The 15th anniversary of Amigos for Kids was  celebrated in June at Coconut Grove Convention Center. Photography by Jill Kahn

Gloria Delgado of Medics Ambulance Service; Laura Lopez of BioGen; and WSVN-Channel 7 anchor Belkys Nerey.	Jose Lorenzo, CEO of ASM Aviation Services, Esther Lorenzo, Susan Lorenzo and Joseph Lorenzo, president of ASM.

Rudy Fernandez, special assistant to President Bush; Elsa Fernandez of the Dade County Federal Credit Union; Rosa Maria Plasencia, executive director of Amigos for Kids; Emilio Gonzalez, director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; and Jorge Plasencia of Univision Radio, founder of Amigos for Kids.	Pamela Silva and Cesar Conde, both of Univision.

Mercedes Ricon, Merchy Ricon and ASTRI Group president Mike Tomas, all with Amigos for Kids; Francine Tomas; and Lissette Calderon, founder of Neo Concepts.	Emilio J. Vasquez, president/CEO of Capitolium Group; the Rev. Albert Cutie, a writer and broadcaster; and dentist Karen Sierro.

The Broward County Bar Association and the local B’nai B’rith chapter held a luncheon Aug. 10 at the Tower Club in Fort Lauderdale. Photography by Melanie Bell

Kathy Achille of Kathleen Achille, P.A.; and Broward County Court Judge Robert F. Diaz.	State Rep. Ari Porth; and Holly Krulik of Krupnick Campbell Malone Buser Slama Hancock Liberman & McKee.

Broward Circuit Judge Cynthia Imperato; and Broward County Court Judge Eric Beller.	Danielle Levin, an assistant state attorney general; and Adam Rabinowitz of Broad and Cassel.

Hyram Montero of Montero & Ochoa; Anne Ogden of Bazinsky & Korman; and B’nai B’rith chapter president Todd Stone of Ruden McClosky.	Janet Peralta Ochoa of Montero & Ochoa; and Chris Connally of Bazinsky & Korman.

State Rep. Ari Porth; and Holly Krulik of Krupnick Campbell Malone Buser Slama Hancock Liberman & McKee.	General Magistrate Marina Garcia Wood; Carmen Cuetos of the Law Offices of Carlos A. Velasquez; and Bradford Cohen of Bradford Cohen Law.

The Carnival Center for the Performing Arts Foundation presented Abriendo Puertas, a preview of the Miami complex that is scheduled to open in October, on July 17 at the Mandarin Oriental hotel on Brickell Key. Photography by Jill Kahn

Music producer Emilio Estefan; event co-host Pedro A. Martin, CEO of Terra Group; Judy Drucker, president of the Concert Association of Florida; and Michael C. Hardy, president/CEO of the Carnival Center’s trust.	Sherwood M. ‘Woody’ Weiser of the Carnival Center foundation board and Judy Weiser of the Carnival Center’s trust board.

Rosa Sugrañes, chairman of Iberia Tiles; and Raimundo Onetto, senior vice president of Terra Group.	Albert Milano, executive director of the foundation; and Alberto Ibarguen, president/CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Melissa Chaykin of Melissa Chaykin Consulting; and Edie Laquer of Laquer Corporate Realty.	Nayda Zibilish, the foundation’s grants executive manager; and jazz flutist and saxophonist Bobby Ramirez.