Just one week before the Miami Science Museum’s Feb. 24 groundbreaking, Dan Bell, who co-chairs the museum’s board of trustees with his wife, Trish, is hoping that going vertical will allow him to expand fundraising efforts.
“We spent the better part of seven years trying to cultivate donors,” he said, “and one of the biggest problems was their response often was, ‘I’m not convinced this thing is going to happen.’… I expect that the groundbreaking, the beginning of construction and the fact that we’ve already raised about 80% of the total cost makes it a lot easier to believe this thing is going to happen and it is going to be successful.”
Before joining the museum’s board in 2002, Mr. Bell was executive vice president and chief operating officer of Miami-based Key Pharmaceuticals. After leaving the drug-delivery company in 1986, he co-founded Kos Pharmaceuticals, overseeing the company’s growth from three to 1,500 employees.
“It took us about nine years to get a product on the market,” he said. “We sold the company in 2006 to Abbott Laboratories, at which time had about 1,500 employees and nearly a billion dollars in annual sales.”
Mr. Bell discussed his fundraising efforts at the Miami Science Museum, his work with Community Partnership for the Homeless, and his efforts with the Florida United Methodist Children’s Home with Miami Today staff writer Ashley Hopkins at his home in Coral Gables.
Just one week before the Miami Science Museum’s Feb. 24 groundbreaking, Dan Bell, who co-chairs the museum’s board of trustees with his wife, Trish, is hoping that going vertical will allow him to expand fundraising efforts.
“We spent the better part of seven years trying to cultivate donors,” he said, “and one of the biggest problems was their response often was, ‘I’m not convinced this thing is going to happen.’… I expect that the groundbreaking, the beginning of construction and the fact that we’ve already raised about 80% of the total cost makes it a lot easier to believe this thing is going to happen and it is going to be successful.”
Before joining the museum’s board in 2002, Mr. Bell was executive vice president and chief operating officer of Miami-based Key Pharmaceuticals. After leaving the drug-delivery company in 1986, he co-founded Kos Pharmaceuticals, overseeing the company’s growth from three to 1,500 employees.
“It took us about nine years to get a product on the market,” he said. “We sold the company in 2006 to Abbott Laboratories, at which time had about 1,500 employees and nearly a billion dollars in annual sales.”
Mr. Bell discussed his fundraising efforts at the Miami Science Museum, his work with Community Partnership for the Homeless, and his efforts with the Florida United Methodist Children’s Home with Miami Today staff writer Ashley Hopkins at his home in Coral Gables.
Originally featured in tropicult.com
From the ashes of Art Basel and its satellite fairs, the third installment of Miami International Art Fair (MIA) is bringing together a colorful ensemble of 30 international galleries representing both established artists and emerging talent.
Miami International Art Fair will present 21st century contemporary works composed from various materials and ranging in media including photography, painting, mixed-media, sculpture, installation and video.
MIA relocated the luxurious SeaFair to Downtown Miami. The megayacht exhibition facility voyages along the eastern seaboard pair international fine art and collectables with harbor view dining and special events in cities. For MIA there will be tons of awesome art to look at on board, and I mean look at because these high caliber artworks cost what to you and I is a small fortune.
To give a little back to the community, MIA has partnered with MOCA, Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Art, Lowe Museum of Art and Boca Raton Museum of Art to introduce educational art projects that collaborate with local artists, museums and organizations.
Accordingly, MIA kicks-off with a preview for the members of the MOCA Shakers, a group of young professionals interested in networking, cultural, philanthropy and community engagement. Should you be a member, private collector, or other VIP, this party is a must because its on a yacht of course!
Being aboard this yacht alone is the highlight of this fair. With plenty of art, daily Meet the Artist Receptions and sunset parties on the sky deck, seems like we’ll be spending all weekend aboard. Full program.
Every evening, MIA invites you to watch the sunset on the sky deck and enjoy Art on the Rocks, featuring art inspired cocktail creations like the Jackson Pollock Martini, Dali’s Day of the Dead, Matta Mojito and the Frida Kahlo Tequila Sunrise.
Friday, January 13th Art Link International will present artwork and a live painting performance by John Matos aka Crash. Crash revolutionized graffiti by earning the craft the respect of the art world and even the likes of Eric Clapton when he presented him with a detailed Stratocaster who has since commissioned 5 guitars now dubbed Crashocastors.
