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Mission Statement:
The Education Fund provides private sector leadership for innovation in public education. We design and implement initiatives that involve the entire community in improving our schools. Our work reaches all 390+ schools and all 22,000+ teachers in Miami-Dade County Public Schools, benefitting thousands of students.
Executive Committee
Co-Chair - Patricia Fernandez-Lefebvre - Chief Retail Banking Executive - BankAtlantic
Co-Chair - Barbara L. Romani, Regional Director South Community Relations, Global Community Relations - Citi
Vice Chair - Roland B. Garcia, Sr., President- Original Impressions, LLC
Secretary- Nelly Rubio, Director, Community Relations - WFOR-TV/CBS4/WBFS/My33
Treasurer - Hector J. Ponte, Community Bank President, Dade/Broward Countyline - Wachovia Bank, N.A.
At-Large - Lisa Sloat, Consultant - Public Relations/Marketing
Immediate Past Chair - Gary M. Pappas, Shareholder - Carlton Fields
The Education Fund - Linda Lecht - President
Board Members
Ian Abrams – Sr. Vice President - Golin Harris
Rolando Aedo – Sr. VP Marketing & Tourism - Greater Miami Convention & Visitor Bureau
Karen Aronowitz - President - United Teachers of Dade
Hugo P. Arza - P.A. - Hugo Arza P.A.
Bob Balsam - General Manager - Miami Beach Convention Center
Brenda Bassett - Cefalo's International Wines, LLC
Michael Bell - School Reform Program Director - Nova Southeastern University
Robert M. Brochin - Partner - Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Marty Brown - Sr. VP, CIO - PBS&J
Alberto Carvalho - Superintendent - Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Scott Deutsch - President - Orange Clothing Company
Patricia Fairclough - 2010 Teacher of the Year - Air Base Elementary School
Larry Feldman - Board Member - School Board of Miami-Dade County
Betsy H. Kaplan - Civic Leader
Teresa King Kinney - Chief Executive Officer - Realtor Assoc. Of Greater Miami & The Beaches
Myrna Palley - Civic Leader
Lucy W. Petrey - Civic Leader
Ileana Carrera Portal – Sr. VP Marketing Director - US Century Bank
Angela Ramos - Program & Public Affairs Director - Univision 23/Telefutura 69
Kerry Lynn Rapport - Managing Director - Bessemer Trust Company
Raj Rawal – Sr. VP & Chief Information Officer - Burger King Corporation
Cheryl Rees – Sr. VP & Marketing Director - Ocean Bank
Douglas Rodriguez - 2008 Principal of the Year - Miami Central Senior High
Waldo Romanovski - First VP – Reg Manager - WaMu/JP Morgan Chase
Daniel Rosenthal - Chief Executive Officer - UnitedHealthcare of Florida, Inc.
Mitch Shapiro - Partner - Beber Silverstein Group
Anita Sharma - Sr. Director Business Systems - Florida Power & Light
George A. Torres - Sr. Director, Corp Com. & Dev. - Dolphins Enterprises, LLC
Highlights of foundation programs:
· $35.5 million raised for public schools;
· 10,000+ refurbished computers and training for low-income students and their families;
· 400 at-risk children provided an opportunity to grow their own food, resulting in an 80% increase in children eating vegetables and a 50% decrease in unhealthy food consumption;
· 1.2 million trilingual Parent Resource Guides distributed;
· $2 million in individual classroom grants to teachers in more than 1,000 classrooms;
· $3.4 million leveraged for one of the nation's most comprehensive leadership development programs for secondary school administrators;
· $526,000 for public schools' visual arts programs;
· $5.6 million in free supplies distributed during 15,040 teacher visits to our reuse-and-recycle center, benefitting 526,000 students.
Updated: 8/10/09
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