Meet Our Board of Trustees

Setting a Vision for a Greater Miami

The Miami Foundation Board of Trustees is comprised of diverse volunteers in our community who provide stewardship for the Foundation and our charitable activities by establishing and governing all policies with respect to operations, investments and grants.

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”

— WINSTON CHURCHILL

Kerry-Ann Royes, M.B.A.
Board Chair
President & CEO, YWCA South Florida
Ken O’Keefe
Vice Chair & Chair, Investment Committee
Founder of BPOC
Rebekah Monson
Chair, Governance
CoFounder and COO, Letterhead
Tony Argiz
Chair, Audit Committee
South Florida Managing Principal, BDO USA
Aaron Gordon
Chair, Communications Committee
Partner, Schwartz Media Strategies
Cary Valdes Perez
Chair, Community Investments Committee
Principal, Kaufman Rossin
Nitin Motwani
Co-Chair, Give Miami Day Committee
Managing Partner Of Merrimac Ventures & Managing Partner Of Miami Worldcenter Associates
Shari Gonzalez
Co-Chair, Give Miami Day Committee
iHeartMedia
Kareem Brantley, CFA
Treasurer
Florida Principal, The Integral Group
Jaret Davis
Secretary
Co-Managing Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
Maria Escorcia
Board Member
Southeast Region Executive- Global Philanthropy, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
JC Liscano
Board Member
Vice President of Miami Hub Operations, American Airlines
Grace Mead
Board Member
Shareholder, Stearns Weaver Miller
Melissa Medina
Board Member
President, eMerge Americas
Rodrick T. Miller
Board Member
President & Chief Executive Officer, Miami-Dade Beacon Council
Raul Moas
Board Member
President, Partnership for Miami
Madeline Pumariega
Board Member
President, Miami Dade College
Julia Quinn
Board Member
Director of Philanthropy, Citadel

Board Committee Members

  • Julio Ocon – Director of Finance, Knight Foundation
  • Whitney K. Schiffer, CPA – Director of Audit & Attest Services, Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs
  • Eric P. Zeitlin – PWA CEO, Managing Director, & RJFS Financial Advisor, Provenance Wealth Advisors

2026 Community Advisory Council

The Miami Foundation has invited a small number of dynamic and deeply knowledgeable community leaders to join our 2026 Community Advisory Council. All invited individuals demonstrate the following essential qualities for participation:

  • Deep love and commitment to our community
  • Prioritization of diversity, accessibility, and inclusion – focused on elevating voices, spreading power equitably and increasing opportunity for all
  • Enthusiasm for collective impact – strong desire to find new ways to collaborate and connect across issue areas and lines of difference
Anay Abraham
Community Advisory Council
Executive Director, Casa Familia
Beth Boone
Community Advisory Council
Artistic & Executive Director, Miami Light Project
Eduardo J. Gloria
Community Advisory Council
CEO, Camillus House
Elizabeth Fata Carpenter
Community Advisory Council
Executive Director, Everglades Law Center
Felipe Pinzon
Community Advisory Council
President & CEO, Hispanic Unity of Florida
Fritzie Saintoiry
Community Advisory Council
Founder & Executive Director, Genesis Hopeful Haven
Janice M. Graham
Community Advisory Council
Executive Director, Casa Valentina
John Martinez
Community Advisory Council
Executive Director, Centro Campesino
Kamila Przytula
Community Advisory Council
Reproductive Health Access Advocate
Madeleine Thakur
Community Advisory Council
President & CEO, The Children's Movement of Florida
Sandra Bermudez
Community Advisory Council
Founder & CEO, The Lucy Project
Sheryl A. Woods
Community Advisory Council
President & CEO, YMCA of South Florida
Stephen Shelley
Community Advisory Council
President & CEO, Farm Share
Stratton Pollitzer
Community Advisory Council
Executive Director, Equality Florida
Sui Chung
Community Advisory Council
Executive Director, Americans for Immigrant Justice
Yulia Strokova
Community Advisory Council
Founder & CEO, Impact Edition

Meet our previous Community Advisory Councils: 2025 | 202420232022