Jewish Museum-FIU Celebrates 23rd Annual Breaking the Glass Ceiling Award Luncheon

Photography by on April 11th, 2019 in Lifestyle

Miami Beach, FL – April 7, 2019 – Susan Gladstone, Executive Director of the Jewish Museum-FIU greeted an enthusiastic crowd eager to honor the recipients of the 23rd Annual Breaking the Glass Ceiling Award Luncheon. The award was established in 1995 to honor Florida Jewish professional women who have become successful pioneers in fields once dominated by men. This year’s four honorees were public relations maven Susan Brustman, internationally renowned artist Michelle Oka Doner, art collector Mera Rubell and author/lawyer Elizabeth Schwartz.

Mera Rubell

Olivia Rubell

Faith Mesnekoff & Lori Gold

Mary Lou Brotherson

Pauline Winick

Susan Brustman & Pauline Winick

Pauline Winick

Susan Brustman

Susan Gladstone

Michele Oka Doner

Elizabeth Schwartz

Faith Mesnekoff & Lori Gold

Faith Mesnekoff, Michele Oka Doner, & Lori Gold

Faith Mesnekoff, Susan Brustman, & Lori Gold

Susan Gladstone, Lori Gold, Mera Rubell, & Faith Mesnekoff

Michele Oka Doner & Maru Lou Brotherson

Michele Oka Doner & Susan Gladstone

Benjamin Schwartz & Elizabeth Schwartz

Susan Brustman, Mera Rubell. & MIchelle Bernstein

Susan Brustman, Matt Bohm, & Jill Muller

Karen Barofsky, Larry Carrino, Susan Brustman, & Lauren Busch

Amy Somek, Elizabeth Schwartz, Mera Rubell, Michele Oka Doner, Susan Brustman, & Susan Gladstone

Elizabeth Schwartz, MIchele Oka Doner, George Neary, Susan Brustman, Mera Rubell, & Michelle Bernstein

Don Rubell & Amira Simkins

Michael Simkins & Mera Rubell

Jason Rubell, Michael Simkins, & Mera Rubell

Michelle Rubell, Elizabeth Schwartz, & Mera Rubell

Amira Simkins, Michelle Rubell, Elizabeth Schwartz, & Mera Rubell

Serena Simkins & Manya Borman

Dina Joseph & Ariel Penzer Milgroom

Ann Landau & Jessica Siskind

Raquel Alalu & Sara Zachar

Susan Brustman & Helen McEachrane

Sheila Elias & Kathy Simkins

Amy Somek & Amira Simkins

Nancy Cohen

Steve Marcus & Steven Mednick

George Neary & Elaine Bloom

Amy Somek, Suzanne Lasky-Gerard, & Pauline Winick

Sheila Elias, Kathy Simkins, & Stephen Alger

Sally Heyman, Lydia Martin, & Phyllis Smith

Ariel Penzer Milgroom, Amy Somek, & Alison Grewe

Bill Spring, Nancy Cohen, & Jose LIma

Gary Farmer, Merle Weiss, Susan Brustman, & Daniel Weiss

Evan & Stephanie Reed

Noe Barragan & Christopher O’Connell

Evan Reed, Mera Rubell, & Stephanie Reed