Giovanni Colosi
Florida Power & Light: Ramon Ferrer, Ada Bill, Marlen Ruiz
FPL is among the largest and fastest growing electric utilities in the United States. As of December 2001, FPL had 9,757 employees serving nearly 8 million people, or about half the state of Florida. Power is delivered safely and reliably from 86 generating units, through more than 500 substations and over more than 69,000 miles of transmission and distribution lines. In 2001 alone, FPL added nearly 87,000 new accounts.
Geomantic Designs: Robert Parsley, ASLA
Giatech, LLC: Greg Conterio, Vivian Conterio
Giatech is a technology business consultant. They manage computer systems through their remote Certain-Net system. They make sure your computer systems are working properly with little to no downtime.
Global Risk LLC Bainbridge Gayle
The Green Companies, Inc.: Richard Horton
One of Greater Miami’s oldest, family-owned real estate development firms, The Green Companies have been actively engaged as Developers, Builders, Property Managers, and General Contractors for over 50 years. Over their long and prestigious history, their portfolio has included more than 2,300 homes, apartments and condominium units, creation of the exclusive 43-acre Journey’s End Estates, and over two million square feet of office and mixed-use developments located in Dadeland, South Miami, Coconut Grove, Brickell, Doral and Hialeah.
Gulliver Schools: Hank Langston, Carol Bowen, Glenda Crawford, Steve Solomon, Kenneth Loughry, Patrick Snay, Jennifer Vaida
Gulliver Schools offers a comprehensive college preparatory program that begins with the primary school and goes through grade 12. With a stellar faculty and the best and brightest students, Gulliver’s classrooms are characterized by innovation and enthusiasm.
Harum & Harum ADR: Albert Harum-Alvarez, Jean Harum
InSource, Inc.: Philip Lyons, William Klies, J. Haynes Worley, Charles Ball
InSource, Inc. is a full service insurance/financial services organization committed to exceeding the expectations of our clients. Our product offerings include all facets of personal, commercial, employer benefits, and employer leasing solution. InSource is a combination of five insurance agencies with roots in South Florida dating back to 1926.
Jackson South Community Hospital: Laura Lagomasino, Andrew Gordon
Jackson South Community Hospital is a 199-bed acute-care hospital located in south Miami-Dade County. Designed specifically for the patient’s comfort and convenience, Jackson South has state-of-the-art technology and leading-edge treatments and services. The hospital is staffed by nationally respected, board-certified physicians and healthcare professionals who practice a wide array of specialties and subspecialties. Some of Jackson South’s most popular services include surgery, critical care, maternity, rehabilitation, robotic technology, a comprehensive breast center and wound care.
You may contact us at: jsbusdev@jshmiami.org
Jackson South Community Hospital
9333 SW 152nd Street
Miami, FL 33157
305-251-5102
John Edward Smith Communications: John Edward Smith
KC Wiremasters Electric: Kent Crook
Kendall Regional Medical Center: Scott Cihak, Peter Jude, Agatha Samuel, Ricardo Pavon, Maria Villa, Luis Diez.
Kendall Regional Medical Center is a 412-bed, full service hospital providing the residents of West Miami-Dade County with 24-hour comprehensive medical, surgical, and diagnostic services, as well as a wide range of patient and community services. The hospital has been recognized among the finest in the nation, and has earned the prestigious Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals: Benchmarks for Success award six times. Additionally, the hospital is ranked by Health Grades, Inc. as being among the Top 5% of all hospitals in the nation for clinical excellence for six consecutive years.
Keystone Property Group: Rick Torres
L.E.E.D. Depot: Ned Stieglitz, Sebastian Eilert, Martin Espinosa, JJ Haberkorn
McDonalds Jorge Salavat
Mercedes-Benz of Cutler Bay: C.L. Blackwell, Jr., Fernando Lopez-Varela, Alex Christie, Gus Castano, Giuseppe Todisco, and Angel Piloto
Mercedes-Benz of Cutler Bay is located on a 10.2 acre site on the corner of State Road 821 and SW 211th Street between the Florida Turnpike and Southland Mall (formerly Cutler Ridge Mall). The second Mercedes-Benz dealership of parent company Bill Ussery Motors, Mercedes-Benz of Cutler Bay is well positioned to serve Mercedes-Benz owners who live south of Coral Gables in a relaxed and comfortable environment. The new 181,000 square-foot dealership features space for new and pre-owned vehicle sales, a service department, a boutique and a large client center complete with refreshment area, space for clients to access the Internet while waiting for service, and a children’s activity area. For more information about Mercedes-Benz of Cutler Bay, please visit www.mbcutlerbay.com.
