BSG PERSONNEL
RASHEEDA BUTLER
PRESIDENT
For its Founder and President, BSG is Rasheeda’s very personal definition. With a background in hospitality, administration and recruiting, her organizational and people skills were ideal for an almost 10-year club management career in Connecticut (The Stanwich Club) and Florida (Ironhorse Country Club and Bear Lakes Country Club). They were instrumental in her significant role in elevating the interactive mode of CMAA’s Florida Chapter. It is her particular ability to ‘wed’ the right student and the club that defines the source of success for The Butler Search Group.
ZEE ASGHAR, ESQ.
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Zee Asghar is Director of Student Services for Butler Search Group. Zee joined BSG in January, 2012, to assist in maintaining relationships with all participants throughout the program. Between securing his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a focus on marketing from University of Miami and earning his Juris Doctor from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, Zee moved to Korea to teach English to local students. This allowed Zee to gain a further understanding of the exchange process to build off of his previous experiences. While in law school, Zee founded Global Student Housing. As Director of the program, Zee finds homestay accommodations for students throughout Florida, and acts as the point of contact between the students, the host families and the language schools or universities that the students are attending. These skills have made Zee ideally suited to be Director of Student Services for Butler Search Group. Participants in the exchange program are comfortable in dealing with Zee, as he is in their age group and has recent experience of being an exchange student.
SHAZ P.ASGHAR, ESQ.
OF COUNSEL
Shaz serves as BSG’s in-house counsel. He assists both businesses and individuals in drafting and preparing immigration forms, plus additional supporting documentation associated with the immigrant or non-immigrant visa application process.
Following experiences with prestigious law firms in Orlando and West Palm Beach, Shaz now leads his own successful law firm in West Palm Beach where, in addition to immigration, he also assists clients with issues including divorce, contract litigation, real estate, and business formation.
Shaz attained his BA in from the University of Central Florida, and his JD from Florida A&E.
When he is not working, Shaz can be found on the golf course, or spending time with his family.
KERRY SYMTH
INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT COORDINATOR
Kerry is BSG’s first European-based Recruitment Specialist. An alumnus of BSG’s J-1 program, Kerry experienced its fullest diversity during her 2012-2013 year, when she spent the winter at BallenIsles Country Club in Florida, followed by the summer at Wee Burn Country Club in Connecticut. For the five years prior her placement, Kerry had been a server and bartender at The Malin Hotel, near her native Carndonagh, Co. Donegal. Upon her return, Kerry was promptly rehired by the hotel and immediately promoted to the role of supervisor.
Before accepting Rasheeda’s offer to join the BSG team, Kerry had returned to Northern Ireland to assume the position of Export Development Executive for FAST Engineering, in Antrim.
Attaining an honors BSc in Business with Marketing from the University of Ulster, Kerry has also earned two diplomas in Professional Practice.
A certified scuba diver, Kerry also enjoys badminton and volleyball, and still goes home to Donegal to help out with her family’s livestock farming and self-catering farmhouse businesses.
UGNE ZUBAVICIUTE
INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT COORDINATOR
Ugne is BSG's European-based Recruitment Specialist. She has experienced American culture and fully immersed in the US hospitality industry through BSG Interns for a 6 month program in Wee Burn Country Club back in 2019. Upon her return she secured an internship in the Ritz London Hotel in the events department. Due to Covid-19 Ugne returned to her home country in Lithuania and started working as a hotel manager.
Attaining an honors BSc in International Hospitality and Tourism Management, Ugne has also finished her studies in MSc in International Human Resource Management with honors.
Ugne loves meeting young people and professionals around the world, networking and sharing these great work and world exploration opportunities that BSG offers! In her free time she enjoys sewing, wakeboarding, roller skating, spending time with family and traveling.
Ugne's most favourite thing about work is the ability to meet with young people and share her own experience in the USA in that way inspiring others to join this extraordinary adventure in the USA.