Senior-level hires and promotions in Miami-Dade and Broward for the week of Jan. 20, 2020

Karina Pavone has been named executive director of Amigos For Kids.

ARCHITECTURE

At Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe & Associates, a Coral Gables architecture and planning firm: Igor Reyes has been named president. He was previously vice president. Adolfo Reyna has been named partner and vice president. He was previously senior associate. Andrew James has also been named partner and vice president. He was previously senior associate.

CONSTRUCTION

At Current Builders in Pompano Beach, Goran Ljustina has been named vice president of construction. He was most recently at Coastal Construction. Deborah Hampton has been named risk and safety director. She was corporate EHS director at Odebrecht.

HEALTHCARE

Anthony Carnemolla has been named chief commercial officer at Dalent Medical. The company is a Miami-based developer of devices for ear, nose & throat doctors. He was previously at Marena Group.

LAW

At Greenberg Traurig: Humberto H. Ocariz joins the firm as a litigation shareholder. He was formerly a partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon. He has a bachelor’s, and a J.D., from the University of Miami. Jennifer D. Newton joins the firm in the corporate practice as well as the financial regulatory & compliance practice and the banking & financial services practice. She was legal counsel to the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Office of Fair Lending and Equal Opportunity. Newton, who is an adjunct professor of Law at Nova Southeastern University, has a bachelor’s from Florida State University and a J.D. from Loyola University New Orleans.

Rose Y. Valentine joins Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel as a partner in the firm’s Miami office. She primarily handles first- and third-party property defense litigation as well as insurance coverage and bad-faith matters. Valentine has a bachelor’s degrees in criminal justice and sociology from Indiana University and a J.D. from Western Michigan University.

Luis E. Llamas has been named office head at Jones Walker in Miami. He is a partner in the litigation practice group.

Patrick J. Lannon has been named a partner in the Miami office of Shutts & Bowen, which is expanding its private client services practice group. He is a board-certified specialist in wills, trusts and estates. Lannon has a bachelor’s from Columbia and a J.D. from Harvard.

PEST CONTROL

Laura Agostino has been named manager of the Miami Beach service office of Truly Nolen Pest Control, at 300 NE 75th St. Before joining the company, she was director of operations for MSA Engineering Consultants. Agostino has a degree in business management from ITT.

REAL ESTATE

At Housing Trust Group, a developer of affordable housing, two executives have been appointed in Miami: Laura Rodriguez has been named executive vice president of property management. She was previously regional vice president of Alliance Residential. She has a master’s in mental health counseling and psychology from Nova Southeastern University. Debbie McCoy has been named vice president of property management. She was regional manager of Alliance Residential.

Cliff Weisner has been named principal of Lee & Associates South Florida in Miami. He will focus on retail investment sales & leasing. Weisner was a senior associate with Tiktin Real Estate Investment Services. He has a bachelor’s in political science from SUNY-Stony Brook.

STAFFING | TECHNOLOGY

Matt Walter has been named co-managing partner, technology practice at Vaco, and he is based in the Miami office. He was previously at MSW Staffing, which he had founded. Walter has a bachelor’s in management information systems from Florida State University.

MOVER’S SPOTLIGHT

Name: Karina Pavone

New position: Executive director of Amigos For Kids.

From: Associate dean, School of Continuing Education and Professional Development at Miami Dade College.

About: Pavone has been a therapist as well as a nonprofit and higher-education administrator for 25 years. She has held various leadership roles throughout her career, including 16 years with Miami Dade College.

Also: She follows the organization’s interim president and CEO, Lydia Muñiz, who stepped in to lead the organization after the unexpected passing in October 2018 of its longtime president and CEO, Rosa Maria Plasencia. There were more than 300 applicants for the position; the board of directors unanimously selected Pavone.

Education: She has a master’s in psychology from Florida International University; and a master’s, and a doctorate, in clinical psychology from Albizu University.

About Amigos For Kids: Founded in 1991, the organization’s mission is to prevent child abuse and neglect by valuing children, strengthening families and educating communities. Amigos offers an after-school program at José Martí Park that serves children ages 6-11 daily, and also offers its “Nurturing Parents Program” that serves families throughout the region. Amigos For Kids also organizes one of the community’s largest holiday toy drives..

Best advice: At a young age my parents said to me “Find something you love to do and figure out a way to make a living doing it.” My parents always instilled a sense of service to others and that is why I pursued a service profession.

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