Juan Carlos “JC” Bermudez is the founding Mayor of the City of Doral and served in that capacity for the

first 9 1/2 years of the city’s existence. He was re-elected as Mayor of Doral in 2016. He is currently a

member of the Advisory Board of the United States Conference of Mayors, as well as Board Member of

the Miami-Dade County Transportation Planning Organization.

During Mayor Bermudez’s terms the new city’s infrastructure was created including the creation of the

city’s award-winning Finance and Parks departments. Under his leadership the city added over 121 acres

of playgrounds, ballfields and recreational facilities while purchasing, through grants and funds, an

additional 45 acres of parkland. These parks include Doral Central Park, Morgan Levy Park, Doral

Meadow Park, Downtown Doral Park, Trails and Tails Park and Veterans Park. Morgan Levy Park, an old

construction debris land field site, was refurbished into an award-winning recreational facility. Trails and

Tails Park was the first municipal dog park in the western part of Miami-Dade County. Under Mayor

Bermudez the city also began to build one of the most extensive urban bike trails in the county.

During Mayor Bermudez’s terms the city has received numerous national accolades including being

chosen the Best City for Business Start Ups by Business Week, named #2 of America’s top 25 Towns to

live well in for its cultural amenities, pro-business environment and highly educated workforce by

Forbes.com, named the third best place in the USA to retire by US News & World Report and was ranked

the 51st best in top 100 places to live and launch a business in the United States by CNNMoney.com.

Most recently, City of Doral was named the fastest growing City in Florida and 11th in the country by the

Florida International University's Metropolitan Center.

During Mayor Bermudez’s term over 3,000 new trees were planted in the major thoroughfares and

areas of the city and the city became one of the youngest cities in the Country to be named “Tree City

USA” by the Arbor Day Foundation. The city was named a “Playful City USA” as one of the cities with the

best park systems in the country. Additionally, the International City Managers Association Center for

Performance Management recognized the city for its financial stability and for instituting Performance

Management success and budgeting.

Mayor Bermudez led the fight in Tallahassee to eliminate the onerous “mitigation tax.” After a long

battle with Miami-Dade County both in the legislature and the courts, the City of Doral was able to

eliminate this tax which was in place for perpetuity and would cost the city over 10 million dollars a year

if in place today. Under his administration the City of Doral also went to court to successfully claim its

fair share of the half–penny sales tax which Miami-Dade County was denying to pay to the city. That

successful battle led to the creation of the Doral Trolley System that today helps alleviate the traffic in

the City of Doral and adjoining areas with a steadily growing ridership and a growing network of routes

that includes Dolphin Station Park and Ride Transit Facility.

Mayor Bermudez’s administration also built the brand new Doral Government Center, located in the

heart of Downtown Doral, one of the largest privately built and master planned suburban downtown

areas in the region. Working with the Miami-Dade County School Board and local PTAs and PTOs, Doral

was the only city in Miami-Dade County to have all of its public schools rated “A Schools” during his

tenure as Mayor. Mayor Bermudez, along with local and state leaders, led the fight to keep the United

States Southern Command in Doral and to get the federal funding to build the new facilities that now

houses SouthCom.

During his tenure, Mayor Bermudez served as a Board Member of the Florida League of Cities, Miami

Dade-County League of Cities, Florida League of Mayors and The United States Conference of Mayors

where he also chaired the International Affairs committee. His fellow elected officials selected Mayor

Bermudez as the President of the Miami-Dade County League of Cities in 2010-2011. Additionally,

Mayor Bermudez served on the Beacon Council Board and received the Good Government Award from

the Greater Miami Chamber of commerce in 2009.

Mr. Bermudez graduated from the University of Miami with a Bachelor of Arts degree and received his

law degree (juris doctorate) from the University of Notre Dame Law School. He has practiced law in

South Florida for over 28 years and is member of the Florida Bar and the American Bar Association

amongst other legal associations. He is currently a partner at Lubell Rosen, LLC in the Coral Gables office.

Mr. Bermudez has been married to Vivian Bermudez, a special education teacher, for 25 years and they

have three children: Eneida Marie 21, Elena Catherine 17 and Elisa Nicole 6 years of age. Their family has

resided in Doral for the past 18 years.

Armando Codina is chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Codina Partners, LLC, a real estate investment and development firm based in Coral Gables, Florida. Armando Codina formed Codina Partners in 2009 and through this entity and its affiliates is engaged in multiple real estate development and investment activities. The firm’s portfolio includes mixed-used projects, commercial buildings and other investments primarily in Florida.

