The Miami Foundation Adds Four New Members To Board Of Trustees

MIAMI - Jan. 24, 2014 - PRLog -- The Miami Foundation announces the appointment of four new board members whose deep influence in South Florida’s financial and legal communities can help to solidify and propel the Foundation forward in 2014. The new board members are:

Joe Fernández, president of the Florida Region of BNY Mellon Wealth Management; John Fumagalli, chairman and CEO of Northern Trust Florida; Richard Giusto, co-managing shareholder of Greenberg Traurig; and Allison P. Shipley, principal of the Personal Financial Services practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Florida.

“Adding this esteemed group to our board gives The Miami Foundation even greater breadth of leadership, increased donor opportunities and a more diverse reflection of our community,” said Javier Alberto Soto, president and CEO. “We look forward to incorporating our newest board members’ perspectives and capitalizing on their decades of experience.”

Joseph Fernández, CFP

Joe Fernández, president of the Florida Region of BNY Mellon Wealth Management, has 26 years of investment and financial experience. A Miami native, Joe is a founding member of the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting Corporate Advisory Board (Miami Chapter), and a trustee board member of the Dranoff International 2 Piano Foundation.

John D. Fumagalli

John Fumagalli is chairman and CEO of Northern Trust Florida. He serves on the foundation boards for Naples Community Hospital and Florida Gulf Coast University. He is on the board of directors at Palmer Trinity School, the Forum Club and the Council of Advisors of Searching for Solutions, Inc.

Richard J. Giusto

Richard Giusto, who serves as co-managing shareholder of Greenberg Traurig’s Miami office, practices real estate law and has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Real Estate Law from 2007 to 2014. He is the former chair of the Parent Family Leadership Council at the University of Chicago and a former board member of the I Care I Cure Foundation.

Allison P. Shipley, MBA

Allison Shipley, principal, leads PwC's Personal Financial Services practice for the state of Florida. Allison has more than 20 years of experience providing comprehensive tax, financial counseling and wealth transfer solutions for high net worth individuals and family groups. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Goodwill Industries of South Florida.