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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO : Priscilla Thompson
City Clerk
FROM :
The Honorable Manuel A. D. z
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DATE :
SUBJECT :
REFERENCES:
May 18, 2004
APPOINTMENTS TO THE
MAYOR'S INTERNATIONAL
COUNCIL
ENCLOSURES: 1
FILE :
This memorandum will serve toconfirm my seven appointments to the Mayor's
International Council. I am appointing Mr. Steven Bandel, Mr. Edgardo Fortuna,
Former -Ambassador Luis Lauredo, Mr. Julian Linares, Dr. Rudolph Moise, Mr. Luiz
Augusto Rocha and Mr. Dwayne Wynn as my designee to the Mayor's International
Council. I am certain that Mr. Bandel, Mr. Fortuna, Former -Ambassador Lauredo, Mr.
Linares, Dr. Moise, Mr. Rocha and Mr. Wynn will represent my office well and that you
will find them to be active and productive members of this Council. Attached please find
a brief biography and contact information on each of my appointments.
Furthermore, I would ask that the City Commission at its earliest meeting waive
residency and/or business requirement for the following appointees:
1) Steven Bandel
2) Luiz Augusto Rocha
If I can be of assistance to the Council, please do not hesitate to contact my office.
MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL
COUNCIL
1, Steven Bandel- President and Chief Operating Officer of The
Cisneros Group of Companies
Contact Information: 550 Biltmore Way
9th Floor
Coral Gables, Florida 33134
Tel: (305) 442-3480
Steven Bandel is President and Chief Operating Officer of the Cisneros
Group of Companies, one of the largest privately held media, entertainment,
technology, and consumer products groups in the world. Through its diverse
businesses and world class partnerships, the Cisneros Group of Companies does
business in over 100 countries and delivers the premier brands and the highest
quality services to the 550 million Spanish and Portuguese -speaking consumers
that make up the "lbero-American marketplace." During his twenty-year tenure with
the Cisneros Group of Companies, Mr. Bandel has played an integral role in the
group's growth and development. He has served as Chief Financial
Officer; President of Multimarket, the Group's former Investment Bank; Vice
President of Finance for the Communications Division; Director Assistant to the
Chairman & CEO; Vice President of Finance for the Information Technology
Division; and New Business Development Manager. Mr. Bandel earned his Master's
Degree in Business Administration (MBA) with Honors from the Institute of
Advanced Management Studies (IESA) in Venezuela, where he has also taught
courses on decision making and investment analysis; and received his Bachelor
Degree with High Honors in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from Stevens
Institute of Technology in New Jersey.
2. Edgardo Fortuna — President & Chairman, Fortune
International
Contact Information: 2666 Brickell Avenue
Miami, Florida 33129 Tel: (305) 859-7445
A native of Argentina, he is the President of Fortune International, a large
development firm currently developing several projects in Miami. He is recognized
throughout South Florida as a leader in high -end real estate. Fortune International
is well known in Latin America, with a presence in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Peru,
Venezuela and Mexico. He currently serves as the president of the Argentine
Chamber of Commerce.
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3. Luis Lauredo — President, Hunton and Williams International
Contact Information: 9 9 1 9 Brickell Avenue
Suite 2500
Miami, Florida 33131
Tel: (305) 810-2527
Ambassador Lauredo served as the United States Ambassador to the
Organization of American States, a diplomatic organization that is the Americas'
premier political forum for multilateral dialog and decision -making. H e is a former
elected official himself, having served as a councilman for the Village of Key
Biscayne. He also became the first Hispanic member of the Florida Public Service
Commission (PSC). He served as Executive Director of the 1994 Summit of the
Americas. He then later became President of Greenberg Traurig Consulting. He
has represented the United States as Special U.S. Ambassador to the
inaugurations of the Presidents of Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil.
Hispanic Business Magazine has also honored him as one of the nation's top 100
influential Hispanics. He has also headed several cultural groups, including the
Greater Miami Film Festival and the Dade County Council of Arts and Sciences.
4. Julian Linares — President, Sacha Enterprises
Contact Information:
717 North Bayshore Drive
Suite 1055
Miami, Florida 33132 Tel: (305) 757-7600
As the head of his own business consulting firm he assist major European
and Latin American firms with investment, real estate financing, business strategy
and public relations management in the United States. Mr. Linares was also
President and a founding member of the US -Spanish Chamber of Commerce from
1994 through 1997. He also the founder of the Cultural Center of Spain in Miami
and was awarded the "Cruz de Caballeros de la Orden de Isabel La Catolica" by His
Highness the King of Spain for his contributions and promotion of Spain throughout
the Western Hemisphere.
5. Dr. Guy Rudolph Moise, MD & JD —President and Founder of
Radio Carnivale
Contact Information: 185 NE 84 Street
Miami, Florida 33138 Tel: (305) 751-5311
Owner and founder of the Creole -language radio station Radio Carnivale
WRHB 1020AM. Dr. Moise is also an active member of the Greater Miami
Chamber of Commerce and a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force
Reserve. Born in Haiti and moved to Chicago at age 17. Dr. Moise has worked to
better the situation of the Haitian community in Miami. He currently operates
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Comprehensive Health Center with three clinics throughout the state of Florida. As
a medical practitioner with office in Little Haiti he has devoted much of his efforts to
see a better Haiti - whether it's in the Diaspora or at home. He is a graduate of the
University of Illinois, with his Osteopathic Medical Degree from Chicago College.
Dr. Moise also has an MBA and Law Degree from the University of Miami.
6. Luiz Augusto Rocha — President, Odebrecht Construction
Contact Information: 201 Alhambra Circle
Suite 1400
Coral Gables, Florida 33134
Tel: (305) 445-1165
Odebrecht is Brazil's largest construction company. As president of its US
operations Mr. Rocha oversees billions of dollars in annual construction projects
throughout the United States and the Caribbean. He is a native of Brazil and has
been with Odebrecht for a number of years. Odebrecht's specializes in the area of
development and construction management services throughout the United States
and Latin America.
7. Dwayne Wynn — President, Afro -Caribbean Trading Group
Contact Information:
645 N. W.62nd Street
Suite 400
Miami, Florida 33150
Tel: (305) 751-3999
Member of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Wynn has made it
his life work to further the trade and cultural relationship bonds between South
Florida and the continent of Africa. As President of Afro -Caribbean Trading Group
he is Africa's biggest proponent as to further trade relations with this region. He is a
consultant to the Enterprise Florida, our State's primary economic development
agency. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the US/Haiti Business
Development Council at the US State Department and is a member of the
President's US -Africa Business Roundtable.
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MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL
COUNCIL
1. Steven Bandel R e S "7/6
2. Edgardo Fortuna
3. Luis Lauredo.
4. Julian Linares
5. Dr. Guy Rudolph Moise, MD & JD
6. Luiz Augusto Rocha ; L
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7. Dwayne Wynn
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