Movers in South Florida

President of the Board for The YWCA of Greater Miami-Dade County

Lisa Treister has been named president of the Board of Directors for The YWCA of Greater Miami-Dade County. She will serve the 2008-2009 term. She is a founding partner of The Treister Murry Agency, a public relations and marketing firm. She has been a member of the board for the past four years.

President of the Florida International Bankers Association

Ramon Usategui, senior vice president and international private banking manager at Bank United FSB, has been elected as president of the Florida International Bankers Association for the 2008-2009 fiscal year.

He served as first vice president of FIBA for the past year and will take office on July 1st for a one-year term.

President of global supply chain solutions at Ryder System

John H. Williford has been hired at Ryder System as president of global supply chain solutions, a newly created position.

He was previously the president and chief executive at Golden Gate Logistics, a logistics company based in Palo Alto, Cali.

Ryder provides leading-edge transportation, logistics and supply chain management solutions worldwide.

President of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of South Florida

William Simonitsch, an attorney with K&L Gates, has been elected as president of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of South Florida. He will serve for a one-year term.

Board of directors at Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center

Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center (FIAC), a non-profit agency providing immigration legal services, has elected of officers for its Board of Directors for the coming 2008-09 term:

• Carl Goldfarb, partner with the law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner, has been elected as president
• John de Leon, an attorney and principal with the firm Chavez & de Leon, has been elected as vice president
• Nancy Audain Allen, president of the Women’s Business Development Center, has been elected as treasurer
• Jane Herron, a member of the board since 2005, has been elected as secretary

Executive chef at Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel & Yacht Club

Rafael Velazquez has been hired as executive chef at Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel & Yacht Club, a property of LXR Luxury Resorts & Hotels.

Most recently, he was executive sous chef at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel in Miami Beach for three years.

Senior manager at accounting firm Mallah Furman

George Gulisano has been hired at Mallah Furman as senior manager in the accounting and auditing department.

Board members of the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana

The Kiwanis Club of Little Havana has elected the following new board members:

Jorge Brito, sergeant at arms of the Miami-Dade Police Department

Peter Isern, vice president of Investments at UBS Financial Services

Senior auditor at accounting firm Lopez & Partners

Nicasio Barbeite has been hired as a senior auditor at the accounting firm of Lopez & Partners in Coral Gables.

Spa director of Aquanox at the Trump International Beach Resort

Lori Lynch has been hired as spa director of Aquanox at the Trump International Beach Resort in Sunny Isles Beach.