1990s

Eduardo Arista (BAcc ’95) has joined Holland & Knight as an international tax lawyer.

Yamil Aguad (BAcc ’96) has joined Valley Bank as a commercial real estate vice president.

Jose E. Cueto (BBA ’96), president and chief executive officer of International Finance Bank, has been appointed to the Miami branch board of directors at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Marvine Laurent (BAcc ’98) has been appointed senior vice president of finance and operations at Lenox Advisors, a wealth and insurance advisory firm.

2000s

Max Cruz Jr. (BBA ’00) has been appointed chief operations officer for the PREMIUM Development company.

Alfonso Robles (BAcc ’02) has been appointed vice president of finance at Windstar Cruises.

Heidy Duarte (MAcc ’07, BAcc ’02), risk advisory services principal at Kaufman Rossin, has been elected to serve on the Financial & International Business Association’s (FIBA) Women’s Leadership Committee as 2023 co-chair.

Paul Blackwell (MAcc ’03) has been promoted to assurance and advisory services principal at Kaufman Rossin.

Jorge Canamero (BBA ’06) has joined Hinshaw & Culbertson’s insurance and reinsurance practice as a partner.

Emilio Martinez (MST ’06) has been promoted to managing director at Alvarez & Marsal Taxand.

Darrell Campbell (MAcc ’08) has joined JM Family Enterprises as group vice president of strategy and finance.

Ivelina Pavlova (PhD ’08) has been promoted to full professor of finance at the University of Houston-Clear Lake.

Andres Abad (MAcc ’10, BAcc ’09) has joined Novogradac, the national accounting and consulting enterprise, as principal in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, office.

2010s

Marcos Segrera (BBA ’10), principal and wealth manager at Evensky & Katz / Foldes Wealth Management, has been promoted to shareholder.

Jue Wang (MSF ’12) has been promoted to associate director at real estate firm T. Dallas Smith & Company.

Gustavo Carvajal (BBA ’15) is part of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management’s Carvajal-Lipkowitz group, which was named on the 2023 Forbes/SHOOK Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams list.

Andres Exposito (MBA ’15) has been promoted to chief human resources officer at law firm Kanner & Pintaluga.

Nico Norena (BBA ’16) was recognized on the 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

Spurthy Dharanikota (PhD ’22, MBA ’17) has joined the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore as an assistant professor.

Marlene Herrera (MSM ’17) is director of multimedia and content at eMerge Americas.

Avinaash Laljie (BBA ’17) is an associate lawyer at Stevenson Whelton.

Adam Temple (MBA ’17) has been promoted to assistant city manager for the City of Boynton Beach.

Sergio Montiel Jr. (BBA ’18) has joined Valley Bank as an assistant vice president commercial lender.

Fabian Robinson (MBA ’18) has been promoted to vice president and general manager at GA Telesis, an integrated aviation services firm.

2020s

Joshua Mendez (BBA ’20) has been appointed vice president of business and professional banking at Banesco USA.

Aaron Rivero (MSIS ’21, BAcc ’20) is a tax service associate at Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs.

Richie Sookhai (MIB ’20) has been appointed as a government senator in the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago.

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