Bettina Alejandra Deynes is the Global Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) of Carnival Corp., overseeing all nine brands’ HR Functions. Bettina brings a background of business leadership and strategic planning to Carnival. As Global CHRO, she is ultimately responsible for attracting, retaining, and rewarding talent; leading more collaborative approaches with the operating companies to optimize our HR functions and further leverage best practices; as well as enhancing the company culture and leading the organization’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts.

Prior to her current role as Global CHRO, Bettina served Carnival Cruise Line as its CHRO, overseeing shoreside and shipboard Human Resources functions. With an extensive HR background, she has provided key support to the organization during a time of unprecedented organizational challenges and brings this experience and momentum to the corporate role. Her 20+ year career in management and human resources allowed her to bring a wealth of business leadership and strategic planning to her role. Bettina served as CHRO and Strategy Officer for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM); while also serving as a voting member of the U.S. delegation for the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for the development of international HR Standards. Earlier in her career she was Vice President, Human Resources for the Washington Nationals Baseball Club, and CHRO for the City of Alexandria, VA. In 2022, Bettina was awarded with the National’s Women’s Conference Top 100 Women in Business.

Andrew Davis is the Executive Vice President and Global Chief People Officer at Sony Music Entertainment. In his role, Davis is charged with leading the Company’s global people experience function; including talent acquisition, talent management, compensation and benefits, as well as organizational development and corporate strategy. Davis champions a culture of belonging, excellence, growth and innovation across Sony Music’s global operations in 60+ countries.

Throughout his 22+ years in Human Resources, Davis has held several key positions of increasing responsibility at Yum Brands, Best Buy Company, The Home Depot and most recently served as Chief Human Resources and Inclusion Officer for Lennar Corporation where he was responsible for the areas of culture transformation, talent management, organizational and performance management, learning and development as well as benefits for the Company.

Prior to Lennar, he spent more than a decade leading human resources teams and strategies at The Coca-Cola Company. During his tenure at the Company, he held several key positions of increasing responsibility including leading the Southeast Asia Human Resource function while based in Phnon Penh, Cambodia. Additionally, he served as the Global Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer where he was instrumental in driving strategic DE&I initiatives across 200+ countries.

Davis serves as an independent Board Director and Compensation Committee Chair for Adventist Health, one of the largest Westcoast healthcare systems, based in Roseville, CA. He is also a member of Emory’s Goizueta’s Business School Corporate Advisory Board, and a governing body member of Florida’s Chief Human Resource Officers’ Association. Davis is also a regular guest lecturer for business schools throughout the Atlanta and Miami area.

Davis received his Bachelor of Science in Organizational Management from Washington Adventist University in Takoma Park, Maryland and his MBA from Emory University – Goizueta School of Business in Atlanta, Georgia. Davis also holds several Human Resources certifications in assessment systems and skills training.

Davis is a native of Jamaica, West Indies and proudly calls himself a ‘Ja-Merican’.

Ashaki is currently serving as Senior Vice President and Head of Human Resources for NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises and Latin America.  In this capacity, she oversees all aspects of Human Resources which includes Talent Acquisition, Organizational Development, Total Rewards, Employee Engagement and Employee Relations. She reports directly to Beau Ferrari, Chairman of NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises.

Prior to joining NBCUniversal in 2017 as Vice President, Human Resources for Global Distribution & International, Ashaki spent time on the HR leadership teams of The Walt Disney Studios and TimeWarner Corporate.  She has also spent a significant portion of her dynamic career leading HR teams in the financial services industry at UBS, JP Morgan Chase, Deutsche Bank and PriceWaterhouseCoopers where she also engaged in HR Information Systems initiatives and Merger & Acquisition projects.

She earned a Master of Arts Degree in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University’s Teachers College and a Bachelor of Arts degree from The State University at Albany.

Gabriela has been a VP, People Business Partner at Mastercard Latin America and the Caribbean for the past 3 years.

Prior to Mastercard she worked in a wide range of industries from Consulting Services in KPMG, Coatings Technology Manufacturing in PPG and NGO in Kinderdorf International.

