HR Awards celebration - S. Florida Business & Wealth

HR Awards celebration

April 28, 2017 | SFBW Staff

SFBW hosted its second annual celebration honoring top HR Executives in the tri-county area on March 9 at the Weston Hills Country Club.

More than 300 attendees enjoyed high-end networking before and after the event and were treated to a performance by the Dillard High School Drum Line.

The awards program was presented by StevenDouglas. Other sponsors included Celebrity Cruises, Optime Consulting, Sapoznik Insurance, Third Level, Ultimate Software and Jackson Lewis.

Follow this link to visit the SFBW website and see more photos from the celebration plus inspirational quotes from the honorees: https://goo.gl/5mwx4E

The HR Awards of Excellence was held at the Weston Hills Country Club

An honoree group shot: (front row) Jaffus Hardrick, vice provost and VP at FIU; Anthony Katz, VP at C3/Customer Contact Channels; Julie A. Staub, senior VP and chief HR officer at Jackson Health; Kenneth Finneran, chief HR officer at National Beverage Corp.; Peter Gloggner, VP and chief HR officer at Jupiter Medical Center; Michelle Eisner, chief of HR and talent officer at LLC Sleep Products; Lisa-Ann Bannis Matthew, director of HR and talent at BMI Elite; Ilene Nelson, VP of HR at OPKO Health; Jackie Roca, HR director at YMCA of South Florida; (back row) Milton Rodriguez, regional HR manager at ADT; Michele Henderson, senior VP human resources at Convey Health Solutions; Michael Pustizzi, VP of HR at Univision Communications; Jacqueline Torre, VP of HR at United HomeCare; Brian Barton, corporate director of HR at MDM Hotel Group; Michelle Hedges, executive VP, chief talent and knowledge officer at Power Financial Credit Union; Olga Patarroyo, senior HR director at DentalPlans.com; Renee Venezia, executive director of HR at Nova Southeastern University; and Mike Estrada, VP of HR at Costa Farms.

TJ Vranicar, Kristen Dever, Warren Wirth, Joe Perez and Art de la Nuez

Tara Martinez, Olga Patarruyo and Pascual Vallejo

Vincente Pena, Dunia Narvaez and Bob Tenzer

Alan Berger of presenting sponsor StevenDouglas and SFBW Chairman and CEO Gary Press present an award to Michele Henderson

Maria Merce Martin and SFBW Chairman and CEO Gary Press present an award to Mike Estrada

Rachel Sapoznik of Sapoznik Insurance and SFBW Chairman and CEO Gary Press present an award to Peter Gloggner

Sponsor Art de la Nuez of Ultimate Software and SFBW Chairman and CEO Gary Press present an award to Milton Rodriguez

Awards sponsors: Rachel Sapoznik of Sapoznik Insurance; Lisa Vogt of Celebrity Cruises; Stephen Garber of Third Level; Maria Merce Martin of Optime Consulting; and Steven Sadaka of StevenDouglas

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