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Coral Gables MARCH 17, 2009
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Commission taps Salerno to fill city manager spot BY MARIA ROSA HIGGINS FALLON he Coral Gables City Commission voted on Tuesday, Mar. 10, to offer the position of city manager to Patrick G. Salerno. Salerno, a former manager of the City of Sunrise in Broward County for 17 years, obtained the support of the majority of the city commission and is to negotiate compensation and terms of employment during the coming weeks. “Ever since I was a student at the University of Miami, I have been a strong admirer of the city,” Salerno said in his introductory letter. “A key to my success as a manager has been my ability to bring a results-oriented and an entrepreneurial spirit to public sector operations. I wish to bring the same spirit of service to Coral Gables.” Salerno is credited with the success of attracting premier projects to the City of Sunrise, including the BankAtlantic Center, which elevated the Broward County municipality as a major entertainment-corporate-retail destination in Florida.
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UM honors Norm Parsons with J.W. McLamore Service Award
Gables Great Phillis Oeters: Role model for many women BY GLORIA BURNS
Standing with James W. McLamore Award recipient Norm Parsons (second from right) at the ceremony are (lr) Jared Maddux, James W. McLamore’s grandson and TotalBank vice president and director of asset and liability management; Thomas J. LeBlanc, executive vice president and provost, and Stephen Sapp, Faculty Senate chair. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
BY RIBERT HAMILTON he University of Miami recently awarded the 2008 James W. McLamore Outstanding Service Award to Norm Parsons, director of the University of Miami’s Department of Wellness and Recreation and the Patti and Allan Herbert Wellness Center. The award, given by the University Faculty Senate annually, recognizes a member of the UM faculty who has gone above and
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beyond the call of duty in service to the institution and community. A university tradition established in 1987, the James W. McLamore Outstanding Service Award is named after the co-founder of Burger King and former chair of the UM Board of Trustees. Jared Maddux, grandson of the late James W. McLamore, who currently serves as vice president and director of asset and liability management at Miami-based TotalBank, presented the award to this year’s recipient.
A role model for many women, Phillis Oeters has achieved what many may consider the impossible. Whatever role Oeters tackles — from mother to corporate executive to civic leader — she excels in all categories. A 19-year Coral Gables resident, Oeters is corporate vice president of Government and Community Relations for Baptist Health South Florida, which includes Baptist Hospital, PHILLIS OETERS South Miami Hospital, Doctors Hospital, Homestead Hospital, Mariners Hospital, Baptist Children’s Hospital and several Baptist Outpatient Medical Plazas. Oeters recently completed a twoyear term as board chair for Greater Miami and the Keys Chapter of American Red Cross. In fact, the organization honored her as
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