In addition to her Human Resources experience in organizational effectiveness, talent management and company culture, she also has a vast experience in Financial Planning and Analytics.

She holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resources Management from Cornell University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting and Administration from the Universidad de la República in Uruguay.

Tracey is currently a Human Resources leader at Microsoft where she uses her ability and passion to help people grow, transform, and connect their purpose to the organization. As a seasoned HR professional, she leads a team that partners with leaders and managers on delivering strong impact while role modeling energy, empathy and clarity. Tracey’s work experience covers the gamut of HR disciplines, including Organizational Development, Global Rewards, Leadership Effectiveness, and Talent Management. She is especially passionate about helping leaders discover blind spots and unpack blockers to achieve outstanding leadership.

Early in her career, Tracey worked with KPMG and Arthur Andersen consulting with a variety of organizations on performance management, compensation design, employee feedback and leadership team effectiveness. She also spent several years at Motorola where she designed and implemented rewards and sales incentive programs. During her HR tenure at Microsoft, Tracey has worked in the Latin America region and the UK region, as well as the US. Those varied experiences have given her an appreciation for the beauty of diversity, and an understanding of how cultural nuances can be reflected in leadership styles. With more than 10 years HR experience at Microsoft, she has been intimately involved with helping lead the cultural and the HR evolution in the company.

Tracey has achieved the Associate Certified Coach designation from the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and completed the Coaching Habit workshop. She has leveraged these credentials, as well as her experience working with managers and executives, to build an aptitude for helping executives achieve improvement in time management, delegation, executive presence, career development, and other leadership attributes. Along with her certification in Executive Coaching from Georgetown University, Tracey holds a B.S. and M.B.A. from the University of Maryland. She is a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) and has been recognized with the Microsoft Gold Award in 2019 and 2021 for her outstanding leadership and impact. Outside of work, Tracey enjoys planning and taking family vacations and has recently discovered a new interest in pickle ball.

Joy Dettorre, EdD, is IBM’s global head of diversity, equity, and inclusion. In that role, she drives workplace engagement activities across more than 14 diverse community groups providing IBMers a place to share ideas in support of talent acquisition, career development, employee retention, and engagement. Leveraging data to drive human-centered decisions and prioritize work outcomes, Joy has created and implemented innovative solutions that scale globally and create business impact while partnering with external organizations and representing IBM as a subject matter expert speaker. Her mission is to transform the inclusive global culture of a $74 billion organization, leading diversity talent programs across 250 employee resource groups (ERGs) spanning 59 countries, and reaching more than 50,000 employees.

In her 17 years at IBM, she has also served as global talent manager and senior HR partner. She is a graduate of The Ohio State University and earned a master’s degree in international HR management from Florida International University and a doctorate in education from Vanderbilt University.

Adriene McCoy is Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) of Baptist Health South Florida, the region’s largest not-for-profit healthcare system with more than 24,000 employees and 4,000 affiliated physicians. She is responsible for overseeing all of Baptist Health’s talent functions, including HR Business Partners, Total Rewards, HR Operations, Talent Management/Development and Talent Acquisition. Ms. McCoy joined Baptist Health in 2007 as Assistant Vice President of Human Resources and was promoted to CHRO in 2014.

She has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare human resources management. Ms. McCoy’s background includes leadership roles in both for-profit and non-for-profit healthcare environments, including large hospital systems and acute and long-term care facilities. Prior to joining Baptist Health, she was Regional Director of Employee Relations at Tenet Healthcare, where she provided support to senior executives on employee relations, labor relations and workforce compliance matters.

Ms. McCoy completed both her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Barry University in Miami, Florida. She holds a Master’s degree in Human Resources Development and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management.

Several organizations have honored Ms. McCoy for excellence in her profession. This year, the South Florida Business Journal recognized her with their Influential Women in Business Award.  The Black Professionals Network also recognized her with their 2021 Black Woman in Excellence Award. In 2018, the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce recognized her with the HR Ring of Honor Award. In 2017, she was awarded Healthcare HR Executive of the Year by HRO Today magazine.

Ms. McCoy currently sits on the Board of Advisors for Florida International University Center for Leadership, Lotus House/Sundari Foundation Board, Children’s Harbor Board, Bakehouse Art Complex Board and she serves as the Vice-Chair for the YWCA South Florida Board.

Ms. McCoy lives in Miramar with her husband and two sons.

Trina Robinson is a two-time Emmy award-winning journalist who currently anchors the NBC 6 News at 7pm and co-anchors the NBC 6 News at 5pm & 5:30pm.

She joined NBC 6 in September of 1999 and has become one of the station’s most visible and versatile journalists, proving her talents to South Florida viewers as an experienced anchor, reporter, meteorologist and breaking news specialist.

Robinson also hails as the first African-American to ever hold a TV weather position in South Florida and has garnered two Emmy^®  awards for her contributions to the station’s hurricane specials.

Robinson came to WTVJ from KYW in Philadelphia where she anchored the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts and covered the White House for budget hearings. She also covered the "Monica Lewinsky Scandal", which led to the impeachment of President Clinton. Prior to KYW, Robinson worked in Tampa, Orlando, Fort Myers, South Carolina and Virginia. Her commitment to news parallels her dedication to "giving people information that can improve and even change their lives," she says.

During her tenure with the station, Robinson has also done feature reporting like "Trina Tries It", where she did everything from tossing knives as a Benihana Chef to grabbing a chainsaw to ice sculpt a towering frigid work of art. Weekly money and business reports like “Living Cheaper" and "The Recessionista Report" showed viewers how to live well on a tight budget.

As part of the award-winning NBC 6 Investigators team, Robinson demonstrated her commitment to excellence in journalism when she uncovered an underground network of women illegally giving and receiving silicone injections to improve their beauty. The story aired prior to the death of a woman who had received the injections. The investigation led to a number of arrests of unlicensed medical practitioners, garnered national and international attention and resulted in numerous local and national awards.

Robinson received a liberal arts degree from the College of Notre Dame in Baltimore, a graduate degree in Journalism and Public Affairs from the American University in Washington, D.C. and did her course work in Meteorology at Mississippi State University. Most recently, she received an MBA from Western Governor’s University in Utah.

Robinson, who comes from a family of six children, says one of their favorite pastimes was to gather together to tell elaborate and colorful stories. Little did she know that concocting tall tales would later help her relate the stories of real people with compassion and caring.

In her spare time, she enjoys jogging, cooking, and traveling.

John Quelch became dean of the University of Miami Herbert Business School on July 1, 2017. He also serves as the University’s vice provost for executive education. Quelch has a wealth of senior leadership experience, having previously served as the dean and senior associate dean at three internationally-recognized business schools.

Prior to joining the Miami Herbert Business School, Quelch was the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He also held a joint appointment as professor of health policy and management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health – the first to hold dual primary appointments in those two schools, and one of only a few faculty members across Harvard University with this distinction.

Prior to his most recent time at Harvard, Quelch was dean, vice president and distinguished professor of international management of the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) from 2011 to 2013. Under his leadership, annual revenues increased by more than 25% to over $100 million; the school’s MBA global ranking in the Financial Times improved from 24 to 15 and its Executive MBA ranking from 18 to 7; and the school launched programs to integrate faculty and staff activities across four CEIBS operations in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen and Ghana.

From 1998 to 2001, Quelch served as dean of the London Business School, where he helped transform the school into a globally competitive institution and launched seed capital funds to invest in student and alumni start-ups.

Quelch initially joined Harvard Business School in 1979, holding a number of positions over the years, including Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing, co-chair of the marketing department and Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration. He served as senior associate dean of Harvard Business School from 2001 to 2010.

Quelch is the author, co-author or editor of 25 books, as well as numerous business case studies on leading international organizations. He also is known for his teaching materials and innovations in pedagogy; during the past 35 years, his case studies have sold more than 4 million copies.

Quelch has served on numerous corporate, nonprofit and public agency boards, including as chairman of the Massachusetts Port Authority. He is a member of the Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Relations.

Quelch earned a BA and an MA from Exeter College, Oxford University; an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; an MS from the Harvard School of Public Health; and a DBA in business from Harvard Business School.

