CASACUBA - Key Persons


Agustín Arellano Sr.

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Advisors
  • Chairman of Construction Firm NV2A Group

Alberto Ibargüen

Job Titles:
  • President and Chief Executive Officer of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Alfonso Fanjul Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Advisors
  • Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Florida Crystals Corporation and Fanjul Corporation

Andrea J. Queeley

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Anthropology in the Global and Sociocultural Studies Department - FIU

Andy García Award-winning

Job Titles:
  • Actor and Director

Benjamín León Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Chairman and Founder of Leon Medical Centers

Catherine Mas

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarly Advisory Committee
  • Assistant Professor in the Department of History - FIU

Claudia Puig

Job Titles:
  • President and General Manager of Univision Communications

César Alvarez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Advisors
  • Senior Chairman of Greenberg Traurig and Member of the FIU Board of Trustees

Erik Camayd-Freixas

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarly Advisory Committee
  • Professor in the Department of Modern Languages - FIU
Julio Capó Deputy Director of the Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab and Associate Professor in the Department of History - FIU

George Corton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Advisors
  • Managing Principal of Westside Capital Group, Vice Chair

George Feldenkreis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Advisors
  • Executive Chairman of the Board of Perry Ellis International

Guillermo Grenier

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarly Advisory Committee
  • Chairman and Professor in the Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies - FIU

John Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor at the Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management - FIU

Jorge Duany

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarly Advisory Committee
  • Director of the Cuban Research Institute and Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies - FIU

Jorge González

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chairman and CEO of City National Bank

Jorge Mas

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board of MasTec

José Capote

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development

Juan Carlos Espinosa

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarly Advisory Committee
  • Dean of the Honors College - FIU
Rebecca Friedman Director of the Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab and Professor in the Department of History - FIU

Julio Capó

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Deputy Director
  • Member of the Scholarly Advisory Committee

Karen S. Fuller-Veloz

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarly Advisory Committee
  • Director of the School of Music - FIU

Maite Morales

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager
  • Program Manager of CasaCuba at Florida International University
Maite Morales, PhD, is the Program Manager of CasaCuba at Florida International University. She is responsible for creating and executing public and educational programs that support CasaCuba's vision and mission. Dr. Morales's scholarly interests and areas of expertise include modern Cuban history, memory, gender, material culture, and consumption. Her work has received support from the Tinker Foundation, the Morris and Anita Broad Fellowship, the Eliana Rivero Research Scholarship at the Cuban Research Institute (FIU), and the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida.

Marcos Kerbel

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarly Advisory Committee
  • Adjunct Professor of Finance in the College of Business - FIU

Marilys R. Nepomechie

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Mario Murgado

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Advisors
  • President and CEO of Murgado Automotive Group, Chair

Mayi de la Vega

Job Titles:
  • Founder and CEO of One Sotheby 's International Realty

Michael Bustamante Bacardí

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarly Advisory Committee
  • Chairman in Cuban and Cuban - American Studies - University of Miami

Pedro José Greer Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarly Advisory Committee
  • Dean of the Roseman University College of Medicine

Rebecca Friedman

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Scholarly Advisory Committee
  • Professor

Rita Teutonico

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean of Research of the College of Arts, Sciences & Education - FIU

Verónica A. González

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarly Advisory Committee
  • Assistant Librarian in the Sound and Image Department - FIU