FIU experts available to discuss Super Bowl LIV

Super Bowl LIV, the 54th National Football League championship game will take place in Miami on Sunday, February 2, 2020.

FIU experts are available to discuss various topics surrounding the Super Bowl.

Members of the FIU Media Relations team are available to assist in contacting the experts:

• Maydel Santana, assistant vice president: 305-348-1555, santanam@fiu.edu 
• Madeline Baró, director of media relations: 305-348-2234, mbaro@fiu.edu 
• Dianne Fernandez, broadcast media specialist: 305-608-4870, dfernand37@fiu.edu 
• Cynthia Corzo, assistant director of media relations and communications, FIU College of Business: 305-348-1664, ccorzo@fiu.edu  
• Ileana Varela, associate director of marketing and PR, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine: 305-348-4926, ilvarela@fiu.edu 
• Ivonne Yee-Amor, senior account manager of PR and marketing, Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management: 304-919-4816, iamor@fiu.edu  

MARKETING / SOCIAL MEDIA:

Nicolo Alaimo
Co-director, Global Sales Lab, College of Business
Nicolo Alaimo is an expert in business development and growth strategy, sales, marketing. He can speak about the local economic impact, especially small businesses, and outreach to Hispanics. Alaimo is available for interviews in Spanish.
nalaimo@fiu.edu  
305-348-0694

William “Lin” Humphrey
Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing & Logistics, College of Business
William Humphrey is an expert on branding, interactive digital marketing and social media marketing strategy. Humphrey can also speak to the brand impact of social media and online influencers and what brands will make their mark (or not) during the game.
whumphre@fiu.edu  
305-348-3321

Anthony Miyazaki
Chair, Department of Marketing & Logistics, College of Business
Anthony Miyazaki is an expert on e-marketing and global marketing management. His research examines public policy issues surrounding online privacy and how emerging practices impact pricing and other topical issues. Miyazaki can also speak to the impact of political ads during the Super Bowl.
miyazaki@fiu.edu  
305-348-3330

Gustavo Mosquera
Instructor, Department of Marketing & Logistics, College of Business
Gustavo Mosquera specializes in marketing analytics, branding, digital marketing, consumer behavior and business development. He can also speak to the economic impact of the Super Bowl to South Florida. Mosquera’s marketing expertise includes Latin American and U.S. Hispanic markets. Mosquera is available for interviews in Spanish.
gmosquer@fiu.edu  
305-348-5476

HEALTH:

Dr. Aileen Marty
Professor, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Dr. Aileen Marty is an expert in the fields of infectious diseases, public health, mass gatherings and disaster response. She is currently working with Qatar’s Ministry of Health in advance of their 2022 FIFA World Cup. Marty is available for interviews in Spanish.
amarty@fiu.edu 
305-348-0377

HOSPITALITY / EVENT MANAGEMENT:

John Buschman
Professor, Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management
John Buschman is an expert in food rescue and recovery and in corporate social responsibility. He and his students will salvage food from large scale events, including the Super Bowl, and use that food to feed communities in need.
jbuschma@fiu.edu 
305-919-4500

Michael Cheng
Interim Dean, Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management
Michael Cheng is the director of the food and beverage program and is an expert in food safety topics during the Super Bowl.
micheng@fiu.edu  
305-919-4506

Dan Cormany
Professor, Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management
Dan Cormany is an expert in large-scale events and oversees the school’s mega events master’s program. He can speak to the logistics it takes to plan and execute large-scale events. Leading up to the game, Cormany’s students are volunteering at Super Bowl Experience 2020 events.
dcormany@fiu.edu  
305-919-5703

Mike Hampton
Professor, Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management
Mike Hampton is an expert in hotel operations, customer service and hospitality leadership. He can speak on hotel operations, hotel pricing and general operations during the Super Bowl.
Mike.hampton@fiu.edu  
305-919-4018

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT:

Amy B. Aiken
Assistant Vice President, FIU Operations and Safety
Amy B. Aiken has over 20 years of emergency management experience at the county, municipal and academic level. She has been FIU's director of emergency management since 2011. Aiken is also an adjunct professor for the Academy for Disaster Preparedness at FIU.
abaiken@fiu.edu 
305-348-6975

HUMAN TRAFFICKING:

Sandy Skelaney
Faculty Administrator, Center for Women's and Gender Studies
Sandy Skelaney is a nationally recognized anti-trafficking expert whose expertise is in creating comprehensive multi-disciplinary systems to support and assist survivors of human trafficking and addressing the root causes of grave social problems through policy change. She organized victim outreach efforts for the last two Super Bowls hosted in Miami and can provide insight into what it looks like when there is an upswing in human trafficking during the event. 
sskelane@fiu.edu 
305-348-4927