FIU’s College of Business has added five South Florida business leaders to its Alumni Board, which aims to increase engagement between and college and its 47,000-plus graduates. The new Business Alumni Board members are: Yuni Navarro (BBA ‘99) – executive vice president of Human Resources at Ocean Bank Fidel Chacon (MIB ’03) – business development […]
Lourdes De Los Santos (BAcc ’92) has joined Cherry Bekaert LLP as a tax partner specializing in the middle market. Guillermo Urbina (BBA ’03) has been promoted to deputy relationship manager at Wells Fargo. He is responsible for a portfolio of clients in the Caribbean region. Matthew J. Allen (MBA ’91), vice president and COO […]
Florida International University’s College of Business is now seeking alumni who have excelled in business and community leadership for induction into the 2015 Alumni Hall of Fame. Honorees will be recognized at the college’s signature event, the Hall of Fame presentation, on September 17. Nominations are open for honorees in the Global, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Young […]
Stan Rubin (BAcc ’77), executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief risk officer at Ocean Bank, received the Turnaround Deal of the Year recognition at the South Florida Business Journal’s annual CFO Awards, held January 28, 2015. Central Florida Equipment Rentals has named Marcus Thermes (MBA ’13) vice president. He is responsible for supervision, […]
When the Golden Panthers men’s basketball team of Florida International University (FIU) traveled to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to take on the 49ers, it was too good of an opportunity for area alumni to pass up. “We decided to gather alumni for some pre-game fun and then to cheer on the Panthers,” […]
Arturo L. Arca (BBA ’04) is now an associate at Roig Lawyers where he focuses his practice in the areas of fraud investigation, real estate and commercial litigation, and personal injury protection. Broward Health has named Maria Payni (MS ’04) vice president at Broward Health Physician Group. She will be supervising operations that include over […]
A group of graduates of Florida International University (FIU) in Broward County started the New Year having fun and making connections at Bokamper’s Sports Grill in Miramar. The event on January 8, 2015 was organized by two groups: the Broward Alumni Chapter, which serves all Panthers living or working in Broward County, and the Business […]
Alumni, faculty and staff gathered for a lively College of Business Alumni Holiday Reception at Florida International University (FIU) on December 10, 2014. This year the event, held at the Special Events Center, was open to graduates of both the R. Kirk Landon Undergraduate School of Business and the Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Graduate School […]
Janely Garcia (BBA ’09) has been named as a banking officer for TotalBank, where she also serves as lender and relationship manager. Most recently, she was senior credit analyst for Ocean Bank. Michelle Sanchez (BBA ‘13) was promoted to vice president at TotalBank. She was previously an assistant vice president. Orlando Oliva (BBA ’14) was […]
Seeing the power of “location, location, location” first-hand gave new insights to participants in the Doral Bus Tour, a recent activity of the Real Estate Alumni Affinity Council (REAAC) of Florida International University (FIU). From mansions to midtown, the bus toured through and stopped at innovative Doral residential and commercial sites. Participants heard the latest […]
