South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Sunday)
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
Cultural
The Cultural Council of Palm Beach County announced two new officers and a new member for its 2019-20 board of directors. William D. Parmelee, of Oxbow Carbon LLC, is board chair. Daryn M. Kirchfeld, of Northern Trust, is vice chair. Kenneth B. Steinback, of CSI Leasing Inc., is a member. Also, Nathan Slack, of J.P. Morgan Private Bank, is immediate past chair.
The Opera Society, an affiliate of Florida Grand Opera, appointed Barry Rabinowitz as an officer, vice president for public relations.
John Thomas Gregersen, former Cultural Director of the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach, was honored by the Government of Japan with the Order of the Rising Sun, Silver Rays — one of the highest-ranking honors awarded to civilians who have contributed to the strengthening of bilateral relations between Japan and other countries.
Michelle Howland ,of real estate professionals, The Howland Group, has been named to the Broward Performing Arts Foundation board of directors.
Community
The Lord’s Place elected new members to its board of directors. They are Julie Fisher Cummings, Shelley Gubelmann and Charles G. Ward III, in Palm Beach, and former West Palm Beach Mayor Jeri Muoio. Fisher Cummings is an adjunct visiting professor at University of Miami, Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine. Ward is a senior adviser at Perella Weinberg Partners.
Gubelmann has been a trustee of The Society of the Four Arts since 1985 and is a member of its executive board. Muoio was mayor of the city of West Palm Beach from March 2011 to March 2019.
Three advocates for the nation’s veterans and animals who have ties to the Palm Beach community were elected to the national governing board of directors for American Humane, a national organization that works to rescue, protect, and improve the lives of some 1 billion animals each year, and supports U.S. retired warriors and war dogs. Those named to its volunteer board are: Sharon Jablin, Herbert Krauss, and Abigail Trenk.
Casey Cares, an organization dedicated to supporting families with critically ill children, is expanding its reach in Florida with the addition of Jennifer McCorvey as development director of the Southern Region for the organization. McCorvey was previously the development director for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, where she also worked as the Take Steps Florida Walk director.
The South Florida Institute on Aging, a nonprofit that creates and delivers socio-economic support programs for South Florida seniors, appointed Adi Raz to the newly created position of director of development and community affairs. Raz was previously director of development for the Hebrew Academy in
Miami Beach.
The West Palm Beach Police Athletic League, a nonprofit committed to enhancing the self-confidence, social, physical, and emotional needs of children predominantly through sport activities, named Christina Romelus as its new executive director. Romelus is a member of the Boynton Beach City Commission.
Domestic hunger-relief organization Feeding South Florida announced board of director appointees for three-year terms: Steve Magowan, founding chief executive of West Palm Beach-based Sunrise Management Services LLC, and Julie Dodd, chief operating officer of Weston-based Ultimate Software.
Broadcast
South Florida PBS television stations WPBT and WXEL received nine 2019 Emmy Awards presented by Suncoast Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the gatekeeper of the regional EMMY Awards in the Suncoast Region. The category, winning entry and individuals are: Arts & Entertainment – Program Segment: Art Loft’s “Dance Theatre of Harlem,” Kyla Ryan and Nicole Malanga; Environment – Program: Changing Seas’ “Corals in Crisis,” Kristin Paterakis, Sean Hickey, Norman Silva and Michael Malanga; Human Interest – Program Special: Send Me, Tim Malloy, Matt Eversmann, Steve Field, Susan Bodnar and James O. Born; Interview / Discussion: Your South Florida: Parkland One Year Later, Nicole Borrero and Pam Giganti Bunge; Arts & Entertainment – Program Special: Remembering Surrounded Island (featured in Art Loft), Jon David Kane, Lisa Leone and Rene Morales; and Documentary – Cultural: Six Degrees of Immigration (featured in filmmaker), Jayme Gershen, Diana Larrea and David Araujo. Also, James Patterson,
Tim Malloy, Frank Costantini, Brian Sitts, Johanna Vega and Scott Barnett were recognized for the following three entries in the category of: Children/ Youth/Teens Program: Kid Stew # 203; Kid Stew # 205 and Kid Stew # 206.
Education
Nova Southeastern University announced that Meline Kevorkian, Ed.D., was named the dean of its College of Computing and Engineering. She has been the college’s interim dean since July 2018.
Jennifer Quintana was named executive director of development and alumni relations at FIU’s College of Business. Quintana joined FIU Business in 2014 as director of alumni relations and was most recently the college’s senior director of advancement and alumni relations.
Political
The Service Employees International Union Florida State Council appointed Marcus L. Dixon as executive director, where he will manage and oversee SEIU Florida State Council’s electoral, legislative and outreach operations statewide. Dixon has worked for more than a decade in Florida’s political and policy spaces, most recently as SEIU Florida’s political director. The SEIU Florida State Council coordinates the electoral, legislative and outreach work of SEIU Locals in Florida, and its board is composed of elected leaders, members and staff of the five SEIU Local Unions. Nationwide, the organization has 2.1 million members in North America, including over 55,000 active and retired healthcare professionals, public employees, and property service workers in the state of Florida.