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At United Way’s 2010 Annual Meeting and Volunteer Awards Program, in addition to the awards presented, the board voted on new members and officers to serve.

Elected to serve as officers on United Way’s executive committee are:

• Board Chair – Sheldon Anderson, president and CEO, Southeast Region of Northern Trust
• Immediate Past Board Chair – Tony Argiz, president and CEO, Morrison Brown Argiz & Farra, LLP
• Treasurer – Carmen Perez, president, FPL FiberNet
• Secretary – Fred Jackson, CEO, Beecher/Jackson
• Co-Chair, Community Investments and chair-elect – Jayne Abess, vice president, community relations, City National Bank of Florida
• Chair, Finance & Administration – Steve Danner, tax/CPA partner, CBIZ
• Co-Chairs, Public Policy – Dr. Rudy Moise, D.O., osteopathic physician and surgeon, Comprehensive Health Center, Inc.; Carolyn Donaldson, vice president human resources, Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• 2010 Campaign Co-Chairs – Marshall Criser III, president - Florida, AT&T; Juan del Busto, region executive, Miami branch, Federal Reserve Bank
• General Counsel – Jorge Hernandez-Toraño, partner, Holland & Knight LLP
• Members at-large – Jon Batchelor, managing partner, The Batchelor Foundation; Jorge J. Gonzalez, president, City National Bank of Florida; Matt Gorson, national operating shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, PA; Jack Lowell, managing director, Flagler Development Company; Natacha Munilla, vice president, Thunder Electrical Contractors, Inc.

Newly-elected and re-elected board members are:

• Jayne Abess, vice president, community relations, City National Bank of Florida
• Jose Abreu, director, Miami-Dade Aviation Department
• Jon Batchelor, managing partner, The Batchelor Foundation
• Peter Bermont, managing director, Morgan Keegan
• Michael Caponni, president and CEO, Caponni Group
• Loreen Chant, president, Johnson & Wales University
• Steve Danner, tax/CPA partner, CBIZ
• Juan del Busto, region executive, Miami branch, Federal Reserve Bank
• Jorge J. Gonzalez, president, City National Bank of Florida
• Matt Gorson, national operating shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, PA
• Jose Hevia, president, Codina Construction Company
• Fred Jackson, CEO, Beecher/Jackson
• David Landsberg, president and publisher, Miami Herald Media Company
• Mike Meredith, regional director, Miami-Dade and Broward, Publix Super Markets, Inc.
• Debbie Morrison, tax manager, Kaufman Rossin & Co
• Joe Natoli, senior vice president business and finance, University of Miami
• Susan Potter Norton, partner, Allen Norton & Blue, PA
• Phillis Oeters, corporate vice president, government & community relations, Baptist Health
• Miguel Pumareiga, recording secretary, Transport Workers Union
• Gene Schaefer, Miami market president, Bank of America

The above mentioned individuals join the current United Way board members:

• Karen Aronowitz, president, United Teachers of Dade Local 1974
• Hilarie Bass, global operating shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, PA
• Manny Becerra, group senior vice president, DFS, Assurant
• Yolanda Berkowitz, community volunteer
• Darlene Boytell-Perez, community volunteer
• Steve Brodie, partner, Carlton Fields, PA
• George Burgess, county manager, Miami-Dade County
• Alberto Carvalho, superintendent, Miami-Dade County Public Schools
• Miguel Cervoni, executive vice president, Ocean Bank
• Bob Fatovic, general counsel, Ryder System, Inc.
• Dan Hanrahan, president and CEO, Celebrity and Azamara Cruises, Royal Caribbean Cruises LTD
• Peggy Hollander, managing director, The Succession Group
• Laurie Jennings, news anchor, WPLG-TV Channel 10
• Ann Pope, president, Ann Pope Consulting, Inc.
• Norma Quintero, publisher, Social Affairs Magazine
• Jose Sanchez, senior vice president, business banking director, Wachovia/Wells Fargo
• Penny Shaffer, Ph.D., market president, SFL, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida
• Allan Shore, attorney, Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP
  Andrew Smulian, chairman, Akerman Senterfitt
• John Sumberg, managing partner, Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP
• Trae Williamson, president, Williamson Cadillac Hummer