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Leadership Team 2009-10

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Board of Directors

President: Erin Knight
President Elect: Loretta Nido
VP Communications: Elizabeth Murray Vargas
VP Community: Katie Lane-Arriola
VP Development: Kim Sarkisian
VP Finance: Christine Connor
VP Planning: Alise Johnson Henry
VP Membership: Bibi Cruz-Ledon Sears

Treasurer: Maria Byrd
Nominating Chair: Jennifer Wilson
Bylaws/Parliamentarian: Dana Martorella
Placement Chair: Vicky Hucks
Recording Secretary: Marlene Fernandez-Karavetsos
Assistant to the President: Betsy Harper
Sustainer Liaison: Candace Vassillion
Sustaining Advisor to the Board: Lindy B. Colson

Committee & Project Chairs, Co-Chairs & Chair Elect

Communications Council

VP Communications: Elizabeth Murray Vargas
Advisor: Natalie Brown
Advertising: Tracy Pottker-Fishel
Interactive Communications: Kati Janda Foley
Junior League Journal: Jennifer Herskowitz (Editor); Tracy Pottker-Fishel (Assistant Editor)
Membership Directory: Jackie P. Winter (Chair); Daru Lane Ransford: (Chair Elect)

Membership Directory: Jackie P. Winter (Chair); Daru Lane Ransford: (Chair Elect)
Photo/Video Journalists: Shanna Nye; Sheri Mazariegos
Public Relations: Kara Skelley Diez; Emilie Goldman
Recording Secretary: Marlene Fernandez-Karavetsos (Board)
Historians: Shanna Nye; Sheri Mazariegos

Community Council

VP Community: Katie Lane-Arriola
Advisor: Susan Lerner
AMIkids WINGS South Florida: Colleen Kitchens & Nicole Brown
Blind Babies - Miami Lighthouse for the Blind: Holly Barnhart & Claudia Alegrett
Done In A Day: Elvira Larrain & Sarah Knight
Inn Transition North: Cecilia Dubon Slesnick & Melissa Tolmach
Inn Transition South: Veronica Ramirez & Helen Picard

Sundari Foundation: Marcia Monserrat
Therapy Dogs: Robin Preston & Heather Harris
Step Up to the Plate: Kathleen Duran; Fernande Saintilis (Chair Elect); Rose Dorsainville (Chair Elect)
YMCA Preschool: Terra Smith & Sienna Reynaga Owens
Coral Gables Community Foundation: Marcia Koo & Carrie Beth Klimczak
Community Service Award: Mary Snow
Political Affairs: Mary Killeen Griffith

Development Council

VP Development: Kim Sarkisian
Advisor: Jennifer Stearns Buttrick
Fund Development Chair: Samantha Murphy
Annual Fund: Meg Lee
Golf Tournament: Lauren Hunt & Jane Bhatt

Finance Council

VP Finance: Christine Connor
Advisor: Gail Scott
Assistant Treasurer: Vivian Rodriguez
Golf Treasurer: Gloria Lerma Lopez
Headquarters Inc. Treasurer: Vivian Rodriguez
Headquarters Mgmt. Chair: Elvira Larrain
Inn Transition North Inc. Treasurer: Barbara Oikle

Community Projects Treasurer: Sandi Sides
WWMD Luncheon Treasurer: Jackie P. Winter
Magic City Treasurer: Johanne Nicoleau
Shopping Card Treasurer: Suzel Cuellar
Treasurer: Maria Byrd (Board)

Membership Council

VP Membership: Bibi Cruz-Ledon Sears
Advisor: Mary Young
Meetings & Hospitality: Bonita Whytehead & Sandy Nojaim
Member Events Coordinator: Maria Maloof
Membership Outreach Chair: Meredith Aziz & Aniella Gonzalez

Nominating: Jennifer Wilson (Board)
Placement Chair: Vicky Hucks (Board) 
Provisional Chairs: Alexandra Page & Michelle Austero
Sustainer Co- Chairs: Gail Scott & Holly Troup
Sustainer Liaison: Candace Vassillion (Board)
Transfer Liaison: Melissa Hernandez

Planning Council

VP Planning: Alise Johnson Henry (Board)
Bylaws/Parlimentarian: Dana Martorella (Board)
CAB Liaison: Lauren Dowlen
Leadership Initiative: Katie Cabanas
Legal Coordinator: Dana Martorella
Members at Large: Brigid Cech Samole, Catherine Grieve, Vivian Rodriguez, Kathleen Slesnick

Nominating Chair Elect: Jamie Adams Bonham
Placement Chair Elect: Diane Doolan
Membership Outreach Chair Elect: Anaysa Gallardo
Program Development Co-Chairs: Anita Uppaluri & Lauren Dowlen
President Elect: Loretta Nido (Board)

Community Advisory Board

Leona Ferguson Cooper
Thomasina Turner Diggs
Dr. Pedro Greer
Dr. Nilza Kallos
Ann Kashmer
Israel Kreps
David Lawrence, Jr.
Judge Cindy Lederman
Dean Isaac Prilleltensky
Marjorie Raines
Judge Deborah White-Labora
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