MIAMI – Legacy Magazine a bi-monthly news/business publication serving South Florida’s black professionals recognized South Florida’s “50 Most Powerful & Influential Black Business Leaders of 2012” at there eighth annual Awards Reception, held last Friday (June 8) at the Bankers Club, downtown Miami.
Among the Honorees were ten Jamaican corporate and professional leaders of the highly accomplished and diverse group of recipients honored at the event.
Legacy Magazine is distributed in partnership with the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post.
“50 Most Powerful & Influential Black Business Leaders of 2012” includes (L-R) Executive Director of Thelma Gibson Health Initiative, Ms. Merline J. Barton, Jamaica’s Consul General, Mrs. Sandra Grant Griffiths, and President of Florida Memorial University, Dr. Henry Lewis.
“50 Most Powerful & Influential Black Business Leaders of 2012”
Makola Abdullah, Ph.D.
Provost and Vice President
for Academic Affairs
Florida Memorial University
Charita Allen
Vice President of Economic Development and Urban Initiatives
The Beacon Council
Merline Barton
Executive Director and co-founder
The Thelma Gibson Health Initiative
Robert Battle
Artistic Director
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Stephanie Brown, Ed.D.
Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services
Nova Southeastern University
Michael Butler, M.D.
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Jackson Health System
Ralph Campbell
CEO and President
McKinley Financial Services Inc.
Willie Carpenter
Senior Vice President of Business Development
Community Bank of Florida
Barron Channer
CEO
Woodwater Investments
Crystal Connor
President
The Connor Group Miami
Renee Crichton
City Manager
Deputy City Manager City of Miami Gardens
Marcus Davidson
Senior Pastor
New Mount Olive Baptist Church
Caleb Davis
President and CEO
The Helen B. Bentley Family Health Center, Inc.
Alexandra Davis
City Commissioner, Seat 1
City of Miramar
Dwight Elliott, JD
Dean
Strayer University’s
Brickell Campus
Gabrielle Finley-Hazle
COO
North Shore Medical Center
FMC Campus
Thelma Gibson
President Emeritus
The Thelma Gibson Health Initiative
Oliver Gilbert
Vice Mayor
City of Miami Gardens
Fidel Goldson Sr., DC
Owner
Goldson Spine Rehabilitation Center
Honorable Sandra Grant Griffiths
Consul General
Consulate General of Jamaica
Jacqueline Gray
CEO
Woman2Woman Breast Cancer Foundation
Ramona D. Hall
Coffee Beanery
franchise owner
Jaffus Hardrick
Vice President for the Division of Human Resources at Florida International University
Walter James Harvey, Esq.
School Board Attorney
Miami-Dade County
Caridad Hernandez
Executive Producer of Investigations and Special Projects
CBS 4 Miami WFOR-TV
Wilbert Holloway
Board Member District 1
Miami-Dade County School Board
Eric Jones
Mayor
City of West Park
Leroy Jones
Executive Director
Neighbors and Neighbors Association Incorporated
Mark Kent
CEO
CAC Medical Centers
Henry Lewis III, Pharm.D.
President
Florida Memorial University
S. Sean Madison, Ed.D.
Campus President
Broward College
South Campus
Michelle Mason
Senior Associate Dean
Florida International
University College of Law
Rayfield McGhee Jr., Esq.
Managing Member
McGhee & Associates LLC
Ann McNeill
President and CEO
International Mastermind
Association
Angelia Millender
Vice President for Student
Affairs and Enrollment
Management
Broward College
Fort Lauderdale Campus
Regine Monestime, Esq.
City Attorney
City of North Miami
Nat Moore
Vice President
of Alumni Relations
and Special Projects
The Miami Dolphins
Faye Munnings
Vice President and
Assistant CFO
New World Symphony Inc.
Eugene Pettis, Esq.
Co-Founder
Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm
Blythe Robinson
Senior Vice President &
Chief Programs Officer
Early Learning Coalition
of Miami-Dade Monroe
Robert Runcie
Superintendent
Broward County
Public Schools
Barrington Russell Sr.
Mayor
City of Lauderdale Lakes
Eurica Sadler
CFO
Molina Healthcare
of Florida Inc.
Bryant Salter
CEO
Business Diplomacy
Consulting
Newton Sanon
Executive Director
Opportunities
Industrialization Center
of Broward County
Miguel Southwell
Deputy Aviation Director
Miami International Airport
Michelle Spence-Jones
Commissioner, District 5
City of Miami
Channing Thornton
Senior Vice President
Consumer Sales Executive
Regions Bank
Faye Wright
Regional Managing Director
Flight Service
American Airlines
Burnadette Norris-Weeks, Esq.
Principal
Burnadette Norris-Weeks,
P.A.
