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People on the Move
Professional development
Noel Martinez has been named executive director of Leadership Palm Beach County. He is a graduate of the LPBC Engage Class of 2014 and has served on the board of governors and worked as vice president of corporate partnerships and special events at Boys & Girls Club of Palm Beach County. Previously, Martinez was director of membership development at Northern Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce. Allison Turner, chief executive officer and owner of BCoSF Inc., has been appointed vice president of Network Professionals Inc. Palm Beach Gardens Get Connected chapter.
Community, nonprofits
Barbara Witte has been named director of development and marketing at Habitat for Humanity of Broward, from the Florida Atlantic University Foundation, where she was director of gift planning.
Maurianna Swanson recently joined SunServe in Fort Lauderdale as a staff therapist. In addition, Nick Alu joined as a youth life coach/case manager and Audra
Mets joined as a youth staff therapist. The nonprofit social services agency serves the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning community in South Florida with an emphasis on those in financial need, minorities, youth, seniors, HIV+ persons, and those with life-challenging physical or emotional conditions. Palm Healthcare Foundation, Inc., whose mission is to fund ways to improve health throughout Palm Beach County, has named
Ricky Petty project director for its Healthier Together Boynton Beach initiative. Formerly, Petty was with Children’s Home Society and worked as director at Bridges at Lake Park.
Education
Carolina Pina has joined Babson College’s Women Innovating Now (WIN) Lab Miami as director, from directing Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management campus in Coral Gables. Pina is founder of Ignitus, a consulting practice that helps organizations implement social initiatives. The WIN Lab, an accelerator program for women entrepreneurs, was launched by Massachusetts-based Babson in 2013, and expanded to Florida in 2016.
Van Williams was appointed dean of student services for the Lake Worth campus of Palm Beach State College. He was previously assistant dean for the last three years. Williams joined the college in 2009 as director of TRIO programs and outreach.
Retail
Leydi Jimenez has been promoted to store manager at the Cricket Wireless store in the Boynton Plaza, Boynton Beach. Previously, Jimenez was a sales associate at another South Florida Cricket store.
Law
Clay Naughton has become a partner at Moore & Co P.A. The Coral Gables law firm specializes in assisting maritime, aviation and art clients.
Enjolique Aytch, recently named litigation partner at Akerman LLP in Fort Lauderdale, has been selected to participate in the 2017 Fellows Program of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, joining a class of 239 lawyers from around the country for a year-long program that will help participants improve their brand and leadership skills. Aytch is chair of the DRI Product Liability Diversity Committee; pro bono co-chair for the South Florida chapter of the Federal Bar Association; mentor and committee member for the Southern District of Florida's Court Assisted Reentry Initiative; and a member of The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law's Election Protection. Aytch has been recognized among The National Black Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 and Miami-Dade County's 40 Under 40 Black Leaders of Today and Tomorrow. Additionally, Sean Coyle, with Akerman’s corporate practice group, was also named a partner in Fort Lauderdale.
Real estate
Alex Bruno and John Demarco recently opened their own Re/Max 5 Star Realty, in Hollywood Hills. Gunster attorney Heidi Knapik has been named president-elect of NAIOP South Florida’s board in 2017. The remaining slate of officers of the 2017 NAIOP South Florida board includes: President — Greg Martin of Avison Young; treasurer — Marc Kopelman of Raymond James Financial; secretary — Patty Bedley of Legacy Bank of Florida and Vice President, Programs — Darcie Lunsford of Butters Construction & Development. The organization provides commercial real estate professionals with advocacy, education and business opportunities in Miami-Dade,
Broward and Palm Beach counties. A variety of businesses, agencies and people were announced as finalists for the NAIOP South Florida Awards of Excellence program that will take place March 16 at The Ritz Carlton, Fort Lauderdale. Individuals who will be recognized include: Industrial Broker of the Year: Team of T. O'Loughlin and L. Genet, CBRE, Inc.; team of
C. Metzger, R. Etner, C. Thomson and M. McAllister, Cushman & Wakefield; S. Rodriguez, Duke Realty; Office Broker of the Year — Investment Sales: Team of C. Lee, J. Lobon, A. Julian, A. Chilgren, M. Minaya, J. Chick
and T. Ploshnick of CBRE; team of S. O’Donnell, D. Montazemi, J. Hochman, M. Alcivar,
G. Miller, S. Okon, J. Crowley and H. Peckhaus of Cushman & Wakefield; D. Mandel of Marcus & Millichap; Office Broker of the Year — Leasing: Team of G. Martin, J. Cope and P. Moore of Avison Young; Team of T. Blanca, D.
Linares, J. Ruiz, A. del Corral and F. Eternod of Blanca Commercial Real Estate; team of J.
Blunk, L. Oswald and C. Glaria of Tower Commercial Real Estate. Additionally, the recipient of the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award will be Alice Jackson, who recently retired from JLL as senior vice president. Hi-Land Properties LLC, an independently owned and operated franchise of HomeVestors of America, also known as the We Buy Ugly Houses company, won top honors at the recent 2016 HomeVestors National Convention awards. Hi-Land and its owner, West Palm Beach real estate executive Don
Cameron, won the Franchise of the Year, Top Closer, and Top Sales Volume awards.
Chris Rotolo, Stiles property management president, has been named president of the Building Managers and Owners Association (BOMA) Florida. Finance
Health, medical, wellness
Life Care Center at Inverrary, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility in Lauderhill, announced its new executive director, Elizabeth
Burchers. She was most recently at Life Care Center of Jacksonville, first as administrator in training and then as assistant executive director. Boca Raton Regional Hospital appointed Cristina Mata as vice president and chief medical officer. Mata is an endocrinologist who practiced clinically for 15 years.
Finance
Biana Murnane has been promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer at BrightStar Credit Union in Miami. Murnane joined BrightStar Credit Union as a controller, in 1997.