Tampa Bay area personnel appointments, promotions and announcements

Legal

Ed McKenna has been named a shareholder at Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC, a labor and employment law firm in Tampa. McKenna was a partner at Ford & Harrison, Tampa.

J. Todd Timmerman has been appointed chairman of the Tampa Bay Partnership's CEO Direct Program. Timmerman is a partner and a member of the management committee at Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP, Tampa.

Organizations

Julie Scales has been selected to serve on the board of directors of the Pinellas County Estate Planning Council. Scales is executive director of the Pinellas County Foundation.

The CEO Council of Tampa Bay Inc., Tampa, announces its officers to the board of directors for 2010: Eric Bailey, chairman; Clayton Kreis and Rick Gallegos, co-vice chairmen, programs; Steve Johnston, secretary/treasurer; Miles Dierks, vice chairman, relationships; Valeri Marks, vice chairwoman, member recruitment; David Hurley, vice chairman, member retention; Suzie Boland and Ray Sikorski, co-vice chairpersons, branding and communications; Jennifer Bakunas, vice chairwoman, sponsorships; Karen Arnold, vice chairwoman, roundtables; John Drinkard, vice chairman, philanthropy; Guy King and Andrew Cohen, co-vice chairmen, succession and strategic planning; and Mark Anderson, immediate past president. Bailey is managing principal at CapTrust Financial Advisors, Tampa; Kreis is principal/shareholder at Garcia Orti PA, Tampa; Gallegos is president and chief executive officer at Dale Carnegie, Tampa; Johnston is chief executive officer at Xtreme Jump, Tampa; Dierks is president and chief executive officer at SuperVision Surveillance, Tampa; Marks is chief executive officer at Higher Velocity, Tampa; Hurley is president at Landmark Engineering & Surveying, Tampa; Boland is president at RFB Communications Group, Tampa; Sikorski is president at Verified Label, Print and Promotions, Tampa; Bakunas is president at Magnetic, Tampa; Arnold is vice president at Storr Office Environments, Tampa; Drinkard is managing principal at Office Space Brokers, Tampa; King is president at M.E. Wilson Insurance Co., Tampa; Cohen is president and chief executive officer at Vertical IT Solutions, Tampa; and Anderson is chief executive officer at eLogic Learning, Tampa.

Senior housing

Elizabeth S. Grebenschikoff has been named marketing director at the Princess Martha, St. Petersburg. Grebenschikoff was a sales counselor at Westminster Suncoast, St. Petersburg.

Storage

James Hwang has been named director of call center operations at PODS, Clearwater. Hwang was vice president of operations at Scicom Inc., Tampa.

Utilities

Keith M. Shull has been named senior vice president, human resources, at Walter Energy, Tampa. Shull held the same position at Arrow Electronics from 2005 to 2008.

Workers' comp

Maurice Steenland has been named vice president of informatics at PMSI, Tampa. Steenland was executive director of Coventry Health Care of Nevada.