Chair

Serving for a one-year term, the Chair of the Board holds the top leadership position in the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and leads the Board Officers, joining a long line of South Florida leaders who for over a century have built the community and many of the institutions of today.

 

Amy Furness

Amy Furness 
Chair, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce 

Managing Shareholder 
Carlton Fields 

Amy Furness is a trial lawyer who has dedicated her career to defending diverse clients, including both domestic and foreign corporations, in complex civil litigation, particularly product liability and commercial litigation. She defends product manufacturers in all forms of cases in the pharmaceutical, aviation, chemical, tobacco, and consumer product industries. In addition to her extensive pharmaceutical and medical device litigation defense experience, she has defended manufacturers of cigarettes, yacht engines, automobile and aircraft engines, and propane tanks. Amy has served as national coordinating counsel on numerous mass tort matters, including a significant litigation for a pharmaceutical company involving nearly 14,000 plaintiffs, with over 10,000 cases pending in federal courts and nearly 4,000 cases pending in state courts. She also has served as regional counsel on a variety of complex civil matters. Amy is a frequent lecturer on product liability and professional liability matters. Prior to joining Carlton Fields, Amy served as in-house counsel with the environmental claims division of a national insurance company. That experience offered her unique insight into the corporate demands of an in-house legal department, and she remains mindful of the needs and pressures clients face daily. Before entering law school, Amy was a research engineer. Her scientific education and technical experience informs her law practice today.  

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Past Chairs

Roberto Muñoz
2022 - 2023
Rick Beasley
2021 - 2022
Irene R. White
2020 - 2021
Felipe Basulto
2019 - 2020
Carlos F. Orta
2018 - 2019
Gene Schaefer
2017 - 2018
Dr. Mark B. Rosenberg
2016 - 2017
Christine Barney
2015 - 2016
Antonio L. Argiz
2014 - 2015
Alberto Dosal
2013 - 2014
Phillis Oeters
2012 - 2013
Penny Shaffer
2011 - 2012
Maria C. Alonso
2010 - 2011
Bruce Jay Colan
2009 - 2010
Carlos Fernandez-Guzman
2008 - 2009
Hank Klein
2007 - 2008
Adolfo Henriques
2006 - 2007
Rosa Sugrañes
2005 - 2006
Allen C. Harper
2004 - 2005
Peter W. Roulhac
2003 - 2004
Jack Lowell
2002 - 2003
Ramiro A. Ortiz
2001 - 2002
Philip F. Blumberg
2000 - 2001
Jose Cancela
1999 - 2000
Jay T. Malina
1998 - 1999
Barry E. Johnson
1997 - 1998
Carlos Migoya
1996 - 1997
Robert H. Coords
1995 - 1996
Susan Potter Norton
1994 - 1995
Joseph P. Lacher
1993 - 1994
Carlos J. Arboleya
1992 - 1993
Robert H. Traurig
1991 - 1992
Sherrill W. Hudson
1990 - 1991
Armando Codina
1989 - 1990
Theodore J. Hoepner
1988 - 1989
Dorothy Weaver
1987 - 1988
Larry H. Adams
1986 - 1987
Martin Fine
1985 - 1986
Stewart P. Thomas
1984 - 1985
David A. Wollard
1983 - 1984
William S. Ruben
1982 - 1983
Walter L. Revell
1981 - 1982
Herschel V. Green
1980 - 1981
R. Ray Goode
1979 - 1980
Stephen J. Waters, Jr.
1978 - 1979
Jeanne Bellamy
1977 - 1978
Bill Colson
1976 - 1977
James M. Brown
1975 - 1976
Sidney Levin
1974 - 1975
J. Stephen Hudson
1973 - 1974
Charles I. Babcock, Jr.
1972 - 1973
David Blumberg
1971 - 1972
Frank J. Callahan
1970 - 1971
John R. Ring
1969 - 1970
Alvah H. Chapman, Jr.
1968 - 1969

Top Investors

Baptist Health South Florida
CareerSource South Florida
Carlton Fields
fiserv.
Florida Power & Light
TD Bank
UHealth
University of Miami
Wells Fargo