Join us in celebrating the 32nd Annual Dinner at Joe's and help kids grow up safe, healthy, and drug free!
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CHAIRMAN
Eugene Lindsey

VICE CHAIRMAN
James Cusack, Esq.

SECRETARY
Maria Baluja, Florida Blue

TREASURER
Patricia Dee

PRESIDENT & CEO
Peggy B. Sapp

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Deborah Montilla
Dally M. Pelaez, MDCPS

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Neca Logan

TRUSTEES
David Altshuler, M.S.
Pat Barton, Naples
Simone Knight
Calvina Fay, St. Petersburg

FOUNDERS BOARD
Ethel Beckham *
Susan Borman
Alvah H. Chapman, Jr.*
Mary Eaton
T. Willard Fair
Edward T. Foote, II *
Senator Robert Graham
Aaron Podhurst, Esq.
Hon. Janet Reno *
Howard Socol
Berta Souto
William C. Stokes, Ph.D.
Octavio J. Visiedo
Dorothy Weaver
Dale Webb

*Deceased

Dear Friend,

We are delighted to Co-Chair Informed Families’ legendary event, the 32nd Annual “Dinner at Joe’s!” It is scheduled for Monday, May 15, 2017. This year’s theme is "Communities that Care" and you will learn about why Communities that Care are so important to stopping the spread of drug use, especially the devastating current opioid epidemic. According to a 2017 article in The New York Times, “Public health officials have called the current opioid epidemic the worst drug crisis in American history, killing more than 33,000 people in 2015. Overdose deaths were nearly equal to the number of deaths from car crashes. In 2015, for the first time, deaths from heroin alone surpassed gun homicides.”

Informed Families has partnered with Joe’s Stone Crab to help kids grow up safe, healthy and drug free for more than three decades! This very special partnership has included many of you, your families and colleagues since that first dinner in 1985, only three years after Informed Families was established in 1982. The “Dinner at Joe’s” supports Informed Families Universal Prevention programs, reaching more than 3,200,000 children and their families throughout Miami-Dade County and the State of Florida.

Please review our sponsorship levels & table packages. Please make your commitment early. Remember that seating is limited and reservations are accepted in the order that payment is received. On March 16th, Pam and Alfred are inviting you to their home for an enjoyable evening and to learn more about Informed Families’ efforts to address the drug problem and how you can help. Please mark your calendar now and look for the invitation coming soon.

You may reserve your “Dinner at Joe’s” table now by visiting our 2017 Dinner at Joe's Sponsorship Page or by emailing the Sponsorship Form to Milly Davila or by US Post to:

Informed Families c/o Milly Davila
2490 Coral Way
Miami, FL 33145.

For more information or assistance, please contact Milly Davila at 305-856-4886 or edavila@informedfamilies.org.

We look forward to seeing you on the evening of March 16th and celebrating our 32nd Annual “Dinner at Joe’s” on May 15th!

Sincerely,
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About the 2017 "Dinner at Joe's" Chairmen

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Pam Giganti-Bunge is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and veteran news anchor who has worked in the radio and television industry for the last 26 years. She is currently the host of public affairs program, Your South Florida, on South Florida PBS. She is also an adjunct professor at the University of Miami’s School of Communication. For nearly 15 years, she led WTVJ NBC 6’s morning team as anchor of South Florida Today. Giganti-Bunge has covered presidents and leaders, soldiers in wartime, and devoted countless hours to breaking news including hurricanes. In 2009, she won an Emmy for her health special, “Breast Cancer: Interactive.” She has been recognized with an NBC Certificate of Excellence and an Ovation Award for Outstanding Teamwork. Giganti-Bunge has supported several charitable organizations in addition to Informed Families. She is a former board member of the Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and has mentored at-risk high school girls through Women of Tomorrow. Married to Alfred Bunge, they are the proud parents of three daughters.

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Alfred Bunge is a Managing Director and Banker at the J.P. Morgan Private Bank. He leads an integrated team of specialists that advises ultra-high net worth clients throughout South Florida and Puerto Rico; delivering an array of customized financial planning, investment management and fiduciary services, among others. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, Bunge was a Principal at Bernstein Global Wealth Management where he led and mentored a team of financial advisors and associates to deliver financial strategies to high net worth clients and their professional advisors in South Florida and Latin America. Before entering the financial services industry, Bunge served as regional manager for the Latin America Management Team of Fortune 100 company, Johnson Controls, Inc. A commissioned officer of the U.S. Navy, Bunge graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a BS in Economics and Political Science, and serves as Vice President of the United States Naval Academy Alumni Association – Miami Chapter. He earned an MBA from the University of Miami where he has remained active and is Past-President of the Citizens Board and former Member of the UM Board of Trustees. Bunge is a member of the Orange Bowl Committee and Advisory Board member of Mission United, the United Way of Miami’s veteran support organization.

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Dr. Linda Neider serves many roles at the University of Miami, where she has won dozens of awards teaching undergraduate, MBA and executive classes in leadership, organizational behavior and human capital (resource) management. She is Director of the Master of Science program in Management, Leadership specialization and Professor in the Department of Management and the Department of Health Sector Management and Policy plus the Program Coordinator, Human Capital Curriculum, Global MBA Program for the Americas. Neider is also former Vice Dean at UM for Internal University Relations, Global/Cross-Disciplinary Initiatives and Undergraduate Programs. She co-edits the book series, Research in Management, which recently published Ethical Leadership (volume 10) and Transforming Organizations (volume 11). In addition to her commitment to UM, Neider serves on the Board of Directors for the Humane Society of Greater Miami, the Board of Governors for the Young Patronesses of the Opera and the Board of the Cotillion Club of Greater Miami. Neider has an M.A., an M.B.A. and a Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

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Dr. Paul Sugrue is a proud veteran and graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. He is the former Dean of the School of Business at the University of Miami and Professor of Management Science. As Dean from 1992-2007, Sugrue doubled the square footage of the School of Business by raising money to fully fund the construction of seven major capital projects: DelaCruz Study Center, Ziff Graduate Placement Center, Storer Auditorium, McLamore Executive Education Center, Aresty Graduate School Building, Kosar/Epstein Faculty Office Building and the Newman Information Resource Center. During his tenure as Dean, Sugrue significantly improved the School of Business with the M.B.A. program ranking as 14th among regional business schools by The Wall Street Journal and 58th nationally by US News and World Report; undergraduate SAT scores increased by 210 points, twice the increase for the rest of the university; and freshmen retention rose from 78% in 1992 to 92% in 2007. Sugrue currently teaches Statistics and publishes in the area of financial aid allocation models. Besides his B.S. from the Naval Academy, Sugrue earned an M.B.A. from the University of Rhode Island and a Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Married to Linda Neider, their one daughter has completed her B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she is currently pursuing her Ph.D.

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