{"id":4757,"date":"2006-11-01T12:56:21","date_gmt":"2006-11-01T16:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=4757"},"modified":"2014-11-14T16:03:57","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T21:03:57","slug":"new-members-join-deans-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2006\/11\/new-members-join-deans-council\/","title":{"rendered":"New members join Dean\u2019s Council."},"content":{"rendered":"

Members of the Dean\u2019s Council\u2014a group of business leaders who represent a cross section of industries\u2014provide College of Business Administration Executive Dean Joyce J. Elam<\/strong> insights into the college\u2019s strategic direction, new initiatives, and existing programs, among their many contributions. Recently, a number of individuals joined this group of valued advisors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\nAntonio \u201cTony\u201d L. Argiz<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\nAntonio \u201cTony\u201d L. Argiz<\/strong> (BBA\u2019 74), CEO and managing partner of Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLP, is recognized as an expert in auditing and forensic accounting, fraud prevention, and business valuations. In 1996, the governor of Florida appointed him to chair Florida\u2019s Board of Accountancy. A recipient of many community and professional commendations, he recently has been recognized by the Florida Institute of CPAs (FICPA) with the 2006 \u201cOutstanding CPA in Public Service\u201d Award and by the South Florida Business Journal<\/em> with the 2006 \u201cUltimate CEO Award\u2013Miami.\u201d He also won Florida International University\u2019s \u201cOutstanding Alumnus\u201d Award three times. <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nDarcie Burk<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\nDarcie Burk<\/strong>, divisional director for the Latin American Division of Merrill Lynch\u2019s Global Private Client Group, joined Merrill Lynch as a financial analyst in the firm\u2019s Treasury Office and later in Debt and Equity Trading. She has held a variety of management positions throughout the firm, and in 2000, became first vice president of Investment Products and Performance in International Private Client, where she oversaw product development and distribution for Merrill Lynch\u2019s international client base. She received her master\u2019s in business administration from the American Graduate School of International Management in 1980, graduating with honors.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nTheodore N. Carter<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\nTheodore N. Carter<\/strong>, senior managing director, CB Richard Ellis South Florida, oversees the company\u2019s four offices in South Florida at which 200 real estate professionals work. Prior to joining the company\u2014to which he brought fifteen years of senior-level leadership and management experience in creating and leading public-private partnerships and economic development at the federal and local levels\u2014he served as president and CEO of the quasi-public National Capital Revitalization Corporation (NCRC) in Washington, D.C. He earned a master’s in public administration from American University and a bachelor of science in foreign service from Georgetown University. <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nStephen Flowers<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\nStephen Flowers<\/strong>, president of UPS\u2019 Am\u00e9ricas Region and an employee of UPS since 1981, is responsible for all UPS package and cargo operations in Canada and more than fifty countries and territories across Latin America and the Caribbean. Prior to taking on the region\u2019s highest post, he was UPS\u2019s West Europe district manager, where he oversaw the company\u2019s operations in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Switzerland. A native of Canada, he has a diploma in business administration and, in 2002, completed the advanced management program at INSEAD in Fontainebleau. <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nDana Nottingham<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\nDana Nottingham<\/strong>, executive director of the Miami Downtown Development (DDA) Authority, has 24 years of management and executive experience working on major retail and urban development projects. Before joining the Miami DDA, he worked as an independent consultant specializing in real estate and economic development, representing developers, cities, and non-profits working on major retail and redevelopment projects in ten metropolitan markets. He serves on several boards and is a member of the Urban Land Institute\u2019s South Florida Executive Committee. He has a bachelor\u2019s degree in architecture from Hampton University and a master\u2019s degree in city planning from MIT.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nGuillermo Villar<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\nGuillermo Villar<\/strong>, country manager (United States), International Operations, Mercantil Group, holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in business administration from the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan and a master\u2019s degree in economics from Vanderbilt University. He is president and chief executive officer of Commercebank and also sits on the Board of Directors of Banco Mercantil (Schweiz), A.G. (Zurich), Banco Mercantil Venezolano (Curacao), and Banco del Centro (Panama). He serves on other boards, including those of the Mercy Hospital Foundation, Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce, Florida International Bankers Association, and American Red Cross Miami-Dade chapter.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nDominique Virchaux<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\nDominique Virchaux<\/strong> founded Virchaux & Partners to provide premium executive search services in a personalized, boutique environment. He has specialized in senior executive assignments covering the Am\u00e9ricas and is recognized as one of the leading search professionals worldwide as listed in \u201cThe Global 200 Executive Recruiters.\u201d A founding board member of Florida FTAA, Inc., a public\/private support group to establish the permanent Secretariat of the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas in Miami, he received his degree in business science in Fribourg, Switzerland, and as a certified public accountant from the University of the State of New York. <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The most recent Dean’s Council meeting took place October 24, 2006, at Florida Power and Light in Miami.<\/p>\n

The college\u2019s other distinguished Dean\u2019s Council members are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nJos\u00e9 M. Aldrich<\/strong>, managing partner, Tax & Legal Services, Latin America, KPMG, LLP
\nMario de Armas<\/strong>, partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
\nDaniel H. Aronson<\/strong>, shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, P.A
\nJorge Arrizurieta<\/strong>, chairman, International Policy Group
\nDemian Bellumio<\/strong>, president, Hoodiny Entertainment Group
\nPaul Bonk<\/strong>, vice president, store operations, Walgreen Co.