Crash will donate one of his works to benefit the Marli Foundation for Ovarian Cancer during a benefit for the Foundation on Saturday, January 14th aboard SeaFair.
Begins on Friday, January 13th at 2pm with The Importance of Proper Lighting in Today’s Interiors by Pamela Hughes, Owner and President, Hughes Design Associates. Hughes discusses the many lighting choices available to us today, and the criteria for their use in interior design.
Hughes Design Associates is one of the premier firms of interior designers in the United States. Pamela Hughes is a legit lady, she leads the firm of over 20 experienced architects, interior architects and interior designers with several highly prestigious projects under her belt.
Pamela Hughes continues her lecture on Sunday, January 15th at 2pm withIncorporating Functional Art into Rooms of all Periods. Hughes will be discussing how to incorporate the incredible variety of functional art available today.
For full article including a preview of the exhibitors, visit tropicult.com.
As a long-time Miami resident, Javier Alberto Soto welcomed the opportunity to give back to his community as head of the Miami Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to connecting philanthropic ventures with community needs.
The foundation, formerly called the Dade Community Foundation, was founded in 1967 to help people create custom charitable funds by offering grants, handling administrative responsibilities and pairing fund holders with nonprofits.
“Think of it as match.com for philanthropists,” Mr. Soto said.
To date, the foundation boasts about 600 philanthropic funds impacting sectors such as children’s affairs, education and veteran services.
Since taking the helm in 2009, Mr. Soto, a former attorney and chief of staff for former Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas, strives to continue the legacy of long-time foundation head Ruth Shack.
In an interview with Miami Today reporter Ashley D. Torres, Mr. Soto discussed the importance of the Miami-Dade non-profit sector, the strength of community partnerships and the foundation’s future goals to promote civic engagement, broaden its donor base and expand its community impact.
Things are changing in private banking according to Santiago Ulloa, President of GenSpring Private Offices’ international arm.
Rather than simply focus on asset allocation, the idea of a family office separates the advisors from any potential conflict of interest with the clients’ investments and also works to ensure younger generations are prepared to receive the wealth their parents or grandparents will one day provide them.
The firm deploys psychologists to help manage family conflicts and even gives children younger than 10 a piggy bank with separate slots dedicated to spending, saving, investing and philanthropy.
Mr. Ulloa merged his firm into GenSpring, which manages $18 billion for 700 families worldwide, in 2007 and has since been focused on providing the best service. He boasted GenSpring’s two-to-one ratio employee-to-client-ratio.
And while the firm relies on word of mouth and referrals to grow its business it’s expecting future growth in Latin America and in Europe, where he said the company is looking at setting up another office.
Mr. Ulloa was interviewed in GenSpring’s Brickell Avenue office by Miami Today staff writer Zachary S. Fagenson.
Things are changing in private banking according to Santiago Ulloa, President of GenSpring Private Offices’ international arm.
Rather than simply focus on asset allocation, the idea of a family office separates the advisors from any potential conflict of interest with the clients’ investments and also works to ensure younger generations are prepared to receive the wealth their parents or grandparents will one day provide them.
The firm deploys psychologists to help manage family conflicts and even gives children younger than 10 a piggy bank with separate slots dedicated to spending, saving, investing and philanthropy.
Mr. Ulloa merged his firm into GenSpring, which manages $18 billion for 700 families worldwide, in 2007 and has since been focused on providing the best service. He boasted GenSpring’s two-to-one ratio employee-to-client-ratio.
And while the firm relies on word of mouth and referrals to grow its business it’s expecting future growth in Latin America and in Europe, where he said the company is looking at setting up another office.
Mr. Ulloa was interviewed in GenSpring’s Brickell Avenue office by Miami Today staff writer Zachary S. Fagenson.
Things are changing in private banking according to Santiago Ulloa, President of GenSpring Private Offices’ international arm.
Rather than simply focus on asset allocation, the idea of a family office separates the advisors from any potential conflict of interest with the clients’ investments and also works to ensure younger generations are prepared to receive the wealth their parents or grandparents will one day provide them.
The firm deploys psychologists to help manage family conflicts and even gives children younger than 10 a piggy bank with separate slots dedicated to spending, saving, investing and philanthropy.
