NSU Horizons Spring 2016

25 NSU HORIZONS Association. She is a trustee of the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association, repre- senting the state at the American Osteo- pathic Association national level. A clinical adjunct professor at NSU, she was nominated for recognition as one of the Influential Hispanic Women Leaders in South Florida. COLLEGE OF PHARMACY Christopher G. Lynch , Pharm.D. (’97), is a retired commander in the U.S. Navy Medical Service Corps. Among his many career assignments, Lynch was deployed aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort in support of the Partnership for the Americas humanitarian and medical training mission to 12 countries in central and South America. Assigned to the U.S. Naval Hospital Joint Medical Group in Guanta- namo Bay, Cuba, Lynch served as the director of clinical support services. His final tour of duty was as the associate director of pharmacy services at Naval Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. Lynch received the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation and Achievement medals and the Naval Reserve Meritorious Service Medal. COLLEGE OF PSYCHOLOGY Wendy Lader , Ph.D. (M.S. ’82, Ph.D. ’84), is CEO of Mending Fences, a residential dual-diagnosis program in Ocala, Florida. An internationally recognized expert on the treatment of self-injury and a founding member of the International Society for the Study of Self-Injury, Lader lectures extensively on the subject and cofounded the Self-Injury Foundation. She is also cofounder and clinical director of the S.A.F.E. (Self-Abuse Finally Ends) Alternatives® Program. Lader coauthored the books Bodily Harm: The Breakthrough Healing Program for Self-Injurers and Self- Injury: A Manual for School Professionals. HALMOS COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND OCEANOGRAPHY Maria A. Behnam-Terneus , D.O. (B.S. ’05, D.O. ’09), is a pediatric hospitalist at Miami Children’s Health System, where she serves as the associate program director of the pediatric residency program and the pediatric hospitalist fellowship. She is also the attending physician for patients at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami. She supervises residents, fellows, and medical students and assists with the coordination, organization, evaluation, and mentorship of the residency program. Behnam-Terneus serves in numerous professional associa- tions, teaches, and presents research in her field. H. WAYNE HUIZENGA COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP Lynne Wines , B.S. (’87), is preparing to enter Harvard University as an Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow for 2016. Wines’ positions have included president and chief executive officer at First Southern Bank in Boca Raton, president and chief operating officer at CNL Bank in Orlando, president and chief executive officer of commercial banking for South Florida at Colonial Bank, and president and chief executive officer at Union Bank of Florida. Wines was named one of the Top 10 CEOs in Palm Beach County by the South Florida Business Journal and one of the 25 Most Powerful Women to Watch by U.S. Banker . NSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL Since Maya Ezratti graduated from NSU University School in 1994, she has become an entrepreneur, relationship coach, businesswoman, and executive. Ezratti is the chief dating officer of Rewarding Relationships, a business she started six years ago to help singles find and maintain better relationships. Ezratti is also director of community affairs at GL Homes of Florida, where she works with residents and city and county officials on behalf of one of South Florida’s largest home builders. SHEPARD BROAD COLLEGE OF LAW Michael A. Fischler , M.B.A., J.D. (’78), is an established South Florida attorney and president of Fischler & Friedman, P.A., in Fort Lauderdale. Fischler began his law career as an assistant state attorney at the Broward County State Attorney’s Office where he led the economic crime, consumer fraud, and civil division. He worked at a private firm, and later as a sole practitioner, before forming Fischler & Friedman, P.A., in 1992. He is also a member of NSU’s President’s Associates and an NSU adjunct professor. Some of his fondest memories at NSU include having his mother as a classmate. His father, Abraham S. Fischler, Ed.D., joined the then-fledgling Nova University in 1966 and served as president of the university from 1970 to 1992. n