Hillsborough: Business briefs

Business briefs

By SUZANNE SCRUGGS

The West Coast Chapter of the National Minority Supplier Development Council of Florida Inc. will hold its membership meeting today from 9 a.m. to noon. at IBM, Lakepoint Building One, Room 450, 3109 Martin Luther King Blvd. The Council was created to provide increased procurement and business opportunities for minority businesses of all sizes. Call Dr. Eileen Bryne-Halczyn at (813) 973-8458.

The City Center Chapter of International Association of Administrative Professionals will hold a business meeting today at noon at the Hyatt Regency Tampa. This meeting is the annual "Impact Meeting." Call Heidi Louden at (813) 221-7930.

The Men's Club in Sun City Center will hold a luncheon meeting today at 11:30 a.m. in the community hall, 1910 S. Pebble Beach Boulevard. The guest speaker will be Dick Crippen of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Call (813) 634-3664.

The Sunpoint Democratic Club will meet Friday from 1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Kings Point Clubhouse Banquet Room. The guest speaker will be Mike Scionti, chairman of the County Democratic Executive Committee, and former state legislative aide for education issues. Call Eleanor L'Ecuyer at (813) 634-2894.

The Temple Terrace Chamber of Commerce will hold a 12th Annual Business Expo on Tuesday from 3:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Dr. Blaise F. Alfano Conference Center, 11606 McKinley Drive. Call (813) 989-7004.

The Gulf States District of Microsoft Corp. will host two separate seminars today. A seminar for IT professionals will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. A seminar for software developers will be held from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Both seminars will be at the Tampa Marriott Waterside, 700 South Florida Avenue. The seminars are free. Call (877) 673-8368, event code: 104351382.

The law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, announces that Mark A. Catchur, Mary Li Creasy and Julio C. Esquivel have become partners in the firm. Catchur and Esquivel will concentrate their practices in the areas of corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions. Creasy will concentrate her practice in the areas of labor and employment law.

Governor Jeb Bush has appointed Frances A. Townsend of Tampa to the Florida Black Business Investment Board. Townsend is the president of Tampa Bay Black Business Investment Corporation Inc. His term began Feb. 14, 2001, and will end on Sept. 30, 2002.

Regions Bank announces several new promotions: Lori Vassalli is the new assistant vice president. Vassalli has been in banking more than 14 years and is the manager of the Gulf Harbors office in New Port Richey. She is responsible for the daily operations of the branch as well as business development. Deborah Jentzsch is the new assistant vice president. Jentzsch has been in banking for more than 25 years and is the manager of the Palm Harbor office on US 19. She is responsible for the daily operations of the branch as well as business development. Janet L. Bradley is the new assistant vice president. Bradley has been in banking for more than 15 years and is the loan documentation manager for all of Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties. Nancy Yost is the new senior vice president of consumer administration. Yost has been in banking more than 20 years and will be in charge of retail branch lending and operations for Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties.

Mark M. Huey has joined the staff of the Housing Authority of the city of Tampa as it's new chief financial officer. He will oversee a $37-million budget. Huey recently served as chief operating officer for Metropolitan Ministries, vice president for the Wilson Co.and assistant project manager for General Mills.

- Information for Business Briefs should be sent to Suzanne Scruggs, 1000 N. Ashley Drive, Suite 700, Tampa, FL 33602, or faxed to her at (813) 226-3381.