Euridice Ventura has been named vice president of affiliate marketing for consolidated operations for Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc, (SBS). She will oversee all strategic partnerships with cable, satellite and telecom distributors. She will be responsible for leading marketing initiatives for all national and local distributors and directing creative and production efforts for client-specific consumer campaigns and industry-wide initiatives. She also is the liaison between SBS Radio, MegaTV, SBS Interactive and SBS Entertainment divisions. Based will based in Miami. She has worked for companies such as Radio Caracas Television (RCTV), E! Entertainment Television Latin America and Sony Pictures (AXN Latin America) as part of the programming team and as a producer, specializing on special music event productions, combining marketing and concert productions with television.
Jamie Isani named a partner at Miami office of Hunton & Williams
Jamie Zysk Isani has been named a partner in the Miami law office of Hunton & Williams. She is a member of the firm's litigation and intellectual property team and focuses her practice on complex business and financial services litigation, prosecution of First Amendment and other civil rights claims, and complex appellate matters.
Conrad & Scherer law firm adds new partners, associates
Conrad & Scherer, a Fort Lauderdale law firm, has named four new partners and three new associates. The new partners include:
Albert L. Frevola Jr., whose primary areas of practice are commercial litigation, legal malpractice defense and admiralty law;
Ivan J. Kopas, whose primary areas of practice are commercial, telecommunications and intellectual property litigation;
John P. Noyes, a litigation, trial and appellate attorney with more than 22 years of legal experience, including three years of in-house experience with a Fortune 150 company;
Gregory Barthelette, whose practice focuses on litigation with an emphasis on personal injury, business litigation and employment matters.
The new associates are:
Gary Englander, whose practice focuses on civil litigation, with an emphasis on commercial matters;
Jeffrey Kominsky, who practices civil litigation, focusing on commercial litigation and general liability;
Nicole Saqui, whose practice focuses on civil litigation, with an emphasis on commercial and business matters.
Melissa Holland named director of Manchester Business School's Miami Center
Manchester Business School has named Melissa Holland as the new director of its Miami Center in Downtown Miami. In her role, she will be responsible for the overall operations, program administration, student recruitment and business development. Before joining Manchester Business School, she was director of MBA programs at Georgia Southern University, with responsibility for recruiting, admissions, student services, alumni relations and new program development. Earlier in her career, she was a vice president at Rabobank International, where she specialized in underwriting large corporate senior debt transactions for companies in the food and agriculture industry. She also worked at GE Capital and SunTrust Bank, where she was an underwriter of debt and equity transactions to the media and telecommunications industry.
Sandra Fine promoted to vice president at rbb Public Relations
Sandra Fine has been promoted to vice president at rbb Public Relations in Miami. She joined rbb in 2005 as a senior account executive and has been promoted twice, most recently serving as an account director. She has managed several award-winning client campaigns at rbb over the last few years, including the Public Relations Society of America's Silver Anvil for reputation / brand management, and a Gold Sabre from the Holmes Report for corporate reputation.
Perry Ecton named executive director at Habitat for Humanity of Broward
Perry Ecton has been named executive director at Habitat for Humanity of Broward. He begins May 1. He has been CEO at Habitat for Humanity of Dane County, in Madison, Wis., for the past four years. Before joining Habitat, he was an executive director at the Community Housing Development Organization in Elgin, Il.
Kathy Walkerow-Ivanov promoted to senior vice president, administration at Fleet Advantage
Kathy Walkerow-Ivanov has been promoted to senior vice president of administration at Fleet Advantage, a truck fleet business analytics and equipment financing company based in Fort Lauderdale. She will be responsible for overseeing all Fleet Advantage transactions from initial award to final equipment in-servicing. Before joining the company, she worked in the titling and registration division of First Fleet Corporation. She also worked in the firm's lease documentation department.
James Stephan named a partner at Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A.
James A. Stepan has joined Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. as a partner in the law firm. He focuses his practice in intellectual property and complex commercial litigation. His practice also includes proactive counseling. He is board certified as a specialist in intellectual property.
Natalie Pita-Ortiz promoted to an assistant vice president at Baptist Health South Florida
Natalie Pita-Ortiz has been promoted to assistant vice president of supply chain strategic projects for Baptist Health South Florida. She will be responsible for directing clinical resource management for surgery, imaging and cardiovascular departments, and assessing supply chain processes. She joined Baptist Health in 1997 as an inventory/service contract buyer. She recently served as corporate director of supply chain strategic projects. She also has served as chair of the surgical services products review committee for Baptist Health.
