Barbara Gray
Retired Area Vice President for VITAS Health Care Corporation
Chairperson of the Board

Ms. Gray has over 25 years experience in healthcare primarily in the growing hospice care industry. She is a resident of Plantation, Florida. She recently retired from VITAS Healthcare & Hospice, where she was responsible for the revenue, margin, and quality performance of five to seven hospice branches as Vice President of Hospice Operations. She currently serves as a Pro-Bono Consultant for the VITAS Hospice Charitable Fund Foundation for End of Life Care.

She has served on the United HomeCare Services’ Board of Directors for 18 years as Board Member, Committee Chair, and Board Chair. Ms. Gray is Chair of United HomeCare Services' Program Development Committee and is on the Compensation Committee. She also serves as a Crisis Line Volunteer for Women in Distress of Broward County. In 2006, she received the National Good Samaritan Award for Achievements in End of Life Care from the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.

Ms. Gray has been a consultant in the education and human services fields for more than 30 years. She was Assistant Professor for Staff and Program Development at Miami Dade College, in Miami, Florida and English and Communications at Alverno College, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where she earned her Master's of Arts in College Teaching and the University of Florida, Gainesville, where she earned her Bachelor's of Arts in English.

Humberto P. Alonso, Jr.
Vice President and District Director for Post Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan (PBS&J)
Vice Chairman of the Board

A licensed Architect, Mr. Alonso has spent the past 19 years in leadership positions throughout South Florida.  Prior to his current position, he was with the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and the School Board of Broward County. Before joining the School Board in 1987, he was a founder and vice president of Architectura Totalis Corporation in Coral Gables.

Currently, as South Florida District Director for PBS&J, the largest Florida-based Engineering-Architecture firm, he leads the firm’s business development and community involvement activities within Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties, as well as Puerto Rico.

Mr. Alonso is also very active in his community.  In addition to his work with United HomeCare Services, he serves as a Board member for the Bay of Pigs Museum and the Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida. He also serves as a Board Member for the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and serves as Chairman of the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee. Mr. Alonso also served as SFWMD representative on the South Florida Regional Planning Council and is the immediate past Chairperson of the Biscayne Bay Regional Restoration Coordination Team. He currently serves on United HomeCare Services' Building Committee.

Mr. Alonso earned both his Master’s Degree in Business Administration and Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from the University of Miami.

Ricardo Jose Garcia
Senior Vice President & Market Manager for BankUnited
Treasurer

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Robert “Bobby” Rosenthal
President of 21st Century Health Group, Inc.
Secretary

Mr. Rosenthal received a Master’s of Business Administration Degree with major concentration in hospital administration, finance, and marketing from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL and a Bachelor’s of Business Administration Degree from Michigan State University in Lansing, MI. He is also a licensed nursing home administrator in the state of Florida.`

Before his current position, Mr. Rosenthal was Vice President of Operations for Evergreen Health Group, Inc., and Administrator/Owner of Coral Gables Convalescent Home.

Mr. Rosenthal’s professional highlights are being a member on Governor Bush’s Panel On Excellence in Long Term Care, chairman of FHCA Regulatory Committee, member f the American Health Care Association Survey and Enforcement Subcommittee, and member of the FHCA Bylaws Committee. Mr. Rosenthal has also served on the Board of Directors for the American Health Care Association, Florida Health Care Association, Florida House of Representatives Elder Affairs and Long Term Committee Workgroup on Nursing Home Improvement, and the Agency Health Care Administration Nursing Home Advisory Council. Mr. Rosenthal is the Vice Chair of United HomeCare Services' Program Development Committee.

José K. Fuentes
The Fuentes Group
Immediate Past Chairman of the Board

Mr. Fuentes is a resident of Coconut Grove/Miami and recently started The Fuentes Group.

Mr. Fuentes has also served as South Florida Director for The Wren Group; District Aide for United States Senator Connie Mack; as Director of the Office of Hispanic Affairs for the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives; as Legislative Assistant for Representatives Rudy Garcia and Nilo Juri; and as Legislative Lobbyist for the Broward County Commission.

He presently serves as the Chairperson, Miami-Dade Asian-American Advisory Board; Board Member, Monsignor Edward Pace High School; and Board Member, Belafonte-Tacolcy Community Center in Liberty City; President, Celebration Point Condo Association in Miami Lakes; and is a Graduate of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class of 1991. Mr. Fuentes is also the Chair of United HomeCare Services' Resource Development Committee. In recognition of his extensive community involvement, he has received numerous commendations and awards.

Mr. Fuentes attended Miami-Dade College and is a graduate of St. Thomas University in Miami, Florida, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science.

