Leadership Team

General Manager
Brad Tucker joined Gold Coast Schools in 2022 and is currently the General Manager. Brad brings an extensive background in Education Technology, Assessment and Certification, Read More...

Business Development Director
Britt has lived in Florida since 1993 and is a graduate of the University of Central Florida with over 15 years of experience in sales, Read More...

Construction Program Director
Chris Clausing is a Certified General Contractor in the State of Florida with over 20 years’ experience in the Construction and Inspection industry. As a Read More...

MLO Program Director
Dan joined Gold Coast Schools in 1993 and brings with him extensive experience in the mortgage industry including, but not limited to, areas of property Read More...

Spanish Real Estate Program Director
Jose A. Velasquez joined Gold Coast Schools in 2004 and is currently the Spanish Real Estate Program Director. He also teaches the Sales Associate Pre-license, Read More...

Financial Services Insurance Director
Kevin R. Milner is the Financial Services Insurance Program Director. He is licensed in multiple jurisdictions as a producer and insurance instructor. He holds several Read More...

CAM Program Director
Patricia Rogers was appointed the Director of Community Association Management Education for Gold Coast Professional Schools (GCPS) in 2006, after two years as an instructor. Read More...

Real Estate Program Director
Wayne joined Gold Coast Schools in 2006 and is a highly experienced real estate professional with years spent working in the industry. He holds Read More...
Real Estate Instructors

Spanish Real Estate Instructor
Abraham Valencia has been working in adult education since 1994. He started teaching Real Estate in 2004 and joined Gold Coast’s team of Spanish instructors in Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
HND, Ealing College, University of London State Certified Residential Appraiser AQB Certified National USPAP Instructor Licensed Real Estate Sales Associate

Real Estate Instructor
Adam Narkier is a real estate instructor who joined Gold Coast in 2015 teaching the 63-hour Sales Associate Pre-license and 14-hour Continuing Education courses. He Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Alan’s entire successful career has been in the real estate and mortgage industry. He was the National Sales Director of The Nehemiah Program, a 501(c)3 Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Allesandro started teaching at Gold Coast in 2016 and has been a Real estate professional since 1994. He has sold and invested in properties on Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Alexander is currently a Real Estate Instructor at Gold Coast Schools and teaches: Pre-License, Post-License, Continuing Education courses. Alexander graduated from Florida Atlantic University with Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Barb Stone is a Residential Broker Associate and Compliance Coordinator with Keller Williams Heritage Real Estate, LLC. Licensed since 2007 she mentors and coaches agents Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Carlos A Suarez is a second generation Real Estate Agent who first came into the business as an assistant to one of Florida’s largest brokerages Read More...

Spanish Real Estate Instructor
Carmen is an excellent real estate instructor who is passionate about helping each and every student that attends her Spanish Sales Associate Pre-license and CRAM Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Cindy has been an instructor for over 35 years. She was recently awarded the Emeritus Status by the National Association of Realtors for her over Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Cece Campbell transitioned to Real Estate from the Financial Industry in 2012 joining Gold Coast in 2019. Cece has been in the business world for Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
CRB, CRS, CIPS, GRI, ABR, AHWD, MRP, PSA, GKC Rowen College of Burlington County Licensed Real Estate Broker Broker/Owner, Legends Realty Director, Florida Realtors Director, Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Since joining the Gold Coast team of instructors in 1995, Dan Coco has helped thousands of students obtain their real estate sales associate license. Dan Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Ed Wachuku joined Gold Coast in July, 2017. As a life-long learner and an ardent advocate of continued education, he holds several local, national and Read More...

Spanish Real Estate Instructor
Eduardo joined Gold Coast in 2005 teaching real estate FREC 1, the CRAM review course, and the real estate post-license course. He has taught more Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Frances joined Gold Coast Schools in 1999 and teaches virtually every real estate course that Gold Coast has to offer including the Sales Associate Pre-license Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Fred DeFalco Jr has extensive experience with customer relations in buying and selling real estate, property management in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment, experience as a Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Gilberto started as an instructor with Gold Coast Schools in March of 2019. He brings over 20 years of real estate sales and leasing experience Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Brevard Community College Licensed Real Estate Broker MLO Instructor

Real Estate Instructor
Jack began teaching at Gold Coast in 1998 and is passionate and experienced in teaching all of our real estate courses. He holds a real Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
AA, St. Petersburg College BA, Florida State University Licensed Real Estate Broker

Real Estate Instructor
Jorge is a seasoned Loan Officer and Real Estate Broker who has been in the Real Estate Industry and the Education sphere for over 20 Read More...

