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Rachel Sapoznik

Rachel Sapoznik is the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sapoznik Insurance & Associates, Inc, an Employee Benefits Solutions Agency based in North Miami Beach, Florida. Serving as South Florida’s leading woman Healthcare Reform expert, Rachel Sapoznik has lent her experience navigating the waters of the healthcare system negotiating the best possible wellness plans for her agency’s clients.

Despite being one of the youngest leading women business-owners in Florida, Rachel Sapoznik has surpassed the achievements of her competitors, having been awarded over 100 accolades and honors, speaking to her professional and philanthropic accomplishmen ts alike. Elected Business Leader Magazine’s “Woman Extraordinaire” both in 2008 and 2010 and featured in countless editorials, Rachel has become the face of the changing climate of Healthcare. In 2009 alone, Rachel Sapoznik was elected the “Ultimate CEO of the Year” by the South Florida Business Journal, as well as being recognized as the President & CEO of one of the “Top 100 Minority Businesses” by the Chamber of Commerce.

Additionally, Sapoznik Insurance & Associates, Inc. has been recognized by the South Florida Business Journal as the 8th largest Insurance Agency in South Florida, as well as the 10th largest Woman-owned Business in South Florida. Together with her team of 60 employees, Rachel Sapoznik has generated more than $209,000,000 in gross Premium Revenue in 2009, and saved hundreds of clients millions of dollars by applying her business expertise to matching her clients with the plans that are right for them. Rachel Sapoznik’s commitment to providing health solutions to clients and educating the public about wellness is met by her commitment to service her community. One of the leading female philanthropists in South Florida, Rachel Sapoznik has donated both physically and financially to an extensive number of charitable causes, and has encouraged others to do the same. Rachel Sapoznik continues to be a patron of various charitable causes spanning across education, arts, and most notably, religion. Rachel’s passion toward Jewish education is unparalleled. In addition to actively serving on the Board of Directors and Panels of the Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Council, and the Executive Board of Governors for Hillel Community Day School, Rachel has raised over $650,000 and established a scholarship fund benefitting public school students who wish to participate in The March of the Living - an international educational program bringing teens from around the world together to learn about and pay tribute to the millions lost during the Holocaust.

Recently she created the Sapoznik Family Foundation. She organized item and monetary donation relief drives in her community and matching monetary in-agency donations for Haitian Relief Efforts. Rachel’s next project is the creation of “The Campus.”