Elsie Sterling Howard, Chair

Elsie Sterling Howard is the current Chair of the VCA. She also serves on the Board of the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau and on the University of Miami/Sylvester Board of Governors.   She served as a member of the Board of Deutsche Bank, Florida, N.A. and has served as a board member and endowment co-chair for the United Way of Miami-Dade County;  Switchboard of Miami, Council for Educational Change and is the past chair of the Citizens Commemorative Coin Committee for the United States Mint and was both a former Trustee and Alumni Society President of the University of Pennsylvania.

In 2009 Ms. Howard was recognized by the Miami Project as a "Woman of Substance & Style”. In 2003 she received both the National Volunteer of the Year/Stewart Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and the Red Cross Spectrum Award for volunteer leadership. She also received the Halperin Award from the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center in November 2004. Ms. Howard is married to attorney Gene Howard, is the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of five. Ms. Howard previously served as the VCA Chairperson from 1999 to 2004. 

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