People on the Move
The People on the Move column reflects the diversity of professional and career opportunities in South Florida. The Cancer Alliance of Help & Hope named a development and patient service coordinator, a veterinarian was promoted at a local animal rescue organization and several new attorneys have joined Gunster’s South Florida offices. 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
Nonprofit
Rusty Willis has joined the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County in the newly created position of Director of Community Security, where Willis will provide leadership and strategic direction toward enhancing the safety and security of all Jewish Federation staff, guests and community members. Willis will also conduct audits and consultation of preparedness, safety, security and response, and implement effective tactics to safeguard the Jewish community including federation partner agencies, synagogues and other community organizations. Prior to joining the Federation, Willis retired after a 23-year career with the FBI, where he worked in a variety of leadership positions. He was a member of the FBI’s Senior Executive Service, and served in numerous FBI field offices and headquarters divisions. Matt Korshoff, senior vice president/commercial loan officer at CenterState Bank in Fort Lauderdale, has joined the PACE Center for Girls Broward board of directors. The Cancer Alliance of Help & Hope announced that Irene Sobrino was named development and patient service coordinator, working as a liaison between cancer patients and families and those who offer resources and assistance. The orfganization offers assistance to qualified cancer patients in Palm Beach County to ease the burden of severe financial setbacks and difficulties.
Law
Linda Ann Wells, a former Florida Third District Court of Appeal judge with more than two decades of appellate experience, has joined Crabtree & Auslander, the Miamibased firm announced. Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel LLP announced that Krista Fowler Acuña has joined the firm as a partner in Miami. Goldberg Segalla added associate Jonathan
E. Groth to the firm’s general liability practice group in Miami. Groth was previously with Buchalter, Hoffman & Dorchak. Board certified marital and family law attorney Abigail Beebe, owner of the Law Office of Abigail Beebe P.A., has been selected for inclusion on The National Advocate’s Executive Committee and named a Top 100 Lawyer. The committee honor is given to a select few National Advocates members to recognize their leadership skills, abilities, high level of peer respect, and client satisfaction.
Drew W. Barsalou has joined Gunster’s private wealth services practice in West Palm Beach. Additionally in West Palm Beach,
Emily J. Baxter joined the firm’s business litigation practice; L. Sebastian Fox will focus his practice on real estate transactions involving financing, acquisition and development and Daniel N. Naydenov joined the firm’s labor an employment law practice. In Miami:
Bethany B. Pappas joined the business litigation and appellate practices. Previously, he worked as a law clerk for Judge Adalberto Jordan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and Jorge Zamora Jr. will focus on complex labor and employment matters. In Fort Lauderdale, Lauren A. Shumate focuses her practice on complex litigation. Previously, Shumate was a Fulbright Scholar in Serbia where she taught English at the University of Nis and served as a guest lecturer on the Faculty of Law. She also worked closely with the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade, assisting with rule of law and judicial reform efforts.
Education
Gov. Rick Scott reappointed Gary Wendt to the Florida Polytechnic University Board of Trustees. Wendt is chairman of Deerpath Capital Management LP.
Linda Niessen, dean and professor of the Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine, was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She was elected by her AAAS peers.
Hospitality, Restaurants
CIRC Hotel in downtown Hollywood announced that Kara Lundgren has been appointed general manager of the 111-room hotel, which is set to open in early 2018.The hotel will be managed by Trust Hospitality. Lundgren previously worked on Trust Hospitality’s oper- ations/system management task force, implementing operational and guest services for its Anguilla and Bryan, Texas, properties. Lundgren previously held management positions at Amara Cay Resort and Hampton Inn and Suites in the Florida Keys, Courtyard by Marriott Miami Beach and Houston Marriott Medical Center. She also was an adjunct professor of hospitality at Florida Keys Community College in Islamorada. Louie Bossi’s Ristorante Bar and Pizzeria recently announced Richard Douglas as general manager in Boca Raton. Douglas joins from MGM International, where he was general manager at Brand Steakhouse in the Monte Carlo Hotel/ Casino. He also was general manager at the Carnevino Italian Steakhouse in Las Vegas, as well as a specialty wine sales representative for J&P Wholesale, a division of Southern Wine & Spirits, and with Appellation Wine and Spirits.
Animal Welfare
Dr. Beth Keser, lead veterinarian at Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League, has been promoted to director of medical services, in West Palm Beach.
Finance
Professional Bank, headquartered in Coral Gables, announced the opening of its first full-service branch in Palm Beach County, by
Michael Woody. Neil H. Fishman
of Fishman Associates, CPAs in Boynton Beach, has recently been elected to the board of the National Conference of CPA Practitioners for the 2017-2018 year.
Medical
Gov. Rick Scott reappointed Les Daniels to the Health Care District of Palm Beach County. Les Daniels is the operating partner of AE Industrial Partners LLC.
Teresa C. Urquhart is the new chief operating officer at Delray Medical Center. She will manage daily operations and oversee the development and implementation of long-range plans, goals and objectives for the hospital. Previously, Urquhart was chief operating officer at sister hospital Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center. Broward Health announced Jennifer S. Cohen as its associate vice president of benefits and wellness.
Construction
Kaufman Lynn Construction has named Jeff
Zalkin as vice president of development. Zalkin has held positions with Balfour Beatty Construction and most recently, with Pirtle Construction.
Sports, Lifestyle
Christopher Clouser of Wellington, and Hope van Beuren of Newport, R.I., have been appointed life trustees of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Clouser is the immediate past chairman of the organization, having served for eight years through 2015.
Michael O’Brien, general manager of the Fort Lauderdale Country Club, was recently inducted into the PGA Hall of Fame. Since 1995, O’Brien has held a variety of positions at the club, as membership chairman, awards chairman, sponsorship chairman and president of the Southern chapter PGA. He is vice president of the Foundation Board.
Recognition
The Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida held its first Girl Scouts Lead the Way luncheon, created to honor three women in Broward County who serve as role models. They are:: Juliet Murphy Roulhac, Florida Power & Light Co.; Penny Shaffer, Florida Blue and Janet Wincko, City Furniture.
Real Estate
Transwestern announced the addition of
Paris Williams as geographic information systems research analyst, in Miami. Currently an adjunct professor for GIS and geography at Broward College, Williams worked as research and GIS coordinator for the Miami Downtown Development Authority over the past two years.