Chapter's Board of Directors 2021-2022
President - Eivina Muniute-Cobb, Ed.D.
Eivina is a Principal Consultant with the Pontis Group, specializing in training, consulting, and coaching. Among her areas of expertise are organizational culture building, employee selection and retention, organizational assessment, leadership and team development, and implementation of effective employee evaluation systems. She is passionate about working with organizations to bring the best out of their employees.
President Elect / Past President - Anne Solomons
Anne Solomons is a learning and development professional with over 25 years experience in developing content, coaching, and facilitating programs in leadership, sales, culture, and communication. She is passionate about inspiring people, team, and organizations to achieve their highest potential. Anne has owned and operated Touch Point Training Consultants for the past 15 years and in the process developed 30+ programs, in addition to acquiring four copyrights and three trademarks. Additionally, she is a senior training specialist at ChenMed contributing to program design and facilitation or orientations, and leadership programs. Anne is a certified professional coach who also holds certifications in MBTI, DDI Targeted Selection, and various Franklin Covey leadership and Integrity Solutions programs. Anne is both the past-president and president-elect and is serving a second term for the South Florida Chapter.
VP of Communications – Anelle Panarisi
Anelle has been the training and talent development world for about 15 years. She started on the operational side of learning as an LMS administrator. As time went on, she found herself involved with different projects and challenges that required her develop online and ILT content, facilitate training, and design/develop learning programs. She is a Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) as well as a certified project manager (PMP). She is focused on being business partner to the teams with whom she works because she is passionate about having the learners who engage with her content walk away more skilled, confident, and effective with the work they do every day. This is her second term serving the South Florida chapter.
VP of Finance - Jessica Potter
VP 
of Member Services
Veronica D. Manderville is an instructional designer, facilitator, and learning partner specializing in orientation and onboarding. As a Learning & Development Learning Partner with STANLEY Security, a growth platform within Stanley, Black & Decker since March 2021, leading learning for the Sales team bringing a fresh, agile and engaging point of view to her learners. Prior to this role she served as a Quality & Training Specialist for local government in Charlotte, NC for fice years. She believes that learning should be learner-centered and performance-based efforts that result in training and transformation.
VP of Operations - Adriana Silva
Adriana Silva is an HR Professional with over 15 years of experience and she is passionate about engaging and inspiring employees to reach their full potential and continue growing within the organization. She has worked for organizations such as ChenMed, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and Turnberry Associates. She has extensive experience in Process Optimization, developing and delivering engaging learning programs, and facilitating targeted workshops on leadership. She was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, and holds a bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management and Marketing as well as a master’s degree in International Business from Florida International University.
VP of Professional Development - Barbara Potter
Barbara Potter is an award-winning Learning and Development Consultant with over 15 years of project management experience in producing and marketing large-scale international events, conferences, and training programs. Her expertise is in developing and implementing virtual and software training programs--for novices to seasoned professionals. Through hosting thousands of virtual training programs, Barbara is proficient in developing courses, writing curriculum, mentoring talent, and creating rich and engaging learning events that inspire and motivate learners all over the world.
VP of Corporate/Community Engagement -
TBD
Vito is a skilled professional with over 30 years experience in design and delivery of effective and impactful training. He has written and conducted training on a variety of topics including Leadership, Diversity, Quality Management, Customer Service, and Teammate Engagement. He has led design teams and created content for such organizations as Norwegian Cruise Line, CubeSmart, and Target Stores. Vito is currently a Training Specialist for Miami-Dade Parks, Recreation, and Open Spaces.
Chapter's Leadership Team 2021 - 2022
Viviana Cobas Vivan Bringslimark Evan Plummer Colette DeNardo Laura Fothergill Kim Beckett Loubna Noureddin Caren Price Sherri Dailing Claudia Lima Eric Fields Jim Glenos George Romagosa Pam Evans Caren Price Liz Wool Cassandra McMillian | Director, Marketing & Director, Volunteers Director, Social Media Director, New Member Engagement Director, Member Retention Director, Networking Director, Professional Development (Logistics, Postings) Director, TD Talks Professional Development, Technical Producer Director, CPTD Director, Job Board Director, Corporate Engagement Director, Corporate Engagement Director, Technology Director, Mentorship Program Technical Producer Ad Hoc Volunteer Ad Hoc Volunteer |