Tampa Bay area personnel appointments, promotions and announcements

Banking

Tim Coop has been appointed to the board of directors at the St. Petersburg Free Clinic. Coop is senior vice president and middle market banking director at Fifth Third Bank, Tampa.

Health care

JSA Healthcare Corp., St. Petersburg, announces these new hires and promotions. New hires: Dr. Scott Kapul­skey, who is board certified in family practice and geriatrics; Donna Tew, nurse practitioner, JSA Medical Group, Brandon; Denise Menendez, center administrator, JSA Medical Group Woodlands, Seffner; William Tempe, center administrator, JSA Medical Group, Brandon; Robert Miller, facilities manager, JSA Healthcare Corp., St. Petersburg; Johanna Perez-Shovlin, training and development coordinator II, JSA Healthcare Corp., St. Petersburg; Dameris Itara-Ferrer, nurse administrator, JSA Medical Group Silver Lakes, Tampa; Vanessa Gaskin, staff accountant, JSA Healthcare Corp., St. Petersburg; Gail Page, center support manager, JSA Healthcare Corp., St. Petersburg; and Kimberly Walsh, assistant administrator, JSA Medical Group, Brandon. Promotions: Kathryn Dotson to float case manager at JSA Healthcare Corp., St. Petersburg. Kapulskey was WHAT WHERE; Tew was WHAT WHERE; Menendez was office manager at Dr. Karla Ledoux-Coton, Neurology PA, Tampa; Tempe was staffing coordinator at Maryvale Hospital, Phoenix; Miller was project manager at Brasfield and Gorrie LLC, Raleigh, N.C.; Perez-Shovlin was a registered nurse and infection control officer at Bay Area Endoscopy and Surgery Center, Gastroenterology and Oncology Associates, St. Petersburg; Itara-Ferrer was a licensed practical nurse at Albany Medical Center, Albany, N.Y.; Gaskin was a teller I at Bank of America, Tampa; Page was EHR implementation specialist, licensed practical nurse, administrator assistant and cardiovascular research coordinator at Suncoast Medical Clinic, St. Petersburg; Walsh was a field technician at ECS, Phoenix; and Dotson was office nurse at JSA Medical Group, Zephyrhills.

The Tampa General Hospital Foundation announces its 2010-2011 board of trustees: Gregory Celestan, chief executive officer of Celestar Corp., Tampa; Charles B. Funk, managing partner of Carlyle Investments, Tampa; Drew A. Graham, managing partner of Ballast Point Ventures Inc., St. Petersburg; Barbara Hurst, president of Total Design Source, Tampa; Dr. Dan Riggs, Florida Pediatric Associates, St. Petersburg; and Carin Zwiebel, Carin Zwiebel Design.

Legal

Timothy C. Garding has been named to the Tampa Bay Business Journal's 2010 Up & Commers. Garding is an associate and practices in the areas of health care, employment and labor, and administrative/government law at Shumaker, Loop and Kendrick LLP, Tampa.

Tragos & Sartes PL, Clearwater, announces that George E. Tragos has been included in 2011 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the category of white-collar and nonwhite-collar criminal defense. He's also been named a Super Lawyer, and Peter A. Sartes was named to the 2010 edition of Florida Super Lawyers, Top Young Lawyers. Tragos is managing partner and Sartes is a partner.