Carole Kay Monaco, owner of MonacoTravel, has been named a director of the Business Bundles program. As a director, she will be responsible for working with local businesses to expand their client marketing tools. Her firm, MonacoTravel, is an online travel business.
Brooks Carson has been hired as the director of sales and marketing for Serendipity Country Club, a tennis and fitness club in Sarasota.
Carson has been in sales and marketing for more than 28 years. She will be responsible for all vertical and channel marketing and sales strategies that will increase the membership base.
Michael Marquez has been elected president of the acute care division of Universal Health Services, Inc., headquartered in King of Prussia, Penn. Marquez is a former chief executive officer and managing director of Manatee Memorial Hospital.
He has been with Universal Health Services for 20 years and has served as co-head of the Acute Care Division since June 2007.
Rick Smith, managing partner at the Sarasota office of CS&L CPAs, was elected vice chairman of the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee Board of Trustees. Smith is a USF graduate and a member of the USF Foundation, Inc. board of trustees.
Meghan O’Neill Serrano was admitted to The District of Columbia Bar. The District of Columbia Bar is the second-largest unified bar association in the United States.
Serrano is an associate attorney and a member of the Abel Band Litigation Practice Group. She focuses her practice on business and civil litigation along with appellate work.
Robert Gourley has joined Upsidedown Puppy Productions, LLC as executive vice-president. He will be handling most of the talent line ups for showcases and festivals.
Marcia Bartges of ME3 Consulting Engineers, LLC has earned accreditation as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design accredited professional from the U.S. Green Building Council.
Dr. Chet Evans, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine vice president of medical education and program development is a finalist for the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce’s Health care Heroes Award.
The annual award honors an individual, institution, professional, student, volunteer or program, which, through their individual or collective actions have made an extraordinary impact in the South Florida health care community.
Jennifer B. Compton of the Abel Band Employment Law Practice Group in Sarasota is one of six lawyers who recently earned Florida Bar board certification in labor and employment law and one of only 193 in the State of Florida. Board certification evaluates attorneys’ special knowledge, skills and proficiency in various areas of law and professionalism and ethics in practice.
A Paradise Realty has named its top agents for May. They are Doug Walker, top listing agent, and Debbie Dial, top sales agent, at the Ellenton office; Denny Rauschl, top sales agent, and Cindy Grazar, top listing agent, at the Holmes Beach office; and Greg Burke, top sales agent, and Greg and Mary Burke, top listing agent, at the Bridge Street office.
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