Newsmakers (Sara/Mana)

Newsmakers (Sara/Mana)

Accountants

• CPA Associates hired three new associates. Michael Boccarossa was hired as a tax manager and Jeff Gerhard and Marina Parkin as supervisors.

Architecture

• The ADP Group hired Jack Meredith as an associate.

Contractors

• David E. Sessions, F. John LaCivita, Warren Simonds and Roger Bonner of Willis A. Smith Construction Inc. attended the national sales conference of the Butler Manufacturing Co. in Dallas.

Directors

• Bay Village of Sarasota announced that Edward R. Hall has been elected to its board of directors.

• Northern Capital Inc. appointed John C. Laurie to its board of directors. Laurie is the principal and COO of Wyman, Green & Blalock Inc.

Employment Services

• Ad-VANCE Screening Solutions Inc. hired Janet Flahive as business development manager.

Engineering

• Lombardo, Skipper & Foley Inc. announced that Ken Kolarik has become a principal and shareholder with the firm. Kolarik is vice president of surveying.

Gardens

• Marie Selby Botanical Gardens hired Roger Birkel as its chief executive officer and president.

Health Care

• Doctors Hospital of Sarasota hired Robert Meade as its chief operating officer. Meade previously worked as the chief executive officer of Englewood Community Hospital.

• Susanne Wise, executive administrator of Take Care of Sarasota Inc., joined the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers.

Home Builders

• Lee Wetherington Cos. promoted Carol Gaylord from estimator to purchasing manager and Tracy Eisnaugle to design center manager.

Human Resource

• Staffing and Talent Solutions appointed Rick Baron as vice president.

Insurance

• Bouchard Insurance hired Johnnie Mae Williams as a premier commercial account manager and Diane J. Kohler as an associate account assistant.

Law

• Kirk Pinkerton announced that Jeffrey N. Steinsnyder has become a shareholder. Steinsnyder previously worked with the Manatee County Attorney's Office.

• Walters Levine Brown Klingensmith & Thomison PA hired Heather A. DeGrave as an associate attorney.

Manufacturing

• Tervis Tumbler Co. promoted Laura A. Spencer to chief operating officer. Spencer previously worked as the chief financial officer.

Mortgage Firms

• Commercial Mortgage of the Gulf Coast Inc. hired Rhiannon Kurtz as a commercial mortgage lender and loan assistant.

Restaurants

• First Watch Restaurants Inc. hired Rick Akam as chief operating officer. Akam previously worked as the COO for Atlanta's Raving Brands Inc.

Real Estate

• Michael Saunders & Co. announced its top selling associates for 2004. Annette Rogers and Michael Moulton of the Longboat Key South office were the Top Producing Team, Linda Roe Dickinson of the St. Armand's Circle office was the Top Individual Producer and Lee DeLieto of the MS&C Commercial Division was the Top Commercial agent.

• Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate Inc. announced that Steve Ivan, a sales associate at the St. Armands office, was chosen as a member of the Coldwell Banker International Diamond Society.

• Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate Inc. announced that Barbara Ackerman and Judy Kepecz-Hays have been recognized with the designation of Legends Society, representing the top (less than 1%) of the more than 120,000 sales associates worldwide. Both are associates of the Sarasota Bay region.