Meet the Firestarters
Matthew Anderson
Executive Director
MCCJ
Gerald Grant Jr
Financial Planner
Equitable Advisors
Nikki Packer, CAP
VP Sr. Philanthropic Specialist, Southern Region
Wells Fargo Wealth & Investment Management
Howard Lipman
CEO
FIU Foundation, Inc.
Dido Balla
Educator, Speaker, Entrepreneur
Goldie Hawn Foundation
Lori-Ann Cox
CEO, Board Member
Breakthrough Miami / National Breakthrough DEI Initiative
Pamela Fuertes
Executive Director
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses
Kirk Brown
CEO
Handy, Inc.
Tina Brown
CEO
Overtown Youth Center
Laura Kaplan
Market President
BNY Mellon
Kerry-Ann Royes
CEO
YWCA South Florida
Michael Hughes
Development Director
The Wolfsonian–FIU
Ruth Ramirez
Senior Director of Collaborative Philanthropy
The Miami Foundation
Myriam Masihy
Investigative Reporter
Telemundo 51, NBC 6
Elizabeth Simonton
Co-Founder and CEO
ICU Baby
Lara Hein
Client Manager
UpMetrics
Glenn Kaufhold
Principal
GKollaborative
Janice Graham
Ady Arguelles
Sr. Executive Director of Development, Research Preeminence & Innovation
FIU Foundation, Inc.
Dr. Emmanuele A. Bowles
Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Florida International University
Lindsey Cimochowski
Director of Operations & Administration, Development and Alumni Relations
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Orlando Gonzalez
Executive Director
Safeguarding American Values for Everyone (SAVE/SAVE Dade)
Ana Martinez
Assistant VP of Development
Miami Dade College Foundation
Tania Castroverde Moskalenko
Executive Director
Miami City Ballet
Steven L. Schwartz
Principal Advisor
Philanthropic Visions
Dr. Woody
Organizational Psychologist, Executive Coach, Media Personality
Jennifer Filla
CEO
Aspire Research Group LLC
Courtney Ford
Chief Development Officer
Miami City Ballet
Meg Daly
President and CEO
Friends of the Underline
Germaine Smith-Baugh, Ed.D.
President & CEO
Urban League of Broward County
Luisana Zambrano
Program Manager
Radical Partners
Symeria T. Hudson, MBA
President & CEO
Chapman Partnership
LaKeisha Wells-Palmer
Executive Director
Teach For America Florida Regions
Alexandra Mandado
President and CEO
Planned Parenthood of South, East and North Florida
David Silver
Founder
Silver Miller
Gale S. Nelson, M.S.
President and CEO
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami
Flavia Llizo
Co-President and Chief Development Officer
Jackson Health Foundation
Gepsie Metellus
Co-Founder, Executive Director
Sant La, Haitian Neighborhood Center, Inc.
Andreina Weischelbaumer
Senior Program Manager of Culture & Strategy
Radical Partners
Faequa Khan
Florida Muslim Bar Association
Joan Marie Godoy
Executive Director
Radical Partners
Omrit Shimoni
Director of Quality Assurance
Jewish Community Services of South Florida, Inc.
Darrell Booker
Corporate Affairs Specialist, Non Profit Tech Acceleration for Black and African American Communities
MIcrosoft Philanthropies