FIU Business Now Magazine Spring 2025
 
THE MAGAZINE OF FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY'S COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
 
Class Notes
 

 

1970s

Carlos A. Migoya (MBA '76, BBA '74), CEO of Jackson Health System, received the National Human Relations Award from the American Jewish Committee.

1980s

Glynis A. Bryan (MBA '85) has been appointed to the Ameriprise Financial board of directors.

Beth Yagoda (MBA '86) is chief administrative officer for Mount Sinai Health System.

1990s

Ted Frumkin (MBA '91) has joined The Fresh Market as group vice president of real estate, development and construction.

Omar Marrero (BBA '93) has been named regional sales director for the Southeast region at Hoshizaki America.

Walter Gonzalez (BBA '96), the CEO, president and founder of GOJA, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Palmer Trinity School.

Eduardo Lorente (MAcc '98, BAcc '96) has been named vice provost for budget and business operations at North Carolina State University.

Fernando Mesia (MBA '97) has been promoted to Miami-Dade County market president and head of corporate and middle market banking at Valley National Bank.

Marie McKenzie (MIB '98), senior vice president, government and destination affairs at Carnival Corporation, has been appointed chair of the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association operations committee.

2000s

Omar Jimenez (MBA '02) has been appointed CFO at Athena Bitcoin Global. Leslie Ann Maduro (MBA '03) has joined Pacific National Bank as a senior vice president in commercial lending.

Didier Fabelo (BBA '04) was promoted to senior vice president of domestic preferred banking at International Finance Bank.

Mark Guthrie (MSF '04) was named CFO at YMCA of South Florida.

Jeanelle Boscan (MBA '07) senior vice president at Ocean Bank, has been promoted to head of marketing in addition to her role as head of human resources.

Guy Cayo (MBA '10, BBA '07) has been named CEO of UT Health Quitman.

Romaine Layne (BAcc '07) has been appointed CFO at St. Mary's Medical Center.

Winston Adams (MBA '08), group executive chairman of the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean in Jamaica, was conferred with the Order of Distinction in the rank of ‘officer' for his outstanding contributions and innovations in the field of higher education.

2010s

Gonzalo Acevedo (MBA '10) has joined TAG Associates as managing director.

Rob Wilkinson (BAcc '10) has been appointed CFO at the David Lawrence Centers for Behavioral Health.

Michael Hann (MBA '11) has joined Sheppard Pratt as chief of medical staff.

Matthew Marcial (MBA '11) was named CEO of the Public Relations Society of America.

Jose Martinez-Elejalde (MBA '11) has been named chief medical officer at Broward Health Medical Center.

Magly Rosales (MST '12, BAcc '11) was promoted to international tax partner at Drage CPA.

Mitzi Castiglione (MBA '12) is the controller and director of finance at Feeding Tampa Bay.

Richard Lavina (MAcc '13), co-founder and CEO of Taxfyle, was among 10 new members appointed to the Internal Revenue Service's Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee.

Marko Serrano (MBA '15) has been named CFO at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center.

Grace Herrera (MBA '16) has been promoted to vice president of clinical operations at Genuine Health Group.

André Gibson (MBA '17), assistant vice president, Eastern Caribbean at Tropical Shipping, has joined the company's team of officers.

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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