PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

By Cindy Kent

South Florida Sun Sentinel

Law

Boyd & Jenerette added Patrick Bailey as an associate in the firm’s Boca Raton office. Prior to joining the firm, Bailey worked as a floating law clerk for multiple judges at Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal. He then went on to clerk for the Honorable Justice Jorge Labarga at the Florida Supreme Court.

Technology

Geographic Solutions, a provider of software solutions for workforce development, unemployment insurance, career exploration, and labor market information, announced that Mauritz Plenby

joined as a business development and partnership executive focusing on the company’s international sales. Most recently, Plenby was vice president of partnerships for the HM British Embassy in Miami.

Finch Recruitment Ltd announced its advisory board, including from Florida: Michael Bruno,

of Orlando, chief executive officer and founder for New Directions for Grads; Rob Garay, Orlando, who has held senior management-level positions for companies such as Nickelodeon, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Hilton Worldwide, and Avid Technology; and Jen Klaassens,

Miami and Fort Lauderdale, who worked eight years as the vice president of programs for the Wasie Foundation, which funds publicly supported charities.

Finance

Moore Stephens Lovelace announced that Anthony Losurdo joined the firm as a director on the Tax Team. Losurdo comes from PwC, with more than 21 years of public accounting and taxation experience.

Education

The Barry University Alumni Association announced the recipients of its 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award: Inclusive Community Award:

Inaki G. Bent, attending physician, corrections health services, of Jackson Health System; Collaborative Service Award:

Lisa Bisogno, associate dean, college of education, Northeastern State University; Social Justice Award: Lenora M. Easter, criminal defense attorney, The Bronx Defenders; Knowledge and Truth Award: Avon D. King, first vice president and complex business service officer, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management; and Faculty & Staff Alumni Award:

Eileen Egan-Hineline, Director of Student Health Services, Barry University.

Community

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County added three members to its board of directors: Alan Randall Haas, private practice criminal defense attorney; Jack Milbery, senior partner, Milbery & Kessleman,

CPAs LLC; and Evan Seacat, South Florida managing director, Franklin Street.

Lifestyle

Tamara Sawicz, director of lifestyle at Vi at Lakeside Village in Lantana, was honored with a Hero Award from Argentum, the national association dedicated to supporting companies operating professionally managed, resident-centered senior living communities and the older adults and families they serve. Although officially named as an award recipient in 2020, her award presentation was delayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medical

Michaela Gack, Ph.D., scientific director of Cleveland Clinic’s Florida Research and Innovation Center, has received a National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award to support her research toward the development of broad-spectrum antiviral drugs. The Pioneer Award, established in 2004, challenges investigators from across all disciplines to pursue new research directions and develop groundbreaking, high-impact approaches to a broad area of biomedical, behavioral or social science.

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