Name:

Karen Gilmore

Position:

Chairwoman

Member Since:

2002

Profession:

Banking Industry

Related Activities:

Board member of the YWCA of Greater Miami and Trustee with the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.

Name:

Richard B. Adams, Jr., Esq. 

Position:

Board Member

Member Since:

1995

Profession:

Senior partner, law offices of Adams & Adams, LLP, a civil litigation law firm.

Related Activities:

Board member of Children's Home Society and former director of the Dade County Bar Association as well as the Dade County Defense Bar.

Name:

Loreen M. Chant, MBA

Position:

Board Member 

Member Since:

2009

Profession:

President of Johnson & Wales University, North Miami Campus

Related Activities:

Member of the Board for United Way

Name:

Sheldon D. Dagen, C.P.A.

Position:

Board Member

Member
Since:

1996

Profession:

President of Sheldon D. Dagen, P.A., certified public accounting firm

Related Activities:

Junior Achievement consultant and consultant trainer

Name:

James. M. Eckhart, Esq. 

Position:

Board Member

Member Since:

2002

Profession:

Attorney with Conroy, Simberg, Ganon,Krevans,Arbel, Lurvey.Morrow & Schefer,PA. 

Related Activities:

Author, lecturer at various legal and medical seminars. Former director of Greater Miami Jaycees, Foundation Board Member of Westminster Christian School, Director Greater Miami Fellowship of Christian Athletes as well as a member of various civic organizations.

Name:

Arthur A. Finkle, CLU, ChFC

Position:

Board Member

Member Since:

2000

Profession:

Owner, Arthur A. Finkle & Associates, specializing in financial planning, employee benefits, life and disability insurance and investments.

Related Activities:

A nationally ranked Scrabble player, he is a Life Member of the Million Dollar Round Table, American Society of Financial Services and the National Association of Securities Dealers.

Name:

Susan Kelley

Position:

Immediate Past Chairwoman

Member Since:

2002

Profession:

President, Kelley Swofford Roy, Inc, specializing in marketing, advertising and public relations

Related Activities:

Honorary Consul for Finland in South Florida and is a member of the International Women’s Forum. Community involvement includes serving on the board of the Miami Symphony Orchestra; Miami Lighthouse for the Blind; World Trade Center Miami and Adopt-A-Pet.

Name:

Divina S. Grossman, Ph.D., R.N., ARNP, FAAN

Position:

Vice Chairwoman

Member Since:

January 2004

Profession:

Vice President for Engagement, Florida International University

Related Activities:

Dr. Grossman is Chairwoman of the Board at Kendall Regional Medical Center; Chair of the Health Disparities Task Force of the American Academy of Nursing, Chair of the Florida Assoc. of Colleges of Nursing, Editorial Board member of the American Journal of Nursing and Advisory Committee member of the Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Faculty Scholars program. She was the recipient of the 2006 Red Cross Women's Spectrum Award for Health Care; 2005 Nursing Spectrum Teaching Excellence Award and the 2004 Jessie Trice Heroes Award from Health Choice Network. Dr. Grossman was featured in Miami Today's 2006 Book of Leaders.  

Name:

Philip Grossman, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.G.

Position:

Board Member

Member Since:

1993

Profession:

Attending physician University of Miami Hospital; Medical Director and Chairman of the Board of Kendall Endoscopy and Surgery Center; Voluntary Assoc. Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Public Health at Univ. of Miami School of Medicine. 

Related Activities:

Fellow of the American College of Physicians; Fellow of American College of Gastroenterology and Fellow of American Gastroenterological Association.  Dr.Grossman is also president of Erlan Medical Management,Inc., which specializes in information technology, strategic planning, quality assurance and practice management. 

Name:

Charles M. Hood III

Position:

Board Member

Member Since:

2006

Profession:

Hood Consulting 

Related Activities:

Board of Trustees, Baptist Health South Florida; Board Member of Baptist Hospital, Baptist Out-Patient Services and involved with the Epilepsy Foundation of Florida

Name:

Richard Laviña

Position:

Board Member

Member Since:

2007

Profession:

Related Activities:

Served on Dade Community Foundation's executive committee and board; Beacon Council and was active with the Miami Museum of Science and the Epiphany School. Coached  several area athletic children's leagues and is a founding member of the Belen Jesuit Preparatory School's Crew Program.

Name:

Ana Mederos, MBA

Position:

Board Member

Member Since:

2009

Profession:

Chief Executive Officer of Palmetto General Hospital 

Related Activities:

Board member for Catholic Health Services and Member of American College of Health Care Executives and South Florida Hospital Association. 

Name:

Roymi Membiela

Position:

Board Member

Member Since:

2007

Profession:

Assistant VP Marketing and Public Relations at Baptist Health South Florida

Related Activities:

Name:

Omar Pasalodos, M.D.

Position:

Board Secretary

Member Since:

January 2005

Profession:

Retired physician from the practice of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Related Activities:

Dr. Pasalodos is Chairman of the Dean's Advisory Council FIU/Herbert Wertheim School of Medicine and serves on the Board at Baptist Health Systems' Doctor's Hospital Foundation and the William Little/Univ. of Miami OBGYN Society, where he recently received the the Distinguished Alumni Award. He is the immediate past Chairman of Informed Families and immediate past President of the Miami Obstetrical & Gynecological Society. 

Name:

Claudia Puig

Position:

Board Member

Member Since:

2009

Profession:

Senior Vice President & Eastern Regional Manager for Univision Radio

Related Activities:

Appointed to serve on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and member of several Boards including trustee of Florida International University and Chair of the Florida Association of Broadcasters. She is also involved with the American Cancer Society.

Name:

Stanley Worton, M.D.

Position:

Board Member

Member Since:

January 2004

Profession:

Retired in December 1999 as Chief of Radiology at Cedars Medical Center in Miami, Florida

Related Activities:

Fellow of American College of Radiology; Board Member of Miami Beach Cultural Arts Trust; past president of Dade County Radiological Society.