President & Publisher Miami Herald Media Company
Ms. Alexendra Villoch, also known as Alex, has been the President and Publisher of East Region at The McClatchy Company since April 3, 2017 and served as its President and Publisher of Miami Herald Media Company from April 2014 to April 3, 2017.
Ms. Villoch leads the East Region. She has been with MHPC for five years, first as National Advertising Director. She served as Senior Vice President of Marketing & Advertising at The Miami Herald Media Company until April 2014. Ms. Villoch served as Senior Vice President of Advertising at The Miami Herald Media Company since July 2005. Prior to joining The Herald, she served as General Manager for United Airlines at Miami International Airport, responsible for all Miami and Caribbean operations and sales. She was also government liaison. She is heavily involved in a variety of civic boards in the arts and business in South Florida, including the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and Big Brothers/Big Sisters. She serves as a Director at The Beacon Council Inc.
She holds B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Miami and attended the Advanced Executive Program at Northwestern University’s Media Management Center.
President & Publisher Miami Herald Media Company
President & CEO at AvBiz Aerospace Ventures
Aviv Tzur is recognized as one the leaders in the aviation community of South Florida. He is the CEO of Avbiz Aerospace Ventures. Avbiz provides Mergers & acquisitions advisory services, SWOT analysis, creative financing and management guidance. As well, Avbiz represents global companies in the state of Florida.
Mr. Tzur was the CFO of PMS, CEO of Avborne Heavy Maintenance (AAR Miami), partner at Avborne Accessories and Executive Chairman of Ultimate Composites, all of which were sold successfully. He is a graduate of Hunter College of the University of NY.
He is the founding Chairman of the Beacon Council Aviation Committee, a board member of the GMAA, board member of the MDC aviation school advisory board, and has been featured in many articles and as a TV commentator on aviation issues. His other civic engagements include One Community One Goal and Leadership Miami.
President & CEO at AvBiz Aerospace Ventures
Vice President at Baptist Health South Florida
Mr. Ben Mollere has been Corporate Vice President of Hospitality and Business Relations at Baptist Health South Florida since 2010. Mr. Mollere responsible for Baptist’s Maritime Medical Services, Corporate Relations, & Hospitality Services departments. In addition, through the HBR analytics department, his organization cultivates revenue producing & brand enhancing initiatives that benefit Baptist Health. Before joining Baptist, he enjoyed a 28-year hotel career with Ritz-Carlton, Four Seasons, St. Regis and for 13 years he directed all sales and marketing efforts for The Biltmore in Coral Gables. In 2007, he acquired four licenses as an agent with Seitlin Insurance in Miami. He serves as Director of The Beacon Council Inc. He has been active in the Miami community and served as Chairman of The Beacon Council. He serves as a Board Member to Camillus House and has served on the boards of The American Red Cross, Coral Gables Community Foundation and remains active with the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and the United Way of Florida.
Vice President at Baptist Health South Florida
Chief Strategy Officer at Interport Logistics
Gary M. Goldfarb is Chief Strategy Officer at Interport Logistics. A Miami Headquartered Supply Chain Management Company and Foreign Trade Zone # 281-17, providing International Freight Forwarding, Customs Brokerage, FTZ & Customs Bonded warehousing, Inventory Control, Domestic Transportation, Distribution services and fulfillment, Trade Consulting Services and Duty Drawback expertise.
Goldfarb served as Executive Vice President at WTDC for several years. He also helped bring The Miami Free Zone back to its glory days, with over 96% occupancy, reaching almost $ 1 billion in trade in 2006. Prior to the Miami Free Zone, Goldfarb developed and obtained patents for software solutions for International Logistics. (From2.com). He built and took public Golden Eagle Group (NASDAQ:GEGP) , which became one of the largest Third Party Logistics (3PL) Companies in the United States, specializing in Inventory Control and Just in Time (JIT) programs. He has more than 38 years in International Trade and Supply Chain Management.
Goldfarb is actively involved in the South Florida community and professional associations, serving on many Board of Directors, Executive Boards and Chairs, International Trade & Logistics Committees, as well as serving as Supply Chain Industry advisor to one of the largest Private Equity Funds in the U.S. Goldfarb is an inductee into the FCBF Hall of Fame.
Chief Strategy Officer at Interport Logistics
Director at FPL
Miami-Dade External Affairs and Corporate Emergency Outreach Florida Power & Light
Irene White is director of external affairs for Florida Power & Light Company, where she is responsible for building and fostering community relationships in Miami-Dade County. She also has corporate responsibilities for emergency outreach across the entire FPL service territory. White joined FPL in 1986 as an engineer service planner and has served in various customer service and operational positions. Prior to her current role, she served as senior director of distribution operations.
White serves on the boards of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and Camacol. She earned a bachelor of science in civil engineering from the University of Miami and n MBA from Florida International University. She is a certified general contractor in the state of Florida and holds a Six Sigma certification.
Director at FPL
General Counsel at HEICO Corporation
Mr. Joseph W. Pallot has been General Counsel of HEICO Corporation. since September 2008. From 1993 to 2000, Mr. Pallot was a Partner of the law firm of Steel Hector & Davis, LLP (now part of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.). Mr. Pallot was a Commercial Banker at Southeast Bank, N.A., which is now part of Wachovia Corp. Mr. Pallot’s practice focuses on complex commercial transactions, including but not limited to, mergers & acquisitions, financings, joint ventures and partnerships. Mr. Pallot has lectured to financial institutions and other parties concerning business transactions. He serves as a Director of The Beacon Council Inc. Mr. Pallot served as a Director of Heico Corp. from September 20, 2004 to September 2008. He is involved with various community affairs. He is active in the South Florida community.
