BUSINESS PEOPLE: CenterPlace Health adds three employees to leadership team
CenterPlace Health has made three critical additions to its leadership team with the appointments of Debbie Green as chief financial officer, Lisa Gonzalez-Abello, M.D., as chief medical officer and Roseanne Gutmann as human resources director.
CenterPlace Health is a Federally Qualified Health Center that provides high-quality, low-cost health care to Sarasota County families.
This year, the center nearly doubled its service capacity when it added two medical and dental clinics in Sarasota and Venice. All three hires will support efforts to scale services to reach even more families throughout the community.
Green joins CenterPlace Health to manage all finance-related issues, including accounting, billing, credentialing and compliance mandates.
In her new role, Gonzalez-Abello will supervise the recruitment and retention of providers and oversight of quality assurance initiatives, as well providing leadership and mentoring to the clinical staff.
Gutmann will bring a strategic approach to recruiting, leading and developing staff in order to support a positive and productive workplace culture.
Green is a certified public accountant with over three decades of accounting and finance experience. She has an extensive background in the nonprofit industry.
She graduated cum laude from the University of Buffalo with a bachelor’s in the registered accounting program.
Gonzalez-Abello previously was a primary care pediatrician at CenterPlace Health. Her experience as a medical professional at CenterPlace enables her to provide leadership and expertise for the Center’s clinical quality measures.
She received a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering, a master’s in biomedical engineering and a M.D. from the University of Miami.
Gutmann has extensive experience in strategic human resource management, including leadership experience at behavioral health care organizations in Southwest Florida that provided behavioral health and addiction services for inpatient and outpatient needs, pharmacy, social services and community outreach.
She earned a bachelor’s from Clemson University and a master’s in human resources development and management from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Dr. Logan Page has joined Center For Sight as an optometrist at the Siesta Drive office, in Sarasota.
Page provided eye care to patients in Arkansas for the past three years. He is dedicated to patients, and also his community, volunteering for numerous eye-related organizations.
He was an optometric intern at Center For Sight in 2017, while in graduate school.
Page earned his Doctor of Optometry Degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, where he received the Terry Ingraham Diversity Scholarship two years in a row, along with the William R. Jackson Jr. O.D. Scholarship in 2015.
He has volunteered for the Brandon Burlsworth Foundation’s Eyes of a Champion event, which provides vision exams and glasses to children from uninsured, low to moderate income families in Arkansas. As a Lions Club International eye care provider, he provides eye care services to those in need.
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PGT Innovations, of Venice, recently named Ryan S. Quinn as its in-house general counsel.
Quinn has more than 12 years of experience representing and advising a variety of clients in corporate law. Most recently, he was senior vice president, co-general counsel and secretary for LendingTree Inc.
As in-house general counsel for PGT, maker of windows and doors, Quinn will identify and manage legal issues for all departments, as well as oversee corporate governance and business policy. Additionally, he will handle contract negotiations, advise the board of directors on legal matters and assist with compliance reporting and public policy.
Quinn received his Juris Doctor from Case Western Reserve University and bachelor’s in political science and business administration from Baldwin-Wallace University.
He is a speaker and presenter for OnConferences, the Association of Corporate Counsel and the Ohio Bar Association.
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FourThought Private Wealth (formerly Pinkerton Private Wealth), a wealth management firm headquartered in Venice, has hired Alex Herrington as planner and Matt Macek as client relationship manager.
Herrington comes to FourThought from Fidelity Investments, where he held positions including financial representative and relationship manager.
After obtaining his CFPO, Herrington transitioned into roles as an investment and financial consultant, working with Fidelity’s high net worth clients. Before working in financial services, Herrington held a variety of customer service and client-focused roles.
At FourThought, he will be responsible for managing client investment portfolios, planning and more.
He holds a bachelor’s in business administration and finance from the University of Central Florida.
Macek will assist FourThought clients with account transactions and serve as a contact for account-related questions.
He has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services field, including positions in accounting, consulting, products and trading. He spent over 10 years working with clients at Wells Fargo Advisors in Missouri and Florida.
Macek holds a bachelor’s in international business from St. Louis University.