{"id":1547,"date":"2009-05-22T16:36:33","date_gmt":"2009-05-22T20:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2014-11-14T16:00:55","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T21:00:55","slug":"entrepreneurship-hall-of-fame-celebrates-10th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2009\/05\/entrepreneurship-hall-of-fame-celebrates-10th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame celebrates 10th anniversary with masquerade soir\u00e9e."},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Members<\/a>
Members of staff of the Department of Advancement, Alumni, and Corporate Relations <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Despite the masks, there was no hiding that the 10th Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame was special. Highlights of the masquerade soir\u00e9e included honoring Joyce J. Elam<\/strong>, executive dean of the business school, as the South Florida Entrepreneur of the Year, and the recognition of prior alumni inductees and those previously named South Florida Entrepreneur of the Year.<\/p>\n

The gala drew approximately 400 guests, among them outgoing FIU President Modesto Maidique<\/strong>, incoming FIU President Mark Rosenberg<\/strong> and many of the earlier honorees.<\/p>\n

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Irma Becerra-Fernandez<\/strong>, the newly appointed director of the Eugenio Pino and Family Global Entrepreneurship Center, recognized winners of the 2009 Entrepreneur Challenge Business Plan Competition: Miami\u2019s Finest Aquarium Services, LLC and Science Boomers. The Pino Center and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation sponsored the competition.<\/p>\n

\"Back<\/a>
Back row, left to right: Lillian Peters (SunTrust Bank) and previous alumni inductees Augusto L. Vidaurreta, Joe Merino, Albert Santalo, Larry Harris, Antonio L. Argiz. Front row: Anthony Ronconi, Andrew Yap, Margarita M. Gonzalez, Roberto Capo, and Joseph Caruncho.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Previous<\/a>
Previous South Florida Entrepreneur of the Year recipients Sanford L. Ziff and Keith St. Clair.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe received very positive feedback about the evening, which also included a silent auction,\u201d said Michelle Joubert<\/strong>, assistant director, advancement and alumni relations. \u201cThe Hall of Fame gathering is our major alumni event of the year and our alumni, other supporters, honorees and future entrepreneurs made our 10th anniversary successful from both a social and fundraising perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n

The event took place at the Fontainebleau Hotel Miami Beach on May 16, 2009, and it was made possible thanks to the generous support of SunTrust; Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLP; Antigal Winery & Estates, Florida Event Decor; Gold Coast Beverage Distributors; Hoodiny Entertainment; Infinium Spirits; The Miami Herald; el Nuevo Herald; Park ‘N Fly; Royal Caribbean International; Unique Impressions; and Vitas.<\/p>\n

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Despite the masks, there was no hiding that the 10th Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame was special. Highlights of the masquerade soir\u00e9e included honoring Joyce J. Elam, executive dean of the business school, as the South Florida Entrepreneur of the Year, and the recognition of prior alumni inductees and those previously named South Florida Entrepreneur of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4,10,13,14],"tags":[3303,1405,1927],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24065,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions\/24065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}