Aida Levitan

Descripción del Profesional del arte

Aida Levitan es doctora en Letras de la Universidad de Emory en Atlanta y reconocida empresaria del sector de la publicidad, relaciones públicas y ventas, siendo una de las publicistas más destacadas de Miami, gracias a su Levitan Group. Levitan es fundadora de ArtesMiami, fundación de arte sin fines de lucro, presidenta de la Junta Directiva del US Century Bank, y presidenta del grupo de Amigos de la Cuban Heritage Collection, que es la colección del legado cubano en la Universidad de Miami. También forma parte de las juntas del National Smithsonian Latino Center, Friends of the National Museum of American Latino, Perez Art Museum Miami y el Spanish Cultural Center. Levitan anteriormente presidió el Consejo Nacional Latino de Aetna y se desempeñó en el Comité Nacional del American Latino Commission designado por el Presidente y el Congreso. En 2017, el Interamerican Institute for Democracy le otorgó el Premio Henri Dunant, por su gran implicación en las mejores iniciativas y causas sociales de Miami. Esta casada con el arquitecto argentino Fernando Petit, desde 2015. (ENG) Aida T. Levitan, Ph.D. is nationally recognized for her contributions to the Hispanic advertising and public relations industry as well as for her cultural philanthropy. After leading the number one Hispanic advertising agency in the U.S., she created The Levitan Group, Inc., a consulting firm, and founded the 501(c)3 organization, ArtesMiami, Inc. Among the major brands for which she developed strategic marketing communications campaigns between 1986 and 2005 were: Nestlé, Coca-Cola USA, Coors, BellSouth, The Florida Lottery, Chivas Regal, Absolut Vodka and TJX Companies. Her cultural philanthropic activities include her pro bono work to produce the 1992-93 Andy Garcia-Cachao Concert Series, for which her agency won the PRSA Multicultural Excellence Award. Other major projects include: the 1997 Fair of Spain (attended by 40,000 consumers in 1997), the Fair of Seville in Miami (attended by 10,000 consumers in 1994 and 1995), and the ArtesMiami Lydia Cabrera Award events. Dr. Levitan funds a variety of cultural activities, museums, and organizations through ArtesMiami, which also publishes the works of South Florida poets. She is on the boards of the Smithsonian Latino Center, the University of Miami Cuban Heritage Collection and the Spanish Cultural Center. In addition, she is a Trustee Emerita of the Perez Art Museum Miami and is on the board of U.S. Century Bank.