Marcos Perez
Vice President of Business Development for Leon Health Systems
Member-At-Large

Mr. Perez began pursuing his Ph.D. in Leadership at FIU in the Fall of 2003. Most recently, Mr. Perez served as liaison for the President of Florida International University, maintaining a high level of public relations and interaction with university and community contacts.  He was promoted to Vice President for Administration, where he oversaw a number of functions, including athletics, and, in early 2007, became Senior Vice President for External Relations.

Previously, Mr. Perez worked in the beverage industry as Vice President and Director of the Bacardi Beverage Company. He also headed up the group of strategic planning and business development from 2001 to 2003.

Mr. Perez holds an MBA and a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and International Business from Florida International University. He is currently working on his Ph.D. Mr. Perez is on United HomeCare Services' Program Development Committee.

Mr. Fletcher grew up in the Kansas suburbs of Kansas City, Missouri.

He earned his Bachelor's Degree in English from Princeton University and a JD from Northwestern University Law School.

Mr. Fletcher has been the Notes and Comments editor of the Northwestern University Law Review and has practiced law since 1978.  His focus is principally on corporate, securities, finance, mergers, and acquisitions laws.

Mr. Fletcher was a partner for the Morgan, Lewis & Bockius law firm in Miami from 1986 – 2003.  He retired in 2003.

Mr. Fletcher was chairman of the Board of Directors for United HomeCare Services from 2003 to 2005. He is the Chair of United HomeCare Services' Compensation Committee and is also on the Finance Committee.

Charles A. Gibson, Esq.
Attorney-at-law for Gibson Law Offices, P.A.

Mr. Gibson is a probate, guardianship, and elder law attorney-at-law specializing in estate, guardianship, and elder law litigation and planning through his current practice, Gibson Law Offices, P.A. He is Chairman of the Theodore R. & Thelma A. Gibson Charter School and also serves as In-House Counsel for eight Miami-Dade County Charter Schools.

Prior to forming his law practice, he was a federal labor and pension benefits attorney. Mr. Gibson worked for Sugarman & Susskind, P.A., where he specialized in labor law including collective bargaining negotiation, employee pension benefit, individual employee dispute resolution, employee grievance, and employer/employee arbitration.

Mr. Gibson is a graduate of the University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, and the University of Miami where he attained his Juris Doctorate. He is a Member of the Florida Bar for the United States District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, and a member of the Dade County Lawyers Association.

He is the proud grandson of Thelma Vernell Anderson Gibson and the late Reverend Canon Theodore Roosevelt Gibson. He follows their exemplary lead in wanting to give something back to the community. He serves on several volunteer organizations including Regional Community Collaborative on Violence, the Theodore R. Gibson Memorial Fund, and the Coconut Grove Collaborative.

He joined the United HomeCare Services’ Board of Directors in December 2006. Mr. Gibson serves on the Program Development, Compensation, and Board Policy Committees for United HomeCare Services.

Thelma A. Gibson, R.N.

Thelma Vernell Anderson Gibson, R.N. was born in 1926. She is a native Miamian and the widow of the late Reverend Canon Theodore Roosevelt Gibson.

Mrs. Gibson attended Saint Augustine’s College, North Carolina and graduated in 1947, as a Registered Nurse.  Then, she attended Florida A & M University. She took courses at Catholic University, Washington, D.C. Later, she attended the University of North Carolina. From there, she attended the University of Miami.  In 1959, she attended Teachers College at Columbia University, New York and earned her bachelors degree in nursing education.  Her career extended thirty-three years:  as a Staff Nurse, Clinical Nurse, Public Health Nurse, Head Nurse, Nursing Supervisor, and Social Worker.

For more than fifty years, Mrs. Gibson has been involved in education, health, leadership, volunteerism, and service. In 1997, she was appointed as Interim City Commissioner and served on the City of Miami Commission.

Mrs. Gibson is a member of many boards and committees, including her membership as a Founder of the Jewish Home for the Aged.  Her autobiography, Forbearance, Thelma Vernell Anderson Gibson, The Life Story of A Coconut Grove Native, was released in 2000.

Mrs. Gibson sponsors the Gibson Health Initiative that provides free testing and assistance for HIV and AIDS. Her latest project is the Theodore and Thelma School of the Performing Arts in Coconut Grove, where the students receive academics with a focus on the Arts.

Jeffrey Horstmyer, M.D.
Chair of Department of Neurology for FIU College of Medicine

A long time member of the FIU community, Dr. Horstmyer is the founding chairman of the Department of Neurology at the FIU College of Medicine. After graduating from Emory University Business School and working in real estate development, he attended the University of Miami School of Medicine and completed internship neurology residency training at JMH/UM where he was appointed Administrative Chief Resident. In addition, he completed a fellowship in neuromuscular neurology and electroneurophysiology at the University of Miami.

