Board Members

President

J.R. Steinbauer

J.R. Steinbauer, Jr. is a Commercial Real Estate Vice President of Steinbauer Associates, Inc. in Miami. He is a graduate of Mankato State University in Minnesota with a degree in Finance and Real Estate/Insurance, and a minor in Economics, and is an alumnus of Miami Palmetto Senior High School.

Mr. Steinbauer has served in the Commercial and Industrial Real Estate business since 1983 and has held numerous leadership and committee positions for the City of Doral. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce and the Coral Gables Junior Chamber of Commerce.

His golf-industry involvement includes chairing the South Florida PGA Tour Event (Doral) and serving on the Junior Orange Bowl Committee, where he is the current Tournament Director of the Golf Tournament. He is currently organizing the USA Junior Team for the World Junior Golf Team Championship to be held in Japan.

His professional involvement includes leadership roles and achievement awards in the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), the National Association of Realtors (NAR), Florida Realtors (FR), and the Miami Association of Realtors (MAR). He is married to Jodi and has two children, Erika and Julie.

Treasurer

Jorge Azor

Jorge Azor has been a native of South Florida for over 50 years. Mr. Azor is President/CEO and co-founder of Zuni Transportation Inc. and Eastern Medical Courier (two transportation companies with over 100 employees) in Miami.

A 1983 graduate of Florida State University in Accounting and Finance, Mr. Azor’s other board duties include Vice Chair of the Miami-Dade County Transportation Disadvantaged Commission, Florida State Seminole Boosters Inc., and Board of Governors: Lago Mar Country Club, Plantation, Florida.

Civic contributions, in addition to SFGF, include United Way, Baptist Health Foundation, and the Military Affairs Committee of the Homestead–Florida City Chamber.

Vice President

C. Michael Cornley

Michael Cornley is a practicing trial attorney in Miami, Florida for Hartman & Cornely, P.A. since 1990. He attended Boston College for his undergraduate degree and received his law degree from Nova University Law School.

His work experience includes positions as Assistant State Attorney for the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, Senior Trial Attorney, Felony Chief, and Assistant Chief of Office (1977–1990).

His legal experience includes memberships in the Florida Bar Ethics Committee, Miami-Dade County Bar Association Board of Directors, Miami-Dade County Bar Association Criminal Courts Committee Chairman, and Associate P.B.A. General Counsel of Miami-Dade.

He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the South Florida Golf Foundation; Member of the Board of Directors for the Deering Foundation; Board of Director of the Women’s Breast & Heart Health Awareness of Miami; and is currently serving as Vice-General Chairman of the World Golf Championship of Doral.

He has been married for 38 years to Dr. Helen Z. Cornely, Associate Dean, Florida International University. Three children: Diana, Joseph, and Daniel, all married.

Secretary

Arnold R. Perry

Recently retired as a Lutheran minister, Arnold R. Perry served almost forty years in South Florida. Currently he serves as the Director of the Coral Gables Citizens Crime Watch program.

He is involved in both the church and the community in many different and varied ways, receiving awards and commendations for his volunteer service. He is the volunteer chaplain to both the Coral Gables Police and Fire Departments.

Arnold has volunteered at the PGA tournament at Doral, the PGA Latin America Tour, and the Junior Orange Bowl Committee. He is married and has eleven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Chairman of the Board

John Steinbauer

President of Steinbauer Associates Inc. in Miami, specializing in commercial and industrial real estate services. A graduate of the University of Minnesota with a degree in Journalism, Mr. Steinbauer has been involved with PGA Tour events at the Doral Country Club as a volunteer and served in various leadership capacities.

He has been involved with the SFGF since the mid-1980s. His community activities include being the Past President of the South Florida Touchdown Club Foundation, Minnesota Junior Chamber of Commerce, The Miami Board of Realtors, Secretary General of the Junior Chamber International, and he is a Member of the Knights of Columbus.

Mr. Steinbauer has four children—John Jr., James, Corinne and Cheri Parker—and eight grandchildren. He currently is a member of the Riviera Country Club of Coral Gables and the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR).

Director Emeritus

Jim McLean

Jim is one of the very few teachers to have taught major winners on both the PGA Tour and LPGA Tour, including Cristie Kerr (2), Tom Kite (1), Alexis Thompson (1), and Keegan Bradley (1).

Jim is a member of six Halls of Fame, including the Pacific Northwest Hall of Fame for his record as a player; the MET PGA Hall of Fame; the South Florida PGA Hall of Fame; the Miami Sports Hall of Fame; the Long Island Hall of Fame; and “The World Teachers Hall of Fame.”

Jim has been the Director of Golf at four top private clubs in America: Sunningdale, Quaker Ridge, Tamarisk Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, and Sleepy Hollow Country Club in New York. He was also the Director of Golf at the Doral Resort in Miami, Florida, and now headquarters his golf schools out of The Biltmore Hotel Golf Course. Jim has 10 golf school locations worldwide.

Jim has taught and developed many juniors and amateurs who have won on the professional stage, including Cristie Kerr, who worked with Jim since age 14. Cristie qualified for the LPGA right out of high school and later attained the #1 ranking in the world as a professional, winning 2 majors (the U.S. Open and the LPGA), and becoming the all-time leading money winner of any American.

Jim has authored 14 books and over 25 golf DVDs. He has trained over 100 PGA professionals who are now Directors of Golf or Directors of Instruction at some of the top private clubs in America. His sons, Matt and Jon, played college golf at Wake Forrest and Oklahoma State. Matt is now the Director of Golf at Oakmont and Jon is working at Trump National Doral for the golf school. Jon played professional golf around the world for 8 years.