Miami Children’s Hospital – Ambulatory Services South Dade Center: Ginger Henry, Jose Perdomo, Thomas Rozek
As Part of our commitment to offer children and their families’ convenient and excellent care, Miami Children’s Hospital (MCH) offers select services at their ambulatory centers (also known as outpatient centers). The MCH South Dade Center is located in Palmetto Bay and offers a variety of pediatric sevices. These services include after hours Urgent Care for minor injuries and illnesses, Diagnostics, Early Steps (early intervention program for south Miami-Dade County), Rehabilitation Services, and various preventative medicine programs such as “Health on Wheels”, which travels to schools in underserved areas.
The hospital currently has ambulatory centers in Miami Lakes and Weston. Additional ambulatory care centers will be opening in Doral and West Kendall in the near future.
Miami Children’s Hospital is a not-for-profit, free standing children’s hospital. It is South Florida’s only licensed specialty hospital exclusively for children. Martha Garrity, Cassandra Smith, Isabel Kekich, Pamela Wright
Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus: Dr. Lourdes Oroza, Dr. Veronica Owles, Thania Rios, Isabel Medina, David Lotker, Gloria Baez, Floyd Pittman
Miami-Dade College-Kendall Campus, the largest of the eight campuses enrolls 66,500 students annually on it’s 185- acre campus, and offers over 75 transfer Associates in Arts degree programs to Universities, as well as baccalaureate degrees, Associates in Science degrees, and occupational certificates in over 50 areas. MDC features numerous Continuing Education classes, online credit and non-credit classes, the Honors College and Dual Enrollment programs.
Miami Marriott Dadeland: Florencia Rotemberg, Constanza Thornton, Aldys Figarola
Whether your traveling for business, pleasure or planning a meeting, the Miami Marriott Dadeland offers you a unique blend of elegance and service. Enjoy the comfort of one our 300 guest rooms, each equipped with a remote control TV, fully stocked mini-bar, in-room safe, and DataPort phone with voicemail. Start your day with a complimentary newspaper and in-room coffee service. Experience a refreshing change of pace in our pool, whirlpool, exercise room or even our game room all located on the 7th floor. Unwind after a long day in Le Mirage Lounge or if privacy is preferred, treat yourself to one of the many delights from our 24-hour room service menu. You can count on our staff to pamper you and give you the attention you deserve.
Miami Monthly Magazine: Elena Carpenter, Sue Cordray, Judith Faerrono, Shawn Pawley, J.J. Shaughnessy
Miami Today: Michael Lewis, Gail Foster, Ximena Ponce, Ted Carter, Carmen Betancourt-Lewis, Cecilia Prokos
Miami Today is the newspaper for the business community of Miami-Dade County. Miami Today covers government, business news, civic affairs and the arts for business readers, providing information that meets their particular needs. www.miamitodaynews.com
Palmetto Bay Village Center: Scott Silver, Carol Ellis-Cutler, JoAnn Parns
PGT Industries: Debbie LaPinska
Pinecrest Business Association
President Larry Barditch, Past President Toby Rose, VP Community Service Sarah Washburn, VP Government Relation Mitchell Panter, VP Membership Eladio Sotolongo, Treasurer Marvin Stein, Secretary Victor Estevez. Directors: Al Kahn, Carol Simicich, Grant Miller, and Zac Hall.
The Pinecrest Business Association is a volunteer organization involving all of the Village of Pinecrest and surrounding areas and its more than 600 businesses. Our membership consists of more than 150 local businesses within and around the Village of Pinecrest . Our members vary from printers, real estate agents, bankers, lawyers, tire salesmen and installers, restaurant owners, accountants, speech pathologists, educators and on and on. The diversity of our group enables us to work with and for one another to further our goals and business opportunities.
Our Mission is threefold: Promote business and business relationships among members; Represent the business interest within the Village of Pinecrest in village politics, government activities and community affairs; and Provide community service. www.pinecrestbusiness.com
Publix Super Markets: Maria Rodamis, Lee Holmes, Mike Meredith
Founded in 1930, Publix Super Markets is the largest and fastest-growing employee-owned supermarket chain in the United States. Publix and our associates excel in community involvement, volunteerism and a commitment to our market areas and beyond.
Rick Tonkinson & Associates: Rick Tonkinson
Rick Tonkinson and Associates, Inc. is a family business specializing in the financial planning needs of working people. We are Certified Financial Planners (CFP®) with 18 years of experience. Our focus is on people that do not get the attention they deserve from other financial advisors because their accounts are considered “too small”.
The founder of Coral Gables-based financial planning advisory firm, Rick Tonkinson & Associates wasn’t always an entrepreneur. He earned his graduate degrees in business administration and public administration “the hard way,” he says, attending night school for three years and devoting about 30 hours a week to his studies while also working a full-time job.
