Recognition

Broadcast

Joseph M. Goldstein, managing partner of Shutts & Bowen’s Fort Lauderdale office, was recently appointed chair of the board of directors for Friends ofWLRN.

Governmental

Palm Tran Executive Director Clinton B. Forbes has been named the chair of the Florida PublicTransportation Association board.

Community

Terry Dyer, author of Letters to a GAY BLACKBOY, has joined SunServe as director of development, in Wilton Manors. Dyer’s experience includes work for the San Francisco StateUniversity - Center for Research and Education on Gender Studies, STOPAIDS Project, RobertHalf International, Alluma, and XOJET.

The Community Foundation of Broward’s board of directors announced new members joining in 2021. They include: Jane F. Bolin, Mayor of the City of Oakland Park and founder and managing partner of PeytonBolin, Alberto Fernandez, president of ANF Group Inc.; Nancy A. Meyer, president of the Miami Herald/El Nuevo Herald; Mona Pittenger, founding board member of Our Fund, an LGBT foundation in Fort Lauderdale and co-founder of Tulsa Girls Art School; and David Scully, partner in the Loving Scully LawGroup.

Equality Florida recently honoredMiami Beach First Assistant City Attorney Rob Rosenwald, with itsTheVoice for Equality Award, for his three decades of landmark legal advocacy for LGBT families and children.

George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Miami, presented Daniel Puder with the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award, during a ceremony held at FBI Miami’s main office recently. The award recognizes Puder’s work as the founder of theMy LifeMy Power Inc. Prep Academy School System that focuses on the emotional, belief, and physiological intelligence of 180 students from 6-12 grades who were expelled from traditional public schools.

Law

Ball Janik LLP, a construction defect and property damage law firm with offices in Florida and Oregon, announced that Elijah C. Waring Jr. joined as an associate in its Miami office.

Former State Rep. Holly Raschein, who represented the Keys and parts of south Miami-Dade before being term limited this year, hasbeennameddirectorofgovernment relations for the national disaster recovery firm AshBritt Environmental, headquartered in DeerfieldBeach.

Gerson, Preston, Klein, Lips, Eisenberg& GelberP.A. announcedStevenF. Kleinas its managing partner.

Cultural

The Art and Culture Center/Hollywood has announced its Board of Trustees membersfor the2020-2021FiscalYear. Ben Wesley, senior external affairs manager at FloridaPower& Light, hasassumedthe role of board chair. The new Board of Trustees memberisJeffDelmay, chiefoperatingofficer of Delmay Corp. The Executive Board members for 2020-2021 are: BenWesley, chair; Oscar LlorenteNadeau, vice chair; Misty Weinger, secretary; Tim Curtin, treasurer; KevinMarkow, legal counsel; Randy Gilbert, Shelly Loos and Chad Simon, at-large; and JohnMabry, immediate past chair.

Construction

Moss Construction has promoted Matt Sherryto directorof businessdevelopment in Broward County. Sherry’s previous role was in operations, where he coordinated withvendors, employees, andclientstoorganize projects.

Medical

Holy Cross Medical Group announced the addition of Astha Bhatt, MD and Ann Vu, MD.

Melissa Leamon has been named chief nursing officer of Broward Health Coral Springs. Leamon first joined Broward Health Coral Springs in 2019 as regional director of nursing.

Cleveland Clinic’sWeston Hospital will addrobotic colorectal surgery toits growing list of specialized services with the addition ofSamAgarwal, MD, FACS, FASCRS, tothe colorectal surgery team.

Real estate

Evan Whelan is joining ONE Commercial as a national retail investment advisor specializing in the sale of shopping centers and single tenant net lease assets, as well as 1031 exchanges. Most recently, he was a broker atMarcus& Millichap.

PEBB Enterprises announced the addition of JoAnn Kowalkowski as a tenant coordinator.

Madison Marquette announced the appointment of Claudia Marquez as marketingmanagerat CityPlaceDoral. Most recently, Marquez was marketing director for Starwood Retail Partners, where she handled marketing for Westland Mall in Hialeah.

Education

Oxbridge Academy announced that Scott Benarde has joined the independent 9-12 college preparatory school in West Palm Beach as its assistant director of communications. Previously, Benarde was director of communications for the NortonMuseum of Art for nine years, and also was the communications manager for the Jewish Community Center of the Greater Palm Beaches.

Workforce development

JuliaDattolo has been appointed by the CareerSource Palm Beach County Board of DirectorsandtheCareerSourcePalmBeach County Consortium as president and chief executive officer of the nonprofit organization chartered by the state ofFlorida to lead workforce development in the county.

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