People on the Move
For some people, that newly created position is the next career move, such as those announced recently by the Palm Beach Opera and by Office Depot in Boca Raton. They also include appointments to nonprofits, which offer experiences that don’t arise during day jobs. In-house opportunities also offer professional growth, such as when one business merges with another. Want more? Submit promotions, new hires to SunSentinel.com/ peopleonthemove or e-mail peopleonthemove@sunsentinel.com. Contact ckent@sunsentinel.com, 954-356-4662, or Twitter @mindingyourbiz
Law
Amanda Romfh Jesteadt was installed as president-elect of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers’ FAWL, Palm Beach County chapter, for the 2017-18 term. Additionally, Jesteadt, an associate at Carlton Fields in West Palm Beach, was awarded FAWL’s 2017 Leaders in Law Award. GrayRobinson, P.A. announced that attorneys Moises Melendez, Frank C. Walker, in Fort Lauderdale, and
Jonathan Z. Kurry in Miami, have joined the firm as shareholders.
Charles E. Stoecker joined McGlinchey Stafford PLLC as an associate, in Fort Lauderdale.
Alexander D. Kruzyk joined Greenwald Davidson Radbil PLLC as an associate in the Boca Raton office. The partners of Cohen | Ruiz and their entire legal team are joining the Miami office of McDonald Hopkins LLC, a business advisory and advocacy law firm. Robert A. Cohen and
Mario M. Ruiz will be members. Joelle H. Dvir and Regen Shanzer will be joining as associates. The Cohen | Ruiz firm focused on real estate transactions and appellate law as well as many areas of litigation including business, banking, real estate, title insurance and construction. Eric D. Coleman has joined Carlton Fields in Miami as an associate in its national trial practice business litigation subgroup. Previously, Coleman was an associate with Greenspoon Marder P.A. in Fort Lauderdale. Lorna Brown-Burton, of Brown-Burton & DeMicco PLLC in Fort Lauderdale, was honored recently with The Florida Bar’s 2016-17 Presidents’ Awards of Merit, presented by outgoing President William J. Schifino Jr. at the Bar’s annual convention. Brown-Burton has been on the Bar’s Board of Governors since 2012. Ash Benzo, treasurer for the city of Fort Lauderdale, was appointed to The Florida Bar’s Citizens Advisory Committee, an advisory group of 12 citizens who provide two-way communication between the state’s major citizen constituencies and the Bar’s Board of Governors. The committee also helps to inform and educate the public about significant legal and justice issues. The committee meets three times a year, often in conjunction with Board of Governors meetings.
Recognition
North Campus Dean of Faculty, Dr. Jacqueline Peña, has been selected as a 2017 Hispanic Women of Distinction honoree and will be honored at a luncheon in August at the Signature Grand in Davie. Peña, who joined MDC in 2010, is being recognized for her innovation, including several camVerizon. pus programs she created such as: the Free College for a Day, for those who want to sample the college experience, and the new Weekend College at the North Campus, which gives students the flexibility to complete an entire degree program with weekend-only courses. The Miami Community Police Benevolent Association, in conjunction with the Black Police Precinct & Courthouse Museum, honored frontiers men and women with its firstever First Five Pioneer Award. The following, all of whom are retired from these designated positions including: Police Chief Clarence
Dickson, City of Miami’s first black Chief of Police; Assistant Chief Police Carolyn Clarke; and Lieutenants: Archie McKay, Otis Davis, and Walter Hardemon; and Carolyn Pates, City of Miami’s first black dispatcher, were recognized for their contributions to the inclusion and advancement of African-American police officers and support staff in the City of Miami Police Department.
Retail
Janet Schijns has joined Office Depot in the newly created role of senior vice president, services - copy, print and tech, and will oversee the company's regional print production facilities to support large-scale printing capabilities and the delivery needs of business customers. Previously, Schijns worked for Before that, Schijns was with Motorola; and also ran a high-tech channel sales consulting firm.
Private investigation
Nathans Investigations has named Eric Nathan president and chief executive officer of the private investigation and surveillance firm. Nathan previously worked for the Florida Bureau of Private Investigators as a lead investigator.
Nonprofit
Karen O’Byrne, chief financial officer and chief operating officer for Modernizing Medicine, and Don Cook, chief marketing officer and executive director of strategic initiatives at Broward College, recently joined the board of directors of PACE Center for Girls Broward, in Fort Lauderdale. The Kelsey B. Diamantis TS Scholarship Family Foundation Inc., as Dollars 4 Tic Scholars, a nonprofit that awards college scholarships to students with Tourette Syndrome, announced
Scott Anderson, a corporate finance professional, as new board member. Additionally, Anderson recently founded a monthly support group for Tourette Syndrome in Boca Raton. Davie-based HOPE Outreach Center Inc. appointed
Jeanne Tamargo to lead its philanthropic efforts and expand support services throughout Broward County. Tamargo was previously Salvation Army Miami area command director of social services. United Way of Broward County announced Sergeant Major Ken Juede as the new director for MISSION UNITED. During the past year, he was director of Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program and Veteran Employment for MISSION UNITED.
Cultural
Palm Beach Opera promoted Natalie Parker as manager of individual and planned giving. In addition, the organization announced newly-created positions for Alexandra
Richter as individual giving and grants manager; Alyse Landers Keller as special events and corporate relations manager, and Abbey
Ward as education and community engagement associate.
Restaurant
TooJay’s restaurant has named Peter Cowley the general manager of its new Boynton Beach location. Crowley, who joined TooJay’s in 1988 as a line cook, has worked as kitchen manager, assistant manager, area director and in the food and beverage department at the corporate office.
Education
Isabel Fernandez and Andrew Fierman have been appointed as the new board chair and vice-chair, respectively, of Communities in Schools of Miami. Fernandez is a vice-president at City National Bank and Fierman is a partner at Alberni Caballero & Fiermann LLP.
Finance
Coral Gables Title + Escrow, LLC announced that founding partner Rodney L. Barreto was named chief executive officer of the new Coral Gables firm.
Restoration
Duane Marker has joined PuroClean as corporate controller in Tamarac. Most recently, he was a corporate controller at Tridien Medical.
Automotive
Stephen Artusi has been promoted to group vice president and general counsel of JM Family, in Deerfield Beach.
Caren Williams was appointed to the created position of vice president and deputy general counsel of Corporate Governance; and Andre Hall was promoted to assistant vice president and general counsel for World Omni Financial Corp., a subsidiary of JM Family.