The Board of Directors is comprised of individuals from different business sectors whose common goal is to ensure that long-range plans for our community are ones that will enhance the visitor experience, whether the issue is one of public policy, infrastructure, aesthetics, sporting events, trade or commerce, film, fashion or entertainment.
2020 / 2021 GMCVB Executive Committee
BRUCE OROSZ
Chairman
President & CEO
ACT Productions, Inc.
STEVEN HAAS
Immediate Past Chair
Executive Director Centerplate
Miami Beach Convention Center
ELIZABETH HICKS
Finance Committee Chair
Consultant
ERIC JELLSON
Marketing & Tourism Committee Chair
Area Director of Marketing & Strategy
Kimpton Hotels Florida & Cayman Islands
JULISSA KEPNER
Convention Sales Committee Chair
General Manager
Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay
CAROLE ANN TAYLOR
Multicultural Tourism & Development Committee Chair
Founder & President
Miami To Go, Inc.
T. WILLARD FAIR
At Large
President & CEO
Urban League of Greater Miami, Inc.
DAN GELBER
At Large
Mayor
City of Miami Beach
ALINA HUDAK
At Large
City Manager
City of Miami Beach
DANIELLA LEVINE CAVA
At Large
Mayor
Miami-Dade County
GENE PRESCOTT
At Large - Past Chair
President
The Biltmore Hotel
MARIA SASTRE
At Large - Past Chair
Retired
CRISTINE VALLS
Vice President
Florida, Caribbean & Latin America Sales
American Airlines
2020 / 2021 GMCVB Board of Directors
STEVE ADKINS
PRESIDENT & CEO
Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
RODNEY BARRETO
President & CEO
The Barreto Group
MICHAEL CHENG, PH.D., CHE
Dean, Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management
Florida International University
HENRY CRESPO, SR.
President & Founder
Urgent, Inc.
ALEX DIAZ DE LA PORTILLA
Commissioner, District 1
City of Miami
LUIS GAZITUA
Attorney at Law
Gazitua Letelier, P.A.
KEON HARDEMON
Commissioner District 3
Miami-Dade County
WENDY KALLERGIS
President & CEO
Greater Miami and Beaches Hotel Association
BEN MOLLERE
Corporate Vice President, Hospitality & Business Relations
Baptist Health of South Florida
JOHN MULREY
Regional Director
FirstService Residential
ABE NG
President, CEO & CSO
Sushi Maki
FREDDIE PETERSON
General Manager, Miami Beach Convention Center
Spectra Venue Management
ALAN G. RANDOLPH
Regional Director, Florida & New York
BANK OZK
ALFREDO RICHARD
Executive Vice President, Corporate Communications
NBC Universal Telemundo Enterprises
CHRISTOPHER ROLLINS
Chief Operating Officer
South Beach Group Hotels, Inc.
STEPHEN R. SHELLEY
Councilman
City of Homestead
2020 / 2021 GMCVB Ex-Officio
RALPH CUTIÉ
Inerim Aviation Director
Miami-Dade Aviation Department
MICHAEL FINNEY
President & CEO
Miami-Dade Beacon Council, Inc.
G. ERIC KNOWLES
President & CEO
Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce
JUAN KURYLA
Port Director / Port Miami
Miami-Dade County
IBIS ROMERO
Executive Director
Sunny Isles Beach Tourism & Marketing Council
ALFRED SANCHEZ
President & CEO
Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
2020 / 2021 GMCVB Past Chairs
RICHARD FAIN
Chairman & CEO
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
ADOLFO HENRIQUES
Vice Chairman
The Related Group
THOMAS F. HEWITT
Managing Partner
WDI Hospitality, LLC
DONALD E. LEFTON
Principal & CEO
The Continental Companies
STEPHEN D. NOSTRAND
Deceased
R. DONAHUE PEEBLES
Chairman & CEO
The Peebles Corporation
CHRISTOPHER PERKS
Retired
STEPHEN SONNABEND
Retired
DOROTHY C. WEAVER
Deceased