Certified as a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Dr. Horstmyer has served the Miami area for over 20 years. Since then, he has held a number of leadership positions in the medical and academic community of Miami, including President of the Mercy Hospital Medical Staff and member of the Board of Trustees at Mercy Hospital, Chief of the Division of Neurology at Mercy Hospital, Chairman of the Emergency Room Committee at Health South Doctors Hospital, and a member of the Professional Advisory Committee of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in South Florida. He is also a founding member of the Dade County Stroke Consortium. Dr. Horstmyer is a Founder and Chairman of the MS Centers of Florida Foundation and the Founder of the MS Center of Miami.

At FIU. Dr. Horstmyer has been chairman of the Council of 100, a member of the Board of Directors, a member of the Advisory Board of Biomedical Engineering and of the Frost Art Museum. For his 10 years of dedication towards procuring a medical school, he was awarded the Kal Kovens Distinguished Community Service Medallion. In addition, he has received numerous honors from the community such as the awards from the Penalver Clinic, Camillus House and San Juan Bosco Clinics for providing free neurological care to homeless and indigent patients. He was given the National Multiple Sclerosis Leadership Award and was named one of Florida’s top doctors.

Hank Klein
Blanca Commercial Real Estate

Hank Klein currently works for Blanca Commercial Real Estate. Previously, Mr. Klein was the Executive Director of Business Development at Cushman & Wakefield of Florida and Vice Chairman of Flagler Realty Services aka the Codina Group.

Klein was also President and CEO of Codina Bush Klein. Before this, he was a senior sales consultant for Coldwell Banker Commercial Real Estate Services in Miami and a sales associate for Cushman & Wakefield of Florida.

When he became the head of Codina Bush Klein (CBK) in 1988, Klein built the firm from 3 to 35 brokers with two offices in Miami, one in Fort Lauderdale, and one in Boca Raton. CBK was recognized several years in a row by the South Florida Business Journal as the leading commercial brokerage firm in South Florida.

In 2000, after twelve years as President/CEO of Codina Realty Services, Klein moved to the full time role of new business development. In that capacity, he worked closely with younger brokers in both training and mentoring roles.

Active in civic and community affairs, Klein was Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Miami-Dade College for eight years; he was also Chairman of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. In addition, he serves on the Board of Directors of Goodwill Industries, and the Board of Governors’ of the Dade Community Foundation. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Fiduciary Trust International of the South, a Franklin Templeton Company. Recently Mr. Klein joined TransAtlantic Bank as a member of the Board of Directors. He is a fifty-year Miami resident and holds a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Miami.

Joaquin “Jack” Leon, Esq.
Senior Attorney-at-Law for Florida Power & Light

Mr. Leon is a senior attorney in the Litigation Section of Florida Power & Light Company, resident in the Miami office. In addition, Mr. Leon is assistant secretary of Florida Power & Light (FPL) Company and FPL Group, Inc., the parent company, as well as the registered agent of FPL Group, Inc. and its 500 subsidiaries.

Mr. Leon handles a variety of commercial and tort cases, and has experience in discovery litigation support for major cases. He is currently the attorney that issues all the litigation hold letters for the Law Department.

He received his Bachelor's of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana State University in 1971. From 1971-1976, Mr. Leon designed underground electrical systems for Florida Power & Light Company. Beginning in 1973, he attended law school at night at the University of Miami while working at Florida Power & Light Company.

Mr. Leon received a Juris Doctor from the University of Miami in 1976, and has been an attorney in the Law Department of Florida Power & Light Company ever since.

Mr. Leon is on United HomeCare Services' Finance Committee.

Gina Martinez Nguyen, P.A.
Attorney-at-Law for Gina Nguyen, P.A.

Gina Martinez Nguyen was born in Nicaragua and raised in South Florida. Mrs. Nguyen graduated from the University of Pittsburgh, School of Law in 1998 and has focused her career in the areas of special needs planning, guardianships and special needs trust administration. She has valuable experience both as an attorney and as a trust administrator, and she used that knowledge to found the law firm of Gina Nguyen, P.A. (f/k/a Lader & Nguyen, P.L.) Prior to working on her own she was a Vice President & Trust Officer at SunTrust Bank; and was an associate attorney at Lillesand & Associates, P.A., (n/k/a Lillesand & Wolasky, P.L.).

Throughout her years of practice Mrs. Nguyen has offered practice pointers to attorneys, accountants and trust officers through various presentations and articles. Mrs. Nguyen is a current Vice Chair for the Miami-Dade County Probate and Guardianship Committee and incoming member of the Florida Bar’s Federal Taxation and Special Needs Trust Subcommittee, which will be responsible for reviewing bipartisan legislation which proposes to amend the Internal Revenue Code to establish accounts for the care of family members with disabilities. She is a 2003 National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) Institute guest co-speaker and her outline “SSI Trust & Transfer Rules “, coauthored with David J. Lillesand, Esq., was selected for publication in the Spring 2004 issue of The NAELA quarterly: The Best of the Best. Mrs. Nguyen is a member of the Florida Bar and fluent in Spanish.

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