The Education Fund Executive Committee
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Chair
PABLO J. PINO
South Florida Market President Commercial
TD Bank -
Vice Chair
ERNEST P. MODOCK, JR.
Sales Performance Zone Manager
Ford Motor Company -
Secretary
JACKIE MARTINEZ SANCHO
Director of Client Management, Southeast Region
Humana -
Treasurer
NICK TOOTLE
Principal
Kaufman Rossin & Co., P.A. -
Immediate Past Chair
HECTOR J. PONTE
South Florida Regional Executive
Wells Fargo Bank -
The Education Fund
LINDA LECHT
President
The Education Fund
Pablo Pino (TD Bank)
Teach-A-Thon 2024-25
Pablo Pino (TD Bank)
Taste of Education
Ernest Modock Jr. (Ford Motor Company)
Teach-A-Thon
Jackie Martinez Sancho (Humana)
Taste of Education 2025
Nick Tootle (Kaufman & Rossin)
For the Love of Art 2025
Hector J. Ponte (Wells Fargo)
Teach-A-Thon 2024-25
Mabel Morrison (Assurant)
Idea EXPO 2024
Rosa Prieto (Florida Power & Light)
For the Love of Art 2025
Garfield DeBarros (Blackstone)
Teach-A-Thon Kick Off
Rosa Prieto (Florida Power & Light)
Teach-A-Thon Kick Off 2024
Mindy Grimes-Festge (United Teachers of Dade)
For the Love of Art 2025
Dr. Jose L. Dotres (Miami-Dade County Public Schools)
Taste of Education 2025
Jason Mizrachi (iHeartMedia, Inc.)
For the Love of Art 2025
Board Members
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Melissa Abril-Dotel
2025 Teacher of the Year
Miami-Dade County Public Schools -
Rolando Aedo
Chief Operating Officer
Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau -
Beth Bailey
Director, Florida Public Sector
Verizon Wireless -
Victor R. Benitez
VP & General Manager
Gus Machado Ford -
Mary Blanco
School Board Member, District 7
Miami-Dade County Public Schools -
Jeanelle Boscan
SVP & Head of Human Resources and Marketing
Ocean Bank -
Jennifer Stearns Buttrick
Of Counsel and Director of Pro Bono & Community Service
Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P. A. -
Garfield DeBarros
SVP, Technology and Innovations
Blackstone -
Dr. Jose L. Dotres
Superintendent of Schools
Miami-Dade County Public Schools -
Yasmine Gahed
Director of Advertising
South Florida Business Journal -
Marieli Garcia
Manager Customer Experience Business
Ford Motor Company -
Mindy Grimes-Festge
Secretary/Treasurer
United Teachers of Dade -
Jose Mallea
Managing Partner
Forward Global -
Jason Mizrachi
Vice President, Unified Partnerships
iHeartMedia, Inc. -
Mabel Morrison
VP, Product Management and Strategy
Assurant -
Chantal G. Osborne
2024 Principal of the Year/Director
Lindsey Hopkins Technical College, M-DCPS -
Leonardo Mouriño
2023 Principal of the Year
Miami-Dade County Public Schools -
Lillian M. Peters
Senior Vice President, Private Wealth Advisor
Private Wealth Management
Synovus Bank -
Rosa Prieto
Executive Director – Customer Care Operations
Florida Power & Light -
Daisy B. Rodriguez
First VP, Division Head - International
Valley National Bank -
Randi Wolfson
Trustee
Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation
Advisory Board
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Brenda Bassett
Cefalo-Basset, LLC &
Eat This Drink That Go! -
Robert M. Brochin
Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP -
Angela Burgess
Retired, Assurant -
Melanie Dickinson
President & Publisher
South Florida Business Journal -
Dr. Lawrence S. Feldman
Retired, School Board of
Miami-Dade County Public Schools -
Rolando B. Garcia, Sr.
Retired, Original Impressions -
Gerald E. Greenberg
Founding Partner
Gelber Schachter & Greenberg, P.A. -
Victoria Hernandez
Victoria Hernandez Consulting, LLC -
Gary M. Pappas
Retired, Carlton Fields -
Rachel Pinzur
President
Pinzur Communications -
Helena Poleo
President
Influence Communications -
Angela Ramos
Director, Community Engagement
Univision Communications Inc. -
Raj Rawal
Managing Partner,
SF Mango Investments, LLC -
Benjamine Reid
Retired, Carlton Fields -
Barbara Romani
Retired, Citi -
Nelly Rubio
Retired, CBS 4 Miami -
Lisa Sloat
Consultant
Public Relations/Marketing -
Dr. Carlos Wolf
Facial Plastic Surgeon
Miami Plastic Surgery -
Louis Wolfson, III
Partner
Pinnacle -
Carol Graham Wyllie
Retired
The Graham Companies
