Miami Fellows Alumni

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Michelle Abbs (Class IX)

WIN Lab Miami, Director

 

Mikele Aboitiz Earle (Class IV)

Consultant

 

Tania Acosta (Class V)

Miami Dade College – Homestead Campus, Director, Campus Administration

 

Wendi Adelson (Class IX)

Immigration Attorney

 

Rashmi Airan-Pace (Class III)

Consultant

 

Perez Alexander (Class I)

 

Vance Aloupis (Class VI)

The Children’s Movement of Florida, CEO

 

Roy Altman (Class VII)

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Judge

 

Fernand Amandi (Class V)

Bendixen & Amandi International, Principal

 

Marcia Anderson (Class V)

Educator

 

Miguel Arguelles (Class VI)

Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Teacher

 

Rashmi Aurab (Class III)

Consultant

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Shelly Baer (Class II)

University of Miami, Director, Leadership Training Initiatives, Mailman Center for Child Development

 

Malik Benjamin (Class VI)

Institute of Collaborative Innovation, Managing Director

 

Regina Bernadin (Class V)

International Rescue Committee, Deputy Director, US Programs Florida

 

Chad Bernstein (Class X)

Guitars Over Guns, CEO

 

Courtney Berrien (Class VII)

Barry University, Associate Director, Center for Community Initiatives

 

Alexander Binelo (Class VII)

MBAF, Principal

 

Basil Binns II (Class V)

Port of Miami, Assistant Director for Business Development and Marketing

 

Sharie Blanton (Class V)

Conscious Connections, Managing Director

 

Kareem Brantley (Class VIII)

Bravis Fund Group, Managing Partner

 

Sophie Brion (Class IV)

International Community of Women Living with HIV, Human Rights Attorney

 

Darcy Brito (Class II)

Aflac, Senior Publicist

 

Leigh-Ann Buchanan (Class X)

Venture Cafe Miami, Executive Director

 

Melissa Buckner (Class II)

 

Alex Buznego (Class VII)

Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC, Miami AV Market Manager

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Michael Caballero (Class X)

FedEx, Engineer

 

Benjamin Carlton Evans (Class VIII)

BMe Community, Co-Founder and National Director

 

Natalie Castellanos (Class IX)

Health Foundation of South Florida, Director, Policy and Public Affairs

 

Mary-Joe “MJ” Castells (Class X)

Aqua Foundation for Women, Director of Development

 

Erin Clemens (Class IX)

Liquidnet, Compliance

 

Ana Colls (Class VI)

Village of Key Biscayne, Assistant Director, Parks and Recreation Department

 

Alexander Correa (Class VIII)

Boston Consulting Group, Consultant

 

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Melanie Damian (Class V)

Damian & Valori, LLP, Senior Partner

 

Liza Darling Winkeljohn (Class III)

University of Miami, Executive Director of the Citizens Board and Corporate Relations

 

Miguel de la O (Class I)

11th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Judge

 

Jorge de la Paz (Class X)

Miami-Dade County Mayor’s Office – Division of Innovation & Performance, Senior Strategist for Government
Innovation

 

Jose Diaz (Class V)

Ballard Partners, Executive Vice President – Miami

 

Alex Dominguez (Class X)

AT&T, Regional Director External and Legislative Affairs

 

Aaron Dorfman (Class III)

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, President and CEO

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Anna-Bo Emmanuel (Class VIII)

Legal Services of Greater Miami, Staff Attorney

 

Daniel Estimo (Class VIII)

Weiss Serota Heifman, Partner

 

Marie Estime-Thompson (Class II)

Attorney

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Wifredo Fernandez (Class VII)

University of Miami, Public Interest Law Scholar

 

Karyn Ferro (Class II)

National Park Service, Program Officer, Branding and Corporate Relations

 

Rebecca Fishman Lipsey (Class VI)

Radical Partners, Inc., Founder and CEO

 

Noah Franklin (Class I)

Cook County Health and Hospitals System, Senior Development Manager

 

Teresa Frontado (Class VI)

WLRN, Digital Director

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Carolina Garcia-Jayaram (Class IV)

CGJ Consulting, President

 

Pandwe Gibson (Class VII)

ECOTech Visions, Inc., Founder and Executive Director

 

Oliver Gilbert III, Esq. (Class V)

City of Miami Gardens, Mayor

 

Luz Gomez (Class IV)

MasterCard, Director, Center for Inclusive Growth

 

Karla Gottlieb (Class III)

Opa-Locka Community Development Corporation, Director of Partnership Engagement

 

Khamisi Grace (Class V)

Lions Clubs International, Young Lions and LEOS Department Manager

 

Nadege Green (Class IX)

WLRN, Reporter/Producer

 

Alana Greer (Class VIII)

Community Justice Project, Co-Founder and Movement Lawyer

 

Josee Gregoire (Class I)

Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Instructional Supervisor, Prekindergarten/Special Education

 

Suze Guillaume (Class X)

Miami Dade College, Academic and Career Advisor

 

