Board of Directors

Carlos M. Caballero, Chair

Carlos Caballero, born in Cuba, is graduate of the Instituto Superior de Arte de la Habana. Carlos has worked as an actor in theater and specifically with Teatro El Publico and La Ventana in Cuba. Carlos has performed in over 15 plays including plays by Shakespeare, Garcia Lorca, Cocteau, and other. He has worked extensively in film and television in Italy, Spain, Brazil, Panama, Peru, Mexico, and the United States.

Alejandro Rios, Vice Chair

Caridad Gonzalez, Secretary

Mia Leonin

Mia Leonin has been writing about theater, dance and performance in Miami since 2000. She’s been theater critic for the Miami New Times. She frequently writes about dance, performance and Spanish-language theater for the Miami Herald. In 2007, she was selected to be a fellow in the National Endowment for the Arts/Annenberg Institute on Theater and Musical Theater. Leonin is the author of two collections of poetry. She teaches creative writing at the University of Miami.

Elizabeth Boone

Advisory Council

Eduardo Chavez

Jennylin Duany

Michelle Hayes

Staff

Ever Chavez, Founder and Executive Director

Ever is a master of production and promotion of music, theater, special events and fine arts. He has an academic and professional background in Theater, Dance, Music and Special Events Production and his career of nearly 20 years spans from Cuba, to Europe and the U.S., In 2003, Ever founded FUNDarte and has further rooted himself as a highly respected Arts Presenter and Producer, recognized for this ability to work with artists in making their art more accessible to broader audiences. In Cuba, Ever served as Executive Producer of the world renowned Cuban theater company El Publico, for over a decade. Based in Havana, El Publico became one of the most successful international touring theater companies in Cuba’s history under Ever’s visionary leadership. Prior to FUNDarte, upon recolating to the U.S. from Cuba, he worked as Production and Program Coordinator for Miami’s Artemis Performance Network, the legendary Teatro Avante and Miami Dade College’s Cultural Affairs Department’s internationally acclaimed Cultura del Lobo Performance Series.

Robert Rosenberg, Consultant and Grant Writer

Robert Rosenberg has over twenty-five years of experience in the cultural arena, first in New York and most recently in Miami. An Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, Rosenberg has extensive experience in performing arts and moving image programming, producing, marketing, public relations, grant writing and organizational development. He was the Program Director of the Public Theater’s Global Village Documentary Film Festival in New York, was the Associate Director of South Florida’s pioneering contemporary arts presenter Tigertail Productions, and was the Founding Director of the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Some of his recent clients include Florida Dance Association, City Theatre, FUNDarte, Entertainment Industry Incubator, Miami Beach Arts Trust and Orchestra Miami.