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People on the Move
The People on the Move column this week focuses on a variety of career moves, appointments and promotions in marketing and public relations, real estate and in the wellness and medical sectors. Want more? View, Submit promotions, new hires to SunSentinel.com/peopleonthemove; or email peopleonthemove@sunsentinel.com. Logistics UPS has named Jose Maria
Odriozola as president of operations for UPS Latin America, responsible for all business units and operations in the region. He is based at UPS’s Air Hub Gateway offices in Miami. Odriozola has been with the company for more than 30 years, most recently as the country manager for Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden since 2015. Nonprofits Center for Family Services of Palm Beach County announced the appointment of new members to its board of directors: Sharon Daley, vice president and private client relationship manager with TD Wealth Management and
Gary Walk, partner at Ciklin Lubitz & O’Connell. Real Estate The Brissi Group of EWM Realty International has named Katie Ward marketing director. Colliers International South Florida announced the addition of commercial real estate brokers Russell Bornstein and Michael Wilson. Finance Merrill Lynch announced that Leon Friedlander, who specializes in servicing clients in Latin America, has joined the firm in Aventura as a managing director and certified financial analyst, along with client associate Johanna Trujillo. R. Jo Kaufman and Cindy Katz Morton ,of The Kaufman Katz Group, at Morgan Stanley in Boca Raton were included in the Forbes Top 200 Women Wealth Advisors list for 2017. The ranking, developed by Forbes’ partner SHOOK Research, is based on a ranking algorithm that includes telephone and in-person interviews, client retention, industry experience and review of compliance records, firm nominations; and quantitative criteria, including: assets under management and revenue generated for their firms. Kaufman ranked 116 and Morton ranked 117. First Bank of the Palm Beaches has added senior loan officers Colin Christy and David Kozubal to its residential lending team in West Palm Beach. Both formerly worked in the Miami office of Sedgwick LLP. Law GrayRobinson, P.A. announced that attorneys Eric L. Lundt
and Robert C.
Weill have joined the firm as shareholder and of counsel, respectively, in its Fort Lauderdale office. Marketing, Public Relations Take 5 Media Group announced that Logan Freedman joined the company as director of content marketing in Boca Raton. Durée & Company Inc. announced that Caroline Williams and Brooke Callinan have been promoted to account executive positions. Williams previously was an associate account executive, and Callinan was an account coordinator. O’Donnell Agency has added Irene Carvalho as director of media and client services and promoted Amanda Sueiro Rier to senior graphic designer. Medical St. Mary’s Medical Center recently created a Community Advisory Council comprised of a diverse group of influential business leaders in West Palm Beach. The group will serve as ambassadors for the hospital and meet quarterly with Chief Executive Officer Gabrielle Finley-Hazle, key hospital administrators and staff to help advance the hospital’s mission and showcase its programs and services. Council members include:
Michele Bachoon, attorney, Walton Lantaff Schroeder & Carson, LLP; Ronald A. Davis, president, Mosnar Group LLC; Ray Dorsey, vice president, Insurance Office of America;
Paul Dumars, chief financial officer, Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County;
director of housing and community development, City of West Palm Beach; community relations project coordinator, Palm Beach Post; project manager, Health Council of SE Florida; executive director, Northwest Community Consortium, Inc.; president, Quantum Foundation; appellate attorney, Law Office of Kreusler-Walsh, Compiani & Varga, P.A.; board chairman, Black Chamber of Commerce of Palm Beach County; financial planner, Palm Planning Group;
financial advisor, Northwestern Mutual; president, Matteson Media Inc.; vice president, financial advisor, Morgan Stanley; SE Florida director, SCI Funeral Services of Florida, LLC.; chief financial officer, Palm Beach County Tax Collector’s Office; principal, Marketing Concepts, Inc.; executive director, Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation; principal, Geoffrey B. Sluggett & Associates Inc.;
chief executive officer, The Lord’s Place; III, major gift officer, Museum of the Bible; president, Paragon Florida, Inc.; Manheim; Sotheby’s International Realty Inc. CPA, LKD Certified Public Accountants & Consultants;
president, West Palm Beach Police Foundation; Karen White, founder and owner, Home Health Services of the Palm Beaches and Marlon White Sr., vice president, PNC Bank. West Boca Medical Center appointed Rosie
Inguanzo-Martin, president and chief executive officer of Allegiance Home Health, as one of the hospital’s new governing board members. The board is responsible for monitoring, evaluating and improving quality and safety of care. Technology MedicFP, a provider of software which protects patient identity and prevents health care fraud, has appointed its Chairman of the Board Ruben Jose King-Shaw Jr. to the additional position of chief executive officer in Hollywood. He previously served as secretary for the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration and as deputy administrator and chief operating officer at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Wellness Brian Hetrich has been promoted from admissions coordinator to marketing coordinator at Dr. Fuhrman’s Health Oasis in Boca Raton. The center specializes in the reversal of disease and weight issues using lifestyle medicine. Hetrich is also a professional raw Hetrich vegan chef and specializes in teaching natural healing arts. The Wellness Habitat Company, which applies wellness innovation and technology to create healthy habitats, announced that David
Wolfe has been appointed to the company’s board of directors. Wolfe joins a team of board members who serve to ensure that the company’s strategic goals align with its mission to transform spaces into healthy indoor habitats. Wolfe also maintains his role as a celebrity spokesperson for the NutriBullet as well as Longevity Warehouse. He is also the co-founder for TheBestDayEver.com, an online health magazine, and the founder of The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation, a nonprofit with a mission to plant 18 billion fruit, nut and medicinal trees worldwide. Hospitality Susana Vento has been appointed as market director of sales for The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach and The Ritz-Carlton Bal Harbour, Miami, to direct and oversee the group sales. Vento joins The Ritz-Carton from The Confidante Miami Beach by Hyatt, where she was associate director of sales. Additionally,
Inessa Tsavaris was appointed director of travel industry sales for The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach and The Ritz-Carlton Bal Harbour, Miami. Tsavaris joins The Ritz-Carlton from Nobu Eden Roc. Recognition George J. Taylor, a litigation and transactional attorney with the law firm Brinkley Morgan, was recently honored at the American Cancer Society of Broward’s 2017 Celebration Gala at the Harbor Beach Marriott in Fort Lauderdale. Taylor is involved with various civic organizations. He served as chairman of the KIDS Campaign for Broward Health and on the boards of ARC Broward, Broward Performing Arts Foundation and the Salah Foundation.