1980s

Gregory Brown (BBA '84) has been appointed chief of innovation and financial strategies at the Safe Children Coalition.

Glynis Bryan (MBA '85), who served as the CFO of Insight Enterprises from 2007 through 2024, has been appointed to the board of directors at Ameriprise Financial.

1990s

Alex Saldarriaga (MBA '90) has been appointed head, fiduciary risk management, at BBVA Global Wealth Advisors.

Oscar Torres (BAcc '91) has been appointed as an operating partner at AE Industrial Partners, a private equity firm specializing in national security, aerospace and industrial services.

Carlos Duart (MAcc '99, BAcc '94), the founder and CEO of CDR Enterprises, has been appointed chair of the FIU Board of Trustees.

Ramon "Ray" de Legorburu (BAcc '95) has been appointed head of the Americas investigations practice at HKA.

David Deza (BBA '97) has joined Brown Harris Stevens Miami as managing director.

Kamala Kiem (BBA '99) has been appointed dean of undergraduate student life for Columbia College and Columbia Engineering at Columbia University.

2000s

Andrea DeMarco (MSF '03) has been appointed CEO of the Arthur M. Blank Family Office.

Julice Holder (BBA '03), chief of staff at the Virgin Islands Port Authority, has joined the board of the Friends of Virgin Islands National Park.

Ray Sardiña (BBA '03) has joined Janney Montgomery Scott's Miami office as a financial advisor.

Natalie Moncada (BBA '04) has been named vice president and client relationship manager at Banesco USA's Aventura Banking Center.

Astha Malik (MSF '05), chief business officer at Braze, has been appointed to the board of directors at Workiva.

Daniel Milian (MBA '05) has joined Duane Morris as a partner in the firm's Trial Practice Group in its Miami office.

Carlos Torres Jr. (BBA '07) has been appointed vice president and senior business development officer for the Small Business Administration Lending team at First Internet Bank.

Johnny De La Espriella (MBA '14, BBA '09) has been named president, property management, at Trion Properties.

Camilo Quintero (BBA '09) has been appointed vice president, key account management, North America, at ECU Worldwide.

Ho Wan Lee (BBA '09) has been named CFO at National Corporate Housing.

Victoria Garcia (MBA '11, BBA '06) has been appointed CFO at Akumin.

2010s

Kristina D'Amico (MBA '25, BBA '10) has joined JLL's Hotels & Hospitality group as vice president within the company's hotels' asset management team.

Alexandre Aidov (PhD '13) has been promoted to professor at Texas A&M University-Victoria.

Armando Llechu (MBA '13) has been named chief operating officer at Broward Health Coral Springs.

Shantay Bolton (MBA '14) has been named the 11th president and CEO of Columbia College Chicago.

Zifeng Feng (PhD '19, MSIRE '14), assistant professor of economics and finance at the University of Texas El Paso, was ranked No. 3 among the world's foremost leaders in real estate research in the 2025 REAL rankings.

Silvio Martinez (BBA '14), senior director of business services for Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), has been named to the general board of Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade.

Sandra D. Gonzalez (MBA '15) is vice president for the office of risk and insurance management at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Gustavo Rodriguez (MSF '15) has been named senior vice president and relationship manager, commercial real estate banking in the Miami region, at BankUnited.

Ivan Trujillo (MIB '19) has been appointed business development manager at MGF Group.

Gabriel Valdes (BBA '19) has been appointed to the board of directors of the Adrienne Arsht Center Trust.

2020s

Jose Espinoza (MBA '20) has joined Capital City Consulting's Miami office as partner.

Kissel Goldman (BBA '20) has been promoted to chief operating officer at NowOptics, the largest privately owned retail optical chain in North America.

Andrea Hinestroza (BBA '20) has been promoted to senior associate within the Trivest Growth Investment Fund at Trivest Partners.

David Garcia (BBA '21) leads corporate strategy for Royal Caribbean Group.

2020s

Harold Bedu-Mensah (MSF '20) has been appointed CFO at Rack Centre, West Africa's leading carrier and cloud neutral data center.

Ptyeria Storr (BBA '22) has been appointed communications coordinator within the Turks and Caicos Islands Office of the Premier and Public Policy.

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