Mr. Ulloa merged his firm into GenSpring, which manages $18 billion for 700 families worldwide, in 2007 and has since been focused on providing the best service. He boasted GenSpring’s two-to-one ratio employee-to-client-ratio.
And while the firm relies on word of mouth and referrals to grow its business it’s expecting future growth in Latin America and in Europe, where he said the company is looking at setting up another office.
Mr. Ulloa was interviewed in GenSpring’s Brickell Avenue office by Miami Today staff writer Zachary S. Fagenson.
When it comes to the Baptist Health South Florida Foundation, some wonder why the famously successful Baptist needs charitable support, CEO Stephen Parsons says. He's out to dispel that perception and grow the philanthropy side of the heath system's budget to help make Baptist a "world-class health care organization."
Baptist couldn't run the way it does and continue to expand the way it is without philanthropy, Mr. Parsons says. Key is stewardship - ensuring donors' contributions are used wisely and go far.
He aims to explore the international arena and delve further into estate planning to help increase donations in a time when wallets are tight and health care reform makes the future uncertain.
Now is the time to prepare, Mr. Parsons says. "Philanthropy over time is going to play a bigger role in the work of Baptist Health and of hospitals not only locally and regionally but across the country."
The longtime musician talked philanthropy and the philharmonic with Miami Today staff writer Risa Polansky.
When it comes to the Baptist Health South Florida Foundation, some wonder why the famously successful Baptist needs charitable support, CEO Stephen Parsons says. He's out to dispel that perception and grow the philanthropy side of the heath system's budget to help make Baptist a "world-class health care organization."
Baptist couldn't run the way it does and continue to expand the way it is without philanthropy, Mr. Parsons says. Key is stewardship - ensuring donors' contributions are used wisely and go far.
He aims to explore the international arena and delve further into estate planning to help increase donations in a time when wallets are tight and health care reform makes the future uncertain.
Now is the time to prepare, Mr. Parsons says. "Philanthropy over time is going to play a bigger role in the work of Baptist Health and of hospitals not only locally and regionally but across the country."
The longtime musician talked philanthropy and the philharmonic with Miami Today staff writer Risa Polansky.
When it comes to the Baptist Health South Florida Foundation, some wonder why the famously successful Baptist needs charitable support, CEO Stephen Parsons says. He's out to dispel that perception and grow the philanthropy side of the heath system's budget to help make Baptist a "world-class health care organization."
Baptist couldn't run the way it does and continue to expand the way it is without philanthropy, Mr. Parsons says. Key is stewardship - ensuring donors' contributions are used wisely and go far.
He aims to explore the international arena and delve further into estate planning to help increase donations in a time when wallets are tight and health care reform makes the future uncertain.
Now is the time to prepare, Mr. Parsons says. "Philanthropy over time is going to play a bigger role in the work of Baptist Health and of hospitals not only locally and regionally but across the country."
The longtime musician talked philanthropy and the philharmonic with Miami Today staff writer Risa Polansky.
The youngest commissioner on Miami’s dais amid leadership shakeups and a fiscal crisis, Francis Suarez is laser-focused on two aims: address residents’ needs and straighten out the budget. “I’m going to let things simmer down a little before trying to push a legislative agenda just because we have so much on our plate,” he says.
Having grown up with a mayor for a father – dad Xavier led the city for eight years – the 32-year-old attorney is no stranger to politics, and he’s taken his observations to heart.
Before shopping around a platform for the November election, Mr. Suarez went door to door to hear concerns.
“What’s important to people who are in government is not always what’s important to the people who are the beneficiaries of government,” he finds.
The idea of giving back also stuck with him after being raised in a family “where being socially conscious was kind of a requirement.”
He hopes to one day form his own nonprofit to fundraise and funnel support to community organizations.
Mr. Suarez talked politics and philanthropy with Miami Today staff writer Risa Polansky.
The youngest commissioner on Miami’s dais amid leadership shakeups and a fiscal crisis, Francis Suarez is laser-focused on two aims: address residents’ needs and straighten out the budget. “I’m going to let things simmer down a little before trying to push a legislative agenda just because we have so much on our plate,” he says.
Having grown up with a mayor for a father – dad Xavier led the city for eight years – the 32-year-old attorney is no stranger to politics, and he’s taken his observations to heart.
Before shopping around a platform for the November election, Mr. Suarez went door to door to hear concerns.
