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People on the Move
Sometimes, a career move is more than a job change, It’s an industry change for people such as Carolyn Bolton of the DentalFix Rx franchise. While she has always focused on franchise brands, she was previously working in the fast-casual food franchise sector. This week, People on the Move offers a variety of career path examples, such as that of Scott Becher. In the past, he was a media executive with NFL Films, later becoming a founder of SportsTalk 790 radio, working as an advertising executive. Now he has joined a cruise line company as a vice president. 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
Franchise
Dental Fix Rx, a mobile dental equipment repair service franchise based in Davie, named
Carolyn Bolton as chief of staff. Her newlycreated position was designed to address the daily internal needs of the company as it grows, including working closely with the executive team by providing leadership and support, promoting growth, identifying obstacles to performance, providing solutions, and collaborating with the larger Dental Fix team on internal projects and initiatives. Bolton previously worked for Subway as director of special projects.
Law
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney announced that
Sheila Oretsky joined the firm’s litigation section as a shareholder in the Miami office.
Bruce A. Blitman received the Justice Teaching Volunteer of the Year Award during the judicial luncheon at The Florida Bar’s annual convention in Boca Raton. The award, which honors an attorney-volunteer for dedication in teaching Florida students about their government and the courts, was presented by Florida Supreme Court Justice R. Fred Lewis, who founded Justice Teaching in 2006. Blitman, a Bar member for 35 years and a full-time Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil, County and Family Mediator for more than 28 years, was recognized for his work with veteran teacher Sherri Moss of Bethune Elementary School in Hollywood. Justice Teaching has more than 4,000 volunteer lawyers and judges, delivering interactive civics lessons in Florida schools.
Retail
Angie Ayala has been promoted to manager of the new Cricket Wireless authorized retailer store at 3230 Palm Ave. in Hialeah. Ayala has been with the company for a year, previously as a retail sales consultant. Eddie Martinez was promoted to market manager for the new Cricket Wireless authorized retailer store at 329 W. Palm Drive in Florida City. Martinez also will be managing several other Cricket authorized retailer stores in the Miami area. He has been with the company in several roles for nearly three years. Education Florida Atlantic University has appointed Meghan
DeFord as its new assistant vice president of alumni and community affairs within the Division of Institutional Advancement. DeFord joins FAU after 12 years at the University of Maryland, where she acted as senior director of alumni outreach for the university alumni associ ation.
Wellness
Hair Club in Boca Raton appointed Mike Nassar as president and chief operating officer, replacing Carlos Sariol, who is retiring after more than 10 years with the company. Nassar, who joined the company in 2005 and has held several positions, including regional director, regional vice president and senior regional vice president, oversaw 94 locations throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Leadership
Carlton Fields announced that Andrew J.
Markus, a shareholder in the law firm’s Miami office, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Beacon Council, Miami-Dade County’s economic development partnership. The Broward League of Cities has renamed its highest ranked leadership award as the Broward League of Cities Samuel S. Goren Presidential Award. Sam Goren was honored with its inaugural presentation recently at the league’s 60th annual gala and installation Dinner. Goren has served as general counsel to the league for more than 30 years. The recognition highlighted Goren and his law firm, Goren, Cherof, Doody & Ezrol, for support, guidance and leadership.
Trifina Jonas was recognized by Florida Medical Center for being an Emerging Nurse Leader and collaborating with her fellow nurses to help deliver the best patient outcomes in Miami. The Florida Dental Association announced that Dr. Michael Eggnatz, of Weston, was named the association’s 2017-2018 president, and honored with a Leadership Award at the 2017 Florida Dental Convention in Orlando. Eggnatz has served at all levels of organized dentistry, including: delegate to the American Dental Association; FDA trustee; Florida Donated Dental Services board member; and president of both the South Broward Dental Society and the South Florida District Dental Association.
Professional development
The South Florida chapter of WTS reappointed Julie Ruffolo as communications chair for 2017-2018. Ruffolo is managing partner with ADEPT Public Relations. WTS South Florida chapter members range from leadership and staff from FDOT, MPO’s, SFRTA (Tri-Rail), city’s and counties in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach and the private
sector.
Medical
Joe Natoli was named executive vice president and chief administrative officer for Baptist Health South Florida. Previously, he was senior vice president for business and finance and chief financial officer for the University of Miami. From 2013-2015, he was interim chief operating officer for the University of Miami Health System. In the past, Natoli worked for Knight Ridder Inc., as chairman and publisher of the company’s largest newspapers, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News, president and publisher of San Jose Mercury News, and president of The Miami Herald Publishing Co. Baptist Health also announced that Donna J. Hrinak, president of Boeing Latin America,
Rudy Kranys, a founding partner of Syntheon, and the Rev. Dr. William W. White, pastor at Christ Journey Church, have joined the founding board of directors of the Miami Cancer Institute, which opened in January. Other board members include secretary Phil Conway, J.P. Morgan Private Bank; treasurer Ron Shuffield, EWM Realty International; John Dasburg, ASTAR USA; and Patrick Lee, Patrick P. Lee Foundation.
Aviation
Dana Pollitt, managing partner at ADEPT Strategy & Public Relations, was reappointed to the City of Fort Lauderdale’s Aviation Advisory Board.
Cruise
Scott Becher has joined the marketing leadership team at Miamibased Carnival Cruise Line, as vice president of partnership and loyalty. Before joining Carnival, he spent the last five years as chief integration officer and executive vice president at Zimmerman Advertising in Fort Lauderdale. Becher began his 30-year industry career as a producer/director at NFL Films and later became a founder and chief marketing officer of SportsTalk 790 radio “The Ticket.” For 15 years, Becher led his own agency, Sports & Sponsorships of Boca Raton.
Real estate
Carol Meyer has joined Bella Homes Realty Inc., in Margate, as a Realtor associate.
Hospitality
Ritz-Carlton Bal Harbour, Miami, has named Nikki
Berry as hotel manager. Property management Simon promoted Cindy
Appelbaum to assistant director of marketing and business development at Town Center at Boca Raton. Appelbaum began her career with Simon in April 2016 as marketing assistant and transportation coordinator. Simon previously worked at The Mall at Millenia in Orlando.
Education
John Quelch, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, has been appointed dean of the University of Miami School of Business Administration and vice provost for executive education in Coral Gables.
Public Relations
BoardroomPR in Fort Lauderdale announced that Hannah Colson joined the firm as an account executive.