Miami, FL – March 2, 2013 – For 12 straight years, the Women of Tomorrow Gala has raised funds for the Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program. This year was no different, and in fact blew everyone’s expectations out of the water. Saturday’s 12th annual gala brought almost 500 of Miami’s philanthropists and celebrities together to raise a record-breaking $700,000 for the South Florida program. Founders Jennifer Valoppi, Don Browne, and Gala Chair Marisa Toccin along with Co-Vice President Katherine Fernandez Rundle hosted the lavish evening of cocktails, a four-course dinner, silent auction, and live performance at Downtown Miami’s exotic hotel, the Mandarin Oriental. Miami Heat President Pat Riley came with his wife as he was donating one of the big ticket items for the auction: a “Miami Heat Experience.”

Marisa Toccin, Maria Browne, Chris & Pat Riley, & Jennifer Valoppi

Maria Browne, Jose Diaz-Balart, Marisa Toccin, Don Browne, & Jennifer Valoppi

Marisa Toccin, Don Browne, & Jennifer Valoppi

Chris & Pat Riley, & Jennifer Valoppi

Chris & Pat Riley

Barth Green & Eugene Sayfie

Ken Gorin

Don Browne & Jennifer Valoppi

Don Browne

Don Browne, Laurie Silvers, & Katherine Fernandez Rundle

Nora Bulnes & Jennifer Valoppi

Miguel Varoni, Catherine Siachoque, Barth Green, & Don Browne

Shulamit Katzman & Eileen Youtie

Ros Richter & Manny Soto

Tara Solomon & Nick D’Annunzio

Alison Zhuk & Daniela Swaebe

Annalee Porter & Coleen Suarez

Carol G, Carla Martin, & Vila D

Suzy Buckley & Krista Rosenberg

Suzie & Eugene Sayfie

Maria & Don Browne

Chapman & MK Ducote

Ken Gorin & Jennifer Valoppi

Randy Schenkman, Marisa Toccin, & Eileen Youtie

Katherine Fernandez Rundle & David Efron

Laurie Silvers & Mitchell Rubenstein

Hal Lucas & Marisa Toccin

Suzie & Eugene Sayfie, & Jennifer Valoppi

Jose Diaz-Balart, Marisa Toccin, Don Browne, & Jennifer Valoppi

Alan Leiberman, Paul Rosenberg, & Josh Woodward

Don Browne, Christopher Browne, & Pat Riley

Lisa Heiden-Koffler & Kathy Green

Anna Gaber, Roberto Knibel, Susan Pullin, & Machel Kurtz

Stephan Fortier & Amelia Racine

Susan Pullin & Michael Kurtz

Marie France & Paul Bloch

Marie France, Paul Bloch, Dianne Walder, & Finlay Cumming

Robyn Perlman, Michael Moore, & Leslie Lott

Howard Wishner, Norma Quintero, & Denise Deluca