94th Annual Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce Gala at Fontainebleau

Photography by on May 10th, 2016 in Lifestyle

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Miami Beach, FL – May 7, 2016 – Over 800 guests gathered at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach as the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce honored five distinguished leaders of the community at its 94th Annual Dinner Gala and Silent Auction. In addition to celebrating another successful year as an organization, the event was a fundraiser for the Chamber’s 501(c)3 Education Foundation, which supports educational initiatives in the Miami Beach community. The gala, themed The Best is Yet To Come, was organized by a subcommittee Co-Chaired by Robin Jacobs and Sherry Kaplan Roberts. The event was co-hosted by Chamber Chairman and SVP of Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust Michael S. Goldberg and WPLG Local 10 News reporter Erica Rakow. In February of 2016, at a Chamber event, Erica and her mother Toni Rakow-Lester were presented a key to the City of Miami Beach on behalf of slain Miami Beach Police Officer, Scott Rakow. Erica Rakow was 6 months old when her father, Miami Beach Police Officer Scott Rakow, died in the line of duty on July 1, 1988. The story of the 28-year-old officer gripped the region and thrust his family into the spotlight.

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Erica Rakow & Michael S. Goldberg

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Michael S. Goldberg, Erica Rakow, Pier Gazzolo, & Jerry Libbin

4-Stu Blumberg, Michael S. Goldberg, Erica Rakow, Pier Gazzolo DSC_9248_new

Stu Blumberg, Michael S. Goldberg, Erica Rakow, & Pier Gazzolo

5- Lesley Goldwasser, Jonathan Plutzik, Jonathan Plutzik and Jerry Libbin DSC_9262_new

Lesley Goldwasser, Erica Rakow, Jonathan Plutzik, & Jerry Libbin

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7- Lesley Goldwasser, Jonathan Plutzik and State Representative David Richardson DSC_9277_new

Lesley Goldwasser, Erica Rakow, & David Richardson

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Scott Reynolds & Erica Rakow

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10-Commissioner Michael Grieco and Jerry Libbin DSC_9324_new

Michael Grieco & Jerry Libbin

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Eddie Lim & Jerry Libbin

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Sari, Raquel, & Jerry Libbin

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Diego Palomo & Sari Libbin

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Lesley Goldwasser & Jonathan Plutzik

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Tracy Fatow & Ricky Arriola

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Camila Borges Chiang, Reinaldo Borges, & Alice Dahbura Borges

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Michael S. Goldberg, Erica Rakow, Susan Edelstein, David Edelstein, & Jerry Libbin

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Michael & Kristine Goldberg, Erica & Toni Rakow, Scott Reynolds

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Michael S. Goldberg, Tracy Fatow, Ricky Arriola, Erica Rakow, & Jerry Libbin

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Ray Breslin & Patrick Pecoraro

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Ben Glasser & Maria Andrea Siles

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Mirielle Enlow

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Aaron Resnick & Angela Santamaria

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Honorable Beth Bloom & Lyle Stern

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Russell Elkan & Rona Rose Witek

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