Previously Armando Codina served as Chairman of Flagler, a full-service commercial real estate firm headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida. The company’s portfolio spanned more than 12 million square feet of Class-A office and industrial space throughout Florida. He continued to serve as the non-executive chairman of Flagler until December 31, 2010.

Prior to that Armando Codina served as chairman and CEO of Codina Group, a South Florida-based commercial real estate firm, which he founded in 1979. Under his leadership the firm grew to be Florida’s largest privately-held commercial real estate company. In 2006, Armando Codina merged his firm with Flagler Development Group, part of Florida East Coast Industries, Inc. (FECI). In July 2007, FECI was sold to Fortress Investment Group.

Before establishing Codina Group, Armando Codina served as president of Professional Automated Services, Inc. (P.A.S.), a firm created in 1970 to provide data processing services to physicians. As a result of the firm’s success, Armando Codina is recognized as a pioneer in the development of comprehensive medical management systems, including processing, accounts receivable, management reporting and multiple financial services.

Armando Codina currently serves on the board of directors of American Airline’s parent, AMR Corporation where he serves in the capacity of Lead Director and also serves on the board of The Home Depot.

In addition, Armando Codina serves on a number of professional, civic, and educational organizations, including Trustee of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts/YOUNG ARTS, Chair of the Town Square Neighborhood Development Corp, Chairman Emeritus of Florida International University; co-founder Community Partnership for the Homeless; and a member of the Florida Council of 100, among others.

In September of 2011, Armando Codina received the Urban Land Institute’s Lifetime Achievement award. Other awards he has received over the past 15 years are: the University of Florida Bergstrom Center Hall of Fame Award; ‘Free Enterpriser of the Year’ by the Florida Council on Economic Education; ‘Developer of the Year’ by the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP); ‘Office Developer of the Year,’ ‘Shopping Center Developer of the Year,’ and ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ by the Wharton School; the Building Association of South Florida’s Hall of Fame; the Charles Whited ‘Spirit of Excellence Award’ from Knight Ridder Newspapers; the Hispanic Entrepreneur Award from NCNB National Bank, today known as Bank of America; ‘Humanitarian of the Year’ award from the American Red Cross; ‘Sand In My Shoes’ lifetime achievement award from the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce; and the Merage Foundation’s ‘National Leadership’ award, which recognizes leaders whose journeys to the United States as immigrants have made a positive impact on the quality of life for all Americans.

A Tax Principal with more than 25 years of experience, Mark provides consultation to clients in the areas of entity structuring, accounting method changes, and planning for partnerships, S corporations and their owners. He also has extensive experience representing various businesses and individuals before the Internal Revenue Service and state appellate review boards.

Currently Cherry Bekaert’s Florida Regional Tax Leader, Mark is responsible for managing and directing the Tax service line for the Firm’s Florida offices. Additionally, he works closely with Cherry Bekaert’s Florida professionals to develop tax minimization and problem resolution strategies for the Firm’s clients.

Along with guiding clients and Firm professionals, Mark is a frequent lecturer on various tax topics, and has been heavily involved with a number of internal tax training initiatives.

Vice Mayor Ana Maria Rodriguez was successfully elected to the City of Doral Council on

November 2, 2010 for a four year term in Seat 4, and was subsequently re-elected without

opposition for a second four year term in 2014.

Born, raised and educated in Miami, she attended St. Theresa Catholic School, then went on to

high school at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy. She later graduated from Florida International

University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications in 1999 , then later graduated

from The H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business at Nova Southeastern University with a

Master of Science in Leadership in 2009.

Vice Mayor Rodriguez currently serves in her professional capacity as Vice President of

Government Affairs for the MIAMI Association of REALTORS®. She has a vast background in

the Public Relations and Governmental Affairs arena, having been directly involved in the 2005

through 2010 Florida Legislative sessions as the Director of Government & Community

Relations for Baptist Health South Florida. Prior to Baptist Health, she served as a Senior

Associate in the Public and Government Relations firm of Robert M. Levy & Associates, with

offices in Miami and Tallahassee from 2002 through 2004.

