Shareef Malnik & Gabrielle Anwar

Miami, FL – September 16, 2019 – Make-A-Wish® Southern Florida and in-kind Ball donor InterContinental® Miami celebrated the 25th Annual InterContinental® Miami Make-A-Wish® Ball VIP Kickoff Party at the InterContinental® Miami in anticipation of this season’s MASTERPIECE XXV-themed gala on Saturday, November 2, a creative interpretation of Game of Thrones. Host Robert Hill, General Manager of InterContinental® Miami and Gala Host was joined by Shareef Malnik, Chairman of the Board Emeritus of Make-A-Wish Southern Florida and Gala Chair of the InterContinental® Miami Make-A-Wish® Ball, and Norman Wedderburn, President and CEO of Make-A-Wish Southern Florida – the trio affectionately known as the “Three Amigos”– to honor the Ball’s donors and supporters.

Gala Chair Shareef Malnik announced that four-time GRAMMY® Award-winning Steven Tyler with the Loving Mary band will headline The Ball, and that Flo Rida will perform at the Ball’s after party, the InterContinental® Miami Make-A-Wish® Nightclub presented by E11EVEN MIAMI. Actress and documentary film director Gabrielle Anwar will return as the Celebrity Emcee for the 9th year. Malnik also announced that members of the Chairman’s Challenge Society have once again underwritten expenses associated with the Ball.

Gabrielle Anwar

Shareef Malnik, Gabrielle Anwar, & Marshall Ames

Shareef Malnik, Gabrielle Anwar, Alberto Carvalho, & Marshall Ames

Shareef Malnik

Robert Hill

Norm Wedderburn

The Wish Family

The Wish Family, Shareef Malnik, & Gabrielle Anwar

Norm Wedderburn, Shareef Malnik, & Robert Hill

Norm Wedderburn, Alberto Carvalho, & Robert Hill

Norm Wedderburn, Ksenia & Brian Exelbert

Sabrina Barnett, Norm Wedderburn, & Patricia Delinois

Marshall Ames & Gabrielle Anwar

Maxwell Blandford & Tara Solomon

Nick D’Annunzio & Tara Solomon

Amy Federman & Matt Simon

Fabian Basabe & Michael Capponi

Michael & Debbie Travin

Patricia Fuller & Paul Fuller

Robert Hill & Rick Andrews

Stephanie Sayfie Aagaard & Eddie Elsner

Rick & Stacy Andrews

Sabrina Barnett & Claudio Kaczka

Ivelin Giro & Adeline Ferro

Ivelin Giro, Richi Santivekis, & Adeline Ferro

Manny Gonzalez, Robert Hill, & Nick Betancourt

Stanley & Gala Cohen

Linda Levy Goldberg & Gina Goldberg

Malinka Max & Alena Graff

Yvonne Hila & Bret Beach

Shayna Sirkin

Christine May, Keeley Dority, Sofia Bukele, & Jami Baker

Morgan Long, Clif Loftin, & Ryan Cook

Jennifer Blanchette, Marc Silverstone, & Voytek Faber