People on the Move Finance
Talk about having a full plate. Jan Cairnes, of the Hanley Foundation, has joined the board of two additional nonprofit organizations. He is among the many South Florida professionals who take on more than their day jobs. For example, Miami Dade College President Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón, and Florida International University President Mark B. Rosenberg both have undertaken volunteer roles with national implications. Want more? Submit promotions, new hires to SunSentinel.com/peopleonthemove or email peopleonthemove@sunsentinel.com. Contact ckent@sunsentinel.com, 954-356-4662, or Twitter @mindingyourbiz
Law
Frederick Owens has been appointed vice president of the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists, South Florida chapter. Owens is electronic discovery and litigation support coordinator who works with Gunster attorneys and professional staff in West Palm Beach. The group focuses on professional education, training and networking for those who work in the public and private sector. Owens will serve through 2019. Jones Walker LLP announced that Ivan R. Reich has joined the firm as special counsel in the business and commercial litigation practice group in Miami. Harry M. Leonard, Nicole F.
Panico and Aaron D. Silvers have joined the Fort Lauderdale office of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, as associates in the professional liability department. Gov. Rick Scott has reappointed Mario J. Bailey, senior government relations consultant with Becker & Poliakoff ’s government law and lobbying team, to serve on the South Florida Regional Planning Council for a two-year term. The council helps determine economic growth and environmental policies.
Nonprofit
Jan Cairnes, executive director of Hanley Foundation in West Palm Beach, was recently appointed to the boards of the Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce and the Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association.
Fitness, Sports
Orangetheory of Boca Raton announced its new chief development officer, Gregg Koffler. Koffler spent more than a decade leading development efforts for several brands, including Smash Burger, Corner Bakery Cafe and Wyndham Hotel Group.
Rick Macci, of the Rick Macci Tennis Academy and a Boca Raton-based tennis coach, was recently inducted into the United States Professional Tennis Association hall of fame, at an event in Orlando.
Real Estate
Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate announced that Ursula Pardo Smith has be- come an affiliated sales associate with the company’s Aventura office. Gerald Radtke has joined Berger Commercial Realty/CORFAC International as senior property manager. Previously, Radtke worked for four years as property manager at Liberty Property Trust, where he was responsible for the management of two industrial park associations and 17 properties. Cushman & Wakefield announced that Ericka
Witkowski has joined the firm as director of office leasing in its Miami office, from Avison Young, where she specialized in agency leasing and tenant representation.
Crystal Tejera has joined The Elmir Group, as a Realtor associate, in Miami, to handle sales for project listings, assist clients with transitioning into Miami; and additionally as charity liaison to spearhead all charitable endeavors for The Elmir Group. Esslinger Wooten Maxwell Realty International announced new associates at its Las Olas office in Fort Lauderdale: Carline Douze, Allison Fleck, Kristen Paulson, Richard Poirier, Ilana Pool, Homer Rollins, Kristina Sentance and Keith Stewart. Michael Dolgos has joined NAI Miami as an associate, from Keller Williams.
Media
Miami Dade College President Dr. Eduardo J.
Padrón will serve as commissioner for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s initiative to support the role of journalism as essential to a healthy democracy. The initiative is anchored by the Knight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy, a diverse panel of community and industry leaders who are committed to creating more informed and engaged communities. The nonpartisan commission will explore causes of the erosion of trust in democratic institutions, including the press. It will seek solutions for rebuilding public trust in the media. BB&T-Oswald Trippe and Co., expanded its Southeast Florida team by hiring two new associates as commercial lines producers:
Kelly Matacena, previously a business development officer at Wells Fargo Insurance Services in Miami and an agent representative at Transamerica in Clearwater; and Neil Charley, formerly of Brown & Brown and Gulfshore Insurance. Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust appointed
Douglas D. Moffitt as wealth management director to lead the wealth management and trust and fiduciary teams. His past experience includes managing high performance teams at Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, and U.S. Trust.
Medical
Radiation oncologist Rupesh Kotecha, M.D., has joined Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health South Florida’s radiation oncology department.
Angelo Ayar, M.D. has joined Florida Dermatology and Skin Cancer Centers, in Tamarac. Ayar was most recently seeing patients in the practice’s Winter Haven clinic. Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center awarded urologist Dr. Sean Sawh, with its Physician of the Quarter award. Sawh was nominated by his peers for going the extra mile for his patients by explaining their diagnoses and the procedures they were to undergo.
Job Development
Florida International University President
Mark B. Rosenberg has been appointed as the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities representative on the U.S. Department of Labor’s Task Force on Apprenticeship Expansion. The task force was formed in response to an executive order signed by President Donald J. Trump to expand apprenticeships and vocational training, close the skills gap and reduce regulatory burdens on workforce development programs. It includes 20 representatives from companies, trade and industry groups, educational institutions, and labor unions.
Ira J. Braunschweig, M.D., a diagnostic radiologist at the Boca Radiology Group, has been elected to the board of directors of Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) Foundation, the charitable and education arm of the Jewish college social fraternity. Braunschweig was elected at the fraternity’s 104th annual convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.