SFCDFI - Key Persons


Alex Santana

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Coordinator
  • Council Staff Member

Alisha Lopez

Job Titles:
  • Council Staff Member
  • Clean Cities Director

Armando Vilaboy

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Ex - Officio Member South Florida Water Management District

Cary Goldberg

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Treasurer Broward County Governor 's Appointe

Charlene Burke

Job Titles:
  • Council Staff Member
  • Senior Planner / LEPC Coordinator

Christina Miskis

Job Titles:
  • Council Staff Member
  • Principal Planner

Craig Cates Monroe

Job Titles:
  • County Commissioner
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Denise Appleby

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Secretary Councilmember, City of Plantation

EDA Cares

Job Titles:
  • EDA Cares Act Revolving Loan Fund Administrator

Eralda Agolli

Job Titles:
  • Council Staff Member
  • Community & Economic Development Program Manager

Frank Caplan

Job Titles:
  • Village of Key Biscayne Councilman / Member, FRCA Policy Board

Greg Ross

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Mayor of Cooper City

Guillermo Verdura

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Manager
  • Council Staff Member

Hailey Lazzaroni

Job Titles:
  • Council Staff Member
  • Regional Planner

Isabel Cosio Carballo

Job Titles:
  • Council Staff Member
  • Executive Director
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Jeffrey R. Tart

Job Titles:
  • Council Staff Member
  • Senior Loan Officer

Joseph M. Corradino

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Mayor of Village of Pinecrest

Kathe Lerch

Job Titles:
  • Council Staff Member
  • Director of Administration

Kent Walia

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Ex - Officio Member Florida Department of Transportation, District Four

Kionne L. McGhee Miami-Dade

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Leandro Braslavsky Soldi

Job Titles:
  • Council Staff Member
  • Director of Finance & IT

Mario J. Bailey

Job Titles:
  • Immediate past Chair Miami - Dade County Governor 's Appointee / Member, FRCA Policy Board

Michael Udine Broward

Job Titles:
  • County Commissioner / Member, FRCA Policy Board

Michelle Lincoln

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • First Vice Chair Monroe County Commissioner

Oliver G. Gilbert, III

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Dade County Commission Chairman

Quentin Beam Furr Broward

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • County Vice Mayor

RAMADAN ENDS

Job Titles:
  • Events for April

Randy Deshazo

Job Titles:
  • Council Staff Member
  • Deputy Director, Chief of Staff & Director of Economic Development and Research

Rene Garcia

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Second Vice Chair Miami - Dade County Commissioner

Sam Goren - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • Legal Counsel
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Samuel Kaufman

Job Titles:
  • City of Key West Vice Mayor

Senator Steve Geller - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Broward County Commissioner
  • Chairman Acdigital 2023 - 02 - 08T15
  • Chairman Broward County Commissioner
Senator Steve Geller served as Broward County Mayor during FY 2021. Elected to District 5 in 2016, he currently represents all or part of Cooper City, Southwest Ranches, Davie, Plantation, Sunrise, and unincorporated areas including part of the Seminole Reservation and all of Broadview Park. Geller serves as Chairman of the Broward County Water Advisory Board, Chair of the South Florida Regional Planning Council, and serves on the Executive Committee of the Florida Association of Counties (FAC) and on the Broward County Cultural Council. Geller also serves as Chair of the South Florida CEDS Strategy Committee established pursuant to the SFRPC's responsibilities as U.S. EDA's Economic Development District for South Florida. He was recently re-elected Chair by his colleagues on the SFRPC. Prior to his current service as a Broward County Commissioner, Geller was elected to the Florida Legislature in 1988 at the age of 29. He served in the Florida Legislature for 20 years; nine years in the House of Representatives followed by 11 years in the Florida Senate. Geller was respected by both Political Parties and chaired legislative committees under the leadership of both Democratic and Republican Presiding Officers. Geller chaired the Regulated Industries Committee in the House of Representatives, and the Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Community Affairs Committees in the Senate. Geller served two terms as Chair of the Broward County Legislative Delegation and two terms as Chair of the Hendry County Legislative Delegation. At the time of his retirement from the Florida Senate due to term limits, Senator Geller was the Minority (Democratic) Leader of the Florida Senate. Geller has also served as National President of two legislative organizations: the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) and the National Council of Legislators from Gaming States (NCLGS). Geller was born in the City of New York, New York in 1958. He has lived in South Florida since 1965. He attended Florida State University for college and law school, where he was a member of AEPi Fraternity. He has lived in South Broward since his graduation from Florida State University College of Law in 1982. He is married to Laurel Geller and they have two children Marc and Ben.

Sirena Davila

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Ex - Officio Member Director - DEP Southeast District

Steve Foreman

Job Titles:
  • Council Staff Member
  • EDA Cares Act Revolving Loan Fund Administrator