In our weekly list of business people on the move, we highlight Palm Beach County professionals who are making a difference. These are people from across the spectrum of public and private endeavors, those working in charities, court houses, private practices and beyond. They are moving up within their industry, advancing their careers and standing out for their services within our community.
Here are this week's professional standouts:
Clinics Can Help hires development director
Clinics Can Help recently added Megan Massacci as senior director of development. Massacci is a 20-year healthcare philanthropy veteran and joins the organization with a career built around engaging donors and connecting community members with causes that create measurable impact. Prior to joining Clinics Can Help,
Massacci spent nearly a decade with University Hospitals in Cleveland. For more than 20 years, Clinics Can Help has worked to increase access to medical equity by providing essential durable medical equipment and supplies to children, adults, seniors, veterans and disaster survivors who otherwise might go without.
Jones Foster adds associate
Natalie C. Nash has joined Jones Foster as an associate in the firm’s complex litigation & dispute resolution practice group. She joins the firm following a judicial clerkship with the Honorable William Matthewman (Ret.), former Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Florida. Nash earned her Juris Doctor degree magna cum laude from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Jones Foster is a full-service commercial and private client law firm headquartered in West Palm Beach with offices in Palm Beach and Jupiter.
Hanley Foundation adds four to board of directors
Hanley Foundation recently welcomed four new board members: Jill Weiss, Matthew Dakho, Anne Messer, and Shanna Graham. They will help provide strategic oversight to further Hanley’s mission of eliminating addiction through prevention, advocacy, treatment, and recovery support. Weiss is senior legal counsel at Kudman Trachten Aloe Posner LLP and has more than 20 years of business litigation experience. Dakho is an experienced CEO in the grocery industry, owning and operating a successful chain of gourmet markets in Southeastern Michigan. Messer is an accomplished nonprofit executive and marketing strategist with more than 30 years of leadership experience in the wealth management and investment advisory industry. She served as executive director of Friends of Manatee Lagoon for five years. Graham is a fourth-generation Palm Beach resident who serves as director and grants officer of the Ellen and Ian Graham Charitable Foundation in Florida, as well as a trustee of the Ellen and Ian Graham SCIO in Scotland.
Milagro Center adds to board of directors
Milagro Center, which provides year-round afterschool and summer camp programs for underserved children and teens, has appointed four new members to its board of directors including Victoria Chin, Jennifer Haas, Belinda Millet and Karen Sommers. Chin is a preconstruction engineer at DPR Construction and is passionate about applying practical skills to real-world challenges. Haas currently serves as a program developer and volunteer coordinator with the Addison Reserve Foundation Volunteer Corp and also serves as a docent for adult tours and school programs at the Norton Museum of Art. Millet is an experienced higher education and executive education leader and is an assistant director of Executive Education at Florida Atlantic University. Sommers is the founder and principal of ExecuComp, a national executive search firm specializing in building sales organizations for technology startups and early-stage companies. Established in 1997, Milagro Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to ensure the social and academic success of underserved children and youth through cultural arts, living values, academic support, and mentoring.
Former Gardens mayor named executive director of WPBgo
The West Palm Beach Mobility Coalition board of directors recently appointed Chelsea Reed to serve as executive director of WPBgo, a nonprofit public-private partnership that works with employers, local governments, transportation providers, and community organizations to improve access to reliable, affordable, and convenient transportation. Reed began the role on Sept. 14 and is the second executive director in WPBgo’s history and the first to serve in the position full time. She served on the Palm Beach Gardens City Council from 2020 to 2026, including three years as mayor and one year as vice mayor.
Civic leader appointed to Boynton library advisory board
Christine Roberts, local business owner, community advocate, and civic leader, has been appointed to the Boynton Beach Library Advisory Board by the mayor and city commission. Roberts is the founder and CEO of Intention Enterprises, a Boynton Beach-based business consulting and accounting firm supporting small businesses and nonprofit organizations with financial management, operational strategy, and sustainable growth. An avid reader and longtime believer in the importance of literacy and lifelong learning, Roberts sees her appointment to the Library Advisory Board as another opportunity to support a resource that reaches residents of all ages.
Arts Garage CEO a finalist for women in business award
Marjorie Waldo, president and CEO of Arts Garage, a nonprofit multidisciplinary visual & performing arts center in downtown Delray Beach, has been named a finalist in the Female Executive of the Year – Government or Non-Profit – 11 to 2,500 Employees category of the 23rd annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. The Stevie Awards for Women in Business is one of the world's premier awards programs recognizing the achievements of women executives, entrepreneurs and employees, as well as the organizations they lead. Finalists were chosen from more than 1,500 nominations submitted by organizations and individuals around the world, based on the average scores of more than 190 professionals serving on seven specialized juries. All finalists will ultimately receive Gold, Silver or Bronze Stevie Awards, with the results to be announced during the awards banquet on Nov. 16 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. Waldo has led Arts Garage since November 2016 and expanded Arts Garage's reach to audiences of every age.
Eddie Ritz is a journalist at The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Florida Network. You can reach him at eritz@pbpost.com. Help support our journalism. Subscribe today.
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Palm Beach County professionals on the move for the week of Oct. 26
