Book of Leaders unveiling draws big-names crowd

Brooke Noble, general manager, Actors’ Playhouse; Carmen Betancourt-Lewis, Miami To­day VP; Dena Liston, senior development director, Miami City Ballet; Juan José Escalante, ex­ecutive director, Miami City Ballet; Karin Wilkins, communications dean, University of Miami. Photos by Cristina Sullivan.

More than 150 invited guests gathered on Brickell Avenue last week to salute 52 leaders who were featured in the 2024 Book of Lead­ers, which compiles a full year of the Achiever profiles that are the hallmark of Miami Today. It is the 28th annual edition of the book.

Business, civic, nonprofit and education leaders as well as of­ficials of local, federal and inter­national governments attended.

Many of those present were recognized as Achievers in past years and some will appear in future editions of the book.

They gathered in the 24th floor offices of Northern Trust Bank at 600 Brickell Ave. to congratu­late this year’s honorees, whose portraits were being sequentially displayed overhead.

More than 2,100 leaders have been recognized as achievers by Miami Today since 1983.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In a brief program, Miami Today’s guests were greeted by Alexander Adams, president of Northern Trust for the South Florida Region. The organizations have over the years collaborated in community endeavors, including the creation of the Brickell Avenue Literary Society and development of the Prologue Society.

Miami Today Publisher Michael Lewis and Vice President Carmen Betancourt-Lewis noted to the celebrating group that the news or­ganization carefully curates those chosen as achievers for their impact on and service to the community.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Musicians from the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visu­ally Impaired, as they have in the past, provided the entertainment for the evening.

  Copies of the 2024 Book of Leaders and earlier editions are available at here or by calling (305) 358-1008.