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Medical
Dr. Adam Leisy, M.D. has joined West Boca Medical Center as medical director of the adult emergency departments of both, the hospital, and its free standing emergency care center in Coconut Creek. Since 2013, Leisy was assistant emergency medical director at Florida Medical Center, a campus of North Shore. He also worked as an attending emergency room physician at both Florida Medical Center and North Shore Medical Center. In addition, Leisy works for Broward EMS, as a medical director for Lauderhill fire rescue. Cleveland Clinic Florida has appointed board certified colorectal surgeon Dr. Eric Weiss, M.D., as its chief academic officer, in Weston. Blandon Additionally, interventional radiologist Dr. Rodolfo Blandon, M.D., has been appointed chief of staff. Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale has named Dr. Marc Bivins, MD, as chief medical officer. Bivins most recently was medical director for quality and clinical resource management at Broward Health Medical Center. He previously practiced as a hospitalist and founded American Hospitalist Company in Jacksonville.
Chamber
Jeremy Shir, Becker & Poliakoff lawyer-lobbyist, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Greater Hollywood Chamber of Commerce for a three-year term. The following have been nominated for recognition at the Greater Boynton Beach Chamber of Commerces’ Business Awards Gala Jan. 26 at Benvenuto’s, in the following Of the Year categories: YOUNG Professionals: Andraya Brennan, IMatter Adult Day Center; Elissa Erman, Universal Coaching Services; Allyson Dedic, Boynton Health Care Center and Rob Dodson, All Dry USA. Nonprofits: HOW Foundation of South Florida, Hilary Lofton ;De Vos-Blum YMCA of Boynton Beach, Barry Davis; SouthTech Schools, Jay Boggess and Be Like Brit, Bernie and Len Gengel. Health Care Initiative: Bethesda Health, Roger Kirk; Rosenblatt Family Dentistry, Hugh Rosenblatt; Brookdale North, Elisa Dansky at Lakeside. Business: Michael & Leann Mohl, Senior Helpers; Dana Eberts, GNC; Ken Baxter, FastSigns and Richard Bova, NetOne Technologies Inc. Women’s Business: Nicole Rothman, Rothman Family Chiropractic; Lisa Mercado, Living Room; RozKodish,E verything Logo and Debra S lo bo dow, Prime rica. New Member Rick Maharaj, RM Logitech; Gabriele Clark, Painting with a Twist; Wade Hill, Paramount Residential Mortgage Group and Maverick Marquardt, Arrow Security. Honorary Chair is Sophia Eccleston, of FPL. Brian Seymour was appointed to an at-large seat on the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County’s board of directors. Seymour is a shareholder at Gunster and co-chair of the firm’s real property law practice, in West Palm Beach.
Marketing
Alyssa Nieves was recently promoted, from assistant account executive, to account executive, at rbb Communications, and joining, are Kelly Trowbridge and Michael Radlick to support the agency’s creative and account services divisions.
Hospitality
Tracy Murray has been named director of Midwest sales for the Palm Beach Gardens destination venue, PGA National Resort & Spa. Murray was most recently the Midwest Regional Sales Manager for the Shelborne Wyndham Grand South Beach in Miami. Previously she was the assistant director of sales for the Wyndham Grand Chicago Riverfront and Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago. Murray started her career with the Xerox Corporation and has since worked with Hyatt Hotels and the Hospitality Performance Network.
Community networking
Sheldon Jaffee joined the 2017 slate of officers of the Gold Coast Tiger Bay Club as vice chair. He joins Chairman David Gloldstein, Chair-elect Carlos Romero, and Treasurer Lawrence Greenberg and Barry Epstein, president/treasurer.
Cultural
The Performing Arts Center Authority 13-member volunteer board that governs the Broward Center for the Performing Arts has
announced the following new officers: Chair
Jack Loos; Vice Chair Barbara Jones; and Secretary Barbra Stern. Charles Palmer was reappointed treasurer. Immediate past chair
Austin Forman. Also continuing their service
on the board are: John Abdo, Joseph Amaturo, Marti Huizenga, Robert Lochrie III, John Milledge, Ann Murray, George Platt and Ramon Rodriguez. Members are appointed to a four-year term and represent every region of Broward County.
Finance
Home warranty and services company, Cross Country Home Services Inc., announced that Chris Askew has joined in the newly created position of chief operating officer. Previously, Askew was president of services at Best Buy, where he led the Geek Squad and service contract businesses. Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust announced that Alex Ortiz has been appointed senior vice president, operations director, in Coral Gables. Prior to joining Gibraltar Private, Ortiz held positions at various financial institutions including Coconut Grove Bank, Charles Schwab & Co. and SunTrust Securities Inc.
Recognition
Summer Robertson was recently honored at Nova Southeastern University’s Distinguished Alumni Achievement Awards ceremony held recently at NSU’s Grande Oaks Golf Club in Davie. The awards program recognizes alumni who have demonstrated impressive success in a particular profession, discipline, organization or community cause. Robertson, class of 2000 from NSU’s Shepard Broad College of Law, is a managing partner at Hackley & Robertson P.A.
Duree Ross, president and founder of Fort Lauderdale-based PR firm Duree & Company, was just named one of PR News’ 2016 Top Women in PR. She was one of 82 nationwide and the only woman chosen from South Florida. Additionally, Ross was honored as a March of Dimes Woman of Distinction locally.
John Little III recently received the John Arthur Jones Annual Service Award from the Florida Bar’s Real Property, Probate & Trust Law section. Little is an attorney with Gunster in West Palm Beach.
Law
Adam Schucher has joined the Miami office of Katz Barron as partner, leading the firm’s estate planning, probate and trust administration group. Barri Reisch has joined Talenfeld Law, as an associate in Fort Lauderdale, and will focus her practice on foster care and disabled persons damages, civil rights, personal injury, and child welfare litigation. Comiter, Singer, Baseman & Braun announced that attorney Andrew Comiter has been named a partner of the firm, in Palm Beach Gardens.
Real estate
Jacqueline Blake joined Cushman & Wakefield’s Florida Occupier Services and Automotive Practice Group. Blake has rejoined Cushman & Wakefield as managing director in the firm’s Florida Occupier Services Group, in Fort Lauderdale, after nine years with Cypress Equities, where she serviced AutoNation as senior vice president and national real estate director. Blake began her career in commercial real estate in 2000 with Cushman & Wakefield’s Office Brokerage Services Group in Broward and Palm Beach counties.
Dustin Fealy has joined Kurz Real Estate as an agent, from Keller Williams
Nonprofits
Christopher Noe has been appointed vice president of strategic planning for the Boca Raton-based Child Rescue Coalition. A nonprofit that provides technology to law enforcement officers across the globe to assist them in tracking and arresting offenders who sexually exploit children.