Marc A Buoniconti

A long-time philanthropist, champion of spinal cord injury awareness, and University of Miami alumnus, Marc Buoniconti has been named to the UM Board of Trustees. Buoniconti presently serves as the president of The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis, its fundraising arm. His father, UM National Trustee Nicholas A. “Nick” Buoniconti, and Barth Green, professor and chair of neurological surgery, together helped found The Miami Project after Marc sustained a spinal cord injury during a college football game in 1985. He has served as a director in the Gloria Estefan Foundation; Points of Light Foundation; and the National Institute of Health, National Advisory Board of the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, among others. He graduated from UM with a degree in psychology in 1993 and is a member of Iron Arrow, the highest honor bestowed by the University.