Coral Gables resident Juan Elias Calles, CLU, ChFC, of Union Central Life Insurance Company secured a $5,000 grant recently from the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) Foundation on behalf of the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI), a center of excellence at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

A member of the MDRT for 32 years and an active supporter of the DRI for almost a quarter of a century, Calles nominated and endorsed the application for the grant, which will support a research program at the DRI, the best hope for a cure for Calles’ daughter, Ivette Marie Calles, and for millions of others living with diabetes. Representing the MDRT Foundation, Calles (left) presented the grant to Dr. William J. Rand (right), who serves as chairman of the DRI Foundation’s Florida board of directors and vice chairman of its National board of directors.