The town’s premier business organization held its inaugural awards gala on Oct. 17 at the Miami Lakes Hotel on Main. The event supported the American Cancer Society. Guests dined, danced and partied while dressed in black tie and trustee members received custom trophies. A silent auction, including art by Richard Pis, aka Ricky G, benefitted the American Cancer Society. The honorees were: Platinum Trustee and VIP Trustee: Commissioner Rene Garcia; Platinum Trustee: The Town of Miami Lakes; Diamond Trustees: First Origin Mortgage Lenders, Inc.; Family Medical Group; AC Graphics and TD Bank and Trustee Members: Ana G. Mendez; Baptist Health; CardTide; The Graham Companies; Hotwire Communications; JetStream Federal Credit Union; Johnson Controls; Miami Lakes AutoMall; NPW Companies; Ocean Bank and Pro Logic.
Sponsors included Miami-Dade County Commissioner Sen. Rene Garcia; the Town of Miami Lakes; Baptist Health: Fision by Hotwire Communications; Family Medical Group; TD Bank; First Origin Mortgage Lenders; Miami Lakes AutoMall; Memorial Hospital Miramar; The Graham Companies; Zonta Club of Miami Lakes; CardTide; Ana G. Mendez University; JetStream Federal Credit Union; SMM Law; AC Graphics; Pro Logic Systems; Vellu Laser; Ocean Bank; Johnson Controls; NPW Companies; Vicky Bakery; Specialty Smiles Orthodontics; Chela’s Cocteleria; Social Society Event Marketing; Zen Canine Club; Hemisphere Title Company and Coldwell Banker Realtor Magaly Rubio.
In the first photo: Dancers and musicians got the party going. Shown in a peach dress were Attorney Norma Lorenzo, a member of the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce’s Young Professionals Committee and husband Brian Ramos; Attorney Suhaill M. Morales, SMM Law and Yaimet Palacios, Vice President of Operations, First Origin Mortgage Lenders and a member of the Chamber’s Young Professionals Committee.
In the second photo are Miami Lakes Mayor Josh Dieguez; Chamber President Ray Palacios, President and Chief Executive Officer of First Origin Mortgage Lenders and his wife Yaimet Palacios and Tico Casamayor of A/C Graphics, President of Public Relations for the Chamber.
In the third photo: Representing The Graham Companies and their guests were from left: Allison Debs, married to Lester Debs, Project Manager, Construction, The Graham Companies who is not shown; Isabelle Santibanez-Amador, Manager, Industrial Properties, Commercial, The Graham Companies; Sarah Rodriguez, Manager, Retail Properties, Commercial, The Graham Companies; Laura Ratliff, Vice President, Commercial, The Graham Companies; Andrea Graham Rechichi, Vice President, Corporate Relations, The Graham Companies; Kathy Smith Means, Personal Stylist, Life Styled by Kathy; Steve Williams, Vice President, Construction, The Graham Companies; Anne Marie Little, Vice President, Property Management, Commercial, The Graham Companies and Melissa Massey, Senior Manager, Office Properties, Commercial, The Graham Companies.