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Briefcase

People notes

By Times Staff
Published September 25, 2006


ACCOUNTING

KENNA ANKRUM has been named internal audit and controls professional at Jefferson Wells, Tampa. Ankrum was senior decision support, finance at Philip Morris USA Inc., Richmond, Va.

ARCHITECTURE

MEYER WEITZMAN has been named an associate at FleischmanGarcia Architecture, Tampa. Weitzman has been with FleischmanGarcia since 2002 and specializes in custom estate home design and is associate in charge of the residential division.

DIRECT MAIL

NICOLE SIMMERMACHER has been promoted to director of retail business solutions at Valpak, Largo. Simmermacher was manager of data services.

ELECTRIC

JOSEPH BONANNO has been promoted to service manager at A&H Electrical Services Inc., Tampa. Bonanno was residential supervisor.

ENGINEERING

EMILY C. G. HYFIELD has been named senior scientist at PBS&J Tampa. Hyfield served as a research associate for the Louisiana State University Coastal Ecology Institute, Baton Rouge, La.

FINANCIAL

DAVID STEPANEK has been named director at Athena Capital Partners, Tampa. Stepanek was assistant vice president at Advantage Capital Partners, Tampa.

HEALTH CARE

DR. JAMES FRYDMAN has joined St. Joseph's Speciality Services as a surgeon to the general and vascular surgery practice at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa. Frydman completed his general surgery residency at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

MICHELLE SPANOLA has been named retail marketing coordinator at Esteem MedSpa, Tampa. Spanola graduated in May from the University of South Florida Honors College with a degree in marketing.

LEGAL

LOU CONTI has been appointed an adjunct professor of law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, Gainesville. Conti is a partner and a member of the public companies and securities group; is leader of the national technology and emerging companies team and is coordinator of the Canada Initiative at Holland & Knight, Tampa,

NONPROFIT

The St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce announces these appointments: ALMA R. AYALA, senior vice president and team leader, business and economic development team; BONNIE L. TEFFT, senior vice president and team leader, membership and communications; and LINDA A. BORST, senior vice president and team leader, finance and operations. Ayala was an independent consultant; Tefft was vice president of membership and events at the Kalamazoo Regional Chamber of Commerce in Kalamazoo, Mich.; and Borst was controller at Roeing Computers Sales and Service in Peru, Ind.

JAMES M. FULL has been appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Shriners Hospitals for Children, Tampa. Full was vice president for system integration for the St. Vincent Health System, Indianapolis.

AMY M. TRAMER has been named director of grants and foundations at the Children's Home Inc., Tampa. Tramer was an account specialist and technical writer at Syniverse Technologies, Tampa.

ORGANIZATIONS

JEAN BISIO has been named chairwoman for the 2007 America's Walk for Diabetes to benefit the American Diabetes Association. Bisio is CEO at Green Ribbon Health, Tampa.

REAL ESTATE

JEFFREY P. MEYER and DARRON KATTAN have been promoted to senior investment associates at Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Brokerage Company, Tampa. Meyer and Kattan were senior associates.

[Last modified September 25, 2006, 06:22:54]


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