Eduardo J. Padrón
President
Office of the President
300 N.E. Second Avenue
Miami, Florida 33132-2297
305-237-3316
epadron@mdc.edu
Message from the President
Friday, April 04, 2008
Hall of Fame Raises $620,000 for Student Scholarships
Miami Dade College honored some of our most outstanding alumni at last night's Sixth Annual Alumni Hall of Fame Awards Gala. Close to 900 guests joined the celebration at Jungle Island in downtown Miami; among them 23 of the nation's premier public servants, artists and business leaders.
The 2008 honorees are:
Accounting
Tanya Ferreiro, Principal, Kaufman Rossin and Company, P.A.
Architecture
Luis Revuelta, Principal, Revuelta, Vega, Leon, P.A.
Banking
Octavio Hernandez, President and CEO, U.S. Century Bank
Business
Mario Murgado, President and CEO, Miami Automotive Retail (d/b/a Brickell Motors)
Education
Dr. Gerardo M. Gonzalez, University Dean, Indiana University School of Education
Engineering
Rafael Robayna, President and CEO, Robayna and Associates Inc.
Entrepreneurship
Anastasios Kyriakides, President and CEO, Interlink Global Corp.
Health Care
Ana Mederos, CEO, Palmetto General Hospital
Journalism/Broadcast
Helga Silva, Vice President of News, Univision Television Group, Channel 23
Journalism/Print
Dave Wilson, Managing Editor, News, The Miami Herald
Law
Carlos Lacasa, Vice President and General Counsel, MD MedicareChoice Inc.
Leadership
Barney Bishop, President and CEO, Associated Industries of Florida
Marketing
Zevin Auerbach, Creative Partner, Zimmerman Advertising
Medicine
Dr. Steven Vanni, Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery and Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Non-Profit Sector
Liliam M. Lopez, President and CEO, South Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Nursing
Sandra Hyatt, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Doctors Hospital
Public Safety – Fire
David C. James, Fire-Rescue Chief, Delray Beach Fire-Rescue Department
Public Safety – Police
Carlos Noriega, Chief of Police, Miami Beach
Sports
Bucky Dent, Co-Founder, Bucky Dent’s Baseball School, and former player and manager, Major League Baseball
Technology
Luis Paez, Chief Information Officer, Perry Ellis International
Transportation
Roger Madan, President, Air Marine Forwarding Co.
Urban Development
Hank Klein, Executive Director, Cushman & Wakefield
Visual Arts
Luis Gispert, Mixed-Media Artist
I am pleased to report that the event raised nearly $620,000 for the Alumni Student Scholarship Fund, representing a prime source of scholarship funding and support for our students.
I would like to thank all of the Hall of Fame attendees and our sponsors, in particular, AT&T, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Leon Medical Centers, and Perry Ellis International, for their generous contributions. A very special thank you to all of the 2008 Hall of Fame luminaries for their commitment to the community and to The Hall of Fame Planning Committee, the MDC Foundation, and other volunteers who made this year's ceremony so extraordinary.
Thank you.
Eduardo