\nJoseph L. Caruncho, Esq.<\/strong>, chief executive officer, Preferred Care Partners Holding Corp.
\nRoberto Cavalcanti<\/strong>
\nPablo Cejas<\/strong>, managing member, Aquarius Capital, LLC
\nThomas Cornish<\/strong>, president and CEO, Seitlin
\nRui da Costa<\/strong>, managing director Latin American & Caribbean\/vice president, Customer Solutions Group, Hewlett-Packard Company
\nRafael Couttolenc<\/strong>, senior vice president\u2013Latin America, DHL Express
\nPatricia Dahne<\/strong>, Pat Dahne Realty Group
\nJorge Gonzalez<\/strong>, president, Wachovia Bank
\nEdna Johnson<\/strong>, senior vice president, Burger King
\nDennis Klinger<\/strong>, vice president and CIO, Florida Power & Light Company
\nEric Levin<\/strong>, vice chairman, Gold Coast Beverage Distributors, Inc.
\nMonica Luechtefeld<\/strong>, executive vice president, Office Depot
\nAngel Medina, Jr.<\/strong>, president, Miami-Dade County Regions Bank
\nAlvaro G. de Molina<\/strong>, chief financial officer, Bank of America
\nRamiro Ortiz<\/strong>, director, president, and CEO, BankUnited Holding Company and Bank
\nElizabeth \u201cLiz\u201d Parnes<\/strong> (BBA \u201977), vice president\u2013general manager, IKON Document Efficiency
\nPete Pizarro<\/strong>, CEO, Telef\u00f3nica
\nCarlos Sabater<\/strong>, managing partner, South Florida & Puerto Rico, Deloitte
\nFederico S\u00e1nchez<\/strong>, president, L.I.C. Capital
\nGabriel S\u00e1nchez-Zinny<\/strong>, partner, Egon Zehnder International
\nAlbert Santalo<\/strong>, president and CEO, Avisena
\nOscar Suarez<\/strong>, South Florida tax managing partner, Ernst & Young LLP
\nN. K. Tripathy \u201cTrip<\/strong>,\u201d<\/strong> president, Macy\u2019s Florida
\nMario Trueba<\/strong> (MBA \u201987), president and CEO, Mellon United National Bank
\nJesse J. Tyson, <\/strong>president and fuels marketing sales director, Americas South, ExxonMobil Inter-America Inc.
\nRaul J. Valdes-Fauli,<\/strong> partner, Fowler Rodriguez Chalos
\nAugusto L. Vidaurreta<\/strong>, principal, RAM Strategy
\nGabriel Zambrano Benitez<\/strong>, director general, Proeza TI<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Members of the Dean\u2019s Council\u2014a group of business leaders who represent a cross section of industries\u2014provide College of Business Administration Executive Dean Joyce J. Elam insights into the college\u2019s strategic direction, new initiatives, and existing programs, among their many contributions. Recently, a number of individuals joined this group of valued advisors. Antonio \u201cTony\u201d L. Argiz […]<\/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":[10],"tags":[160,528,554,590,659,1062,1405,2482],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4757"}],"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=4757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24353,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4757\/revisions\/24353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}