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3 weeks ago | 
urbanland.uli.org | Deborah L Myerson |Jeff Zbar |Brett Widness |Ella Fertitta
At the 2025 ULI Spring Meeting, leaders from Oxland Group, Taylor Morrison, and Highland Homes convened for a panel titled “The New Builder/Developer Dynamic: Partnering for Success in a Shifting Market.” Tom Woliver, co-president and founder of Oxland Group, moderated the discussion with Erik Heuser, chief corporate operations officer for Taylor Morrison, and Jeff Stinson, senior vice president of Highland Homes.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
bizjournals.com | Jeff Zbar
Listen to this article 7 minThe South Florida Business Journal debuts its Power Leaders in Sports, highlighting top professionals driving or contributing to the sports business industry. Sports can help define a community. They build local team spirit, create jobs and drive the economy. South Florida’s collegiate and professional sports organizations have also put the region on the global map.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
bizjournals.com | Jeff Zbar
Listen to this article 3 minSouth Florida has become known as a global destination for the latest innovative health care. These leaders are indicative of why. South Florida’s health care providers are known for delivering world-class care to a diverse population. At the helm are executives and administrators versed in merging the business of medicine and patient-centric care. They also include researchers, scientists and educators pioneering the latest findings in disease and medicine.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
miamifoundation.org | Jeff Zbar
Rebecca Fishman Lipsey on shaping community impact Posted at 17:22h in News This profile on The Miami Foundation’s leader is the fifth in a weekly series highlighting the South Florida Business Journal’s 2024 South Florida Ultimate CEO Awards honorees.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
bizjournals.com | Jeff Zbar
As society continues to emerge from the pandemic, mentorship also can strengthen youths' mental health needs borne from the isolation. One day each month, you’ll find Galina Ilcheva at her desk in the human resources department at the JW Marriott Marquis with Caitlyn, a high school senior she’s mentoring. A 10-year mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami’s School to Work program, Ilcheva discusses her job and career with Caitlyn, as well as the “soft skills” of the professional world.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
bizjournals.com | Jeff Zbar
South Florida employers are amping up programs to encourage employee outreach, often in collaboration with area nonprofit organizations. When leaders with Tropical Financial Credit Union look for causes to support, they explore two sources. They look to the community and the needs it may have. Then, they turn internally. Departments are empowered to select causes important to their people, the organization and the greater community it serves.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
bizjournals.com | Jeff Zbar
“Students are realizing the four-year degree is very expensive, and many parents don’t have the money,” one career expert said. Michael Corbit has seen high school students debate whether to attend college, often worried how they may pay four years of tuition. He’s seen adults who are ready for a career change, wondering whether a university diploma is their ticket to a long-term and high-paying career.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
bizjournals.com | Jeff Zbar
When Richard Berkowitz’s firms seek to attract new talent with hopes of retaining them for the long term, the hiring team reveals a list of perks. The South Florida accounting and advisory firm offers health benefits, continuing education, professional advancement and the flexibility often found at other employers, even outpacing that found at any of the Big Four firms. Available to new hires and long-tenured workers alike, such perks are critical to capturing candidates’ attention.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
bizjournals.com | Jeff Zbar
Following in the footsteps of his father, Roy, who founded Minuteman Press, Ray started Signarama with the elder Titus in 1986. Other franchise brands he created or acquired under UFG include Fully Promoted, Transworld Business Advisors, Venture X, Office Evolution, The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill and Graze Craze. Today, UFG has 1,800 franchise locations in 80 countries. But that’s only part of this family business.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
bizjournals.com | Jeff Zbar
Jeff Ransdell has a simple philosophy that drives Fuel Venture Capital: “Founder focused, investor driven,” which seeks to serve both his investment partners and the creative technology companies he help funds. It’s a belief developed after leaving Merrill Lynch’s Southeast Wealth Management Division. Ransdell arrived in Miami in 2001 to manage the office, which had over $130 billion in assets of global private clients.