Pilar Guzman Zavala (Class X)

Half Moon Empanadas, CEO

H

 

Monique Hayes (Class VII)

Goldstein & McClintock, LLLP, Partner

 

Sherman Henry (Class II)

University of Oregon, Career Instructor, Labor Education and Research Center

 

Barbara Hernandez (Class IX)

City of Doral, Parks and Recreation Director

 

Marlon Hill (Class I)

Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel, LLP, Partner

 

Samantha Hoare (Class X)

Teach For America, Executive Director

 

Adam Horowitz (Class V)

The Quarter Company, Founder and Chief Culture Officer

 

Whitney Houston (Class III)

J

 

Russell Jacobs (Class I)

The Jacobs Law Group, Principal

 

Tony Jimenez (Class VI)

Medina Capital, Managing Director

 

Wayne Jones (Class II)

Miami Beach Police Department, Deputy Chief

 

Linda Julien (Class X)

City of North Miami, Contract Compliance Manager

 

Barbara Junge (Class II)

Damian & Valori, LLP, Counsel

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Shira Kastan Goldstein (Class V)

ADG Strategy Group, President and Chief Strategist

 

Andrew Kemp-Gerstel (Class IX)

Liebler, Gonzalez & Portuondo, Partner

 

Yara Klukas (Lorenzo) (Class VII)

U.S. Department of Justice, Assistant United States Attorney

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Thamara Labrousse (Class III)

Live Healthy Miami Gardens, Program Director

 

Caryn Lavernia (Class VIII)

Florida International University, Assistant Vice President, Office of Engagement

 

Sze Lee (Class V)

SL Digital, Principal

 

Marissa Leichter (Class VI)

Florida Foster Care Review, Training and Engagement Manager

 

Jesus “Jesse” Leon (Class III)

Florida Finance Housing Corporation, Director Multifamily Development

 

Tony Lima (Class VI)

 

Marianna Lopez (Class VII)

 

Tony Lopez (Class X)

Town of Miami Lakes, Deputy Town Manager

 

Annie Lord (Class VI)

Miami Homes for All, Executive Director

 

Yara Lorenzo (Class VII)

 

Samuel Ludington (Class IX)

University of Miami School of Law Student

 

Marika Lynch (Class IV)

Marika Lynch Communications, President

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Jennifer MacCormack (Class IV)

 

Sean Madison (Class III)

Tarrant County College, President, Trinity River Campus

 

Karen Mahar (Class II)

Global Bodyweight Training, Partner and Chief Operating Officer

 

David Marko (Class II)

Marko & Magolnick, Founding Partner

 

Darian Martin (Class VIII)

 

Maricarmen Martinez (Class I)

Upstairs Studio, Inc. Architecture, Principal

 

Lisa Martinez (Class III)

L.M. Genuine Solutions, Founder and President

 

Neal McAliley (Class I)

Carlton Fields, Shareholder

 

Sean McCrackine (Class IV)

Miami-Dade County Commissioner, Daniella Levine Cava, Chief of Policy and Planning

 

Tisa McGhee (Class IV)

Barry University, Assistant Professor

 

Kathleen McGrory (Class VI)

Tampa Bay Times, Deputy Investigations Editor

 

Cedric McMinn (Class VII)

Miami Dade Public School Board – District 2, Chief of Staff,  Dr. Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall

 

Paulo Mira (Class IV)

PHD Mobi, President and CEO

 

Kathleen Mitchell (Class IV)

Realtor and Developer

 

Raul Moas (Class VIII)

Knight Foundation, Miami Director

 

Regine Monestime (Class III)

The Monestime Firm, Principal

 

Marcia Monserrat (Class II)

City of Miami Beach, Chief of Staff

 

Kathyrn Moore (Class V)

Bay Oaks Historic Retirement Residence, Assistant Administrator

 

Rochelle Mukiza-Gapere (Class VII)

Social Esquire, Attorney

 

Anne Mulder (Class I)

Retired Macy’s, Inc. Executive, Group Vice President, Associate Relations

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Brandon Okpalobi (Class IX)

DIBIA Athletic Development & DIBIA Dream, Founder and CEO

 

Lourdes Oroza (Class I)

 

Farrel Owens Jr. (Class III)

Miami Dade County Police, Lieutenant

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Eddie Padilla-Morales (Class II)

 

Janet Perales (Class II)

Southeast Veterinary Referral Center, Practice Manager

 

Alberto Perez (Class IV)

AJP Ventures Corporation, Founder and President

 

Philip Poekert, Ph.D. (Class VII)

University of Florida, Director, Lastinger Center for Learning

 

Ryan Pontier (Class IX)

Florida International University, Assistant Professor and Center for Multilingual and Multicultural Education Director

 

Steven Porter (Class II)

Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Global Missions Coordinator

 

Benji Power (Class VI)

Power Urban Thinkers, Principal

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Jose Rafols (Class IV)

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences – Miami Campus, Program Director, Occupational Therapy Program

