Leadership

2023 AFP Miami Board of Directors


President
Melissa Wetzel, CFRE
President
Wetzel and Associates
wetzelandassociates@gmail.com

 

President-Elect / Secretary
Christine Perez
VP, Development 
Camillus House
christinep@camillus.org

Treasurer
Richard Alan Lehrman, Esq.
Principal

TrustLegacyLaw

Richard@TrustLegacyLaw.com



Immediate Past President
Jaime Bayo, MPA CFRE
Director of Development
Immigration Equality
 

Amy Betancourt

Regional Director of Corporate Partnerships - Miami

Vanderbilt University

amy.betancourt@vanderbilt.edu

Membership Co-Chair 
Pietro Bonacossa, CFRE
Vice President for Development
Easterseals South Florida
PBonacossa@yahoo.com


IDEA Chair
Corey Brown
Director of Development
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Foundation

Membership Co-Chair 

John Capurso
President

Capurso Consulting

JPCapurso@comcast.net

Mentorship Chair

Jennifer R. Geeker, CFRE

Director of Annual Giving

Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc.

JenGeeker@gmail.com

NPD Co-Chair

Mélida Matos

Director of Development

Doctors Charter School of Miami Shores

MatosM@doctorscharterschool.org
Joyce Galya Scholarship Chair
Steven Siegel

President

Steven Siegel & Associates

stsi1031@bellsouth.net

 

Carlos Simoes, MBA

Director of Revenue Programs and Partnerships

Zoo Miami Foundation

CSimoes@ZooMiami.org

 

Education Co-Chair

Jessica Triana, MNM, CFRE

Principal, Philanthropy

American Cancer Society, Inc.

jessica.triana@cancer.org