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| Lillian Cosio | New York Life Insurance Company | |
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| Maira Diaz-Giusti | Coconut Grove Bank | |
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| Dorothy S. Eisenberg | Gerson, Preston, Robinson & Company | |
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| Ann M. Rosenberg | Rosevine Winery | |
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Colonial Bank |
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The Miami Herald |
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Vice President Merrill Lynch
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Financial Services Professional New York Life Insurance Company
Mrs. Cosio has been in the Financial Services Industry for over 24 years. She began her career in Banking as Vice-President/Branch Manager where she was responsible for the overall Branch Operations with more than 20 staff members. In this role Lillian was also involved in Small Business Lending.
Some of her community involvement included membership to several Chambers of Commerce such as the Greater Miami and the Coral Gables Chamber just to name a few. She always participated in committees relative to Small Business issues and concerns. Lillian is a 1997 “Leadership Miami” Graduate and also served on the board of the Miami City Ballet from 1996-1997.
In 2000 Mrs. Cosio's passion for helping families and businesses in the Financial arena led her to join her husband Juan as a Financial Sevices Professional at New York Life Insurance Company.
Lillian focuses her practice in providing strategies to women and small businesses in the areas of Retirement Planning, Business Planning, Insurance and Investment Services.
Since she joined New York Life she has qualified for the prestigious Million Dollar Round Table which recognizes excellence in the Financial Services Industry.
Mrs. Cosio's community involvement now centers on Education. She is involved in conducting educational seminars for women and business owners on Retirement Planning and on how to “Take Control” of financial issues.
She has been a guest speaker and panelist at various community events including the Latina Style Magazine Business Series that focuses on educating entrepreneurial women on business issues, as well as Retirement Planning Workshops for the Miami Realtors Association. Additionally, she has participated in training sessions for new Financial Services Professionals at “Seguros Monterrey” a New York Life International Company in Mexico .
Lillian has hosted a 30 minute Talk Radio Show on WKAT on financial issues and has published articles on Financial Topics for Latina Style Magazine.
Her mission is: “To Help Women and Families reach their Financial Objectives through Education and “Goal Centered Planning”.
She resides in Miami with husband Juan who is also her business partner. |
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Senior Vice President, Aventura Branch Coconut Grove Bank |
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Treasurer, TCI South Florida Gerson, Preston, Robinson & Co.
Dorothy S. Eisenberg, a prominent certified public accountant, brings a wealth of taxation experience to Gerson, Preston, Robinson & Company, and is highly regarded by the clients she serves. Ms. Eisenberg focuses her practice on managing some of the largest and most complex tax and general accounting matters for high net-worth individuals and businesses served by the company. She has an extensive background in a wide variety of industries including healthcare, real estate, manufacturing, retail and professional services. With 18 years of experience in the public accounting field, Ms. Eisenberg has established a fine reputation for excellence and superior results for clients. Ms. Eisenberg represents clients during federal and state tax audits. She has successfully handled and negotiated assessments that minimized client's exposure. Providing strategic counsel in multi-state tax issues, Ms. Eisenberg advises clients on all aspects of their business decisions in the areas of tax planning and consulting, accounting, partner compensation, compliance, mergers and acquisitions as well as operational and strategic planning. Ms. Eisenberg began her career working for a large New York City firm and later joined Gerson, Preston, Robinson & Company in 1993. In addition to serving clients, Ms. Eisenberg trains and supervises professional staff at the firm. Dorothy Eisenberg is a member of the American and Florida Institutes of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.
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Ann M. Rosenberg Co-Founder and CEO D'Vine Wine Franchises, Rosevine Winery Ann was born in New Jersey in 1944 and moved with family to New Hampshire in 1946. She grew up in Farmington NH on a truck farm, which included a commercial apple orchard. Ann attended Plymouth State College in Plymouth NH, a branch of the University of New Hampshire, majoring in Business Education and English. She married in 1965 and had one child, a daughter. She then divorced in 1970.
From 1972 thru 1977, Ann worked as as Administrative Assistant to the Founder and Chairman of Dunkin' Donuts Incorporated, William Rosenberg. Ann married William in 1978 and was his wife and partner in many endeavors, including a successful Standardbred horse racing stable and breeding business. William died in 2002. Since that time, Ann has partnered with Thomas A. DeRossett, Jr., in establishing Let's Make Wine, a new concept in the winemaking field where customers make their own wine in the shops, plus numerous other endeavors, including the 1810 Country Inn and Winery in Thomson, GA and the Montezuma Restaurants and Winery in Pagosa Springs, CO. Ann has investments in real estate on Cape Cod, in Durham, NC; Las Vegas and Henderson, NV; and Boca Raton, FL. She is also President and Director of the William Rosenberg Family Foundation, Inc.; Trustee of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and serves on their South Florida Steering Committee; Trustee of the International Franchise Association Educational Foundation, Inc.; Member of the Board of Directors of the William Rosenberg International Franchising Center at the University of NH. In March 2005, she will join the Board of Directors of the International Franchise Association, which was founded by her late husband and which is one of the largest and most successful trade associations in the world. She resides and has offices in Boca Raton FL and is the proud grandmother of 2, step-grandmother of 6, and step-great grandmother of 6.
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President & CEO, Retail Banking Colonial Bank As president and chief executive officer of Retail Banking for Colonial Bank’s South Florida region, Eris Sandler is responsible for the growth and profitability of 46 retail offices in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Martin Counties, as well as the growth of non-interest income in business lines such as mortgage lending, merchant services, business banking and financial planning. Colonial Bank of South Florida is a division of the Montgomery, Alabama-based Colonial BancGroup, Inc., a $21 billion bank holding company with more than 300 banking offices in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Nevada and Texas. It is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CNB and located on the Internet at www.colonialbank.com. Sandler brings more than 20 years of proven sales, management, commercial/consumer lending, credit underwriting, training, operations, marketing, budgeting, product development and profit management experience. Prior to Colonial Bank, Sandler served as an executive vice president for Regions Bank in Miami-Dade County where she led a retail banking division with 44 offices. In less than six months, she took retail consumer loan production from a $19 million to $35 million monthly average. During that same time, she grew the loan portfolio by more than $40 million, deposits to nearly $90 million and rebuilt the residential lending team that took production from $5 million to $15 million. Sandler graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Miami earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. She is also an active community leader:
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Vanaver Elissa Vanaver has been Vice President for Human Resources and Assistant to the Publisher for the Miami Herald Publishing Co. since November 2002. Prior to that, she was an editor in the Herald newsroom for 15 years, holding a variety of positions leading up to Managing Editor/Features and Operations. Her 25-year journalism career also has included management and editing stints at the Dallas Times Herald and the San Jose Mercury News, and she was part of a Miami Herald team that won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News on the Elian Gonzalez story. Elissa holds a bachelor's degree in foreign affairs and Russian studies from the University of Virginia and a master's in journalism from Northwestern University. She's currently a board member for Herald Charities and Summerbridge Miami. She lives with her husband and 16 year old son in Coral Gables.
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