"The American dream is well and doing fantastic in Miami, Florida. Anybody that comes here sees it in the skyline of Miami."
President, The Pantin Partnership; Coral Gables; 77.
"My childhood was incredible in Havana." "We came here in 1961 and lived in Miami Beach." "I slowly evolved out of the insurance business to the public relations business." "I've represented Ford, American Airlines, Bacardi, Merrill Lynch and Univision."
"I was the founding president of the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana." "That's how we started doing Calle Ocho, our block party." "We've had it every year since 1978."
"Eventually, Gov. Jeb Bush named me to the Board of Trustees, where I served for 10 years, the last two as vice chair." "I became a member [of the Orange Bowl Committee] in 1986. In the late '90s, I got elected president."
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