Women's Studies Board of Advisors, 2006-2007

	Mary Lou Pfeiffer (President of Board) serves on the Advisory Board in the College of Arts and Sciences at FIU and the Board for the FIU Center for Spirituality as well as the Women's Studies Board of Advisors. She is the contributor of the Helen J. Dunnick Endowment to teach American Indian Studies at FIU, and has been awarded the position of Fellow in the Honors College (FIU). She is an adjunct professor in Religious Studies. She received a LL.M. in Intercultural Human Rights from St. Thomas University School of Law and a Master's Degree in Religious Studies from FIU. She is the owner and operator of Pfeiffer Originals, art glass studio, President and partner in Caressa-me, an aromatherapy company, and a past recipient of the FIU Alumni Torch Award.
	Marjorie H. Adler is Human Resources Director for the City of Coral Gables (2004-present). Previously, she was Chief Personnel Officer of Human Resources for the Miami-Dade County Public Schools (2003-2004) and for the School district of Philadelphia (PA) (1997-2002). She has extensive management experience in the private sector as well. Her areas of expertise include labor relations and recruitment strategies, organization development, and risk management. Previously a forty year resident of Philadelphia, she was very active in the wider community, particularly in women's issues and cultural affairs.
	Carol Alexander, Founder and President of Carol Alexander, C.P.A., PA, a public accounting firm serving the South Florida business community, providing income tax planning and preparation as well as business evaluations. She serves on the boards of several professional and not-for-profit organizations. She also served two years as Club President of the Rotary Club of Miami Sundown. Among her personal interests are fitness, music and art.
	Maria Anderson, Vice Mayor & Commissioner, City of Coral Gables, FL. Ms. Anderson is a Board Member of the Urban Environment League, and a Commission Representative for the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce. She spearheaded a successful community visioning process for the revitalization of downtown Coral Gables, co-sponsored with the University of Miami School of Architecture.
	Gayle Bainbridge (Chair of Board) has made a career as an insurance agent in Coral Gables after her graduation from FIU in 1975 with a Bachelor of Arts in English. She currently is Vice President of Elliott, McKiever & Stowe, Inc. She serves on the Boards of the FIU Alumni Association, UM Friends of Music and is the Chairman of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Bainbridge was the 2006 recipient of the Thelma Gibson Excellence Award for Leadership from the Miami Dade Women's Chamber of Commerce. Her hobbies include traveling, gardening and reading.
	Elizabeth Baker is a lawyer with Baker & Cronig, LLP (family, real estate, banking and business law). She has been continuously certified by the Florida Bar in Marital and Family Law. She has been actively involved in Safespace Foundation, a private charity which supports the Miami-Dade County shelters for battered women and their children, for over 25 years. Because of her public service involvement with Safespace, she was recognized in 2006 by the Florida Association for Women Lawyers, Miami-Dade County chapter, with the Mattie Belle Davis Award. Her personal interests include the study of Shakers, a utopian religious sect and collecting vintage costume jewelry.
	Glenda (Rusty) Belote, Ph.D. is the retired Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Florida International University. She served for many years on the Women's Studies Faculty Board, the FIU Title IX Committee (concerned with equity in women's sports), and the Women's Center Board (Student Affairs Division). She also developed and taught a popular interdisciplinary course, Gay and Lesbian in the U.S.
	Ann (Annie) Goodrich retired from FIU recently but is still active with Women's Studies and at the University. She received numerous awards during her many years of services, including the Outstanding Employee of the Year Award from FIU in 1988 and 1995 and the FIU United Way Volunteer of the Year award in 1996. She was a University of Miami Medical School Woman of the Year in 1990 for her outstanding efforts in building the Ronald McDonald House, a home away from home for the families of critically ill children, at Jackson Memorial Hospital.The FIU Executive Council in 1997 named an award in her honor, the Ann H. Goodrich Volunteer of the Year Award, given annually.
	Maria Millheiser is a benefactor and Women's Studies alumnus. Her early career was in nursing. After raising a family, she returned to FIU to complete her undergraduate degree in 2006. She is committed to helping other women gain the knowledge they need to grow and thrive, as well as to protect themselves.
	Pat Klock Parker, Pat Klock Parker, Broker-Salesperson with The Klock-Parker Real Estate Group at Coldwell Banker, has spent 29 years as a top selling Real Estate Broker-Agent selling homes in Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, Pinecrest, South Miami and East Kendall. She is a charter member and is on the Master Broker's Advisory Board the top 200 agents in Dade County, and the International President's Elite top 5% of Real Estate Agents in the Country. She is a past Board of Directors member of the Miami Choral Society and past parent board member of Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart. She and her husband are activity involved at Epiphany Parish.
	Helen Venero has been in the scientific instrumentation industry for 27 years. She currently is president of VTI Corporation, based in Hialeah, Florida, a small company that designs, manufactures and markets scientific instruments all over the world. Venero's educational background reflects her many interests over the years: Spanish literature, social work, and business. The importance of entrepreneurial skills and the support and mentoring of women in business has been of great interest.
	Mary Young is Location Leader for IBM Miami. Prior to assuming her job at IBM, she held numerous client sales and distribution leadership roles and technical consulting positions. She is a graduate of Leadership Miami, was chosen as a Miami Dade Up & Comer and Past President of the YWCA of Greater Miami. The first female Chair of the Coral Gables Community Foundation, Mary is an active community servant and serves on the Citizen's Board of the University of Miami, the board of GOODWILL Industries of South Florida, Dade Heritage Trust Executive Committee, the Board of CHARLEE Homes for Children, the United Way Campaign Cabinet, and recently formed a new Foundation to benefit the Miami Dade Public Library System.
FRIENDS OF THE WS BOARD OF ADVISORS
	Roberta Fox, P.A., Chair, Lawyer and Shareholder for the Law Offices of Roberta Fox. Ms. Fox served as Florida State Senator from 1982-1986 and Florida State Representative from 1976-1982. She is a pioneer in family law reform, equal educational opportunity, employment background screening legislation, and changes to the evidence code concerning testimony by young crime victims. She has received many awards including the 1973 One of Ten Outstanding Young Women of America Award, the 1986 Florida Women's Lawyers Association's Judge Mattie Belle Davis Award for service, the 1996 Women of Impact VIII Award and a 2004 Pioneer Award, In the Company of Women, from Miami-Dade County.
	Evelyn Langlieb Greer is an attorney with Hogan, Greer & Shapiro, P.A. and was elected as the Miami-Dade County School Board Member from South Miami-Dade in 2004. She was the mayor of the Village of Pinecrest from 1996-present. Ms. Greer is also President, of Greer Properties, Inc., a Director of City National Bank of Florida, N.A. from 1998-present, a Director of Fusion Telecommunications Inc. from 1998-present, a Trustee of Barnard College, Columbia University, NY from 1995-2004, the Vice Chair for the Board of Visitors, Columbia Law School from 1996-present and Director of Our Kids, Inc., the Miami-Dade foster care umbrella organization and a Director of the Miami Performing Arts Center.
	Diana Parker is Director of Office Brokerage at Cushman & Wakefield of Florida, Inc. Cushman & Wakefield is the world's largest privately held real estate services firm. It delivers integrated solutions by actively advising, implementing and managing on behalf or Landlords, tenants, and investors through every stage of the real estate process.
	Carolina Rendeiro is Founder and CEO of Business Centers International in Coral Gables and Brickell, a concierge-type service that provides customized workspaces, offices, and lobby and conference rooms that create a luxurious, high tech, executive business environment. She is the current Chairman of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce.