Power cliques

South Florida CEO, July, 2002

NAMES AND FACES: Around South Florida this month: Miss Universe hangs out with local developers, BankAtlantic turns 50, Levinson Jewelers holds a fashion show and Gordon Deckelbaum turns demolition into donations.

1) Sports legend Dan Marina and wife Claire Marina, with Thierry Chaunu, president of watch- and jewelry-maker Chopard, at a fashion show at Williams Island sponsored by Levinson Jewelers.

2) Developer Donald Trump, Miss Universe Oxana Fedorava and developer Gil Dezer at the Miss Universe pageant after-party in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

3) Aura restaurant associate Judy Palombo, with Olympic long-jump record holder Bob Beamon and Kristyn Bilton, Aura co-owner.

4) At the Pavarini "I Have a Dream" Foundation gala and Golf Classic at the Signature Grand, Alan Matus, president of Williams Island, Acqualina project manager Al Guttentag, and developer Eddie Trump.

5) Florida Marlins player Tim Raines, president and CEO of the Leiser Collection Alan Leiser, Marlins player Charles Johnson and wife Rhonda Johnson at the Aventura Marketing Council's Chairman's Roundtable Luncheon.

6) Performing Arts Center board member M. Anthony Burns and Woody Weiser, Performing Arts Center Chairman, accept a $500,000 construction donation from financial services firm AXA Advisors' executive vice president Hugo Castro and AXA marketing director Felix Martinez.

7) Robert E Legault, vice president of sales and marketing for The Waters Palm Beach, Dora Leslie, from the Center for Family Services, Waters Palm Beach developer Gordon Deckelbaum and Susie MacDonald, also from the Center for Family Services, at a charity luncheon benefitting the Center for Family Services and other organizations.

8) BankAtlantic Tampa Bay region president Tony Parker, BankAtlantic Broward County president Chuck Mohr and BankAtlantic vice chairman Jack Abdo with Marilyn Monroe lookalike at the bank's 50th anniversary party at the Signature Grand.

9) Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle, presenting proclamation of "BankAtlantic Day" to bank chairman Alan Levan and vice chair Jack Abdo at the 50th anniversary party.