About Us

Board of Directors

The Education Fund Executive Committee

  • Chair

    Pablo J. Pino
    South Florida Market President - Commercial
    TD Bank

  • Vice Chair

    Ernest P. Modock, Jr.
    Network Development Specialist
    Ford Motor Company

  • Secretary

    Jackie Martinez-Sancho
    Sr. Director, Public Sector Account Management & Wellness
    Humana

  • Treasurer

    Nick Tootle, CPA
    Principal
    Kaufman, Rossin & Co., P.A.

  • Immediate Past Chair

    Hector J. Ponte
    South Florida Region Director
    Wells Fargo Bank

  • The Education Fund

    Linda Lecht
    President

Board of Directors

  • Rolando Aedo

    Chief Operating Officer
    Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau

  • Beth Bailey

    Director, Florida Public Sector
    Verizon Wireless

  • Victor R. Benitez

    VP & General Manager
    Gus Machado Ford

  • Mary Blanco

    School Board Member, District 7
    Miami-Dade County Public Schools

  • Jeanelle Boscan

    SVP & Head of Human Resources
    Ocean Bank

  • Jennifer Stearns Buttrick

    Of Counsel and Director of Pro Bono & Community Service
    Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P. A.

  • Don Clerveaux

    2024 Teacher of the Year
    Miami-Dade County Public Schools

  • Garfield DeBarros

    Senior Vice President, Lead Analytics & Strategy
    Blackstone

  • Dr. Jose L. Dotres

    Superintendent of Schools
    Miami-Dade County Public Schools

  • Yasmine Gahed

    Director of Advertising
    South Florida Business Journal

  • Marieli Garcia

    Battery Electric Vehicles Ownership Experience Manager
    Ford Motor Company

  • Mindy Grimes-Festge

    Secretary/Treasurer
    United Teachers of Dade

  • Jose Mallea

    President
    Biscayne Bay Brewing Company

  • Danny Marks

    General Manager
    Metro Ford

  • Jason Mizrachi

    Director, Strategic Partnerships and Business Development
    TelevisaUnivision, Inc.

  • Mabel Morrison

    Vice President, Client Relationships and Business Growth Strategy
    Assurant

  • Leonardo Mourino

    2023 Principal of the Year
    Miami-Dade County Public Schools

  • Lillian M. Peters

    Senior Vice President
    Private Wealth Management
    Synovus Bank

  • Rachel Pinzur

    President
    Pinzur Communications

  • Rosa Prieto

    Sr. Director, Customer Care Operations
    Florida Power & Light

  • Daisy B. Rodriguez

    First VP, Division Head - International
    Valley National Bank, Florida Division

  • Rachel Sapoznik

    Principal
    World Insurance Associates LLC
    (formerly Sapoznik Insurance)

  • Randi Wolfson

    Family Representative
    Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation

Advisory Board

  • Brenda Bassett

    Cefalo-Basset, LLC &
    Eat This Drink That Go!

  • Bobby Brochin

    Partner
    Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

  • Angela Burgess

    Civic Leader

  • Melanie Dickinson

    President & Publisher
    South Florida Business Journal

  • Dr. Lawrence S. Feldman

    Former School Board Member
    Miami-Dade County Public Schools

  • Rolando Garcia

    Civic Leader

  • Gerald E. Greenberg

    Founding Partner
    Gelber Schachter & Greenberg, P.A.

  • Victoria Hernandez

    President
    Victoria Hernandez Consulting

  • Gary M. Pappas

    Retired,
    Carlton Fields

  • Helena Poleo

    President
    Influence Communications

  • Angela Ramos

    Program and Public Affairs Director
    Univision Communications Inc.

  • Raj Rawal

    Managing Partner
    SF Mango Investments, LLC

  • Benjamine Reid

    Shareholder
    Carlton Fields

  • Joseph Roisman

    Retired, Perry Ellis International

  • Barbara Romani

    Retired, Citi

  • Nelly Rubio

    Retired, CBS4 WFOR-TV

  • Lisa Sloat

    Consultant
    Public Relations/Marketing

  • Dr. Carlos Wolf

    Facial Plastic Surgeon
    Miami Plastic Surgery

  • Louis Wolfson, III

    Partner
    Pinnacle Housing Group

  • Carol Graham Wyllie

    Retired
    The Graham Companies

Board in Memoriam - In honor and memory of members who profoundly influenced The Education Fund:

  • Arthur H. Hertz
  • Betsy H. Kaplan
  • R. Kirk Landon
  • Myrna Palley
  • Lucy W. Petrey
  • Henry H. Raattama, Jr.
  • Dr. Sanford Ziff