PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

Real estate

Florida International University’s College of Business Hollo School of Real Estate has appointed Adam J. Tiktin to its advisory board, comprised of global real estate leaders. The Advisory Board oversees the Hollo School of Real Estate Council, which offers guidance on the school’s curriculum, connects students with internships and job opportunities to help advance their future careers, and assists in broadening the number of companies that recruit Hollo School of Real Estate graduates. Tiktin has served on the Hollo School of Real Estate Council for more than a year. He will continue to serve as chair of membership enrichment. Tiktin is president and broker of Tiktin Real Estate Investment Services, where he specializes in the sale of shopping centers and office buildings in Florida and single-tenant net lease properties nationally. He is chairman of the 2020 International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Florida Conference & Deal Making Student Committee.

Ted Christopher Hammers has been named director of sales for Boca West Realty, the new onsite real estate company located inside the gates of Boca West.

Lee & Associates South Florida announced that Scott Strickland joined as principal specializing in office landlord agency and tenant representation.

ONE Sotheby’s International Realty announced that Isadora Badi has been named senior vice president of marketing.

Law

Gunster announced that Tanya C. Nay

denov has joined the firm’s private wealth services practice in both its Boca Raton and West Palm Beach offices.

Wasch Raines LLP announced that franchise lawyer and author Keith J. Kanouse has joined the firm’s Franchise, Licensing and Distribution practice as of counsel. Kanouse was the founding chair of the Fair Franchise Standards Committee of the American Association of Franchisees and Dealers and a founding member of the Florida Bar Franchise Law Committee and the Florida Franchise Association.

Akerman LLP announced that Grasford

Smith has joined the firm’s national Litigation Practice Group in West Palm Beach. He joins from Jones Foster P.A.

Construction

Patrick Christie has been named director of construction at Deerfield Beach-based Konover South, LLC.

Technology

Campus Management, a Boca Ratonbased technology provider for higher educational institutions, appointed Kevin

Knight as chief operating officer.

Education

Miami-Dade County Public School Board Vice Chair Dr. Steve Gallon III was unanimously reelected as vice chair of the Council of Urban Boards of Education National Steering Committee at its recent virtual meeting.

Professional development

TCI, The Commonwealth Institute, a local organization dedicated to supporting women in leadership roles in business, announced new board member Bob Lamm of Gunster Law Firm, in West Palm Beach.

Hemp/cannabis

Fort Lauderdale-based Veritas Farms, a vertically integrated agribusiness focused on the production of full spectrum hemp oil products, announced that Dr. Daniel Con

nors, PhD, is joining as a new executive to assist in research and development of new products.

Green Point Research announced that

Matthew Turner, an army veteran and international extraction and refining expert, has been named chief science officer. He previously constructed and managed extraction and refining plants as Cargill’s Global Manufacturing operations manager. His experience also includes executive leadership through roles as vice president of manufacturing and engineering with Golden Peanut, chief operating officer of Justin’s Nut Butter, and chief executive officer of DeSmet Ballestra.

Community

co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of The Learning Experience, has been selected chairman of the board of directors for Make-A-Wish Southern Florida, through the organization’s 2020-2021 fiscal year.

Kanouse

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