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General Counsel at HEICO Corporation
President and CEO at Express Travel
Olga M. Ramudo is president & CEO of Express Travel, which is comprised of corporate, leisure, groups and meetings, cruise and study abroad departments. In 1989 she co-founded the business, which specialized in the Hispanic market and became one of the top ten travel agencies in Miami, later expanding its reach to the State of Florida as well as offering services all over the world.
Express Travel has received numerous awards and recognitions throughout the years, and is one of the largest women-owned business in the state.
She received the Governor’s Business Award in 2013 and has also been recognized as one of the top influential women business leaders in Miami Dade County by Camacol (Latin Chamber of Commerce), and received other recognitions. In 2012, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce appointed Ramudo to the U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board, which provides advice on matters relating to the travel and tourism industry. Ramudo is a member of the Executive Board of Directors of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and serves on the board of Camacol. She was appointed to Miami-Dade County’s Tourism Development Council and chairs the joint Hispanic initiatives committee for the American Society of Travel Agents and National Tour Association.
President and CEO at Express Travel
Case Manager at JAMS
Patricia H. Thompson, Esq. joins JAMS after a successful career as trial and appellate lawyer and arbitrator, concentrating her practice in construction, employment, surety, fidelity, financial insurance matters, and other complex commercial disputes in state and federal courts.
Her goal as an arbitrator is to meet the parties’ pre-dispute expectations of efficiency and cost reductions. In mediation, she balances facilitation, evaluation and perseverance to direct the best avenue of resolution for all parties involved.
Ms. Thompson has been regularly listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Business Lawyers, The International Who’s Who of Construction and Business Lawyers, and similar Florida publications ranking attorneys in her areas of practice concentration. She is a fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers.
Ms. Thompson has served as chair and in other senior leadership roles of major committees of the Tort and Insurance Practice and Litigation Sections of the American Bar Association.
Case Manager at JAMS
Miami Market President and Commercial Banking and Wealth Management Executive, Capital Bank
Roberto R. Muñoz brings more than 35 years of financial experience to his leadership role as Miami Market President and Commercial Banking and Wealth Management Executive at Capital Bank, a $40 billion division of Memphis-based First Horizon National Corporation. He was previously Commercial Banking and Wealth Team Leader for Miami-Dade County and South Florida for Synovus Bank.
In his banking career, Mr. Muñoz has facilitated more than $27 billion of economic activity in Florida, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America in the areas of project finance, M&A, direct and indirect foreign investment, commercial, public, institutional, and specialty lending areas, as well as, global wealth and treasury management services. Prior to joining Florida Community Bank, Mr. Muñoz held executive positions in Miami with BBVA Compass Bank, Professional Bank, Marquis Bank (president and CEO), Regions Bank, Israel Discount Bank, Mizuho Bank, and Barclay’s Bank. He began his career with Bank of America in 1980.
Mr. Muñoz was born in Panama to American parents and lived in Hong Kong for six years as an adolescent. After moving to Miami, he earned an associate’s degree at Miami-Dade College, and a bachelor’s degree in finance and international business from Florida International University and now holds numerous diplomas and certificates in the field of banking. He is a visiting professor at FIU, and speaks regularly to professional and civic organizations on banking and leadership topics.
Mr. Muñoz is the 2019 chair of the World Trade Center Miami, and serves in leadership roles in other South Florida civic organizations. He is an officer on the executive board of the Miami-Dade Beacon Council, where he helped guide trade missions to Spain in 2017 and 2018, and is strategic member the 2019 trade mission to Asia. He is treasurer and finance committee chair of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, and former chairman and president of the Florida International Bankers Association, where he served as founding chair of the Asian Markets Committee, which initiated a historic compliance training agreement between FIBA and the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers. He is also serves on the executive and advisory boards of The Center for Financial Training Southeastern Chapter, the advisory board of the Center for Leadership at Florida International University; and is a member of the Hong Kong Business Association of Florida.
In the community, Mr. Muñoz is an executive board member of the South Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America; a board member of the Chapman Partnership for the Homeless; a trustee board member of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for South Florida. Reflecting his commitment to the community, Mr. Muñoz has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the following:
On a personal side, Mr. Muñoz and his wife Terri have five children. In addition to spending time with his family, Mr. Muñoz loves to cook, travel and enjoy the many cultures of the world and is fluent in English and Spanish.
Miami Market President and Commercial Banking and Wealth Management Executive, Capital Bank
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Dosal Tobacco Corporation
Yolanda Nader is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Dosal Tobacco Corporation. She has worked at Dosal since 2002, is responsible for all financial management for business operations. Prior to becoming the CEO/CFO of Dosal, Nader was a tax managing director at KPMG, LLP in Miami, where she functioned as partner on a number of middle market clients responsible for federal, state and local tax issues. Additionally, she spent 10 years as an Internal Revenue agent with the IRS, receiving multiple awards for her performance.
Nader is an active member of the United Way of Miami-Dade County Audit Committee having served as its chairperson, as well as serving on the Community Investment Council. She is a member of the Dean’s Council for Florida International University’s Business College. A Certified Public Accountant, she is a member of the AICPA, the FICPA and of the CACPA’s professional organizations. Nader is a graduate of Florida International University with a bachelor of arts in psychology, and an MBA.
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Dosal Tobacco Corporation