Spanish Real Estate Instructor
Jose Miguel Arreaza joined Gold Coast Schools in 2012 and serves as a real estate instructor who teaches the Spanish 45-hour Post-license course. He holds Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
With over 15 years in real estate, Jose has worked as a sales associate, owner-manager of a brokerage of 90+ agents, and as a real Read More...

Spanish Real Estate Instructor
Juan Carlos Velasquez is an excellent real estate instructor who joined Gold Coast in 2014 and teaches the FREC 1 Sales Associate Pre-license course. He Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Keith teaches the 1-week Sales Associate Pre-license course and is well known as an excellent instructor for helping students pass both the course and state Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Larry Singh has 15 years experience in the real estate industry in roles varying from real estate agent, broker, and appraiser within South Florida. Currently Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Lisa Viscaino started as an instructor for Gold Coast in September 2018. Lisa has been proud to share her vast knowledge and experience with our Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Ignacio joined Gold Coast Schools in 2016 and is an exceptional real estate instructor teaching the sales associate and broker pre-license and post-license as well Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
ABR, AHWD, CRS, CSP, GRI, SRES® , TRC Licensed Real Estate Broker Licensed Community Association Manager

Real Estate Instructor
Marlene Montenegro began her real estate career more than 15 years ago. Her career path led to roles as Designated REALTOR® and Managing Broker where Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Marylin joined Gold Coast Schools in 2012 and is an exceptional real estate instructor teaching the sales associate and broker pre-license and post-license as well Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Melodee has been working at Gold Coast Schools since 1992 and is a real estate instructor at the Boca campus. She teaches the sales associate Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Raquel is an accomplished, multiple award winning, and financially astute executive. She has domestic experience in operations, P&L oversight, and marketing involving both start-up and Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Ray Clemente is a Real Estate instructor who joined Gold Coast in 2016 and brings extensive experience in many professional licensing industries including Real Estate, Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Rick has been a Real Estate Broker for more than 25 years. During this time, he has sold more than 1,500 homes and managed over Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Shari Carpenter has 30 years of diverse experiences handling complex administrative activities through the field of Real Estate, REO sales, Short Sales, Recruiting, Advancement, and Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Shelia Goodrum first began a real estate career in 1995 and the began teaching with Gold Coast Schools in 2019. Shelia is a US Navy Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Steve is a licensed real estate broker and instructor who has been in the real estate business since 1981. He began teaching Gold Coast’s sales Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Terry joined Gold Coast in 2002 and is a highly experienced real estate instructors. He teaches the following courses: Sales Associate Pre-Licensing Sales Associates Post Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
Tom joined Gold Coast in 2005 and is an excellent teacher for the broker pre-license, broker post-license, sales associate post-license, continuing education, and the CRAM Read More...

Real Estate Instructor
BS/BA University of Central Florida Licensed Real Estate Broker Associate

Real Estate Instructor
BS, Florida Memorial University MBA, St. Thomas University Academic Advisor, Keiser University Fort Pierce Area Council Member Licensed Real Estate Broker

Real Estate Instructor
BS, University of Miami Owner/Broker, Ocean Real Estate Group, LLC (FL and SC)

Real Estate Instructor
Walt has been an Instructor at Gold Coast Schools since 1998. He teaches the real estate sales associate pre-license course and the CRAM review which Read More...
Insurance Instructors

Insurance Instructor
Alan has been in the financial services industry since 1997. He is a fully licensed 2-15 life, health and variable annuity agent as well as Read More...

Insurance Instructor
Bob Halverson is an excellent Property and Casualty and Surplus Lines insurance instructor, and has been with Gold Coast since 2011. Prior to obtaining his Read More...

Insurance Instructor
Bob Lederman joined Gold Coast in 2017 with 20 years of experience in the insurance industry, including six years teaching pre-licensing and continuing education courses. Read More...

Insurance Instructor
Carlos Celta’s tenure in sales began in 2003. Since that time, he has mastered a skill-set of serving and education people. In 2012, Carlos, along Read More...

Insurance Instructor
Debora Willis joined the Gold Coast team in 2015 as a Property and Casualty Insurance Instructor at the Doral Campus. She is a Certified Insurance Read More...

Insurance Instructor
Evan has been a licensed insurance agent for over 20 years. He enjoys building new relationships with clients and always makes sure to provide them Read More...

Insurance Instructor
Ismary Cardoso is a Business Management graduate from Western Governor’s University, and is currently working on finishing her MBA from the same school. She also Read More...

Insurance Instructor
Jerry started his insurance career in 1980 by being a life and health agent. He took his 2-20 course at Gold Coast and passed on Read More...

