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Business briefcase

People

By Times Staff Writer
Published January 31, 2005


AUTOMOTIVE

Deborah Ewusiak has been named manager of creative services for Ferman Motor Car Co., Tampa. Ewusiak was marketing and membership coordinator for the Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo.

FINANCIAL

Raymond James Bank, St. Petersburg, announces these appointments: Thomas F. Macina, senior vice president and senior credit administration officer; and Larry Schaad, vice president and senior commercial lender. Macina was senior vice president, manager of media and communications lending for Citizen's Financial Group, Boston; and Schaad was senior vice president, corporate treasurer for Danka Office Imaging Co., St. Petersburg.

HEALTH CARE

Dr. Kauser Akhter has been named a staff physician for JSA Healthcare Corp. in Hillsborough County. Akhter was an internal medicine physician for the Pierson Clinic in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.

HOSPITALITY

TradeWinds Island Resorts, St. Pete Beach, announces these appointments: Eric Peak, national sales manager; Michael Rabidoux, chef for Bermuda's restaurant; and Mark Martin, assistant food and beverage director. Peak was a national corporate sales manager for Safety Harbor Resort & Spa, Clearwater; Rabidoux was chef for Cabana Grill & Bar, Sand Key; and Martin was manager of the Flying Bridge restaurant at TradeWinds.

LEGAL

David F. Pope has been named a shareholder in the law firm of Fowler White Boggs Banker, Tampa. Pope will be a member of the firm's admiralty practice group. He was a partner at the law firm of Lau, Lane, Pieper, Conley & McCreadie, PA, Tampa.

Holly B. Platter has been named a shareholder in the law firm of Smith Clark Delesie Bierley Mueller & Kadyk, Tampa. Platter rejoins the firm after serving as shareholder/vice president of the law firm of Richards Brandt Miller & Nelson in Salt Lake City.

William B. Bowles Jr. has been named a shareholder in the law firm of Bush Graziano & Rice PA, Tampa. Bowles concentrates in the areas of health care, professional liability, products liability and commercial litigation. He was an associate.

MARKETING

Bridgette Blake has been named a public relations specialist for Alliance Communications Inc., Tampa. Blake was editor of the Weekly Challenger, St. Petersburg.

NONPROFIT

Pamela Davis Mooney is chairwoman-elect of the Society of International Business Fellows, Atlanta. Mooney is chief executive of Global Outsourcing, St. Petersburg.

Robyn Roett has been named director of recruiting for Eckerd Youth Alternatives. Roett was director of human resources for Danka Business Systems PLC, St. Petersburg.

ORGANIZATIONS

HR Tampa, the Tampa chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management, announces its board of directors for 2005: Todd York, president; Sherry Moore, immediate past president; Carol L. McDaniel, president-elect; Dannie S. Perry, treasurer; Kristin Gwinner, secretary; Paulette Beaudoin, programs director; Karen Drummond, programs assistant director; Lee Hawken and Sharan Backus, non-dues revenue co-directors; Charlie Chadbourne, membership director; Bev King, hospitality director; Lori Barndollar, education and certification director; Bill Mitchell, legislative director; Greg Aarons, diversity director; Dana Chatelain, college relations director; Jeremy Dixon, technology director; and Lori Krick and Jill Conklin, directors-at-large. York is human capital consultant for Advantec Solutions, Tampa; Moore is human resource manager for Verifone, Clearwater; McDaniel is business development director for Bernard Hodes Group, Tampa; Perry is senior human resources partner for Verifone, Clearwater; Gwinner is a homemaker and resides in Tampa; Beaudoin is customer care manager for Ed Morse Cadillac, Tampa; Drummond is manager of employee relations for CP Ships, Tampa; Hawken is an account executive for Anderson Thornton Consulting, Tampa; Backus is director of corporate services for Coldwell Banker, Tampa; Chadbourne is director of human resources for the Hillsborough County Health Department, Tampa; King is owner of Staffing America, Tampa; Barndollar is human resources manager for Tomlin Staffing, Tampa; Mitchell is a lawyer with JD Mitchell Law Group, Tampa; Aarons is recruitment manager for the Tampa Tribune, Tampa; Chatelain is business team manager for SCI Companies, Tampa; Dixon is vice president of A-1 Temps, Tampa; Krick is senior human resources practitioner for Smiths, Clearwater; and Conklin is employee relations manager for Advantec Solutions, Tampa.

[Last modified January 29, 2005, 01:41:10]


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