In addition to the United Kingdom and the U.S., he has lived in Australia, Canada and China. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2011, and in 2017 was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Isabel Montes is the Human Resources Vicepresident for Newmont- the biggest gold producer in the world, supporting the Latin America and Caribbean region. She is responsible for establishing the vision and strategy to enable the region to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage through people with industry-leading engagement, leadership, and commitment to inclusion and diversity. Isabel was previously the Human Resources and Learning Director for Starbucks Latin America, supporting the region's expansion and establishing the brand as an employer of choice. She also worked for Arthur Andersen and Procter & Gamble.

Isabel holds a bachelor's degree as an Industrial Engineer from Universidad Javeriana, a Master's Degree in Human Resources from Chapman University, and is an ICF Professional Certified Coach. She is a contributing author for Latinas Rising Up in HR; this book proudly showcases incredible stories of inspiring women making a difference in HR across multiple industries. She is a proud mom of two amazing boys, and her passion is to live a purpose-driven life.

Jair Espinoza currently holds the position of Group Benefits Manager for the City of Miami in the City’s Risk Management Department. Jair has been with the city since March 2011 and hired as Supervisor of Payroll, in the Finance Department.  He was promoted to current position in October 2012.  He is also a member of the State and Local Government Association (SALBGA) and has served as a Board Member as a Director since 2019.  In addition, he is also a member of the Florida Alliance for Healthcare Value, as well as the Consortium for a Healthier Miami-Dade and the Cigna Wellness Council of Florida.

Prior to joining the city, Jair was the director of payroll services for Devcon Security Services, where he successfully managed payroll and group benefits functions. During the company’s expansion phase, he was responsible for synchronizing disparate group benefits plans, payroll schedules and for standardizing acquired companies’ paid time off accrual grants.

Jair’s career spans over two decades of increasingly rewarding and responsible positions managing large multi-state employers, both public and municipal. He offers a diversified set of skills covering payroll, group benefits and project management with the ability to provide cost-effective solutions derived from a continued-process improvement approach.  Jair is known for strategic, operational and tactical proficiency aimed at optimizing internal operations.

Jair obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration from Florida International University in 2004 and became a Certified Payroll Professional from the American Payroll Association in April 2012.  He and his wife, along with their three children, reside in Plantation, Fla.

Kristy has 15 years of experience as a Strategic Human Resource Leader, Change Manager and Organizational Development Expert. She has served in senior leadership positions throughout her career – most notably with Pearson Education and Constant Contact. Kristy brings a big picture perspective and a hands-on, tactical approach to her leadership that she is now bringing to life with SkillCycle (where she is the CEO & Co- Founder). Kristy’s goal is to help and educate companies to meet their ultimate goals by empowering their employees to take ownership of their career.

Federico Demarin is a global Human Resources leader with 24 years of experience in renowned global companies such as Thomson-Reuters, Swarovski,  3Sixty Duty Free and GroupM, where he has occupied local, regional, and global roles across their different industries.

His education includes a BA in Business Administration, a Master’s degree in HR Direction, and multiple leadership and professional certifications such as SHRM-SCP, Executive Coaching, EQ Coaching and Lateral Leadership.

His passion for helping others succeed has been his career purpose all these years, taking him to collaborate as MBA professor in different disciplines and countries for over 14 years, as well as participating in multiple forums and HR summits as speaker and panelist.

John Taylor is the Director, Experience Solutions, AMER East / LATAM, VMware

Don Stenger delivers results with his signature mix of strategy, transformative thinking, and energetic collaboration.  Since joining FedEx Express in 2015, Don blazed new career paths in both operations and HR, and has instituted bold, award-winning solutions.  Most recently, Don joined forces with Cravety, VMware, and others to develop an industry-leading talent acquisition and retention application that launched in June of 2022.  

An avid learner with an entrepreneurial spirit, Don earned two master’s degrees and is a Certified SAFe 5 Agilist and Practitioner.  Previously, he was a partner in forward-thinking start-up operations, including a $2 billion logistics endeavor, and led large, dispersed teams to success.

