In his younger years, a significant amount of Robert V. Glaser free time was spent at the Maplewood Family YMCA in Rochester, New York. It was here where he would be taught a number of important life skills and values, including the value of giving back and being a team player. Fast forward several years, and Glaser would eventually set up The Mary Louise Bates Scholarship Program in honor of his mother which offers monetary assistance to youth that would like to attend this YMCA that Robert holds in such high regard. Since 1916, Maplewood Family YMCA has remained a… Read More

The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce aims to assist its many members with growing, improving, and protecting their business. It seeks to create an optimum environment for businesses while also focusing on South Florida’s economic vitality via education and advocating solutions centered around the business needs of its members. Founded in the early 1900s and then known as Miami Board of Trade, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce has evolved tremendously and is now comprised of nearly 500,000 member company employees. To this day, it is revered for its strong legacy of leadership when it comes to economic development and a… Read More

The private St. Thomas University is a Catholic institution located in Miami, Florida. The university currently offers more than thirty different undergraduate majors, five doctoral programs, over twenty graduate majors, as well as a professional law program. St. Thomas University’s origins lie in none other than Havana, Cuba during the late 1940s. Back then, it went by the name of Universidad Católica de Santo Tomás de Villanueva, sharing its name with Saint Thomas of Villanova. Born Tomás García y Martínez, he was a Spanish friar who went on to become a noted preacher and religious writer. In 1961, the Castro… Read More