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Leadership Team

Board of Advisors

  • Mario Murgado President and CEO of Murgado Automotive Group, Chair

  • George Corton Managing Principal of Westside Capital Group, Vice Chair

  • César Alvarez Senior Chairman of Greenberg Traurig and member of the FIU Board of Trustees

  • Agustín Arellano Sr. Chair of construction firm NV2A Group

  • Néstor Carbonell Sr. Former International Public Affairs and Business Leader at PepsiCo

  • Jacqueline Dascal Chariff Real Estate Development & Investment

  • Alfonso Fanjul Jr. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Florida Crystals Corporation and Fanjul Corporation

  • George Feldenkreis Executive Chairman of the Board of Perry Ellis International

  • Andy García Award-winning Actor and Director

  • Jorge González Vice Chairman and CEO of City National Bank

  • Alberto Ibargüen President and Chief Executive Officer of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

  • Benjamín León Jr. Chairman and Founder of Leon Medical Centers

  • Jorge Mas Chairman of the Board of MasTec

  • Lily Prellezo Author

  • Claudia Puig President and General Manager of Univision Communications

  • Ray Rodríguez Former President and Chief Operating Officer of Univision Communications

  • Eduardo M. Sardiña Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Bacardi U.S.A.

  • Mayi de la Vega Founder and CEO of One Sotheby's International Realty

Scholarly Advisory Committee

  • Michael Bustamante Bacardí Chair in Cuban and Cuban-American Studies - University of Miami

  • Erik Camayd-Freixas Professor in the Department of Modern Languages - FIU

  • Julio Capó Deputy Director of the Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab and Associate Professor in the Department of History - FIU

  • Jorge Duany Director of the Cuban Research Institute and Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies - FIU

  • Juan Carlos Espinosa Dean of the Honors College - FIU

  • Rebecca Friedman Director of the Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab and Professor in the Department of History - FIU

  • Karen S. Fuller-Veloz Director of the School of Music - FIU

  • Verónica A. González Assistant Librarian in the Sound and Image Department - FIU

  • Pedro José Greer Jr. Dean of the Roseman University College of Medicine

  • Guillermo Grenier Chair and Professor in the Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies - FIU

  • Marcos Kerbel Adjunct Professor of Finance in the College of Business - FIU

  • Catherine Mas Assistant Professor in the Department of History - FIU

  • Marilys R. Nepomechie Associate Dean of Faculty and Program Development of the College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts and Professor in the Department of Architecture - FIU

  • Andrea J. Queeley Associate Professor of Anthropology in the Global and Sociocultural Studies Department - FIU

  • Rita Teutonico Associate Dean of Research of the College of Arts, Sciences & Education - FIU

  • John Thomas Associate Professor at the Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management - FIU