Tampa Bay area personnel appointments, promotions and announcements

Banking

José Peña has been promoted to retail executive at Fifth Third Bank, Tampa Bay. Peña was senior vice president, market manager, for Fifth Third Bank in Chicago.

Health care

St. Petersburg General Hospital has elected its medical staff officers for 2010: Dr. Albert H. Li, chief of staff/medical executive chairman; Dr. Jaysukhlal V. Panara, chief of staff-elect/medical executive vice chairman; Dr. Herman Zaharowitz, secretary/treasurer; and Dr. Anil Raiker, immediate past chief of staff. Department officers are Dr. David A. LeVine, department of family practice chairman; Dr. Gregory James, department of family practice vice chairman; Dr. Himanshu V. Chandarana, department of medicine chairman; Dr. Harish J. Patel, department of medicine vice chairman; Dr. Guillermo E. Calderon, department of OB/GYN chairman; Dr. Beth Benson, department of OB/GYN vice chairwoman; Dr. Elinor Miranda, department of pediatrics chairwoman; Dr. Stephen M. Voltarel, department of pediatrics vice chairman; Dr. Henry Kurusz III, department of professional services chairman; Dr. David W. Samuelson, department of professional services vice chairman; Dr. Shaw W. Zhou, department of surgery chairman; and Dr. Vilas Deshpande, department of surgery vice chairman. Li specializes is general surgery; Panara and Zaharowitz specialize in internal medicine.

Legal

Stann W. Givens has been included in the 2010 edition of Super Lawyers in the specialty of family law. Givens is founding partner and president of the divorce litigation firm Givens Law Group, Tampa.

Organization

The Association for Corporate Growth, Tampa Bay Chapter, announces its board of directors for the current program year. Officers are Bryan Spaulding, chapter president; Steve Schuetz, vice president, membership; Curt Creely, vice president, programs; John Woelfel, vice president, secretary/treasurer; John Connery, vice president, sponsorship; and Penny Hulbert, past president. Chapter board members are Suzie Boland, Dan Borasch, Michael Brennan, Ryan Cortner, Mike Dykstra, Mike Eitler, Jack Henard, Robin Kovaleski, Stan Levy, John McDonald, Glenn Oken, William Paul, and Tom Werner. Spaulding is president of the Spaulding Group Inc., Tampa; Schuetz is senior vice president, Valuation Research Corp., Tampa; Creely is a partner at Foley & Lardner, Tampa; Woelfel is chief financial officer at JCI Jones Chemicals, Sarasota; and Connery is a shareholder at Hill Ward & Henderson, Tampa.

Recruitment

Aon Consulting, Tampa, announces that Marc Bainbridge has been named vice president of Tampa's health and benefits practice; and Jason Swann has been named assistant vice president of Tampa's health and benefit practice. Bainbridge was a senior consultant, and Swann was an associate, both at Towers Perrin, Tampa.

Universities

Carlene Barbeau has been named major gifts officer at the Hillsborough Community College Foundation Inc. Barbeau was director of resource development at MOSI, Tampa.