Editors & Historical Consults

Simone Chin, Historic Preservation Administrator
Coral Gables Historical Resources Department
Project role – Editor/Historical Consult

Dave Lawrence, President
The Early Childhood Initiative Foundation
Project role – Editor

Becky Smith, Head of Special Collections
History Miami
Project role – Editor/Historical Consult

Dona Spain, Assistant City Manager
City of Coral Gables
Project role – Editor/Historical Consult

Sarah Nesbitt Artecona, Assistant Vice President
University of Miami
Project role – Historical Consult

Kendell Turner
Project role – Project Team Member, Author/Historical Consult

Authors

Willa J Collins, Assistant Professor of Musicology
University of Miami
Project role – Author

Les Standiford, Director of Creative Writing
Florida International University
Project role – Author

Becky Roper Matkov, Executive Director
Dade Heritage Trust
Project role – Author

Dorothy Jenkins Fields, Historian, and founder of the Black Archives
History and Research Foundation of South Florida
Project role – Author

Kathleen Kauffman, Historic Preservation Chief
Miami-Dade County
Project role – Author

Don Slesnick, Mayor
City of Coral Gables
Project role – Author

Interviewers

Alex Lichtenstein, Associate Professor of History
Florida International University
Project role – Interviewer

William Hoeveler, Federal Judge
U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Project role – Interviewer

Leona Cooper, Retired Microbiologist
Project role – Interviewer

Other roles

Walter Foeman, City Clerk
City of Coral Gables
Project role – Project Coordinator

Jamie Rogers, Assistant Director of Digital Collections
Florida International University
Project role – Project Manager, Web Design/Development

Ed Williams
Project role – Narrator

Althea Silvera, Head of Special Collections
Florida International University
Project role – Consult