2012 Gala Awardees
Photo's Courtesy Juan Saco Mironoff - Miami Gay Blog

Congratulations to ALL our Gala awards recipients. A great big Thank You to all in attendance for making the Orange Gala our most successful event to date. 
 
Save the date - June 22nd, 2013 
2012 Gala Invite Awards

Thank You to all of our Gala sponsors:

 

Hilton Miami Downtown        Resorts World

 

GMCVB                                  American Airlines

 

GREY GOOSE Vodka            Miami Herald

 

Pulse Branding                     Regions Bank 

 

FVR Group                           The Murry Agency

 

Wells Fargo                          Office Depot Foundation 


Thank You to all of our Table Hosts:
 
Akerman Senterfit                                           City National Bank
 
American Airlines                                            AT&T
 
City of Miami Beach                                         City of Miami Beach Police Department
 
Coral Gables Chamber                                     FPL 
 
GMCVB                                                                 GREY GOOSE Vodka  
 
Harvey Burnstein                                                 Hilton Miami 
 
Kimpton Epic/Surfcomber Hotels                     Legal Solutions Group 
 
Loews Miami Beach                                             Mead & Barbara Walker
 
Miami Beach VCA                                                Miami Dade Chamber 
 
Miami Herald                                                         Miami International Airport 
 
Miami Dade County                                             National Gay & Lesbian Task Force 
 
New England Financial/MetLife                        Northern Trust
 
Office Depot                                                          Perry Ellis International 
 
Port of Miami                                                        SAVE Dade
 
Shore Club                                                           Shutts & Bowen
 
Steve Haas                                                           W Hotel

Wells Fargo                                                           Mark Gilbert (Marky G) 
 
 
We want to acknowledge all elected officials and those running for office who were in attendance for the Orange Gala**:

From Miami Dade County 
  • Major Carlos Gimenez
  • Commissioner Audrey Edmonsson
  • State District Attorney Catherine Fernandez - Rundle 
  • Port Director Bill Johnson
  • Assistant Director Miami International Airport Miguel Southwell
  • Miami Dade County Circuit Judge Darrin Gayles
  • Circuit Judge Andrea Wolfson

Running for Office  

  • Tanya Brinkley Candidate for County Court Judge
  • Jacci Seskin Candidate for County Court Judge 
  • Claxito Garcia Candidate for County Commissioner  
  • Ivonne Cuesta Candidate for County Judge 
  • Michelle Alvarez Barakat for County Judge 

State Senator Gwen Margolis 

State Representative Luis Garcia 

US District Court Judge Marcia Cooke

 

Running for Florida House District 113

  • David Richardson 
  • Mark Weithorn
  • Adam Kravitz

 

From City of Miami Beach:

  • Commissioner Jonah Wolfson 
  • Commissioner Deede Weithorn 
  • Commissioner Michael Gongora 
  • Police Chief Ray Martinez 
  • Deputy Chief Mark Overton 
  • Former Mayor Neisen Kasdin 
  • Former Mayor Harold Rosen 

City of Coral Gables: 

  • Chamber President Mark Trowbridge

City of North Miami: 

  • Commissioner Scott Galvin   

**  MDGLCC is a non-partisan organization and therefore, does not endorse candidates for political office.  We wish everyone good-luck and thank each & everyone for their service.