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Pam Caicedo has been named accounting supervisor for Paradise Advertising and Marketing Inc., St. Petersburg. Caicedo was traffic manager for Peak/Biety Inc., Tampa.

Covington Sharp has been named senior vice president of commercial lending for Signature Bank, St. Petersburg. Sharp was a senior vice president at First National Bank of Florida, Clearwater.

Simon E. Brown has been named to the board of directors of Walter Industries Inc., Tampa. Brown is a principal at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., New York.

Anoopa Jaikaran has been named business development coordinator for ACI Construction Services, Tampa. Jaikaran is a graduate of the University of South Florida.

Brian F. Burrell has been named a tax and accounting services administrator at Spencer International Advisors Inc., Clearwater. Burrell was an accountant at PCB Bancorp Inc., Clearwater.

Arlo Henderson has been named branch manager of Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corp.'s new Tampa office. Henderson was a manager at Household Finance in Mesa, Ariz.

Raymond James Financial Inc., St. Petersburg, announces these promotions: Paul L. Matecki, general counsel and director of compliance; and Michael R. Alford, senior vice president and corporate counsel. Matecki was corporate counsel; and Alford was director of litigation.

Drs. Madelyn E. Butler and Nancy W. Finnerty have been appointed by Gov. Jeb Bush to the Cervical Cancer Elimination Task Force. Butler is a physician with the Women's Group, Tampa; and Finnerty is a physician at the Florida Medical Clinic, Dade City.

Jeanette M. Flores has been named a shareholder in the commercial real estate practice group at GrayRobinson, Tampa. Flores was a shareholder at Carlton Fields, Tampa.

David M. Doney has been selected to participate in the 2005 class of Leadership Tampa. Doney is a shareholder in the corporate practice group at Fowler White Boggs Banker, Tampa.

James J. Evangelista has been appointed vice chairman of the casualty committee for the International Association of Defense Council, or IADC. Evangelista is a shareholder and practices in the health care and general trial practice groups at the law firm of Fowler White Boggs Banker, Tampa.

Steven G. Schember has been named to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Athletic Hall of Fame. Schember is a 1967 graduate of the Coast Guard Academy, where he played flanker for the academy's varsity football team under Otto Graham. Schember is a partner in the litigation practice group at the law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP, Tampa.

Black Ink Marketing Inc., Tampa, announces these appointments and promotions. Appointments: Jill Bollero, media buyer; and Candis Carmichael, account executive. Promotion: Angela Richardson, media director. Bollero was a software specialist for Strata Marketing, Chicago; Carmichael was a legal assistant for the law firm of E. LeBron Free, Clearwater; and Richardson was a media buyer.

Doug Belden has been named president of the Florida Tax Collectors Association. Belden is tax collector for Hillsborough County.

Tom Boltres has been named vice president of the investment group for Grubb & Ellis/Commercial Florida, Tampa. Boltres was vice president of the investment group for Carter & Associates, Tampa.

Art Mart, Tampa, announced these appointments: Bob DiGiacomo, vice president of sales and marketing for Art Mart's wholesale division known as "savoir faire"; and John Longley, vice president of sales and marketing for the retail and Web-based businesses known as "art mart." DiGiacomo was a vice president of merchandising and sales at Cendant Corp., Norwalk, Conn.; and Longley was director of retail marketing at Office Deport North America, Delray Beach.