New Horizons of the Treasure Coast and Okeechobee is pleased to announce William Wims has assumed the position of Chief Executive Officer and President.

Wims comes to New Horizons from South County Behavioral Health in Delray Beach where he worked for 22 years to achieve high ratings in client care, employee satisfaction and leadership in the field of mental health. His most recent appointment was Director of Acute Care Services, which oversaw inpatient crisis programs and mobile response teams.
 
Over the past two years Wims successfully spearheaded a significant expansion of mobile response services in Palm Beach County, providing telephone support and dispatching mobile outreach to individuals in crisis across a diverse region of urban centers and remote agricultural communities. 


Liberty Health Sciences Inc., a Florida licensed medical marijuana provider of high-quality cannabis, announced that it has opened its 29th retail location in Fort Myers, FL.

Liberty Fort Myers, located at 8951 Daniels Parkway, is a spacious facility that provides ample parking and a well-trained staff to assist patients and answer questions about products and review doctor recommendations. The new dispensary carries the full Liberty Health Sciences suite of cannabis brands that are tailored to provide patients with the best quality-of-life wellness products.
 
“Liberty will be opening new locations throughout the year to continually provide patient-driven customer service and access to the broadest assortment of premium medical cannabis products and devices across the state,” said George Gremse, interim CEO of Liberty Health Sciences. “In February we will open a store in Ft. Pierce, St. Lucie County to increase our presence on the east coast of the state and Port Charlotte in Charlotte County to serve the southwest. In March we plan to open locations in the Florida panhandle in Mary Ester and central Florida in the city of Sebring located in Highlands County.
 
Liberty plans to open nine more dispensaries through the spring and summer of this year for a total of 42 locations throughout Florida, subject to approval from the Florida Department of Health.


Michael “Mike” Nordness is Delray Medical Center’s new Chief Administrative Officer as well as the Group Chief Operating Officer for the Palm Beach Health Network.

Prior to joining the team at Delray Medical, Nordness served as the Chief Operating Officer at Orange Park Medical Center in Jacksonville, FL. Before his time in Jacksonville, Nordness was the Assistant Administrator at Haywood Regional Medical Center in Clyde, NC.
 
Nordness is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with a undergraduate degree in education. He went on to receive his Master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse with an emphasis in health education. Nordness then earned his Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.




Helenemarie Blake has been appointed vice president and chief compliance and privacy officer at Nicklaus Children’s Health System.

Blake comes to the health system – parent organization of Nicklaus Children’s Hospital – from University of Miami, where she served as data privacy officer for the university at large and chief privacy and data integrity officer for the University of Miami Health System. Previously, she served as a partner with the law firm of Fowler White Burnett, PA, representing health systems and hospitals in both litigation and regulatory proceedings.
 
Blake earned her bachelor’s degree from John Hopkins University and a juris doctor degree from the University of Miami.