Insurance Instructor
Jessy teaches insurance licensing courses and is passionate about helping students obtain the license they need to start new careers. When not working, Jessy enjoys Read More...

Insurance Instructor
Kevin is currently teaching pre-licensing and continuing education classes for life, health and annuity. Kevin earned his BS in Biology from SUNY Fredonia, an MBA Read More...

Insurance Instructor
Lynn joined the life and annuity, and accident and health teaching staff in 2014 and brings more than 30 years of insurance, stocks, bonds, and Read More...

Insurance Instructor
Mike is a highly experienced insurance instructor who teaches the Surplus Lines Pre-licensing course at Gold Coast Schools. He has more than 40 years of Read More...

Insurance Instructor
Randy Gordon started teaching insurance courses at Gold Coast in 2017 and currently teaches the continuing education and pre-licensing for Property and Casually agents. He Read More...

Insurance Instructor
Shawna holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Business Economics from Florida A & M University. She started her career in finance with Miami-Dade County Read More...
CAM Instructors

CAM Instructor
Augusto joined Gold Coast Schools in 2009 as a CAM instructor teaching the CAM Pre-license course, CRAM course, and Continuing Education courses. He holds a Read More...

CAM Instructor
Laura brings a wealth of knowledge and skills to Gold Coast in 2015. She received her community association manager license in 2001, and has CAM Read More...

CAM Instructor
Paul joined Gold Coast Schools in 2015 and is the Assistant to Director of CAM Education. He teaches and writes CAM continuing education and pre-license Read More...

CAM Instructor
Ricardo (Rick) Russi received his CAM license in 1995. He also holds a license as a real estate broker, and recently received his license as Read More...
Construction Instructors

Construction Instructor
Ali has been in construction since 2005 and is currenlty the Vice President of Stone Concept Miami Inc. He has his Certified General Contractor License, Read More...

Construction Instructor
Charles Stanley has worked for more than thirty years in the mechanical/electrical/plumbing trades. He received his Mechanical and Plumbing contractors licenses from the State of Read More...

Chris Clausing is a Certified General Contractor in the State of Florida with over 20 years’ experience in the Construction and Inspection industry. As a Read More...

Construction Instructor
Daniel “Dan” Villa, AIA is a registered architect. He has been drafting since 1994 and he loves helping people find better ways to do what Read More...

Construction Instructor
David joined Gold Coast in 2005 and is an Air Conditioning and Mechanical instructor with over 17 years of classroom experience preparing students for the Read More...

David Sawyer has over 10 years of experience as an Instructor and Trainer in the field of Construction Management and Real Estate. He has a Read More...

Construction Instructor
Dawn is an Instructor for Gold Coast and teaches the General Contractor cram classes to aid students in their preparation for their state licensing tests. Read More...

Construction Instructor
Dominick Scarfo is a licensed Florida Architect and Licensed Florida General Contractor. He has been in the Architectural Profession since 1958 and studied at the Read More...

Construction Instructor
Gilberto Fernandez is a Certified Building Contractor since 1976, a Certified Roofing Contractor since 2005, and a Certified Home Inspector since 2010. He received his Read More...

Hans Pinto, originally from Santiago de Chile, has been in construction since 2005, working until 2016 with electrical companies doing things such as replacing old Read More...

Construction Instructor
Jeff Shanley, a South Florida native, began his career at Miami-Dade College following the curriculum toward becoming a mechanical contractor in 1980. Jeff’s primary background Read More...

Construction Instructor
Mr. Joseph C. Rebuck is a state Certified General Contractor since 2003, Joe first joined the Gold Coast team as a part time instructor in Read More...

Construction Instructor
Jorge Urrutia has been an instructor at Gold Coast Schools since 1995. He is an instructor for Home Inspection, Wind Mitigation and Continuing Education. He Read More...

Construction Instructor
Luis Bentancor joined Gold Coast in 2016 and teaches the General Contractor exam prep courses that help students who are preparing for the state contractor Read More...

Miguel graduated from Dade County Junior College with a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering Technology in 1969. He started in roadway and bridge construction from Read More...

Construction Instructor
Miguel is an experienced Building Code Professional, General, and Roofing Contractor with a demonstrated history of working in the construction and public administration industries. He Read More...

Orlando Cuello is a Construction professional with over 30 years of experience managing private and public construction projects. He graduated from Universidad Piloto in Bogota, Read More...

Senior Home Inspection Instructor IFREC Home Inspection Series Author Florida Home Inspector License HI 1354 Redesign Architectural Services, Owner WHS Home Inspections,Owner IRIS Certified Residential Read More...