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South Florida' Best and Brightest Archive
Last updated on Friday, July 1, 2011 (12:18:46 a.m. ET)

A list of all of the business and philanthropic leaders we have profiled since the inception of the feature appears below. If there is someone you would like to nominate for inclusion in a future edition of South Florida's Best and Brightest, please e-mail us the person's name, company, position, and any contact information you can provide. Due to the large number of submissions our office receives, we regret that we cannot reply to every inquiry.
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MOVIES & TELEVISION
ACTOR, "Scarface," "Sword of Gideon," "Breaking Bad"
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: JUNE 2011
A neophyte actor at the time, he earned the role of Manny Ribera in the 1983 big-screen epic "Scarface" when he was just 24 years old. Appearing opposite the incomparable Al Pacino (and a considerable cast that included Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert Loggia, and F. Murray Abraham) throughout ... Read More »
Pictured: Steven Bauer
(Photo credit: ABM)
LAW
Criminal Defense Attorney, The Law Offices of Yale L. Galanter, P.A.
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: JUNE 2011
Being juxtaposed in a courtroom with the likes ex-Buffalo Bills running back O.J. Simpson as well as the former wife of troubled television and film actor Charlie Sheen, Brooke Mueller, will certainly raise the prominence of any attorney. For veteran criminal defense lawyer ... Read More »
Pictured: Yale Galanter
(Photo credit: Getty Images)
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Founder & President, Impact Players Public Relations
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: JUNE 2011
His achievements span more than two-and-a-half decades, and during that time, the list of clients he's represented has been as impressive as it has been wide-ranging. He has created and implemented both public relations and strategic communications campaigns for ... Read More »
Pictured: Stu Opperman
(Photo credit: Impact Players Public Relations)
POLITICS
Congresswoman, 18th District of Florida
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: JUNE 2011
In 1989, she became the first Hispanic woman ever elected to the United States Congress, and she hasn't relinquished her position for the last 22 years, a period that has spanned a dozen election cycles. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is so well-respected by her constituency ... Read More »
Pictured: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
(Photo credit: United States Congress)
RADIO
Host, "The Sid Rosenberg Show" (WQAM/560 AM)
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: JUNE 2011
His rise to national stardom was nothing short of meteoric, as Don Imus hired him on a full-time basis to be equal part sports reporter and on-air foil at WFAN in New York within a few short years of his radio debut. It was at CBS SportsLine just up the highway in Fort Lauderdale ... Read More »
Pictured: Sid Rosenberg
(Photo credit: Kathryn Winter/ABM)
PHILANTHROPY
Founder, Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: JUNE 2011
The full measure of her contribution to South Florida is one that will never be fully gauged. It was in 1997, at the height of her popularity as a weeknight news anchor at WTVJ (NBC6) when she created the Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program, an organization dedicated ... Read More »
Pictured: Jennifer Valoppi
(Photo credit: Women of Tomorrow)

 
 
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