Orange Bowl Committee Elects 2025-26 Board Members and Officers And Nine New Active Members Elected
Miami Lakes, FL (www.orangebowl.org) – The Orange Bowl Committee recently elected its 2025 -26 board of directors and officers during its February membership meeting, and officially welcomed nine new active members at the March membership meeting. With these additions, the Orange Bowl Committee now consists of 422 members.
Suzanne Amaducci, Chair of Real Estate & Finance at Bilzin Sumberg, was elected as second vice chair of the Orange Bowl Committee (OBC). She advises real estate owners and developers on complex commercial real estate transactions and joint ventures across Florida, while also working with investors and lenders financing new development. Suzanne has been a member of the OBC Board of Directors since 2017.
Elected as at-large board members were Maria A. Harrison, Todd Mestepey, and Mario Trueba. Re-elected to the board as past president was Frank Gonzalez, they join Jose Antonio Hernandez-Solaun, Marlon A. Hill, Vicki H. Matthews, and Newton B. Sanon who were re-elected as OBC board members.
The board then elected Albert de Cardenas as secretary. He joins president & chair Henri W. Crockett, president and chair-elect Michael E. Moran, first vice chair Hector Tundidor Jr., second vice Suzanne Amaducci, treasurer Salo Sredni, immediate past president & chair Bradley D. Houser., and chief executive officer Eric L. Poms as members of the executive committee of the board of directors.
In its March membership meeting, the OBC elected nine new active members:
– Verdenia C. Baker – County Administrator – Palm Beach County
– Leighton Brown – President – LCN Group Inc.
– Mark Llorente – Chief Operating Officer – ClareMedica Health Partners
– Ellice A. Martinez – Division AVP Community Engagement – HCA Florida Healthcare
– Ryan Anderson – Founder & CEO – Auxlry
– Melanie Dickinson – President & Chair – South Florida Business Journal
– Christian (Chris) Diez – Professor & Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs – UM Miller School of Medicine
– Arva Suzanne Graham-Gibson – Senior Vice President – Arva. F, LLC Historical Consulting
– Darryll J. Green – President & General Manager (Retired) – CBS Miami
The new class will play an integral role as the Orange Bowl Committee hosts the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl on January 1, 2026, as well as other sports and community programming under the Orange Bowl Cares umbrella throughout the year.
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