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Jose Leiman (BAcc ’82) is senior vice president, global tax at AST SpaceMobile.
Rod Castan (BBA ’85) is president of Barron Collier Investment Partners and a principal with Metro Commercial Real Estate.
Maria Alonso (MBA ’91) has been appointed as an independent director of USCB Financial Holdings and U.S. Century Bank.
Jose Tomas (MS ’03, BBA ’92), chief administrative officer at TelevisaUnivision, has been appointed to the board of directors at Driven Brands.
Modesto Gato (MBA ’09, BAcc ’95) has been named CFO at Broward Health Coral Springs.
Cindy Stuart (BBA ’95) was elected clerk of the court and comptroller for Hillsborough County in Florida.
Dayne del Valle (MBA ’00, BAcc ’97) has joined Metro Development Group as the company’s CFO.
Miralys Solsona (BBA ’99) is director of merchandising at Perry Ellis International.
Jesus Rodriguez Calvo (MSF ’01) was promoted to senior vice president, sales and marketing at Fresh Del Monte Produce.
Rafael Rondon (BBA ’01) is president and CEO of The Tennessee Credit Union.
Gabriel Valdes (BBA ’09) is a global M&A and private equity partner at Sidley Austin.
Gonzalo Acevedo (MBA ’10) has been named senior client strategist at BNY Mellon Wealth Management.
Raul Duarte (MBA ’21, BBA ’13) has launched RTD Talent, a staffing and recruiting firm with six branches for permanent, temporary and contract-to-hire placement.
Staci Bertrand (MBA ’14) is Duke Energy’s new government and community relations manager for six Florida counties.
Gee Chow (MSF ’15) is the new director of information technology and chief innovation officer for the City of Miami.
Cristina Martinho (MBA ’15) has been promoted to vice president, marketing at Minim.
Sasha Mallet (BBA ’16) is vice president, commercial relationship manager at Regions Bank in Austin, Texas.
Jay Tanjuan (MSIRE ’16) is director of development, Southern California, at Scannell Properties.
Camilo Padron (BBA ’17) has been promoted to senior vice president for investments at Lloyd Jones.
Justin Spears (MBA ’19) is regional manager of Florida at MicroHealth.
Bhavika Patel (MBA ’19) is a capital risk officer at JPMorgan Chase.
Andrea Hinestroza (BBA ’20) has been promoted to associate at Trivest Partners.
Carlos Oliva (BBA ’20) is vice president of operations at Pelican Reef Wicker.
David Garcia (BBA ’21) is a business analyst with McKinsey & Company.
Aaron Garland (BBA ’21) has been appointed executive assistant to the premier within the Office of the Premier and Public Policy in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
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