Current and past chairs of Miami Lighthouse (from left to right):
Michael Silva, Ray Casas, Donna Blaustein, Owen Freed, Bill Roy, and Susan Kelley.

Click here to view list of Miami Lighthouse Board Chairs 1931-2012

Name:

Michael A. Silva, Esq., C.P.A.

Position:

Chairman of the Board

Profession:

Michael Silva, Tax Partner with the global law firm of DLA Piper LLP, was installed as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Inc. on January 26, 2011.

Mr Silva’s practice focuses on international tax law, estate planning and representation of foreign investors and banks. He has been selected as one of "Florida's Legal Elite," a listing of the state's top 1.7% of "lawyers held in the highest regard," by Florida Trend Magazine three years in a row, and was named among the top lawyers in Florida by Florida Super Lawyers Magazine. He also was named one of the "Top Up and Comers in South Florida" for tax law by the South Florida Legal Guide. Mr. Silva graduated from the University of Florida Levin College of Law and the Fisher School of Accounting. He is a Certified Public Accountant and certified by the Florida Bar in Tax Law and International Law. In 1993, he served as Judicial Clerk for the Honorable Allen J. Kornblum, Probate Division of Circuit Court, Miami.

Name:

Owen S. Freed, Esq.

Position:

Immediate Past Chairman

Profession:

Senior counsel at Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson P.A.

Name:

William R. Roy, Ph.D.

Position:

Secretary

Profession:

Senior Partner, Kelley Swofford Roy, Inc

Name:

Peter R. Harrison

Position:

Treasurer

Profession:

Senior Vice President, Transwestern Commercial Services

Name:

Alan P. Levitt, O.D.

Position:

Board Director and Chair of Planning and Program Development Committee and Heiken Advisory Committee Member

Profession:

Doctor of Optometry

Name:

Ramon Casas

Position:

Board Director and Chair of External Relations/Resource Development Committee

Profession:

Principal, Wragg & Casas Public Relations

Name:

Agustin R. Arellano, Jr.

Position:

Board Director and Chair of Performance Oversight and Monitoring Committee

Profession:

Vice President, Arellano Construction

Name:

José A. Abrante Cosío

Position:

Board Director

Profession:

Chief Executive Officer-Abraco Group, LLC

Name:

William E. Beckham

Position:

Board Director

Profession:

Executive Vice President, Miami-Dade County Brown & Brown of Florida, Inc.

Name:

Kent M. Benedict

Position:

Board Director and Co-chair Young Professionals of Lighthouse (YPOL)

Profession:

2nd Vice President of Trust and Administration, Northern Trust Bank

Name:

Donna R. Blaustein, Esq.

Position:

Board Director

Profession:

Law Office of Donna R. Blaustein

Name:

Sander R. Dubovy, M.D.

Position:

Board Director

Profession:

Physician/Associate Professor, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute/Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital

Name:

Pamela J. Garrison

Position:

Board Director

Profession:

Community Leader and Philanthropist

Name:

Humberto (Bert) Gonzalez, Jr.

Position:

Board Director and Co-chair Young Professionals of Lighthouse (YPOL)

Profession:

Senior Analyst, Florida Power & Light Company

Name:

John H.B. Harriman

Position:

Board Director

Profession:

Senior Director, The Standard Chartered Private Bank

Name:

Anne E. Helliwell

Position:

Board Director

Profession:

President, The Helliwell Family Foundation

Name:

Edward J. Joyce

Position:

Board Director

Profession:

President, Miami-Dade County Northern Trust

Name:

Gloria Martin

Position:

Board Member

Profession:

Owner, Sherry’s Bag/Philanthropist

Name:

Deborah Montilla

Position:

Board Director

Profession:

District Director of the Miami-Dade County Public School/Division of Student Services System

Name:

Philip F. Morrissey

Position:

Board Director

Profession:

Senior Vice President, Morgan Keegan & Co.

Name:

Charles J. Nielson

Position:

Board Director

Profession:

AFSB, Producer, President of Nielson and Company, Inc.

Name:

Louis Nostro, Esq.

Position:

Board Director

Profession:

Managing partner of the Miami office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, where he also serves as chair of the Trusts and Estates Practice Group

Name:

Scott K. Sime

Position:

Board Director

Profession:

President, Holly Sime Real Estate/TCN Worldwide

Florida Heiken Program
 

José Feliciano accepts high school diploma and
speaks about Braille literacy at the Miami Lighthouse 80th Anniversary Ruby Jubilee Dinner Concert
 

The Blind Visionary
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royalty income will be donated to blind services at
the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind
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Miami Lighthouse Wins South Florida Business Journal Excellence In Health Care - Community Outreach Award
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