WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 29, 2008 –11:30 AM

SUBJECT:

FLORIDA CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 2
MARRIAGE PROTECTION ACT

SPEAKERS:

Derek Newton Florida Red & Blue
Eladio Armesto Jr. Florida Christian Family Coalition

MODERATOR:  HELEN FERRE- CHANNEL 2 TALK SHOW HOST

LOCATION:

MARRIOTT HOTEL–1633 N. BAYSHORE DR., MIAMI
$5.00 Valet Parking Available at Marriott Hotel

Call ANNETTE EISENBERG (305)757-3633 Fax (305)754-2015

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We thank you for your continued support. The Downtown Bay Forum looks forward to providing the community with an open forum to keep all informed on current issues. In addition, your support helps us continue contributing financially to worthy causes in our community.

 

About the Downtown Bay Form:

The Downtown Bay Forum: Get to Know Our President, Annette Eisenberg

The President and Founder of the Downtown Bay Forum is Annette Eisenberg. Annette has been placing her imprint on Miami-Dade County since 1950. Once a working mother of two in her husband’s electronics firm, Annette blazed unknown grounds in Urban Renewal activities when she became the Project Area Committee Chair for a program focused on the Edison Park area. At the time, Edison Park was considered racially and culturally unique and identified by the United States government for special programming and funding.

As Committee Chair, Annette assisted in the development and implementation of a youth center, senior citizen’s public housing, family public housing, and a senior high school in the Edison area. She was also involved in the improvement of existing parks and streets, the construction of new parks, lighting and neighborhood “Clean-up” campaigns. Ultimately, thanks to Annette’s leadership, the Edison Project was successful in engaging the community’s awareness for additional needs and funding.

Annette Eisenberg has continued her seemingly untiring efforts by writing one of the first CDBG initiatives for the Little River area. She has served on the Little HUD Advisory Board of Miami-Dade County, The Downtown Development Authority Board, the City of Miami Code Enforcement Board, and the Community Partnership for the Homeless Board. She has also served as a member of the Neighborhood Council for the Wynwood Area Empowerment Zone and is current Chair of the Downtown Bay Forum.

Among Annette’s many recognitions are the following:

• Recognized as one of Florida’s Prominent People in Government
• City of Miami Department of Parks Awarded Citizen of the Day
• Community Head Liner for Women in Communications
• Martin Luther King Memorial Brotherhood Award
• Florida Electronic Service Association’s Woman of the Year
• Edison Middle School’s Pacesetter Award
• Presidential Award from the Tifereth Israel Congregation
• John F. Kennedy Award for community service from Edison Senior High School

MEET OUR VICE PRESIDENT, SHEILA ZEMSKY . . .

The Downtown Bay Forum is proud of our Vice President, Sheila Zemsky, who has been with us from the beginning of our organization. A lifetime Board Member, Sheila is an integral part of our club’s operations, serving to organize suggested ideas, provide meeting notices to our membership, update the membership records, and preside at meetings when the President is absent. She is also the President of her Brickell Key I Condominium Association where Downtown Bay Forum Board meetings are held.

Sheila is also active in other ways that affect our community. She is a Board Member of Mother’s Voices, an outreach program that strengthens family communication about sex, sexual health, and HIV/AIDS/STD prevention through education and awareness. Mothers’ Voices is a national non-profit organization. The South Florida Chapter was founded in 1996 by mothers who had lost children to AIDS, giving them an opportunity to turn their pain into action. Ms. Zemsky is a founding member.

Sheila comes to us with a strong professional background. Until her retirement in 1988, she served as Vice President and Director of Operations/Claims Analyst for Florida Engineering Consultants, Inc., a group of Forensic Engineers and Project managers. Sheila’s work there involved her in the day-to-day operational procedures of the company and the long-term business goals of the corporation. Sheila was responsible for researching, purchasing, and finally, customizing the latest state-of-the-art technology to insure that the proper automated controls were in place to run a business with the maximum professionalism while guaranteeing optimum financial protection for the corporation. While the Downtown Bay Forum has little need to exercise this wide array of Sheila’s skills, we do appreciate her ability to keep us on course and to advise us in making our selections for our charitable contributions.

Members of the Downtown Bay Forum also appreciate Sheila’s droll sense of humor. When discussion gets heated or a lecture becomes too ponderous, that quip coming from the back of the room that breaks the tension and circulates laughter can usually be attributed to Sheila. On the other hand, the “yip” you might hear of delightful anticipation (actually, just about when the food is to be served) is attributable to Sheila’s little red poodle, Buttons, our other lifetime Board Member (Honorary).
 

BOARD MEMBER: Kate M. Callahan, RN, MPA, Ph.D.

The Downtown Bay Forum is exceedingly proud of Board Member Dr. Kate Callahan.

Dr. Callahan has earned a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) from the University of Miami, a Master’s Degree of Public Administration (MPA) Majoring in Health Care Policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and a Doctor of Philosophy Degree (Ph.D.) in Adult Education from Barry University.

As a nurse for 33 years, Dr. Callahan has practiced in New York, Illinois, California, and in Florida. Her career includes a myriad of clinical positions as well as many business experiences. Kate has the unusual experience of working in both the public and private sectors of the health care arena.

Presently Kate is a partner with The Huntington Consulting Group which is an organization specializing in Health Care Strategic Planning, Marketing and Sales, and Board Development.

As one of the first certified professors of Education for Physicians for End-of-Life Care (EPEC) in the United States, she assisted with writing the curriculum about EOL care for the Medical School at NSU where she served as an assistant professor teaching third year medical students Geriatrics and EOL care.

Kate serves on the Boards of the Public Health Trust of Jackson Health System, The Camillus House, (where she also serves as a nurse volunteer), Miami-Dade County’s Alliance for Aging (AAA) where she is the immediate past Chairman of the Board and The Community Voices Oversight Board, where she with other leaders in the community are studying public policy issues related to uninsured and underinsured people in Florida. She is a member of the Health Care Ethics Committee of the Health Council of South Florida, Inc., and a member of the Miami-Dade Community College Advisory Committee of the Institute for Ethics in Health Care. She is also serves on the University of Miami’s School of Nursing and Health Science’s newly formed Nursing Advisory Council.

Kate is widely published on End-of-Life Care (EOL) Care issues and is a noted national speaker on the topic especially as it relates to Advance Care Planning.

In 1999 Kate was the recipient of the Women’s Business Journal’s Women of Power Award, and she was featured as one of The 100 Women Leaders to watch in Florida in the “Miami Metro” Magazine. In 2003 Kate won the distinguished Alumna Award from the University of Miami School of Nursing.