We are filled with pride at the news that Trustee Marcelo Claure has been tapped to lead one of the nation’s leading companies.

Kansas City-based Sprint Corporation announced that its Board of Directors named Marcelo Claure as the company’s next President and Chief Executive Officer, effective August 11.  Claure, 43, joined the Sprint Board of Directors in January and is the Founder and CEO of Brightstar Corp., a subsidiary of SoftBank Corp.

“Kansas City is getting one of Miami’s greatest assets,” said Board of Trustees Chairman Albert Maury. “Marcelo Claure is a visionary, a great leader and a very astute business man.”

Please join Chairman Maury and President Mark B. Rosenberg in congratulating Trustee Claure and wishing him great success.