MIAMI – The Miami Foundation’s Board of Governors has elected Haitian-American Louis-Albert H. Jolivert as chairman and has appointed four new members to its Board of Governors.
Jolivert has been a member of the Board since 2008 and was last year’s development committee chair. He is a senior director for BNY Mellon Wealth Management, where he is responsible for developing client relationships in the South Florida region.
Louis Jolivert
With our name change and an invigorated mission I look forward to working toward leveraging the collective knowledge, creativity and resources of the community so that together we can make greater positive impact than any one organization could make alone,” said Jolivert. “I am honored to serve as The Miami Foundation’s new chairman.”
The four new Board members include:
Maria Alonso is a corporate social responsibility market manager for Miami-Dade/Monroe counties at Bank of America. She is actively involved in the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, New World School of the Arts, the Miami-Dade College Foundation and Teach for America.
Pablo L. Cejas is chairman and CEO of Ascendant Commercial Insurance, a property and casualty insurance company based in Miami, Florida. In addition, he is the chairman and managing partner of Aquarius Capital Partners, LLC — a private investment firm.
Rick Schatz is the managing director of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. and is a shareholder in the Corporate and Securities Department. He serves on the firm’s Board of Directors. Schatz and his firm have worked closely with the Foundation for many years.
Bruce Turkel is CEO of TURKEL, which has been creating and working with valuable brands for over 25 years. Turkel led the brand re-launch for The Miami Foundation including the new name and logo.
Returning members of the Board of Trustees include Vice Chairperson and chair of the Program Committee Liebe Gadinsky; Treasurer and chair of the Finance Committee Alex Fraser; Secretary Penny Shaffer; Marta F. Anido, Mario J. Artecona, chair of the Governance Committee, Sergio Bendixen, Mitchell Bierman, Ana Lopez-Blazquez, Robert Gilbert, Divina Grossman, Marlon Hill, Michael Marquez, chair of the Development Committee Juan Martinez, Raul Rodriguez, David Samson and Jose Vilarello.