Vice Mayor Rodriguez is a proud graduate of the 2015-2016 Class of Leadership Florida (Class

XXXIV), and launched the Southeast Region for Connect Florida in 2007, then served as

Statewide Chair of Connect Florida in 2009. She has been an active member of the Doral

Business Council for over a decade, and served as Vice Chair of the City of Doral Parks &

Police 4 Kids Advisory Board since the board’s inception. She also served on the Board of the

Coral Gables Community Foundation (2007-2010), and the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind

YPOL Group.

She currently serves on the board of the FIU President’s Council, and enjoys having received

numerous recognitions including 2015 Advocate of the Year Award from the Miami Association

of REALTORS®, the March of Dimes "Humanitarian of the Year" award in 2011, and the

Hispanic Heritage Leadership Award in 2010, among others.

She is proud of her Hispanic heritage, having been born to Cuban parents. She enjoys world

travel and collecting art. She is married to Dr. Clemente Canabal, from Colombia and together

they have four children.

Brian Gale is Vice Chairman of Cushman and Wakefield of Florida. Through his 27 year career, Brian has overseen the signing of leases totalling 12 million square feet, with a value of over $2 billion. His team currently represents almost 7 million square feet of office space in South Florida, with buildings in Downtown Miami, Brickell, Coral Gables, South Miami, Coconut Grove, Wynwood, Airport West and has clients which include Metlife, Nuveen, Related, AEW, Prudential, OKO Group, Cain International, IP Capital, CIM, L&B, Banyan and Crocker Partners.

From 1993 to 1999, Brian was a broker in the Miami office of CB Richard Ellis and from there he spent the next 18 years as a broker and Principal of Taylor and Mathis before joining Cushman and Wakefield in 2016. Brian is a 2 time “Broker of the Year” winner for Miami-Dade County.

Anthony De Yurre is a Partner in Bilzin Sumberg's Land Development & Government Relations Group. His practice focuses on the representation of real estate developers and investors in complex land use and zoning matters with a focus on transit oriented development, large scale mixed-use development, and public private partnerships.

Co-Chair of the University of Miami’s Real Property Development LL.M Advisory Board for the 2020-21 academic year, Anthony is also an adjunct professor in the program where he teaches “Problem Solving Large Scale, Mixed-Use Development.” He is currently an active member of the Urban Land Institute, where he serves on the planning committee for the Institute's annual Florida Summit. Upon graduating from Duke University and Vanderbilt Law, Anthony returned home to Miami and became one of only 400 attorneys to also earn a Master of Laws in Real Property Development from the University of Miami. Anthony is also fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

Bernard Zyscovich is the founder and CEO of Zyscovich Architects. He is an award-winning architect and published author, who is internationally recognized as a design and thought leader in holistic master planning and Real Urbanism®.

Zyscovich leads a transnational team of architects impacting lives around the world with innovative architecture and interior design for consumer consumption.

Almost 40 years ago, he founded this Miami, Florida based firm out of a passion to produce impact through ideas, aesthetic expression and technological innovation.

Zyscovich has become an industry-wide subject matter expert on urban design, historic preservation and master planning, who incorporates character, flavor, and vision with an end result, destination.

What makes Zyscovich’s projects turn into iconic masterpieces is his keen eye for design that reinforces socio-economic, cultural and recreational possibilities. His writing on architecture and urban design has been published widely in numerous magazines. His latest book, Getting Real About Urbanism, was commissioned in 2008 by the Urban Land Institute.

Zyscovich has lent his expertise on his theory of Real Urbanism® to a varied group of professionals in the private and public sector, such as: the Urban Land Institute, the Florida Redevelopment Association, the Florida Institute for Government at Florida Atlantic University, the National Association of Homebuilders, the New York Metro Transit Authority TOD Coordination Council, and the National Housing and Rehabilitation Association, to name a few.

He has also lectured on Real Urbanism® at Florida Atlantic University’s School of Urban and Regional Planning. A Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Zyscovich is also a recipient of AIA Miami’s highest honor, the Silver Medal Award, for Lifetime Achievement in Design.

After studying urban design at the Universita’ di Architettura in Venice, Italy, Zyscovich received his architecture degree at New York’s Pratt Institute. Zyscovich is also the recipient of the Pratt Institute Alumni Achievement Award for Professional Accomplishment and Leadership in Architecture.

Founded in 1977, Zyscovich Architects maintains its corporate headquarters in Miami, Florida and has regional offices in West Palm Beach, Orlando, Florida, New York City, New York and Bogota, Colombia.