 
SOUTH FLORIDA 2008
Roy and Cal Kovens Conference Center
Florida International Univsersity
at Biscayne Bay Campus, Miami, FL 33181
Arthel Neville
Co-host of GOOD DAY LIVE. Senior Correspondent, 'Current Affair'.
Arthel Neville (born 20 October 1962 in New Orleans, Louisiana), is an American journalist and television personality. She began her career while a junior at the University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism. As the first black female reporter at KVUE-TV, her general assignment beat took her to the streets of Austin covering live breaking news, politics, education, health and human-interest stories. Arthel also spent several years at KHOU in Houston and WVUE and WWL in New Orleans as an anchor and reporter. Later, she worked at Fox News Channel as an anchor,correspondent, and weekly contributor on The O'Reilly Factor, as a senior correspondent on the Fox Network's syndicated news magazine Fox Files, and at CNN, where she hosted "Talk Back Live With Arthel Neville" (becoming the first African-American woman to host her own show on the network), and anchored morning, daytime, and weekend news from CNN's Atlanta and New York City bureaus.
Arthel's experience extends outside of hard news into the world of entertainment and celebrities. She hosted and co-produced the one-on-one celebrity interview show Extreme Closeup on E! Entertainment Television. She launched Extra for Warner Brothers studios, becoming the first African-American female to host a nationally syndicated entertainment news magazine program. In 1993, Arthel co-hosted the Miss Teen USA pageant with Dick Clark, and in 1994, she co-hosted the Miss Universe pageant in Manila, Philippines with Entertainment Tonight's Bob Goen. She has also appeared on Monk (TV Series), Girlfriends, Moesha, Cybill, Living Single, and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
Arthel later co-hosted Good Day Live with Steve Edwards and Debbie Matenopoulos, hosted Celebrity Hobbies on the DIY Network, and served as a correspondent for the revival of the syndicated news magazine A Current Affair in 2005. On that show, she garnered much acclaim for her coverage of Hurricane Katrina in her hometown of New Orleans. She herself lost her family home and all of her relatives were displaced. She subsequently established "Arthel's Angels," a non-profit hurricane relief website. In March 2006, she joined the Fox News-produced syndicated news magazine Geraldo at Large as the West-Coast bureau chief and correspondent. She co-hosted The View (November 2-3, 2006) and has been speculated to be a front-runner to fill the chair once occupied by Star Jones Reynolds.
Chef John Wright
There are two things that make Chef John Wright uniquely qualified to help people with diabetes eat better. His love of gourmet cooking and the fact that he's had "Type One" diabetes since age thirteen. “Just because you have diabetes doesn't mean you have to sacrifice flavor for nutrition", John says, "In New Orleans, flavor is what it’s all about." And he should know. A native New Orleanian, Wright holds a degree in the culinary arts from Delgado College and has worked at some of the best restaurants in town including Emeril's, Bella Luna and Smith & Wollenski's. His practical, home style approach to gourmet cooking with just the right amount of nutritional information and easy instruction thrown in is helping people with diabetes live a fuller life. "Having diabetes, I understand how hard it can be", says John, adding, "I just want to get the message out that you can eat right and still enjoy a very good meal."
Aida Romaine
The Superstar of The Salad Bar
Max Szadek, Master of Ceremonies
Max Szadek is the founder and executive director of DIVABETIC.
Directions to Roz and Cal Kovens Conference Center
at Florida International University, Biscayne Bay Campus
3000 N.E. 151st Street, Miami, Florida 33181
From South:
- Take I-95 North to N.W. 135rd Street, Opa-Locka Blvd. (Exit 10B).
- Take 135rd Street East to Biscayne Blvd. (US 1).
- Turn left on Biscayne Blvd. to NE 151st Street.
- Turn right at NE 151st Street and follow the signs to Kovens Conference Center (approx. 1.5 miles)
From North (including Ft. Lauderdale International Airport):
(Please note that "Biscayne Blvd."" is US 1 in Miami. In Broward County US 1 is known as "Federal Highway").
- Take I-95 South to Ives Dairy Rd (Exit 16).
- Take Ives Dairy Rd East to Biscayne Blvd.
- Take Biscayne Blvd. South to NE 151st Street.
- Turn left at NE 151st Street and follow the signs to the Kovens Conference Center (approx. 1.5 miles)
From Miami International Airport:
- Follow signs to I-95 North or Ft. Lauderdale.
- Follow Directions ?From South? Listed Above
From the West (Palmetton Expressway, Turnpike, or Golden Glades Interchange):
- Follow Route 826 eastbound following signs "to Beaches" (this becomes NE 163rd Street).
- Turn right on Biscayne Blvd. (US 1).
- Take Biscayne Blvd. South to NE 151st Street.
- Turn left at NE 151st Street and follow the signs to the Kovens Conference Center (approx. 1.5 miles)
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