People on the Move
This week’s People on the Move column highlights an entrepreneurial approach to the arts as two local artists were recognized with fellowships in Palm Beach County. Additionally, a professional who founded a nonprofit to provide after school mentoring services received a statewide recognition. 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
Professional Development, Associations
Fallon Gechter has been named president of Meeting Professionals International, South Florida chapter, an event industry association. Gechter is director of communications and marketing at JARC Florida (Jewish Association for Residential Care), a nonprofit, nonsectarian organization that provides programs and services to educate and empower individuals with intellectual and development disabilities. Frank Scruggs, partner in the law firm of Berger Singerman LLP, has joined the board of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Florida chapter. The organization provides directors with a forum for sharing experiential knowledge, leading boardroom practices through educational programs, networking and leadership. Leadership Palm Beach County announced the addition of two new employees: Melissa Gaynor as programs coordinator and Marlee Brannock as events and marketing coordinator.
Law
Jason E. Handin has joined West Palm Beach-based Ward Damon as an attorney. Gunster announced the addition of three attorneys: Bob Zochowski, with the private wealth services practice in West Palm Beach, Tim McGinn, business litigation in Miami, and Mallory Meads, tax practice in Fort Lauderdale. Carlton Fields announced that Michael C. Vandormael has joined the firm’s Miami office as an associate in its business transactions practice group, from Barbosa Legal in Miami Beach, where he was an associate. Goldstein Law Group announced that Paula Campione and Holly Galinskie have become senior associates in Fort Lauderdale.
Real Estate
Bragi Sigurdsson has joined Douglas Elliman’s Coconut Grove office as senior director of luxury sales, from ONE Sotheby’s International Realty.
Gregory Giananti has joined Berger Commercial Realty/CORFAC International as a project manager at the company’s Miramar office, from McKenzie Construction in Miami, where he was a project manager and field construction manager.
Education
Arthur I. Meyer Jewish Academy, at the Melvin J. & Claire Levine Center for Jewish Learning, has promoted Maya Scwartz from interim head of school, to head of the school. Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach announced the following new faculty members: Maria Dona-Morice, and Amy Jonas as Spanish teachers; Dr. Andrew Johnson, physics teacher; Zoe Losada, associate director of college counseling; Anika Pack, social science teacher and Lindsay Van Loon, English teacher. Gulliver Schools announced that Clifton L. Kling has been appointed as its first president and chief executive officer. Gulliver also announced that Rachel Griffin was named Primary School (PreK3-Sr.K) and Lower School (Grades 1-4) Principal. Griffin was most recently head of lower school for Léman Manhattan Preparatory School in New York. Jean McIntyre, vice president of Iberia Bank, has been named to the board of directors of the Broward Education Foundation.
Medical
Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center appointed Jessica Alfonso as its new director of radiology services. Previously, Alfonso was a supervisor for the X-ray department. Additionally, John Bacha D.O. was appointed medical director of the bariatric program. Broward Health has named Peter Nyamora as senior vice president and chief human resources officer; and Beth A. Cherry as vice president of physician services. In his most recent role, Nyamora was the human resources director at Memorial Hospital Pembroke. He began his career at the city of Miami Beach and worked at Jackson Health System for seven years. Cherry most recently was an administrator for physician integration and community practices at the Medicine Institute at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.
Cultural
Rebecca Dorfman has been appointed public relations manager of the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, from FUSION TV, where she was director of communications and special events. The Cultural Council of Palm Beach County announced two artists as 2017 SFCC fellowship recipients for Palm Beach County: Raheleh Filsoofi of Boca Raton and Isabel Gouveia of Lake Worth. Filsoofi’s work utilizes ancient and contemporary technology – ceramics, poetry, ambient sound, and video. Gouveia works with imagery inspired by the natural landscape of South Florida, which she then manipulates through the experimental digital printing process. Palm Beach County artists who want to enter the 2018 program are invited to next week’s training session at the Cultural Council. Learn more at palmbeachculture.com/artist-opportunities.
Recognition
Lynne Gassant was recently honored with the Volunteer Florida Champion of Service Award, Florida’s official statewide volunteer recognition, for her service to the Palm Beach County community and the state of Florida. Gassant is the founder and executive director of Scholar Career Coaching, a nonprofit organization that provides after-school mentoring services to South Florida high school students, particularly those who speak English as a second language.
Nonprofit
Philip M. Reagan was appointed chair of Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County's building for a lifetime capital campaign committee. Reagan is an executive director and private banker and is co-lead for J.P. Morgan Private Bank’s closely held business group in South Florida, The American Red Cross South Florida Region named Grace Meinhofer-Rodriguez its new regional communications and marketing director. Most recently, Meinhofer-Rodriguez led the marketing communications efforts at Wax Communications.
Finance
Cross Country Home Services, a home repair, maintenance and warranty services, announced that Chris White has been appointed senior vice president of marketing.
Michael Salad, an attorney in Cooper Levenson’s business and tax and cyber risk management practice groups, has been named a partner at the firm. Professional Bank announced that Marcel Summermatter has joined as senior vice president and market leader for Broward County
Assisted Living
Toby & Leon Cooperman Sinai Residences of Boca Raton, Life Plan Community, announced that Linda Nelson joined the Continuing Care Retirement Community as director of nursing at its health center.