BRANCHES - Key Persons


Alex Fraser

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Amaka Amalu

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Carl Lee

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Dr. Tina Furniss-Roe

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Entrepreneur

Ed Deppman - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Treasurer

Florencia Olivera

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Florida Power & Light

Gerson Preston Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team

Greg Ault

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Jacobs Engineering

Isabelle Pike

Job Titles:
  • Senior VP of Development

Jack Edwards

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

James E. Morgan, III

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Vice Chair / Retired, Squire Patton Boggs LLP

Jason Randolph

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • One Lifestyle Management / Service One Miami

Jay Hall

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Jeanette Stone

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • South Miami Hospital

Jeannette Coto Dou

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Jennifer Villarreal

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Karla Bachmann

Job Titles:
  • VP of Financial Wellness

Kim Torres - SVP

Job Titles:
  • Senior VP

Kristopher E. Aungst

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Laurie Zapletal

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Secretary / First Citizens Bank

Maria Molina

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Coastal Construction

Marian M. Smith

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Retired, CareerSource South Florida

Mary Ann Cruz

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Mr. Brent McLaughlin - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • President
  • Member of Coral Gables United Methodist Church
Brent McLaughlin has served as the CEO of Branches since 2001. Mr. McLaughlin came to Branches with an extensive background in non-profit management as well as experience in grassroots community development work. Mr. McLaughlin and his wife spent three years living in rural Haiti with the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) serving as agricultural extension workers. Currently, Mr. McLaughlin is a member of Coral Gables United Methodist Church (UMC) and serves on the Staff Parish Relations Committee. He also serves on the Outreach Ministries Committee of the Florida Conference UMC. Mr. McLaughlin is also a current Board Member of Chapman Partnership, as well as the Board Chair of the Emergency Food and Shelter Program and Board Chair of FRIEND long term disaster recovery group in Miami-Dade County. Mr. McLaughlin and his wife Karen are loving parents to three children, Josiah, Sierra and Keenan. For the past 10 years, Mr. McLaughlin has served as the Head Coach of the Cross Country Team at Doctors Charter School of Miami Shores. Mr. McLaughlin holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from Illinois Wesleyan University, a Master of Divinity degree from Asbury Theological Seminary and a Master of Business Administration from Barry University. Most recently, Mr. McLaughlin was honored by United Way of Miami-Dade with the prestigious 2019 Monsignor Walsh Outstanding Human Services Professional Award which recognizes a human services professional who has dedicated his or her career to helping others.

Nidia Ruiz

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Rev. Dr. Audrey Warren

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Rev. Dr. Cynthia D. Weems

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Richard Morgan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Banyan Health

Rick Alfonso

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Robert Onsgard

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Retired, Florida Power & Light

Rodney H. Bell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Chairman / Retired, Holland & Knight LLP

Scott Howard

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Timothy Iszler

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors