Robert P. DerHagopian, M.D.
 

Dr. DerHagopian is a surgical oncologist specializing in breast diseases. He graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1969 and completed his internship and residency at Boston City Hospital and Tufts New England Medical center. He was a Fellow in Transplantation at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Boston and returned to Tufts New England Medical Center, Department of Surgery, as Chief Resident, in 1973. Dr. DerHagopian served two years active duty in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps and then moved to Miami and completed his Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Surgical Oncology at the University of Miami School of Medicine. Dr. DerHagopian’s past service includes Medical Director of Jackson Memorial Hospital and University of Miami Hospitals and Clinics and Director of Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Tumor Clinic.  He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a Governor of the American College of Surgeons and Co-Director of the Annual Miami Cancer Conference.

Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Miami-Dade County State Attorney

The Honorable Katherine Fernandez Rundle became a prosecutor after receiving her law degree from the University of Cambridge, England. After several years rising through the different prosecution divisions within the office, she became legal counsel to the Miami-Dade County Grand Jury.  In 1993 she was appointed, and then re-elected five times, to serve as Miami’s State Attorney.  Presiding over the fourth largest prosecutor’s office in the United States, Ms. Rundle arrived in office during a turbulent time in Miami when drug kingpins and violent street crime was at its worst.  After several high profile tourist robberies and murders, Time magazine had labeled Miami as “Paradise Lost;” a moniker that Ms. Rundle took as a personal challenge to confront. Therefore, upon becoming State Attorney one of her first official actions was to prioritize the prosecution of career criminals and corrupt public officials. At the same time, recognizing that crime prevention is an integral part of modern-day prosecution she also prioritized meaningful diversion and anti-truancy programs to stop juvenile offenders from becoming adult criminals.  The results of her combined programs and initiatives were instrumental in helping reduce adult and youth crime to the lowest level in 30 years in Miami.  Today, Miami is a far safer place in which to live and raise a family due in no small part to her efforts and policies. In recognition of her many professional endeavors, Ms. Rundle has been the recipient of many awards including the Governor’s “Peace at Home” Award for her unique fight against domestic violence; a recipient of the “Office of Victim Services Award for Advocacy” and was a member of the last Florida Constitutional Revision Commission. Ms. Rundle has a long history of involvement in the Miami-Dade County community. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Miami and her father, Dr. Carlos Benito Fernandez, was Miami’s first Hispanic Judge as well as a founder of the Cuban American Bar Association; an association that Ms. Rundle was elected president of in 1993.  Ms. Rundle is the first female Hispanic State Attorney in the history of Miami and the State of Florida and the proud mother of twins.

  

Suzan McDowell
 

Suzan McDowell is the CEO/President of one of the most widely acknowledged minority owned businesses in South Florida, Circle of One Marketing. The Circle is one of only a handful of advertising/marketing agencies that can offer full services inclusive of creative design, public and media relations, community outreach, media buying and event management. Following  illustrious 19 year career in radio and newspaper sales, in 2001 Suzan founded Circle of One Marketing and with the vision to create a diverse, resourceful and creative full service marketing agency, effectively changing the status quo, pushing South Florida to the next level of modern multi-layered skill sets. Focusing on the African-American and Caribbean markets, Circle of one has grown into a well-known and respected business in South Florida. Suzan was the Vice Chairman-Board of Trustees for Planned Parenthood of Greater Miami & Florida Keys, Big Sister, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Miami and a volunteer for the March of Dimes in Dallas, Texas.

Charles E. Muller, II
 

Charles E. Muller, II is a member of the law firm of Muller & Lebensburger, and is admitted to The Florida Bar, the District of Columbia Bar, the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, and the U.S. Tax Court. He is a graduate of Franklin & Marshall College and the University of Miami School of Law (J.D. cum laude; LL.M., Estate Planning). He is listed in The Best Lawyers of America, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates. He has authored numerous articles on tax and estate planning topics, and he has been a faculty member at the Thirtieth Annual Philip E. Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, January, 1996, and the Thirty Seventh Southern Federal Tax Institute, 2002. He has also been an Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami School of Law, 1982-2003, and was President of the Dade County Planned Giving Council, 1991-1992. He is also a member of the American Bar Association, a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, and a Board Certified Tax Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education. 

Beverly Sage

A native of Pennsylvania, it was Beverly Sage’s love of fashion that launched her modeling career at the age of 5. Through her years as a model, she experienced the fashion meccas of Paris and New York, eventually settling in Miami where she continued to walk the runway. While modeling, Beverly honed her fashion and business skills, attending the University of Miami and graduating from International Fine Arts College (IFAC), now known as Miami International University of Art and Design. In 1984 Beverly set aside her own career as a model and opened Runways, a model agency representing women and men for runway and showroom work in the south Florida area. Since its inception, Beverly and Runways have been committed to serving the community as one of the initial sponsors of the Fashion Targets Breast Cancer with Saks Fifth Avenue, providing professional models for their national event. Now known as Key to the Cure, Runways maintains its involvement. Since 2005, Runways has worked closely with Day of Caring, training Breast Cancer survivors to walk the runway and comport themselves as professional models with all the grace and attitude that continues to make their fashion show event so successful. As it is now known with the addition of its print and television divisions, Runways/The Talent Group, under Beverly’s direction, remains a leader in the model agency and fashion industry, working with clients worldwide.

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