Rotary of Coral Gables Mentors
Monday, February 1, 2021
By Elisabetta Bell
Welcome to Rotary of Coral Gables Youth Mentorship Program.

Our Mentors are very excited to have the opportunity to help Mentee's advance in their careers, develop leadership skills, build confidence, manage teams effectiviely and much more.  You can learn more about them below.
 


Kelly Garces

Ms. Garces has over 12 years of experience as an attorney licensed to practice in the State of Florida.  She specializes in the areas of immigration and business transactions.  She prepares immigrant and non-immigrant visa petitions and support documentation and advises companies on corporate formation, structure, shareholder agreements and duel diligence to get the business operational.  She also acts as the closing agent and attorney for her clients' real estate transactions and closings.  Her dedication and commitment as produced superior quality work product that has resulted in an impressive amount of favorable decisions for her clients.  Her clients include galleries, universities, U.S. corporations, multinational corporations, and individuals, such as, investors, executives, students, professionals, artists and athletes, among others. 

Ms. Garces remains active in the community through memberships in various organizations.  She serves as the President of the Rotary Club of Coral Gables for the 2020-2021 year and was the International Service Chair of the Rotary Club of Coral Gables for the 2018-2019 year.  Through her Rotary Club, she has prepared grants for projects to assist underprivileged communities internationally.  She is also a member for the Florida Bar Association, the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the Coral Gables Bar Association. 

Helen Marshall

Helen Marshall is an Associate Member of the Coral Gables Rotary Club. She has been active in the non-profit sector for 15 years. With a passion for the impact philanthropy can have on the community, she has worked for nonprofits addressing education, education reform, and the conservation of Florida’s wildlife and natural resources. She began her career as a case manager for Take Stock in Children working with at-potential youth to achieve their goal of attaining a postsecondary education. She has also worked in fundraising and development with Teach For America, Shake-A-Leg Miami, and most recently with Audubon Florida. She possesses a broad knowledge of sector best practices and fundraising approaches. Areas of expertise include strategic planning, major gifts, board management, donor stewardship, event planning, annual fund development, and community engagement. In her free time Helen enjoys paddleboarding, sailing, freediving, sporting clays, rollerblading, and relaxing on the beach with a good book. Helen lives in Miami with her husband and six fish. She is also a member of the Young Professionals for the Foundation for New Education Initiatives, PR & Marketing Chair for the Junior League of Miami, and is a past-president of the Coral Gables Rotaract Club.

Nicolas Eterovic

Southeast Florida became my new home when I migrated to the U.S. in 1993; I then lived in Atlanta, Phoenix, and Chicago before settling back in Miami, where my family and I have called home for the past 10 years. Knowing how culturally rich and diverse Miami is, I am proud to live in a place where I get to interact with people from all over the world. My personal and professional career boasts some of the same diverse qualities, having previously worked in consulting and financial services for other major financial institutions such as HSBC and Citibank for over 17 years. In addition, I am fluent in Spanish. From a multi-sport upbringing including soccer, golf and tennis, I still enjoy playing many sports. My passion for serving the community, including the boards of organizations such as the Alzheimer's Association, Chamber of Commerce, and Rotary, allows me to meet people that are making a great impact in our community and be a part of them as well. Being passionate about helping others, combined with my interest in investing for the future, I get to enjoy working with persons, families and organizations on a personal level to help them plan their future and that of their loved ones.

Frank Sexton


Francis X. Sexton, Jr. (“Frank”) is originally from White Plains, New York, and has lived in Miami since 1981. He has practiced law since 1974, both in New York and in Miami in the state and federal courts, concentrating in civil litigation. He is also an arbitrator and mediator. Frank has been a Rotarian since 1995 and has treasured the experience.

He has two adult sons, both in their 40s and four grandchildren that range in ages from 7 to 14.

For purposes of this Rotary-oriented biography, Frank says that while he certainly does value his career and financial successes, he finds the most satisfaction in looking back over the many projects upon which he worked for and with his Rotary club. He says it is true that no lawyer looks back on his or her career and says, “gee, I wish I had billed some more hours and spent more hours in the office!” What you tend to look back upon our two things: what kind of a job you did raising your kids and what you did for people not related to you. Rotary has provided Frank a wonderful vehicle for service to other people, and he is grateful for it.

George Reeves

Born in San Diego, CA, graduated from St. Augustine High School, has a BA in International Relations from the University of Southern California and a post graduate degree from the Thunderbird Graduate School of Global Management. Served in the US Naval Reserve from 1956 to 1962.

He began a 60 year career in international banking in 1959 initially with the Chase Manhattan Bank and served in many of the Western Hemisphere locations as Chief Executive of the Chase branches and affiliates, including Venezuela, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Argentina, Peru, Uruguay and all of the Central American countries.  He was board president of the American Community School in Argentina, director of the Fundacion Dominicana de Desarrollo, Panama Bankers Association, and Banco Hipotecario Dominicano as well as President of Bancaracas International Banking Corporation, Puerto Rico.

Based in Miami, he was Board Chairman of Chase Bank International and director of Chase Bank of Florida, headquartered in Tampa.

He retired from Chase in 1988 and became a director and CEO   of Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, Bladex, based in Panama and   founding partner of Latin American Debt Management Association, a financial consulting company, headquartered in Miami.

He served as Director and Audit Committee Chairman of Mercantil Commercebank, Coral Gables, Florida as well as director and Executive Committee member of Banco Mercantil, C.A., Caracas, Venezuela, and Director/Treasurer of VENAMCHAM, Caracas. He was a member of the  Advisory Committee of the Association of Chambers of Commerce in Latin America AACCLA.

While in the Dominican Republic, he was decorated with the order of Duarte, Sanchez y Mella. He is a member of the U.S. Naval Institute, a director of the Broward Council of the   Navy League, the Rotary Club of Coral Gables as well as the Military Affairs Committees of Chamber South and the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and former member of the Riviera Country Club.