On The Move

Hirings and promotions from the Tampa Bay working world

By Dolly Brosan, Times Staff Writer
Published August 26, 2007

ADVERTISING

FKQ Marketing & Advertising, Clearwater, announces these promotions: Christine Karner-Johnson, media director; Jeannine Scopp, interactive media manager; and Nicole Sofarelli, interactive media planner. Karner-Johnson was associate media director; Scopp was interactive media supervisor; and Sofarelli was interactive media co- ordinator.

ASSET RECOVERY

Peter Dominici has been named managing director at Focus Management Group, Tampa. Dominici was chief financial officer at Kforce Inc., Tampa.

ENGINEERING

Amanda Higgins has been named business development coordinator at PSI, Tampa. Higgins graduated from the University of South Florida with a bachelor of science degree in communications.

John "Red" Clanton has been named a project manager in the civil/site development group at KCI Technologies Inc., Tampa. Clanton was land operations construction manager at Metro Development Group, Tampa.

David Theung has been named client services manager for the transportation group at Boyle Engineering Corp., Tampa. Theung was the interstate program manager for the Florida Department of Transportation District 7 and resident engineer for FDOT District 1.

FINANCIAL

Patricia J. Priest has been named mortgage consultant at Elite Mortgage Network Inc., Belleair Bluffs. Priest was a mortgage broker at Elite Mortgage Group, Largo.

HEALTHCARE

David Bailey has been named executive director at Suncoast Medical Clinic, St. Petersburg. Bailey was president of Physician Solutions LLC, St. Petersburg

Dr. Bernard Guiot has been named director of clinical services at MinSurg Corp., Clearwater. Guiot was an assistant professor in the department of neurosurgery at the University of Florida, Gainsville and at the University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa

Tower Diagnostic Centers, Tampa, announces the addition of Dr. Samuel Shube and Dr. Jeffery Gage to its staff. Dr. Shube specialized in vascular interventional radiology and was chief of interventional radiology in Boca Raton; and Dr. Gage is a diagnostic radiologist and completed his fellowship at Duke University and specialized in musculoskeletal radiology.

HOSPITALITY

InterContinental, Tampa, announces these appointments: Charles Naberhaus, managing director; Jeanette Bongiorini, director of learning and development; Cinny McCaulley, chef concierge; Jonathan Luft, executive chef; and John Gaffney, rooms director. Naberhaus was managing director at Point South Mountain Resort, Phoenix; Bongiorini was a consultant at Organizational Development Solution in Stamford, Conn.; McCaully was concierge at the Renaissance Tampa Hotel at International Plaza; Luft was executive sousous chef at Point South Mountain Resort, Phoenix; and Gaffney was front office manager at the Portofino Bay Hotel in Orlando.

LEGAL

Battaglia, Ross, Discus & Wein PA, St. Petersburg, announces that founding partner Anthony S. Battaglia and CEO Howard P. Ross have been included in the Law & Politics 2007 Super Lawyers edition.

Wm. Cary Wright has been appointed to chairman of the construction law committee of the real property, probate and trust law section of the Florida Bar. Wright is a shareholder at Carlton Fields, Tampa, and concentrates in the areas of construction law.

LANDSCAPE

Jaesik Lim has been named a landscape designer at David Conner & Associates Inc., Tampa. Lim was designer on the urban planning team and Chungsuk Engineering Co., Seoul, Korea.

MUSEUMS

The Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, announces that George W. Lange Jr. and Dr. Lyda Tymiak have been named to museum's board. Lange is senior vice president and is the personal trust manager for West Florida at Regions Bank, Clearwater; and Dr. Tymiak is the founder of Gulfcoast Eye Care, and Dr. Lyda Age Reversal Medi Spa, both in Palm Harbor.

NONPROFIT

Rich Manners has been elected chairman of the Children's Home Inc., Tampa. Manners is a partner at USNow, Tampa.

ORGANIZATION

Nelson Castellano has been named to the board of the Florida Venture Forum, a statewide support group for venture capitalist and entrepreneurs. Castellano is a shareholder at Trenam Kemker, Tampa, and concentrates in the area of business transactions.

Cynthia Lake has been elected president of the Rotary Club of St. Petersburg. Lake is the executive director of the Children's Dream Fund, St. Petersburg.

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