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Class Notes - Spring 2026

1990s

Oscar Torres (BAcc ’91) has been appointed president and CEO of OTR Engineered Solutions.

John Diez (MAcc ’94, BAcc ’92) has been appointed CEO of Ryder System, succeeding longtime leader Robert Sanchez at the helm of the Coral Gables, Florida company.

Angel Medina Jr. (MBA ’12, BBA ’92) has joined Amerant Bank as executive vice president, executive managing director – Miami-Dade.

Leah Brown (BBA ’93) has been appointed CFO at Duos Technologies Group.

Vaughn Roberts (BAcc ’94) has been appointed chief operating officer at Atlantis Paradise Island.

Guy Paré (PhD ’95), a professor with HEC Montréal’s Department of Information Technologies, was named a fellow of the Association for Information Systems at the International Conference for Information Systems.

Aliette DelPozo Rodz (BBA ’96) has been named managing partner of the Miami office of Shutts & Bowen.

Marylen Fajardo Yiris (BBA ’99) has been promoted to vice president of brand and people at Tropical Financial Credit Union.

2000s

Andrew Sherman (MBA ’04) has been named CFO at Skyline Title Support.

Carlos Suarez (BBA ’04) has been appointed executive director of the Omni Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) in Miami.

Aimee De Guzman (BAcc ’06) has been appointed senior vice president and director of operations at FirstBank Florida.

Dianne Valdivia (BBA ’06) has been promoted to associate vice president of human resources, at Miami-Dade College.

Michael Castell (BBA ’08) has been appointed director of sales at Lavin Rugs.

María Cecilia Gutiérrez (BBA ’08) is Ecuador's trade commissioner for the Benelux region in the Netherlands.

Alex Diaz (MBA ’04) has been appointed president of enterprise portfolio solutions at JLL.

Iván del Río (BBA ’08) has joined the Avantis Investors division of American Century Investments as vice president, relationship director and investment specialist.

Jonathan Gomez (BAcc ’09) has joined Shutts & Bowen as CFO.

Matthew Hartley (BBA ’09) has been appointed CFO at Broward Health Imperial Point.

2010s

Vanessa Varona (MBA ’10) has joined risk and disputes consulting firm HKA as a partner in its forensic accounting and investigations practice.

Christina Parsons (MBA ’11) has joined United Franchise Group as chief intelligence officer.

Luis Vazquez (MSF ’16, BBA ’12) has been promoted to CFO at Northside Hospital by HCA Florida Healthcare.

Annet Bonzon (MBA ’17, BBA ’16) has been promoted to vice president, Miami-Dade County, at KW Property Management & Consulting.

Joseph Abdin (BBA ’18) has joined law firm Brotman Nusbaum Ibrahim & Adelman as a partner.

Jessica Asbel (MBA ’18) has joined Gulf Coast International Properties as a broker associate.

Weston Giliam (BBA ’18) has joined the Alaska Business Publishing Company sales department as a sales account manager.

2020s

Elizabeth Shaller (MBA ’21) has been promoted to COO of the Nevada Donor Network.

Frank Silva (BBA ’23) has been promoted to marketing and communications manager at Mad Cave Studios.

Kevin Silva (MBA ’23) has been promoted to chief strategy officer at The Records Company.

Juan Pablo Acosta Magana (MSLCM ’24) has been appointed director of cargo sales for Latin America at Jaxport.

Alexander Valdes (MIB ’25) has joined DHL as an inside sales executive.