Shatter the Stigma Fundraiser
More than 150 community leaders attended Shatter the Stigma, an inaugural mental health awareness fundraiser addressing the stigma surrounding mental illness and the lack of resources available for treatment in South Florida. Money raised at the event, which took place at de la Cruz Collection in Miami’s Design District, will support outreach and patient services at the University of Miami Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. The event was hosted by Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz and underwritten by Sherry and Harley Tropin, president of Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton and honorary chair of the event. The speakers at the event, including Dr. Charles Nemeroff, Chair of the University of Miami Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Dr. Pascal J. Goldschmidt, Dean of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and Harley Tropin, explained the need to remove the stigma of mental illness to encourage people to seek help, and addressed the pressing need for funding for research.
Carole Soffer and Jackie Soffer
Dave Barry, Harley Tropin (Co-Chair of Advisory Board) and Sherry Tropin
John Shepard, Donna Bitterman Shepard (Chair of the Shatter the Stigma Event), Dave Barry, Sherry Tropin, Harley Tropin (Co-Chair of the Advisory Board), Dr. Charles B. Nemeroff (Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences), Susan M. Racher (Co-Chair of the Advisory Board), David Racher
Dave Barry, Dr. Pascal Goldschmidt (Dean of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine), Rosa & Carlos de la Cruz
Dr. Charles Nemeroff (Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences), Carlos de La Cruz and Harley Tropin (Co-Chair of Advisory Board)
Robin Levinson, Shareef Malnik and Gabriella Anwar
Shareef Malnik, Carole Soffer and Craig Robbins
Susan M. Racher, Jared Abramson and Dr. Pascal Goldschmidt (Dean of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine)
Sherry Tropin, Detra Shaw-Wilder, Cori Lopez-Castro, Barbra Silverman, Harley Tropin (Co-Chair of Advisory Board)
Sherry Tropin & Harley Tropin (Co-Chair of Advisory Board)
Dr. Pascal Goldschmidt (Dean of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine) and Rosa de La Cruz
Mark West, Betsy West, Susan M. Racher, Viresh Dayal and Anjan Dayal