From University of Miami Article:
Miami, Rick Tonkinson says, is like a frontier town, driven by an entrepreneurial spirit. Unlike such older cities as Boston and New York, “it depends on small business owners, and I feel a motivated to be a part of that,” he says. Click here to read more…
Sebastian Eilert Architecture: Sebastian Eilert
ServPro of Kendall/Pinecrest: Ronnie Weingarden
Simply Water: Mike Raulson
South Florida Water Management District: Irela Bague, Garrett Wallace, Jose Fuentes, Joseph Jean – Baptiste, Humberto Alonso
The South Florida Water Management District is a regional agency of the state of Florida, and is charged with managing and protecting water resources of the region by balancing and improving water quality, flood control, natural systems and water supply. SFWMD’s boundaries extend from central Florida to the Florida Keys and Florida Bay from coast ot coast.
South Miami Pharmacy: Dr. Armando Bardisa
South Miami Pharmacy offers customers an old-fashioned approach to pharmaceutical care with cutting-edge technology. It specializes in diabetes products, fertility, HIV medicines, and hard-to-find medications.
The company offers delivery service, bilingual staff, and online prescription refills with text messaging. It has no automatic phone system–every call is handled immediately by a staff member.
What’s noteworthy:
Of more than 5,000 customers, CEO Armando Bardisa knows at least half of them by their first name. The company won the Best Pharmacy award from Drug Topics Magazine in 2007 in the overcoming competition category.
Armando Bardisa, Pharm. D.
Owner/ President
South Miami Pharmacy
305-668-6150
ABardisa@SouthMiamiPharmacy.com
SunTrust Bank: Norma Basurto
Tekhne, LLC: Omar Khouri, Virginia Gosnell, Francisco Molina, Brian Peletz
Many people wonder about our name, so let’s clear that up first. It is best explained in this quote:
“As technology is the continuation of evolution by other means, it shares the phenomenon of an exponentially quickening pace. The word is derived from the Greek tekhne, which means “craft” or “art,” and logia, which means “the study of.” Thus one interpretation of technology is the study of crafting, in which crafting refers to the shaping of resources for a practical purpose. I use the term resources rather than materials because technology extends to the shaping of nonmaterial resources such as information.” -Ray Kurzweil
Our goal stems from the idea that every entity, person or business, operates within their own “world”. As a professional in a particular field, you are exposed to so much that many others will never see or experience. This becomes the “world” in which you operate. Our business is to provide you with the technology solutions you need to help manage that world. We see technology as something that can be shaped to our clients’ needs, and stay true to the view of working with technology as a craft. We know how daunting it can be to find the right solution, with so many options out there today. There is rarely a single solution to fill all needs. At Tekhne, we provide the best and most cost effective solutions based on the needs, drawing from currently available products as well as creating products as required. Our services range from simple SOHO setups to nationwide deployments and cover all aspects of information technology, including VoIP, forensics, and ISP services.
TotalBank: Elizabeth La Rosa, Donna Johnson, Renato Salazar
TotalBank is a leading consumer and commercial bank in South Florida with more than $2 billion in assets and 18 convenient locations throughout Miami-Dade County. Headquartered in Miami, TotalBank has served the South Florida community for more than 35 years, offering a broad range of domestic and international financial services to corporations, small businesses and individual consumers. The bank offers superior customer service focused on meeting the financial needs of customers while earning their confidence and loyalty. TotalBank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Banco Popular Español, whose member banks comprise Grupo Banco Popular, one of the leading banking groups in Spain with over $200 billion in assets and more than 2,500 banking centers. More information can be found at www.totalbank.com.
Towncare Dental Partnership, Inc.: Mike Bileca
Town of Cutler Bay: Mayor Paul Vrooman, Vice Mayor Ed MacDougall, Town Manager Steve Alexander, Councilwoman Peggy Bell, Councilman Timothy Meerbott, and Councilman Ernest Sochin
Village of Palmetto Bay: Mayor Eugene Flinn, Vice Mayor Brian Pariser, Village Manager Ron Williams, Councilman Ed Feller , Councilwoman Shelley Stansczyk, Councilman Howard Tendrich and Village Clerk Meighan Rader
Village of Pinecrest: Mayor Cindy Lerner, Vice Mayor Jeff Cutler, Manager Peter Lombardi, Councilman Joe Corradino, Councilman Bob Ross, Councilwoman Nancy Harter, and Village Clerk Guido Inguanzo
Wilson Alvarez Consulting: Wilson Alvarez
Williamson Automotive: G. Ed Williamson, III, John Reis, Louis Vera, David Linden
The Williamson Automotive Group is in the Cadillac and Saturn business in Dade County, retailing new-used vehicles & full service mechanical, parts and body shop through Williamson Cadillac Company, Saturn of South Miami-Dade, Saturn of Dadeland and Saturn of West Dade.
Window Professionals: Rick Thurston