Industry Superstars

After 20 years, people get used to things; industries get used to things, especially when there’s a consistent cast of characters and a story of staggering success. Carlos Rosso has

“I was a little tomboy,” readily concedes Sheryl Woods, the CEO and president of YMCA of South Florida. Woods played basketball as a kid, from the ages of 10 to

Kerry-Ann Royes, CEO and president of YWCA of South Florida, leads the non-profit organization that seeks to eliminate racism, empower women and stand up for justice. The 25-year veteran of the

Marco Tine, born in Venezuela and based in Miami Beach, is a Realtor associated with Coldwell Banker. He specializes in properties from Coral Gables to Brickell to South Beach, and recently

In God’s Ponzi, Gregory Portent needs $42 million by the end of the week to exact his revenge and prove, among other things, that “lawyers aren’t heroes.” The elaborate Ponzi

Though an African-American physician in Chicago, Daniel Hale Williams, is credited with performing an open-heart procedure in 1893 by closing a stab wound to the organ, it would be more

“I love my home in Morningside, which I developed from the ground up,” Villanueva says of one of the first new-construction houses on Morningside’s non-historic side. “I’m a real estate

As an interior designer who has appeared on HGTV’s Design Star and other TV shows, Trish Beaudet thrives on mood boards: “My vision board is built around the ocean and island living,”

Laura Raybin Miller made her way to the upper echelons of UBS in an unexpected way. Born in New York, she came to South Florida as a child. With parents

When a new executive joins a company, a typical early test is whether the executive is permitted to change an entrenched policy. Lee Ann Edwards confronted this scenario soon after

“Miami is a big place,” says Brian Rokicki. “But especially if we’re looking at greater downtown Miami Beach, it’s not that big of a place.” The always-busy real estate agent

“I’m a serial entrepreneur in the banking space, brokering capital for companies that are looking for commercial money to either build buildings, or acquire developments or equipment, or unsecured capital,”