NEWSMAKERS
ADMINISTRATION
Gulfstream Goodwill Industries has named Brian Itzkowitz chief executive officer. At Goodwill Industries of Arkansas, Itzkowitz provided oversight, management and leadership of 700 employees and 38 retail and donation locations throughout the state. He has over 20 years of Goodwill experience, and will be responsible for Gulfstream Goodwill’s operational controls, administrative and reporting procedures, and systems for marketing, human resources, property management, information technology, maintenance and retail operations divisions of Gulfstream Goodwill Industries’ five-county jurisdiction of Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee. Itzkowitz was named nonprofit executive of the year by Arkansas Business, is former chairman of the board for Goodwill Industries International and is currently a vice president of the University of Miami Alumni Association.
HOSPITALITY
BallenIsles Country Club has hired Ryan Walls as general manager and chief operating officer. He previously worked for Troon Privé, where he directed the company’s Australia, Asia and Pacific regions, served as senior vice president of operations, oversaw multicourse properties and the company’s marketing department before rising to division president. Walls is a 20-year member of the PGA of America and a former Horton Smith Award winner. Walls will reside in Palm Beach Gardens with his family.
MARKETING
Green Integrated Marketing Services has appointed Diana Riser as president. Her most recent role was publisher of Modern Luxury in Miami, which produces “Miamimagazine,” “Interiors South Florida” and Modern Luxury’s “Weddings,” as well as multitiered digital and mobile products for Modern Luxury’s magazines. Riser has more than two decades of specialization across every category of luxury business: real estate, lifestyle, tourism, medical/ health care, arts and culture, and high-end brands. The company is based in Boca Raton.