A military veteran, Raymond spent the first several years of his professional career on active duty with the US Army Special Operations Command. He has more than 20 years of experience in Human Resources and significant experience in developing global policy and talent strategies and has served on the corporate leadership teams of substantial global businesses.  Raymond has a strong international outlook, having lived and worked across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.  In July 2000, Raymond made a life-changing decision to transition from the military and move into the civilian sector. His career quickly accelerated over the next several years to the executive leadership level in both small companies and large multi-national companies with revenues $100+million to exceeding $200+ billion across a variety of industries.  He has previously held global executive roles at Cargill, Inc., the largest private company in North America, Flowserve Inc., The Larry H.  Miller Group of Companies, International Paper Company where in 2006 he received the prestigious HR Leadership Excellence Award, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) where he was the Head of Human Resources for the Americas, as well as the Global Markets and Global Capital Markets businesses, and most recently Boeing, where he served as the Vice President, Organization Effectiveness & Analytics, leading a team of HR and operations professionals supporting companywide change efforts, Boeing’s listening strategy, enterprise analytics and reporting, streamlining business operations, and oversight of the programs and processes that create an exceptional employee experience.

Raymond is a highly decorated military veteran having received four Army Commendation Medals, nine Army Achievement Meals, two Humanitarian Service Medals, and two National Defense Service Medals.  He is also a graduate of the Pepperdine University Graziadio Business School with a MBA and currently serves as a director on the United States Congressional Awards Board, the only charity of the United States Congress, and he is a Board Director at the Pepperdine University’s Graziadio Business School.

Constance Jones is a two-time Emmy^® nominated journalist who currently anchors the station’s weekday morning newscasts, NBC 6 News Today at 5am and 6am, from the station’s Miramar-based studios. She joined NBC 6 in February of 2021, after anchoring at WRIC-TV in Richmond, VA.

Jones has worked in several television markets, including New York City, Miami, Oklahoma City and Atlanta. She returned home to Miami, where she previously spent nine years as an anchor and reporter at local station WPLG-TV, and also worked at WLRN National Public Radio in South Florida. Jones also worked with veteran news journalist Dan Rather at the CBS Evening News.

Outside of television, Jones worked alongside the Broward State Attorney as the Communications Director for the 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida.

Jones has been honored by the National Academy of Television Arts and Science, received an award from the Texas Associated Press for her reporting work, and multiple awards and recognitions from several regional chapters of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) for Excellence in News Reporting. She was also featured as Miami's “Top 40 under 40 Leaders of Tomorrow” in Legacy Magazine. Jones is a proud member of the National Association of Black Journalists and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

Born in Stuttgart, Germany, Jones spent most of her childhood overseas, including time in Timisoara, Romania.

She is married to Miami-based artist Troy Simmons.

Edwin (“Ed”) co-founded Cravety with big data expert JG Staal to help organizations apply the principles of customer experience to HR challenges Customers have included Coca-Cola, Marriott, CareFirst, the University of Miami, the City of Baltimore, AICPA, TEK Systems, and ICAT Logistics, among others. Today Cravety offers ActionLogics, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) mobile-based solution that enables HR to keep more candidates and employees. 

Ed served as the first Chief Experience Officer for a major law firm in the United States; head of brand and customer experience for Select Medical (NYSE: SEM); and head of communications and outreach for the Fulbright Scholar Program and the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute for Bioethics.  Ed frequently speaks on the future of talent brand and technology. 

Kristian Bouw is the Chief Technologist at Cravety.

David Bator thinks and writes about how work could work. David leads Achievers Workforce Institute, a strategic practice whose focus on Research, Community and Advisory empowers global executives with tactical, practical approaches to changing how the world works.

David is passionate about people, and has spent the last 20 years working closely and consultatively with HR, IT and Communications leaders to build programs that position individuals, teams and companies to grow.

