by Lou Hernández
At an age when most people are content with nestling into the golden years of retirement, Jorge Maduro is actively pursuing and promoting a new “health and wellness” lifestyle on a business platform designed to reach many of his contemporary seniors. Maduro, 74, partners with primary care physicians, healthcare organizations, employers, churches, temples, synagogues and government entities to inspire, educate and support Medicare beneficiaries and their families toward living a balanced lifestyle.
“My understanding of a balance lifestyle is to be physically fit, mentally strong, spiritually connected, socially active and financially stable,” said Jorge, outlining his mission.
Maduro, the son of famed Cuban baseball empresario, Bobby Maduro, and member of the University of Miami’s Sports Hall of Fame, is even planning to incorporate his baseball background into a “Cradle to Grave” health-inspired project. “It’s a unique and special program, including a Pre-birth (of a child) workshop,” divulged Maduro. “Another from 3-5 years of age, using Tee-ball. Other programs follow, according to age, up to collegiate level. All the workshops incorporate clinical instruction.” Thanks to Jorge’s life-long connections, he expects that former professional big leaguers will certainly be involved as an added treat and incentive for youngsters and their parents.
While he may no longer be able to fully practice what he preaches on a sports level, Maduro is a shining example to the current business he represents. “I’ve known Jorge for more than 20 years,” revealed Ralph Gazitúa, one of the founders of WTDC, a well-known Miami logistics company. “We’re the same age, and he asked me to be his spiritual mentor several years ago. He’s a disciplined disciple, and my mentoring, which stresses a healthy mind, body and spirit, through meditation, exercise and prayer, ties into his current profession. The important thing about being a mentor is not telling people what to do, rather suggesting what to do, as an overall part of the re-engineering of their personal life.”
“Ralph has helped me refocus my life after several years of retirement,” stated Jorge, married for 50 years to wife Joanne and who are the parents of four children (Jessica, Jorge Jr, Jon and Jennifer). “He has been a spiritual advisor, a business consultant, and we like to exercise together starting early in the morning. He’s an accountable partner who keeps me focused on my priorities of God, wife, family, work, community and legacy.”
“If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it,” added Gazitúa, who is a permanent deacon at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Miami and the Chaplin for the Miami-Dade Police and Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Departments. “You must be able to evaluate your spiritual life in order to allocate specific time to prayer, exercise and business activities.”
That’s the message of “lifestyle introspection” that Jorge Maduro hopes to get across to as many people as he can.
And as if his business plate was not full enough, Maduro is also finding time to promote his father’s candidacy for the 2023 Buck O’Neil Lifetime Achievement Award, given every three years by the Cooperstown Hall of Fame. His principal goal is to raise enough awareness to Bobby Maduro’s baseball accomplishments, in order to champion nominations for not only the Buck O’Neil Award but also for the Golden Era Veterans Committee, ultimately leading to a National Hall of Fame induction for patriarch Maduro into its great museum as an executive and Latin American baseball pioneer.
“I also want to advance the ideals and unfulfilled dreams of my father by using the game of Baseball, Art and Music as a way of bringing together individuals, families, communities and countries,” Maduro said.
Contact Jorge Maduro at 305-726-9562
