The School's Entrepreneurship Advisory Board helps the School promote awareness and collaboration between its entrepreneurship program and the local and international entrepreneurship communities.
Board members also provide entrepreneurship-related strategic advice to the School, paricipate as executive speakers and serve as mentor and judges in the School's annual Business Plan Competition.
Robert D. Rubin, JD '84 (Chair)
CEO
Topp Group Inc.
Adam Apatoff, Esq., BBA '93
Attorney
Apatoff|Peters|Ebersohl
Brian Breslin
Director, Launch Pad
University of Miami
Oscar Callejas, BBA ‘04
Co-Founder and Vice President, Operations
Voalte
Dean Fogel, BBA ‘70
President
DMF Capital
Steven E. Gold, BBA '00
Senior Vice President
UBS Financial Services
Sean Goldstein, BBA’12, MBA ‘13
SAP Consultant
IBM
William G. Heffner, BBA '77
Founder and President
Agg Rok Materials
Norma S. Kenyon, PhD
Vice Provost, Innovation
University of Miami Life Science & Technology Park
Ben Kosinski, AG ‘11
Managing Principal
Kosinski Ventures
Roberto Palenzuela, BBA ’84, JD’88
Senior Founding Partner and CEO
ClareMedica Health Partners
Thomas E. Pfeiffer, AB '93, MBA '02
Vice President, Investment Management
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Michael Rangel, BBA ‘09
Co-Founder and CEO
NOVO
Elliot Scott Smerling, MBA ‘97
Managing Principal
JES Global Capital GP LLC
Rick Tonkinson, MBA '84, MPA '85
Founder and Senior Associate
Tonkinson Financial Inc.
William R. Silverman, PhD, MBA '10,
Executive Director, Coulter Program & New Ventures
Allace H. Coulter Ceter for Translational Research
University of Miami/Miller School of Medicine
Monica Wood, MBA ‘89
Vice President, Global Consumer and Member Insights
Herbalife Nutrition
Ex-Officio Members
Betty G. Amos, BBA '73, MBA '75
President
The Abkey Companies
UM Trustee
David L. Epstein, MD '05
Managing Partner
Presidential Capital Partners