Debi Yadegari is the Founder and CEO of Villyge. Once a Wall Street lawyer, Debi created Villyge to address the problems she faced as a working parent in corporate America. Today, Villyge is a comprehensive platform that drives empathy in the workplace by providing managers with the understanding and “just in time” guidance they need to better support their employees, increase DE&I and guard against attrition. Villyge is a total population solution, with specialized support for working parents, caregivers, and the leaders who support them. Through her work with Villyge, Debi is committed to improving the corporate landscape for caregivers and helping to shape the future of work. Debi is a frequent contributor to Fox Business, Cheddar TV, ABC News, Fox News, Forbes, Working Mother, World at Work, Strategic CHRO 360, Business Insider, Leader’s Edge, Employee Benefits News and Crunchbase. She received her BA in economics and political science from Barnard College of Columbia University and her JD from George Washington Law School. Previously, Debi served as in-house counsel to the investment banking division of Lehman Brothers and was a corporate associate at Fried Frank. In 2005, however, she traded her brief case for a diaper bag and has been supporting caregivers ever since. Most importantly, she is a working mother of five – ages 5, 11, 13, 15 and 16.

Ray leads our Client Success organization. He is a key driver in helping to build and maintain strong relationships with our clients and consultants, and is committed to developing and leveraging best practices in an effort to ensure our clients obtain maximum value from our services. Ray brings over 25 years of health care leadership experience to client management, clinical operations, delivery, strategic planning, and business development. He joined One Medical in 2021. Before joining One Medical, Ray was Market President of Sharecare (Healthways) where he led over 800 employees and developed a collaborative culture with a strong internal focus of working together to deliver best-in-class and highly productive client services, driving increased customer satisfaction and outcomes. He holds a Master’s degree in Business and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Summa Cum Laude) from Waynesburg University in Pennsylvania.

Laurel McKenzie is Behavioral Scientist at CoachHub, a digital platform for professional coaching. She has 7+ years of specialized experience in cognitive performance, coaching, and applications of psychological principles that enhance employee and leadership development. She is passionate about innovation in behavioral science and exploring the intersection of humans, business, and technology. She excels at discovering ways to use her knowledge and experience to improve human performance and contribute to high level business goals by producing human-centric insights for stakeholders and their employee population.

Laurel holds a B.S. degree in psychology and one in criminal justice from Columbus State University, a M.A. degree in clinical and counseling psychology from William Paterson University, and is currently a Ph.D student in industrial/organizational psychology at Liberty University.

Janelle St. Omer is the VP, Inclusion & Impact at Benevity.

Ernie is a senior partner with Aon's Human Capital Practice and Head of Workforce Transformation Advisory for North America. He has extensive experience in both the public and private sectors and is an acknowledged thought leader in AI in HR, Talent Assessment, Skills-based workforce, Organizational Efficiency and Leadership Effectiveness. Ernie helps clients by providing effective solutions related to selection, employee engagement, succession planning, employee wellbeing, and leadership capability assessment. 

Prior to joining Aon in 2008, Ernie was an organizational effectiveness director at Freddie Mac and director of the competency assessment branch at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. He first began working in the industry in 1990. Throughout his career he has helped organizations achieve business results through people strategies.

Ernie’s expertise includes developing and implementing talent management strategies, defining workforce capability requirements, ensuring HR practices are legally and professionally compliant, leading large scale, global workforce transformation initiatives, identifying market trends, and developing innovative strategies to drive business performance. Specifically, Ernie works with Aon’s largest global clients in various sectors, creating solutions at a global scale, while incorporating local labor market dynamics. This has become particularly relevant around issues of data privacy and use of artificial intelligence. He is an active member of the American Psychological Society, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and Personnel Testing Council of Metropolitan Washington.

Dr. Nathan Mondragon is the Chief I/O Psychologist at HireVue.

Joe Johnson is the former local host of “Morning Edition” on South Florida’s NPR news station, 91.3 WLRN.  This is his second year moderating a panel for From Day One. Joe has spent his 45-year radio career in Miami with 30 years at Oldies Radio Magic 102.7 where he won 6 “Achievement in Radio” awards for on -air features and production and in 2015 was named “Best FM Radio Personality” in the Miami market by New Times Magazine. 

In addition to being a contributor to WLRN, Joe writes and produces a national radio show on The Beatles called “Beatle Brunch” and is the Music Host of several rock-themed cruises. He is also emcee of Florida’s Children First’s member events. FCF works with children in the foster care system, advocating for at-risk children and working to change laws on behalf of the youth.