South Florida Leadership
A relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives in our community.

Board of Directors
Chair
Jonathan DeLuca
Subway
President
April Andrews-Singh
Immediate Past Chair
Carlos Castresana
Vice President
USI Insurance Services
Immediate Past President
Frank Scholl
Chief Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery
Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital
Leadership Development Chair
Pamela Africk
President
BestPractices USA, Inc
Chair Elect
Jose Romano
Assistant Vice President Business & Community Relations
Baptist Health South Florida
President Elect
Isis Zambrana
Vice President & Chief Quality Officer Quality & Patient Safety
Jackson Health System
Members
Alex Almazan
Attorney
Almazan Law
David Crumley
Vice President | H.R. Technology & analytics
Royal Caribbean Cruises ltd.
Frank Fernandez
Director of Public Safety / Assistant City Manager (Ret.)
City of Coral Gables
Heather Havericak
Chief Executive Officer
Broward Health Medical Center / Salah Foundation Children’s Hospital
Nichole Levy
Attorney & Brand Manager
13th Month Publishing & Productions
Iwan Mohamed
Market President
BB&T
Dr. Viviana Navas
Medical Director of Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplantation, and Mechanical Circulatory Support | Director of Cardiovascular Fellowship
Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiology & Cardiothoracic Surgery
Lon Rosen
Owner & Founder
One Beat CPR & AED
Tatjana Rundek, MD PhD
Professor of Neurology and Public Health Sciences Vice Chair, Clinical Translational Research in Neurology Department of Neurology
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Clinical Research Building
Dr. Judy Schaechter
Professor & Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Chief of Service, Holtz Children’s Hospital, Jackson Health Systems
The George E. Batchelor Endowed Chair in Child Health
University of Miami Miller Scholl of Medicine
Dr. Valerie Wanza
Chief School Performance & Accountability Officer
Broward County Public Schools
Heart Ball Executive Leadership Team
2020 Broward Heart Ball Chair
John Stetson
Owner
Stetson Capital Investments, Inc.
Executive Leadership Committee
Jonathan DeLuca
SubwayAdam S. Fass
Financial Advisor
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.
Aurelio M. Fernandez, III, FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer
Memorial Healthcare System
Heather Geronemus
Director, Public Relations & Corporate Social Responsibility
Ultimate Software
Kenneth Herskowitz, MD
Chief of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Broward Health
Michael Lepera
Senior Vice President
BB&T | SunTrust now Truist
Brijesh Mehta, MD
Medical Director, Stoke and Neurocritical Care
Memorial Healthcare System
Lon Rosen
Philanthropist
Frank Scholl, MD
Chief, Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery
Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital
Zachariah P. Zachariah, MD
Cardiologist
University of Miami Health System
Broward Heart Walk Executive Leadership Team
Co-Chairs
Tony Coley
President South Florida Region
BB&T | SunTrust now Truist
Osmel “Ozzie” Delgado
COO
Cleveland Clinic Florida Region
City Wide Executive Challenge Chair
Andrew Koenig
President
City Furniture
Vice Chairs
Dominic Andreano
SVP, General Counsel & Secretary
MEDNAX
William M. Lowe, Jr.
CEO
KEMET
Penny Shaffer
Market President
Florida Blue
Wael Barsoum, MD
President & CEO
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Scott MacLaren
President
Stiles
Michele Slane
Vice President of MCVI & Transplant Institute
Memorial Healthcare System
Rick Case
CEO
Rick Case Automotive Group
Nancy Meyer
Publisher & GM, S.E.
Sun Sentinel
Doug Strong
President & CEO
Holy Cross Hospital
Keith Koenig
President
City Furniture
Iwan Mohamed
Market President
BB&T
Bob Swindell
President & CEO
Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance
Shawn M. Kroll
VP Robotics Development
Stryker
Jeff Petak
Director of Sales
One Beat CPR & AED
Scott Tyner
VP of Advertising
Sun Sentinel
Dr. Doug Laurie
Vice President
American Heritage School
Lisa Scott-Founds
President & CEO
Winterfest, Inc
Miami-Dade Heart Walk & 5K Run Executive Leadership Team
Chair
Marcus St. John, MD
MCVI Baptist Health South Florida
Executive Leadership Committee
Alex Almazan
Almazan Law
Marcelo Ferrer
Abbott
Ian Del Conde, MD
Baptist Health South Florida
Deputy Chief Ron Papier
City of Miami Police
Deputy Chief Ron Papier
City of Miami Police
Jose Romano
Baptist Health South Florida
Christopher Vastine
Bacardi
Go Red For Women Executive Leadership Team
Chair
Heather Havericak
Chief Executive Officer
Broward Health Medical Center
Immediate Past President
April Andrews-Singh
Executive Leadership Committee
Luis Allende-Ruiz
Chief Executive Officer
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Miami
Moj Khaghan Danial
Melissa Diamond, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist
Pediatric Associates
Randi Gold
President | Randi Gold PR & Strategic Media, LLC
VP-CFO, CMO | Timeless Age Medical
Sara Herald
Partner
Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP
Kelley Jackson, MSN, APRN
Nurse Liaison, Customer Analysis & Solutions
United Healthcare
Jacqueline Jordan
Vice President | Regional Director | Foundation and Institutional Advisors
Northern Trust
Board Members
Viviana Navas, MD
Medical Director of Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplantation, and Mechanical Circulatory Support | Director of Cardiovascular Fellowship
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Patti Rizzo
Head Coach – Women’s Golf
University of Miami
Ana Viamonte Ros, MD, MPH
Associate Dean for Women in Medicine & Science
FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Baptist Health South Florida
Juliet Murphy Roulhac
Corporate External Affairs
FPL
Tatjana Rundek, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology and Public Health Sciences
Vice Chair, Clinical Translational Research in Neurology
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Judy Schaechter, MD, MBA
Professor & Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Chief of Service, Holtz Children's Hospital, Jackson Health Systems
The George E. Batchelor Endowed Chair in Child Health
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes, MD, MBA
Vice President-Education, Quality and Safety
MEDNAX Health Solutions Partner
Valerie Wanza, PhD
Chief School Performance & Accountability Officer
Broward County Public Schools
Health Equity Committee
Chair
Hannibal Burton
Director of Auxiliary Services
Miami-Dade College
Members
Dr. Phyllis Rhymes- Johnson
Black Nurses Association of Miami
Rosalyn Frazier
Chief Executive Officer
Broward Community and Family Health Centers, Inc.
Tarea Smith-Lewis
Chief Executive Officer
AT&T Health Institute
Andre Lewis
Co-founder
AT&T Health Institute
Rev. Shirley Brown
Center for Faith & Health Global Network
Priscilla Torres
Director, Organizational and Talent Development
Health Choice Network
Emilia Solano
District Executive Director, Community Health Strategies
YMCA of South Florida
Dr. Olveen Carrasquillo
Professor
Chief, Div General Medicine
University of Miami Health System
Nicole Cohen
Public Information Officer
Broward Regional Health Planning Council
Dr. Todra Anderson-Rhodes
Chief Medical Officer
Memorial Hospital Miramar
Dr. Pablo Sacasa
Chair, Chemistry, Physics, Earth Science Department
Miami-Dade College North Campus
Tamara Robinett
Executive Director
Miami-Dade Brain Center