WHO’S WHO IN LOCAL BUSINESS
NEWSMAKERS
FINANCE DWC has added Sarah Lalli
and Laurie Boardman to its management team.
Lalli began her corporate retirement career in 2010. Her experience focuses on compliance, efficiency, quality control and relationship building.
Boardman, QPA, joined DWC as a retirement plan consultant in early 2017. She has focused on client services with an emphasis on plan design, plan documents and compliance services.
Lalli and Boardman will oversee distributions and client services teams.
INSURANCE
Century Risk Advisors has named John Krissel director of its transportation division. Krissel was formerly compliance director with Southeastern Consolidated Industries.
NONPROFIT
The American Red Cross
South Florida Region has named Jennifer Durrant executive director of the Palm Beach and Martin County Chapter. Durrant brings 20 years of experience in fundraising, volunteer management and program delivery to the Red Cross.
Most recently, Durrant worked with the Martin County Health System, where she was manager of annual giving. She earned her bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Colorado.
PROFESSIONAL
Devonshire at PGA National
has hired Maria Littleworth as sales counselor. Prior to Devonshire, she worked at La Posada Senior Living Community.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Feeding South Florida has appointed Alan Alvarez to its board of directors. Alvarez has worked as director of the Marlins Foundation for seven years. He earned a bachelor’s degree in tourism, recreation and sports management from the University of Florida. He manages the day-to-day operations of the team foundation and helps guide corporate and charitable giving for the company.
LEGAL
Lesser, Lesser, Landy & Smith
announced that attorney Jeff Gordon has joined the law firm’s Boca Raton office. Gordon concentrates on personal injury and wrongful death litigation. Before joining LLLS, Gordon worked at Broad and Cassel for over 30 years.
HEALTH
Broward Health has named Beverly Capasso its new president/CEO. Previously, Capasso had been appointed Broward Health’s interim president/CEO after serving on the North Broward Hospital District Board of Commissioners. She also previously served as CEO at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.
EDUCATION
The Boca Raton Museum Art School appointed Trish Duebber its coordinator of youth programs. She will oversee afterschool and weekend classes and workshops for youth as well as the school’s popular Summer Art Camp. Duebber earned her Administration Certification and Superintendent Certification from Xavier University, adding to the Master of Art Education she had already completed there. She also has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Art Academy of Cincinnati.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
The Boys & Girls Club of Martin County has appointed Patrick Mangan to its board of directors. Mangan is a Certified Public Accountant working with Caler, Donten, Levine, Cohen, Porter & Veil.
NONPROFITS Devereux Community Based Care has promoted Rashandia Johnson to dependency case management supervisor in St. Lucie County. Johnson is a graduate of the University of Tampa and has 16 years of experience in case management. Her previous positions include counselor for the Eckerd Re-Entry Program. As supervisor, Johnson will lead a team of case managers to oversee the coordination of services to children and families with cases in the dependency or child welfare system. RECOGNITION
Brightway Insurance has named Chris Cole as its 2017 Agency Owner of the Year. This is the second consecutive year that Cole has earned Brightway’s top award. He opened his first Brightway store in Palm Springs in 2010 and his second location in Boynton Beach in 2014.
The Florida Association of Museums has granted Larry Rosensweig a Lifetime Achievement Award for his career in Florida arts.
Rosensweig has contributed to the development of the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum, the historical center managed by EPOCH Inc. Rosensweig was one of the first employees at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Palm Beach County. He is a Harvard University and University of Michigan graduate with degrees in East Asian languages and civilizations, and Japanese studies.
SALES
Take 5 Media Group has hired Sanford “Sandy” Lechner as national vice president of sales.
Before joining Take 5, Lechner was senior vice president of St. Ive’s U.S. Division. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in communications, as well as a degree from the Northwestern University Kellogg Masters Program. He will manage Take 5 Media Group’s sales team and hiring initiatives at the company’s headquarters in Boca Raton.