Corporate report

WCI Communities hires Kolter V.P. as regional sales director
Bonita Springs-based WCI Communities has named Louis Paratore its regional director of sales.

Paratore was a vice president of community operations for WCI from 2000 to 2013. Most recently, he served as vice president for Kolter. He also previously served as area sales manager for PulteGroup and vice president for Mercedes Homes.

Paratore will oversee sales operations for several of WCI's Naples communities, including Artesia Naples, Raffia Preserve, LaMorada Naples and Carrara at Talis Park. Paratore also will be responsible for sales at The Colony Golf & Bay Club in Bonita Springs, which includes Altaira, WCI's new 21-story condominium tower with 76 units.

PDR Certified Public Accountants names Zuñiga principal
M. Javier Zuñiga has been promoted to principal at PDR Certified Public Accountants, which has offices in Clearwater and Tampa. Zuñiga's work focuses on corporate and partnership tax compliance, partnership structures, international and individual taxation and forensic accounting. He is also part of PDR CPAs' research and development tax credit and cost segregation studies practice areas.

In this new position, he will oversee business development for the firm.

ANM Maritime Solutions Group hires new maritime director
The St. Petersburg marine insurance agency ANM Maritime Solutions Group P.A./McGlone Marine Insurance has hired Stephanie Rogers as its vice president and director of maritime operations.

Rogers has 30 years' combined insurance underwriting expertise. Most recently she was senior underwriter for Ace USA - Marine Facilities Group in Tampa for 10 years. Before that she was senior underwriting specialist and product line manager for Crum & Forster Insurance Co. in Lake Mary and marketing account manager for Harden & Associates in Jacksonville.

ANM Maritime Solutions Group PA/McGlone Marine Insurance specializes in recreational and commercial marine insurance, claims advocacy, risk management, safety training consulting and expert witness services in the maritime industry.

InformedDNA executive named to Newsweek's list of top cancer doctors
Dr. Rebecca Sutphen, president and chief medical officer of St. Petersburg-based InformedDNA, has been ranked as one of the top 10 cancer medical geneticists in the United States in Newsweek's “Top Cancer Doctors 2015” list.

Newsweek, in conjunction with Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., published the list of the “Top Cancer Doctors 2015” in a special cancer issue. Castle Connolly received nearly 100,000 peer nominations, from which 2,600 cancer specialists were selected for the list.

Hayward Baker expanding in Tampa, South Florida
Geotechnical construction firm Hayward Baker Inc. has expanded its business in Florida with the relocation and expansion of its Tampa office. The company is moving from its current Benjamin Road location to a 17,000-square-foot facility nearly double its size. The new Tampa office is located at 5461 W. Waters Ave., Suite 900.

“After 30 years and multiple remodels at our Benjamin Road location, we simply outgrew it,” Hayward Baker's Tampa-based vice president Curtis Cook says in a press release. “Moving our Tampa team to a larger facility nearby gives us the space needed to better serve our clients. Our Tampa heavy equipment shop and equipment yard remain at the original location.”

The company has also opened a new South Florida office in Hollywood.

The Tampa and Hollywood offices will support customers and projects in Florida, several other southern states, the Caribbean and Central America.

Cook will oversee the operations of both offices.

Summit Broadband hires Cable One exec to head network
Bonita Springs-based Summit Broadband Inc., a provider of phone, Internet and cable TV services, has hired Jerry Stender to oversee the company's network operations and expansion in Southwest Florida.

In his new position, Stender will be responsible for the reliability and performance of Summit Broadband's network.

Stender has 30 years of experience in technical and leadership roles in the cable industry and most recently led technical operations at Cable One in Northeast Mississippi.

He will operate from Summit Broadband's Bonita Springs headquarters.

New Path Academy takes over four school locations
Starting on or before Sept. 14, the Community Coalition for Children and Youth Inc. will take over the leases and operations of four school campuses previously run by Children's
Academy of Southwest Florida. Two of the schools are located in Bradenton along with one each in East Sarasota and Palmetto.

The schools, now called New Path Academy, will offer nursery school services, a voluntary pre-K, preschool and a private school for children from kindergarten through 12th grade. The schools are focused on teaching struggling and at-risk students.

Jennifer Radebach, who previously founded the Radebach School, is CEO for New Path Academy. She is a former special education teacher for the School District of Manatee County.