Baptist Health Foundation’s The Grand Gala Benefiting Miami Cancer Institute
Miami, FL – November 12, 2016 – Baptist Health Foundation’s The Grand Gala fundraiser was held on the soon-to-open campus of Miami Cancer Institute, raising $4.5 million in support of the project. The Grand Gala co-chairs Karel Foti, Lourdes Jofre-Collett and Leonard Kalman, M.D., along with a 17-member committee, created a special evening for more than 900 attendees, including Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Darlene and Jorge Perez and Trish and Dan Bell, to experience an elegant reception, dinner and dancing, and a silent auction featuring exceptional items and rare travel experiences. The exquisite cuisine and décor was created by La Basque. Celebrated singer-songwriter and musician Matt Goss, on the heels of a longtime weekly residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, dazzled the crowd with a lively performance. Diamond Sponsors: Flightserve and Robins & Morton.

Emilio Estefan & Lourdes Jofré- Collett

Lourdes Jofré-Collett, Sofia Segal, & Gloria Estefan

Karel Foti, Nancy Brinker, Leonard Kalman, & Lourdes Jofré-Collett

Blaire & Bill Banchs

Trish & Dan Bell

Jennifer Valoppi, Christian De Berdouare, & Elizabeth Berracassa

Gloria & Emilio Estefan

Tyson & Jill Kutner, Karel Foti, Lori Miller, & David Kutner

Julianna Strout & Rosario Rico Toro

Kerry & Jorge Perez, Kristina & JD Ducanes

Karel Foti, Tom & Laurie Weiskopf

Zeina Haddad, Betty Anne Schilling, Rosario Rico Toro, Karel Foti, Leonard Kalman, Jorge & Kerry Perez

Nancy Brinker

Rev White

Bill Banchs

Lourdes Jofré-Collett, Karel Foti, Leonard Kalman, & Bill Banchs

Lourdes Jofré-Collett, Leonard Kalman, & Karel Foti

Lourdes Jofré-Collett, Brian Keeley, & Karel Foti

Athena Georgiadis, Gloria Estefan, & Katherine Pereda

Gloria Estefan & Olga Lazo

Nancy Brinker, Karyen & Stuart Grossman, & Jorge Perez

Jorge Perez & Nancy Becker

Matt Goss

Matt Goss

Yvonne Alvarez & Abby Portuondo

Mike & Sofia Segal

Maurice Kutner & Karel Foti

Claire & Bill Banchs

Gloria Estefan & Yohan Pillai

Jane Nahmad & Nicki Parris

Ana Maria Goicoechea & Karel Foti

Eric & Christina Soulaby, Albert & Jane Mahmed

Stuart & Karyn Grossman

Michael Nahmad, Bob Berrin, & Connie Nahmad

Michael Zinner & Nancy Brinker

Karl Hansen & Maggy Pons

Zeina & Ghassan Haddad

Shaida Brackin, Mimi Zavehm & Lulu Villaona

Tim Collett, Donna Simonelli & Maria Marta Garcia

William & Philippa Bullard, Fernanda & Alberto Gavazzi

Thomas Williams, Paula Scheer, Julianna Clare Strout, Sanela Ebbeskov Jankovic, & Martin Ellis

Thomas Williams, Krystal Fiksdal, Yohan Pillai, & Martin Ellis