Articles in Alumni
Pilot Roger Figueroa offers frank reasons for strengthening ties with his alma mater.
“When I see the amazing changes in the university, in the business school, when I see the energy and diversity on campus, I feel such a sense of pride,” said Roger B. Figueroa (BBA ’84). …
It’s not who you know, it’s who knows you, participants at networking workshop learn.
The number of business cards you collect or the length of your email address book doesn’t indicate true connectivity. Rather, business success comes when people know you.
That was a key message in the “Networking Rocks: …
Alumni Notes: February 2011
TotalBank has hired Rafael Cabrera (BBA ’82) as senior vice president and mortgage loan originator.
Pacific National Bank has named Gonzalo Vicente (BACC ’84) senior vice president, chief risk management officer.
Lynette Pineiro (BBA ’93) has recently …
FIU alumna sees finance at the heart of every business.
FIU alumna sees finance at the heart of every business. Elizabeth Izquierdo (MACC ’01), CPA, is chief executive officer of HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Miami, and a graduate of the Master …
Winter Pantherland is magical evening for Chapman alumni.
“This was the best holiday party ever!”
Those words of Michelle Joubert (MBA ’10), assistant director, advancement and alumni relations, were echoed by many of the 175 people who attended the Chapman Alumni Holiday Party …
Life’s challenges turn banker into social entrepreneur.
The biggest challenges the United States has faced this century also have personally affected a recent graduate of Chapman Graduate School of Business at Florida International University (FIU).
But, like the country, Brenda Leguisamo (PMBA ’09) …
REAAC event focuses on the fine art of real estate development.
Founded in 2003 by a group of art dealers, artists and curators, Miami’s Wynwood Art District contains more than 70 galleries, museums and collections. On the second Saturday of each month, the neighborhood comes alive …
Alumni Notes: January 2011
Joe Caruncho (BBA’ 81) one of the founders of Florida’s first Provider Sponsored Organizations, was featured in The Miami Herald. Among other topics, he talked about the company’s meteoric rise.
Sonia Cabello (BBA ’89), controller, CBC …
Friendship comes first, as MBAs from Class of ’01 gather for annual reunion.
It’s been said that you meet people who forget you . . . you forget people you meet . . . but sometimes you meet people you can’t forget. Those are your friends.
The 11 graduates …
Less-than-privileged students shown college-bound path at FIU.
The sign that welcomed high school seniors as they stepped off the buses set the mood for the morning. It read “Welcome Future Panthers.”
Letting students know that college absolutely can be in their future was …
Alumni Notes: December 2010
Benigno Pazos (BBA ’93) has been promoted by TotalBank to chief credit officer and head of its credit division.
Paola Suarez (BBA ’04) has been named a vice president with the Chase Relationship Manager Business Banking …
Real estate community networking event is not just big—it’s mega.
Mega you say? Most definitely, as five area universities—University of Miami School of Architecture, University of Central Florida, University of Florida Friends & Alumni of Real Estate, Florida State University Real Estate Network and …
EMBA graduates reunite and expand their network.
Though graduates of the Executive MBA at Florida International University (FIU) often maintain close relationships with their classmates, a reunion across all the EMBA groups, brought approximately 100 EMBA alumni together for a full day …
Alumnus feeds the entrepreneurial spirit with Energy Kitchen.
High energy combined with a passion for excellence. These traits define Justo Luis Pozo III (BBA ’07) in all his pursuits—from his martial arts avocation to his banking and finance vocation.
Now Pozo is branching …
