Alumni conference

If you haven’t registered yet, don’t wait, as space is limited! Our exciting alumni conference will be held next Friday, March 23^rd, at our Downtown Center, located at Macy’s store—6^th floor—on East Flagler. We have a terrific agenda—one that will ensure you are on top of what’s happening in a number of business sectors in South Florida. There will be lots of top-notch speakers there and plenty of opportunities to network with them and your fellow business alumni. And, the event is free for business alums! RSVP today at https://cbasys.fiu.edu/bofa/alumni/alumni_rsvp_1.cfm?EventID=450.

Here’s the agenda:

7:30 am – 8:15 am

Continental Breakfast

8:15 am

Welcome and Introduction

José R. de la Torre, Dean, Chapman Graduate School of Business

8:30 am – 9:45 am

First Session – Insurance: Can We Afford It?

• Tom Cornish, CEO
• Raul Rivero, President & CEO, Insurance & Construction Consultants, Inc
• TBA

Moderator: TO BE DETERMINED

9:45 am – 10:00 am

Coffee Break

10:00 am – 11:15 am

Second Session – The Healthcare Crisis: Care vs. Solvency

• Joseph Caruncho, Chief Executive Officer, Preferred Care Partners Holding Corp.

• Gorge Foyo, Market President, South Florida, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida

• John Rock, Dean College of Medicine, FIU
  

Moderator: Joyce Elam, Executive Dean, College of Business Administration, FIU

10:00 am – 11:15 am

Third Session – Real Estate: Is the boom over?

• Paul L. Jones, President, Pyramid Realty Group, Inc.
• Adam J. Lotterman, Senior Analyst, Goodkin Consulting
• Guy Trusty CCIM, President, Lodging & Hospitality Realty, Inc.

Moderator: Bill Hardin, Knight Ridder Research Professor and Director of Real Estate Programs, FIU

11:15 am – 11:30 am

Coffee Break/Networking

11:30 am – 12:45 pm

Fourth Session – Corporate Governance: Have we overreached?

• Mario de Armas, Managing Partner, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
• Al de Molina, Former CFO, Bank of America
• Ben Wells, CFO and Treasurer, Burger King Corporation

Moderator: José de la Torre, Dean, Chapman Graduate School of Business, FIU

1:00 pm – 2:15 pm

Luncheon Panel – Family Business, The Next Generation

• Derek Capó, Analyst, Everest Capital
• Jesus Capó, COO, El Dorado Furniture
• Roberto Capó, CMO, El Dorado Furniture

Moderator: James Bussey, Chief of Staff, College of Business Administration, FIU

We hope that you’ll not only attend, but also that you’ll send us your comments and feedback after the event!

See you there.

Business Alumni Chapter Traveling Happy Hour

If you’re an alumna/us of the College, be sure to attend the Business Alumni Chapter Traveling Happy Hour on February 23rd at Centro Restaurant and Lounge, Espirito Santo Plaza (1st floor of Conrad Hotel on Brickell Avenue), from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Be sure to let us know what you thought of the event and to share any pics you took of your fellow-alumni and friends!

Real Estate Alumni Affinity Networking Happy Hour

Are you a real estate professional? If so, you might want to attend the next Real Estate Alumni Affinity Networking Happy Hour next Thursday, February 15th, at Karma in Coral Gables, with the Realtors’ commercial Association of Greater Miami and the Beaches. Time? 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Address? 2325 Galiano, coral Gables. Meet College of Business Administration alumni in the field as well as other real estate professionals in South Florida! Make business contacts and personal connections! Enjoy! Send us your comments and any photos you take!

Alumni!

Did you get our Monthly Update? If so, you probably noticed we’ll be featuring an alumnus/a of the month! If you would like to be profiled, please complete the form at http://business.fiu.edu/alumni/member_spotlight.cfm and we’ll consider you for inclusion in a future mailing of our Update!

Also, if you have any other suggestions about how we can make this Update of greater value to you, let us know by providing us with your comments!

Real Estate Alumni!

Don’t forget to attend our Real Estate Alumni Council Networking Happy Hour on January 25, 2007, starting at 6:30 p.m. and ending at 9:00 p.m. at the Miami Beach Resort, Hotel and Spa. Our featured speaker will be Paco Diaz, CBRE Retail Services, named by CB Richard Ellis as its top “Retail Performer” in the U. S. in 2005. Find out more.

Family Business Owners and Service Providers!

Be sure to attend the Institute for Family Business in the college’s Eugenio Pino and Family Global Entrepreneurship Center’s first Family Business Forum of 2007 on January 30, 2007, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Chispa Restaurant, 225 Altara Avenue, Coral Gables.

The forum, titled “Entrepreneurship in the Next Generation,” will explore strategies and techniques used to encourage an entrepreneurial mindset among the next generation of family members within a family enterprise. It’s a mindset that focuses on identifying new trends and opportunities and has been proven to be a critical component in enabling family businesses to thrive through multiple generations of leadership. MIC Food, a twenty-year-old, second generation family enterprise, will be the topic of a live case study, with representatives from the family and firm as panelists. RSVP at http://entrepreneurship.fiu.edu/rsvp_list.php!

Business Alumni!

We’d like your ideas! We want to make your membership in the Business Alumni Chapter as meaningful and beneficial to you as we can. So send us your comments about the kinds of events and activities you’d like us to organize and coordinate for your benefit. We welcome your suggestions, always! This is YOUR chapter, and we want it to be what you want it to be!

Congratulations to all of our new alumni!

Hope all you new graduates enjoyed our Tent Party following the afternoon Commencement on December 19th.



We’d love to hear your thoughts, your family’s thoughts, and for you to share any pictures you might have of your graduation day! Please send them so we can post!

Real Estate Alumni!

Be sure to join fellow alumni and industry professionals for our Real Estate Alumni Council Networking Happy Hour on January 25, 2007, starting at 6:30 p.m. and ending at 9:00 p.m. at the Miami Beach Resort, Hotel and Spa! See you there!