“What’s important to people who are in government is not always what’s important to the people who are the beneficiaries of government,” he finds.
The idea of giving back also stuck with him after being raised in a family “where being socially conscious was kind of a requirement.”
He hopes to one day form his own nonprofit to fundraise and funnel support to community organizations.
Mr. Suarez talked politics and philanthropy with Miami Today staff writer Risa Polansky.
The youngest commissioner on Miami’s dais amid leadership shakeups and a fiscal crisis, Francis Suarez is laser-focused on two aims: address residents’ needs and straighten out the budget. “I’m going to let things simmer down a little before trying to push a legislative agenda just because we have so much on our plate,” he says.
Having grown up with a mayor for a father – dad Xavier led the city for eight years – the 32-year-old attorney is no stranger to politics, and he’s taken his observations to heart.
Before shopping around a platform for the November election, Mr. Suarez went door to door to hear concerns.
“What’s important to people who are in government is not always what’s important to the people who are the beneficiaries of government,” he finds.
The idea of giving back also stuck with him after being raised in a family “where being socially conscious was kind of a requirement.”
He hopes to one day form his own nonprofit to fundraise and funnel support to community organizations.
Mr. Suarez talked politics and philanthropy with Miami Today staff writer Risa Polansky.
Social Media: Transforming the Way Non-Profits Communicate was the afternoon session from the Leave a Legacy/Non-Profit Education Day conference held on March 17, 2010 at the Victor Clarke Education center at South Miami Hospital.
The Keynote Speaker was Farra Trompeter, Vice-President, Client Relations and Strategy, Big Duck, Smart Communications for Non-Profits
Social Media: Transforming the Way Non-Profits Communicate was the afternoon session from the Leave a Legacy/Non-Profit Education Day conference held on March 17, 2010 at the Victor Clarke Education center at South Miami Hospital.
The Keynote Speaker was Farra Trompeter, Vice-President, Client Relations and Strategy, Big Duck, Smart Communications for Non-Profits
Managing Your Budget is Critical To Your Success was the morning session from the Leave a Legacy/Non-Profit Education Day conference held on March 17, 2010 at the Victor Clarke Education center at South Miami Hospital.
Moderator was Carlos Molina, CFO, United Way of Miami-Dade
Panelists included Richard Perez, Vice President, Finance and Human Resources, Miami Children's Hospital
David Halpern, President, Exceptional organizations
Linda Lecht, President, The Education Fund
Managing Your Budget is Critical To Your Success was the morning session from the Leave a Legacy/Non-Profit Education Day conference held on March 17, 2010 at the Victor Clarke Education center at South Miami Hospital.
Moderator was Carlos Molina, CFO, United Way of Miami-Dade
Panelists included Richard Perez, Vice President, Finance and Human Resources, Miami Children's Hospital
David Halpern, President, Exceptional organizations
Linda Lecht, President, The Education Fund
Managing Your Budget is Critical To Your Success was the morning session from the Leave a Legacy/Non-Profit Education Day conference held on March 17, 2010 at the Victor Clarke Education center at South Miami Hospital.
Moderator was Carlos Molina, CFO, United Way of Miami-Dade
Panelists included Richard Perez, Vice President, Finance and Human Resources, Miami Children's Hospital
David Halpern, President, Exceptional organizations
Linda Lecht, President, The Education Fund
Managing Your Budget is Critical To Your Success was the morning session from the Leave a Legacy/Non-Profit Education Day conference held on March 17, 2010 at the Victor Clarke Education center at South Miami Hospital.
Moderator was Carlos Molina, CFO, United Way of Miami-Dade
Panelists included Richard Perez, Vice President, Finance and Human Resources, Miami Children's Hospital
David Halpern, President, Exceptional organizations
Linda Lecht, President, The Education Fund
Donors as Investors: Changing Expectations was the morning session from the Leave a Legacy/Non-Profit Education Day conference held on March 17, 2010 at the
Victor Clarke Education center at South Miami Hospital.
Moderator was Louis Wolfson III, Partner, Pinnacle Housing Group
Panelists included Dennis Scholl, Miami Program Director, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Robert F. Conrad, Vice President, University Advancement: Executive Director, Florida International University Foundation, Inc.
Debby Bussel, Principal, Bussel Philanthropy Associates
