Jennifer Swanson has been named vice president of accounting at Sunrise-based Sheridan Healthcare, Inc. She will oversee the financial and reporting, treasury, cash management, payroll and accounts payable functions. Before joining Sheridan Healthcare, she was vice president of accounting for Nipro Diagnostics, director of financial reporting for Republic Services, senior manager of finance for Sunglass Hut and an audit manager with Arthur Andersen LLP. Sheridan Healthcare is a hospital-based, practice management company and an anesthesia services provider.
Debbie Kohl joins North Broward Hospital District board of commissioners
Debbie Kohl has joined the board of commissioners that governs the North Broward Hospital District. She will serve through May 2014. She is the executive vice president/chief financial officer of Broward Bank of Commerce in Fort Lauderdale. She was previously senior vice president and controller at the Union Bank of Florida in Plantation, vice president of accounting and finance at Fort Lauderdale's Capital Business Credit and chief financial officer of First Choice Credit Union in West Palm Beach.
Curtis Hunter named a partner at Berger Singerman
Curtis B. Hunter has joined Berger Singerman as a partner and member of the law firm’s business, finance and tax team, working from the firm's Miami office. He concentrates his practice in corporate law, tax, trusts/estates and estate planning, including wealth preservation, business succession and asset protection planning. He also has experience in tax controversies involving the IRS and Department of Revenue, real estate and litigation. Before joining Berger Singerman, he was a partner with Messer, Caparello & Self in Tallahassee.
Kimberly Anzivino named vice president, investments at Whitehurst Advisory Group of Raymond James & Associates in Coral Gables
Kimberly Anzivino has been named vice president, investments at the Whitehurst Advisory Group of Raymond James & Associates, Inc., in Coral Gables. The office specializes in financial planning services for individuals and families. Before joining Raymond James, she spent 18 years at Wells Fargo’s Wealth Management Group.
Craig A. Suid promoted to principal at Mallah Furman accounting firm
Craig A. Suid has been promoted to principal at Mallah Furman. He will work primarily from the firm's Miami office, and has nearly 30 years experience in audit, accounting, financial reporting, tax planning, federal and multi-state tax reporting. Before joining the firm in 1994, he worked at local CPA firms Daday, Suid & Company, and Laventhol & Horwath.
Cynthia Borders-Byrd named chair of Florida's Board of Accountancy
Cynthia Borders-Byrd has been named chair of the Florida State Board of Accountancy (BOA), the organization responsible for the regulation of certified public accountants (CPAs) and accounting firms in the state. She was named to the BOA in 2008 and was reappointed for a second term by Gov. Rick Scott. She was vice-chair of the board, member of the Probable Cause Panel and chair of the Rules Committee. She manages and operates C. Borders-Byrd, CPA LLC, an accounting and consulting firm with offices in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton. Before starting her own accounting firm, she worked with the State of Florida's Office of the Auditor General; Broward County; Arthur Andersen; and Ernst & Young.
Judit Fabian named director of venture capital services at Cassel Salpeter & Co.
Judit Fabian will serve as director of venture capital services at Cassel Salpeter & Co., an investment banking firm in Miami. She will focus on financial advisory services and capital sourcing for emerging, high growth companies primarily in technology, mobile applications, biotechnology, and healthcare industries. She will assist companies with raising early stage and venture capital. She was interim chief financial officer for incubated companies at Nextera Enterprises; she also worked with Early Stage IT & Internet Companies as a financial advisor through a Baltimore-based incubator, and provided market expansion services to U.S. technology companies doing business in Europe. Before that, she also was an underwriting analyst at GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corporation. She also serves on the board of trustees for the Miami Science Museum.
Carol Fox joins GlassRatner Advisory as senior managing director
Carol Fox has joined GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group, LLC, as senior managing director in the firm's Miami office. Before joining the firm, she was a partner at Kapila & Company. For more than a decade, her practice has focused on providing forensic and investigative services to debtors, federal bankruptcy trustees and examiners, creditors' committees, court-appointed assignees and financial institutions. Her areas of expertise include providing litigation consulting and expert witness services, insolvency analysis, asset-tracing and Ponzi investigations. She also has provided extensive restructuring and bankruptcy related services for situations involving distressed real estate.
Margaret Smith named Chapter 7 Panel Bankruptcy Trustee in Southern District of Florida
Margaret J. Smith, a principal of GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group, LLC, has been named a Chapter 7 Panel Bankruptcy Trustee in the Southern District of Florida. She is a certified public accountant, a certified insolvency and restructuring advisor, a certified fraud examiner, and has various business valuation certifications. She has more than 27 years experience in public and forensic accounting, bankruptcy consulting and providing fiduciary services. Her practice focuses on providing bankruptcy litigation and forensic accounting services to debtors, creditors and bankruptcy trustees.
