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The 2009 Donor Next Door Luncheon was held May 8th at the Hilton Miami Downtown Hotel. At the luncheon, Mrs. Barbara Mautner was a table honoree. Her table was sponsored by the firms Ruden McClosky and Citi Smith Barney.

In December 2008, Mrs. Mautner's foundation committed more than $2.36 million to establish the Erwin and Barbara Mautner Chair in Community Well-Being and provide funding to benefit other projects at the University of Miami school of education. This donation will support the work of Dean Isaac Prilleltensky and his efforts to integrate all of the crucial components of well-being to help communities thrive.

The endowed position funded by the Erwin and Barbara Mautner Charitable Foundation, Inc., will support the dean's mission to promote well-being in families, schools, and communities. It will also help to transform the School of Education into an international center of excellence for the promotion of educational, psychlogocial, and physical well-being in multicultural communities. Through its leadership in this area, the school is poised to make a difference in levels of well-being in Miami, the nation, and the world.

This is the first endowed chair in the 82-year history of the School of Education.

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Pictures from the luncheon:

	Pictured (left to right): Len Geronemus, CPA Director,Erwin & Barbara Mautner Foundation Dean Isaac Prilleltensky, University of Miami School of Education Mrs. Barbara Mautner Kristen Lynch (Ruden McClosky),Director,Erwin & Barbara Mautner Foundation
	Pictured (left to right): Dean Isaac Prilleltensky, University of Miami, School of Education Herman Bruckner, Financial Advisor, Citi Smith Barney Jim Benedek, Trust Officer, Citigroup Trust Mrs. Barbara Mautner Roxanne Cain, Financial Planning Associate, Citi Smith Barney
	Pictured (left to right): Dr. Marilyn Neff, Associate Dean of Planning, Communications, and External Relations, University of Miami School of Education Herman Bruckner, Financial Advisor, Citi Smith Barney Len Geronemus, CPA, Director, Erwin & Barbara Mautner Foundation Dean Isaac Prilleltensky< University of Miami school of Education Mrs. Barbara Mautner Kristen Lynch (Ruden McClosky), Director, Erwin & Barbara Mautner Foundation Roxanne Cain, Financial Planning Associate, Citi Smith Barney Marsha Talianoff, Assistant Dean of Development, University of Miami School of Education
	Pictured (left to right): Dean Isaac Prilleltensky, University of Miami School of Education Mrs. Barbara Mautner
	Pictured (left to right): Dean Isaac Prilleltensky, University of Miami School of Education Ms. Doreen Klima Mrs. Barbara Mautner Kristen Lynch (Ruden McClosky), Director,Erwin & Barbara Mautner Foundation