On the Move

Hirings and promotions from the Tampa Bay working world

By Dolly Brosan, Times Staff Writer
Published July 1, 2007

Janene Culumber

Vice president/chief financial officer, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute

Janene Culumber, who has been with the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute since 2001, was most recently director of finance. She was Moffitt's Employee of the Year in 2004. Prior to her tenure at Moffitt, Culumber was a senior manager at KPMG LLP. She earned a master's degree in accounting from the University of Florida. She is a member of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Healthcare Financial Management Association, National Council of University Research Administrators and Society of Research Administrators International.

Rob Pariseau

President, Benefits Solutions Group

Rob Pariseau brings more than 25 years in the benefits and human resources industry to Benefits Solutions Group, a new employee benefits planning firm in Tampa. He has worked for Mass Mutual, Cigna and Ceridian Corp., and led Wachovia Corp.'s national health care, communications and technology practice groups. Pariseau earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Colgate University, and designations from the Wharton School of Business, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans and the American College. He is past president of the Tampa Bay chapter of CEBS is on the board of the United Healthcare Children's Foundation.

Dr. Ira L. Siegman

Vice president of medical affairs, Morton Plant North Bay Hospital

Dr. Ira L. Siegman brings 12 years of the Pasco County health care experience to Morton Plant North Bay Hospital in New Port Richey. Siegman is a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., he earned undergraduate and medical degrees from Brown University in Providence, R.I. He served surgery and cardiothoracic surgery residencies at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York and at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. He was a clinical associate in cardiac surgery for the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, in Bethesda, Md.

Allen R. Weiss

Sales manager, Renaissance Tampa Hotel International Plaza

Allen R. Weiss comes to Renaissance Tampa Hotel International Plaza from the Wyndham Westshore, where he was corporate group and transient sales manager. He has handled business transient sales for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide's Sheraton Suites Tampa Airport property, and was a sales manager/consultant for F&G Hospitality Consulting. Weiss is an adjunct professor specializing in hospitality sales and marketing at Florida International University, and earned a master's degree from Florida International University and a bachelor's degree from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.

ADVERTISING

Roberts Communications, Tampa, announces these appointments: Darren Evans, controller; and Jennifer Cianciolo, art director. Evans was vice president at Market Concepts LLC, Alpharetta, Ga.; and Cianciolo was a senior graphic designer at Morris De Luzio Design in Providence, R.I.

ARCHITECTURE

Design Styles Inc., Clearwater, announces these appointments: Daren Andre' Patterson, intern architect; and Jill Lukas, draftsman. Patterson was a graduate assistant for the Florida Center for Community Design and Research at the University of South Florida, Tampa; and Lukas was a designer/drafter at Contractor for Urbaneering Inc., Lutz.

BANKING

First Community Bank of America, Pinellas Region, announces that Pitzy Pierce-Hurwitz and Kenneth Ronecker have been named vice presidents of commercial lending at First Community Bank of America's St. Petersburg office. Hurwitz was a vice president at Bank of America in Pinellas County; and Ronecker was vice president, business banker at SunTrust Bank in Pinellas County.

BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES

Bill Merchant has been named manager of client development at Sterling Management Resources Inc., Tampa. Merchant was a strategic pricing manager at Advantec, Tampa.

CONSTRUCTION

Melissa Young has been named purchasing manager at Ashton Woods Homes, Tampa. Young was purchasing manager at Meritage Homes in Fort Myers.

ENGINEERING

Murry A. Bullion has been named vice president and chief operating officer at the Avid Group, Palm Harbor. Bullion was Florida land resources business practice manager at Arcadis, Orlando.

HEALTHCARE

Sun Coast Hospital, Largo, announces these appointments: Darrell Lentz, interim CEO; Dave Tournade, chief operating officer; Sherry Nelson, chief nursing officer; Victoria Hess, physician liaison; Lana Bahour, director of emergency services; John Watkins, marketing manager; and Helene Kramer, community outreach representative. Lentz is chief financial officer; Tournade was director of internal audit at University Community Hospital, Tampa; Nelson was chief nursing officer at Gateway Regional Medical Center, Granite City, Ill.; Hess was a regional account representative at Lifelink Tissue Bank, Tampa; Bahour was director of the surgical, orthopedics and neurosurgical departments at Capital Regional Medical Center, Tallahassee; Watkins was director of community connections at the Palms of Largo; and Kramer was director of development and volunteer services at Shady Rest Foundation, Fort Myers.

HOSPITALITY

Linda Dennis has been named spa director at the Sandpearl Resort for Coral Hospitality in Clearwater. Dennis was general manager at the Elizabeth Arden Red Door Lifestyle Spa at the Hyatt Regency Bonaventure in Weston.

NONPROFIT

Cindy Reichard has been named controller at Big Brothers Big Sisters serving Pinellas, Hernando and Citrus Counties. Reichard was chief financial officer at the Hospice of Citrus County Inc.

LEGAL

Vivian Arenas has been elected secretary for the Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers. Arenas is a shareholder at de la Parte & Gilbert, Tampa and concentrates in the areas of eminent domain, environmental and administrative law.

Carlton Fields, Tampa, announces these appointments: Richard A. Denmon, elected to the board of the Florida Venture Forum, an entrepreneurial networking group that educates entrepreneurs and assists them in identifying sources of venture capital; and Amy L. Carstensen, elected co-chairwoman of the Hillsborough County Bar Association's community liaison committee for 2007-2008. Denmon is a shareholder and co-chairman of the corporate securities practice group and concentrates in the areas of securities regulation, corporation finance, mergers and acquisitions and venture capital information; and Carstensen is an associate and a member of the corporate, securities and tax practice group and the wealth preser- vation and estate planners subgroup.

TECHNOLOGY

Magnetic, Tampa, announces these appointments: Karen Price, account manager; and Catherine Sampson, junior account manager. Price was managing partner at Reaching Peak, Tampa; and Sampson was a coordinator at Verizon in Tampa.

Brian Dimit has been named a business partnership manager at Resource Systems in New Concord, Ohio. Dimit is based out of St. Petersburg and was a sales support manager at Keane Care in Boston.

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