Senior-level hires and promotions for the week of May 13, 2019

EDUCATION

Safiya George, Ph.D., has been named the dean of the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University and will assume this role July 8. She is the third dean to be appointed in the college’s 40 years. George was at the Capstone College of Nursing, the University of Alabama, where her roles included being assistant dean for research. She is also a board-certified adult nurse practitioner and has a specialty in HIV/AIDS. George, who has undergraduate nursing degrees from the University of the Virgin Islands, has a master’s and a Ph.D. in nursing from Emory University. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in research on religion and health from Duke.

FINANCE

Chuck Malkus has joined First Horizon National Corp.’s corporate communications team as a business communications partner based in Fort Lauderdale. Capital Bank, part of the First Horizon’s family of companies, made the announcement. Malkus, who co-founded Neighbors 4 Neighbors with CBS 4 after Hurricane Andrew, most recently was president of his own communications firm, Malkus Communications Group.

HEALTHCARE

Dr. Antonio Laudito, M.D., a cardiothoracic surgeon, has been appointed medical director of The Heart Institute at Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah, which is part of Tenet Healthcare’s Miami-Dade Group. He was most recently at the cardiac care program at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, California. He has a medical degree from the University of Turin Medical School in Italy, where he completed his residency in cardiac surgery.

HEMP| AGRIBUSINESS

Michael D. Pelletier has been named chief financial officer of Veritas Farms, which is based in Fort Lauderdale. The company offers a spectrum of hemp extracts with naturally occurring cannabinoids. Pelletier was most recently chief financial officer of Inter-Continental Cigar Corp. He has a BBA from Florida Atlantic University.

LAW

Laura Besvinick, an insurance litigation partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, has been named managing partner in the firm’s Miami office. She has an A.B., and a J.D., from Harvard.

NONPROFITS

Daniela Roeder was promoted to executive director of the Exceptional Theater Company in Pembroke Pines. Roeder was operations manager for the nonprofit. ETC has been recognized as an innovative theater arts program for people with disabilities in the tri-county area.

REAL ESTATE

Randy Carballo has been named executive vice president at Blanca Commercial Real Estate. He joins the firm’s tenant advisory practice and will also collaborate with the agency leasing team on some of the firm’s key assignments. He was previously vice president at JLL.

Greg Main-Baillie has been named executive managing director at Colliers International Florida. He is primarily based out of the firm’s office in Coral Gables. The move comes as the firm expands its development services division statewide and grows its project management capabilities. Main-Baillie was previously at Foundry Commercial. He has a bachelor’s from Florida State University.

This space lists promotions of executives at the director level and above who are based in Broward, Miami-Dade or Monroe counties. Announcements, also at miamiherald.com, are for full-time, paid positions — not for board or volunteer positions. Send items, with jpeg of a head shot, to movers@miamiherald.com. Include the position (company, title) most recently held prior to the new job.

This story was originally published May 10, 2019 at 4:30 AM.