 

Bahia Ramos (Class VII)

The Wallace Foundation, Director of Arts

 

Peter Ranger (Class V)

Consultant

 

Arun Ravindran (Class X)

Federal Public Defender, Southern District of Florida, Assistant Federal Public Defender

 

Thomas Rebull (Class III)

11th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Judge

 

Lauren Reskin (Class VII)

Sweat Records, Co-Founder and Owner

 

Maria Rodriguez (Class I)

Florida Immigrant Coalition, Executive Director

 

Gloria Romero-Roses (Class III)

Nexus Consulting, Principal

 

Ralph Rosado (Class V)

North Bay Village, Village Manager

 

Amy Rosenberg (Class IV)

Friends of the Underline, Chief Development Officer

 

Frankie Ruiz (Class VII)

Life Time Fitness/Miami Marathon, Chief Running Officer

 

Gita Runkle (Class V)

Rio Hondo College, Dean of Business

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Wali Salahuddin (Class VI)

Johnson & Johnson, Senior Manager, Advance Analytics and Data Innovations

 

Michael Samway (Class III)

The Business and Human Rights Group, President

 

Luisa Santos (Class X)

Lulu’s LLC, President

 

Liz Schwartz (Class III)

Elizabeth F. Schwartz, P.A., Principal

 

Val Screen (Class II)

Consummate Professionals, Inc., Owner

 

Purvi Shah (Class VI)

Movement Law Lab, Founder and Executive Director

 

Niraj Sharma, M.D. (Class IV)

Brigham and Women’s Family Care Associates, Primary Care Physician

 

Sushma Sheth Ray (Class IV)

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Chief Change Officer

 

Estrellita Sibila (Class VI)

Sibila Lage, PLLC, Real Estate Attorney

 

Marte Siebenhar (Class VIII)

Cultured Innovations, Founder

 

Rachel Silverstein (Class IX)

Miami Waterkeeper, Executive Director and Waterkeeper

 

Vanessa Snyder (Class IX)

U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Prosecutor

 

Alessandra Soler, Esq. (Class III)

American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, Executive Director

 

Clayton Solomon (Class VIII)

U.S. Department of Justice, Trial Attorney

 

Christopher Sopher (Class VIII)

WhereBy.Us, Co-Founder and CEO

 

Larry Spring (Class II)

City of North Miami, City Manager

 

Wayne Stephens (Class IX)

Jessie Trice Community Health Center, Chair of Pediatric Dentistry

 

Max Strang (Class III)

Strang Design, Founding Principal and Partner

 

Courtenay Strickland (Class V)

Florida Foster Care Review, Florida Alliance of Planned Parenthood Affiliates, Independent Consultant

 

Gene Sulzberger (Class II)

Sulzberger Capital Advisors, Presidents

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Juan Talavera (Class II)

Jackson Behavioral Health Hospital, Inpatient Care Manager

 

Jose Talavera (Class III)

OSIsoft, Legal Counsel

 

Michael Thakur (Class VII)

U.S. Department of Justice, Assistant United States Attorney

 

Rashad Thomas (Class X)

Miami Superbowl Host Committee, Vice President Business Connect and Legacy Projects

 

Vicente Tome (Class I)

Restaurant Brands International, Head of Legal, U.S. and LAC

 

Justin Trieger (Class IX)

New World Symphony, Director of New Media and Distance Education

 

Susannah Troner (Class I)

Miami-Dade County Office of Resilience, Senior Resilience and Sustainability Coordinator

 

Maxeme Tuchman (Class VIII)

Caribu, Co-Founder and CEO

 

Thamiah Tutt (Class VI)

Global Philanthropic Solutions, LLC, Founder and CEO

 

Deen Tyler (Class V)

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Adele Valencia (Class VIII)

City of Miami, Director of Code Compliance

 

Marta Viciedo (Class IX)

Urban Impact Lab, Founding Partner and Executive Director of Strategy

 

Monica Vigues-Pitan (Class VI)

Legal Services of Greater Miami, Executive Director

 

Maria Elena Villar (Class I)

Florida International University, Chair, Department of Commication, School of Communication and Journalism

W

 

Crystal Wagar (Class II)

The Village of Miami Shores, Mayor

 

Jason Walker (Class I)

OMNI / Midtown CRA, Executive Director

 

Nicole Washington (Class X)

Washington Education Strategies, Principal

 

Elizabeth Wheaton (Class VIII)

City of Miami Beach, Director, Environment and Sustainability

 

Evian White De Leon (Class IX)

Miami Homes for All, Deputy Director

 

Marva Wiley (Class I)

Law Offices of Marva L. Wiley, P.A., Principal

 

Andre Williams (Class I)

The Law Offices of André L. Williams, Esq., Principal

 

Marvin Wilmoth (Class VIII)

Generation Development Group, Managing Principal, North Bay Village, Vice Mayor

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Ariel Zirulnick (Class X)

Membership Puzzle Project, Membership in News Fund