Manufacturing

Rossana Petreccia has joined AccuDock, a floating dock design and manufacturer in Pompano Beach, as an outside sales representative. Previously, Petreccia was a project engineer for GSD Contracting LLC.

Education

Marcus H. Burgess has joined Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens as vice president for university advancement. Previously, Burgess was vice president for institutional advancement at Voorhees College in Denmark, SC.

The Broward College Foundation named three community leaders to its board of directors: Harlan B. Hodes, executive vice president of Templeton Global Equity Group; Ann Porterfield, Broward College supporter; and Derrick S. Roberts, general counsel at ChildNet.

Kathleen Emmett was appointed director of institutional advancement and Erin Goerke as director of finance at the Rosarian Academy in West Palm Beach. Additionally, the Rosarian Academy board of directors appointed Stephen Rubenacker as head of school from Friends Academy on Long Island, N.Y., where had worked since 2001.

Medical

Ana Lopez-Blazquez,CEO of Baptist HealthEnterprises, was named executive vicepresident and chief strategy and transformation officer ofBaptist Health SouthFlorida in Miami.

Nonprofit

Chuck Loring, board chair of Our Fund, announced that its board of directors has named David Jobin, who has been serving as executive director of Stonewall National Museum & Archives, as Our Fund’s next CEO/President. The move comes as Our Fund’s founding president and CEO, Anthony Timiraos, retires at the end of his five yearcommitment.

Lauren Simone has been appointed executive director of the Florida Panthers Foundation. Simone recently was the Greater Miami- Fort Lauderdale American Heart Association’s director of the Broward Heart Ball.

The Orphaned Starfish Foundation announced its new Co-Chairs of the South Florida chapter: Jessica Levy Kiibler and Rachel Levy Chackman, president and vice-president, respectively of Levy Public Relations and Events; Caroline Goeseke of the marketing firm Better Mark It; and Alexandra Goeseke Cervera, a sales associate at family-owned Cervera Real Estate.The Orphaned Starfish Foundation is dedicated to working with orphans, victims of abuse and at-risk youth through opportunities to develop vocational skills and gain employment that will enable them to overcome the cycle of poverty and abuse.

Margaret Callihan, chairman, president and CEO of SunTrust Bank South Florida, and Kathleen Woods-Richardson, city manager in Miramar, have joined United Way of Broward County‘s board of directors.

Cultural

HistoryMiami Museum announced that Maria R. Estorino Dooling has joined as the vice president of museum collections.

Market research

David Lustig of Coral Springs is heading the new Florida operation for OSC World, an international provider of data capturing and processing services for Fortune 100 companies and market research firms, as vice president of business development-market research.

Law

Andrew R. Comiter, an associate at the law firm of Comiter, Singer, Baseman & Braun LLP in Palm Beach Gardens, has been accepted into the inaugural class of the Florida Fellows Institute of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. The Florida Fellows Institute was created to develop the profession’s future leaders in trust and estate law through a series of in-depth educational presentations led by experts from across the U.S.

Pedro J. Torres-Díaz,office managing shareholder in San Juan and a practicing shareholder in Miami for Jackson Lewis P.C.,has been elected president-elect in the Hispanic National Bar Association’s Board of Governors Elections for the 2015-2016 term.

Berger Singerman partner Frank Scruggs has been selected as a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America

Logistics

Fleet Advantage of Fort Lauderdale named Jeff Morris as vice president of finance and corporate controller. Most recently, Morris was vice president of accounting and corporate controller at Birks Group, a publicly held luxury jeweler with retail operations in the U.S. (doing business as Mayor’s Jewelers) and Canada.

Finance

Mark Rubin has joined Avison Young in Boca Raton as vice president with the capital markets group.

Bogdan Istrate has been named TD Bank’s vice president and manager in Hollywood. Emily Arcia was named manager of the bank’s Deerwood location in Miami. Casey J. Crist was promoted to assistant vice president, relationship manager in small business lending, based in Coral Gables

FBC Mortgage LLC, a direct mortgage lender and new construction lender, announced the addition of Paul Burch and Jasmine Thorne to the Sorrentino Team.

Amber Kelly has joined Global Wealth Management as a financial adviser in Fort Lauderdale.

The MetLife Premier Client Group announced the induction of Richard Akirmaian in Plantation into MetLife’s Hall of Fame.

Patricia Lubian has joined BankUnited as a commercial real estate relationship manager in Miami Lakes.

MBAF announced that Steven Morrison, principal in the audit department, was appointed to the American Institute of CPAs Auditing Standards Board for 2015-2016.

Culinary

Nicole Votano has joined the Miami Beach eatery Dirt as chef de cuisine, from Fooq’s in Miami, where she was executive chef.

Leadership

Karyl Argamasilla, a real estate attorney with Bilzin Sumberg, was selected by the Women’s Fund of Miami-Dade as a recipient of their “Mujeres Giving Back Time” award. The award honors a Hispanic woman who demonstrates commitment to her community by volunteering in support of nonprofit organizations and encourages other Hispanic women to take leadership roles toward philanthropy and community involvement. In addition, Argamasilla was appointed to the Women’s Leadership Council Executive Committee at the United Way for 2015-2016.

Executive Women of the Palm Beaches announced the addition of new members: Gail Kleinert, president and chief executive officer of Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Palm Beach County; Melody Spano, president/owner of M & R FL Investments Inc.; Natalie Stolbach, owner and partner of Barry’s Jewelry Spa; and Adrianne Weissman, president and CEO of Evelyn & Arthur.

Community

Chris Newport is Sinai Residences Senior Community’s first executive director, on the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County Campus. The Sinai Residences community is owned and governed by the Federation CCRC Development LLC Board of Managers, a federation subsidiary.

Media

Kerry Shorr of the Palm Beach Media Group was promoted to associate editor of Palm Beach Illustrated from online editor, social media manager of Weddings Illustrated.Before joining PBI, Shorr was a freelance publicist. Earlier, Shorr waspublic relations manager for nearly seven years for the Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach and later becamedirector of the Illinois Restaurant Association in Chicago. Additionally, Jenn Pfaff was promoted to deputy editor from senior editor, andMary Murray was promoted to senior editor from associate editor.

Real estate

Waterfront Properties & Club Communities and Waterfront Yacht Brokerage announced that Mark Florman has joined the companies as a luxury waterfront specialist and yacht broker. Additionally, Waterfront Properties & Club Communities annnounced that Cindy Barsky, William Hulsman, Linda Lionetti and Charisse White have joined its brokerage team.

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