Julia K. Wakefield has been appointed as communications chair of the Board of Directors of The Association for Women in Communications South Florida Chapter. She's a communications specialist with The Weinbach Group, a marketing communications firm.
Vice presidents at Enterprise Florida
Enterprise Florida has made the following staff promotions:
Ivan Barrios has been promoted to vice president of trade development services. He joined Enterprise Florida in September 1999 and was senior director of trade development services.
Fred Glickman has been promoted to vice president of international operations. He joined in January 1997 and previously served as senior director of international operations.
Kim Wilmes has been promoted to vice president of marketing. She joined in June 2002 and was previously senior director of marketing.
Brenda Workman has been promoted to vice president of business development. She joined in May 2006 and was director of retention.
Enterprise Florida is a partnership between Florida's business and government leaders and is the principal economic development organization for the state of Florida.
Four executives rejoin Ocean Bank
A team of senior lending officers led by executive vice president Ralph Gonzalez-Jacobo have returned to Ocean Bank from U.S. Century Bank. They left Ocean Bank about three and a half years ago. Joining Gonzalez-Jacobo are senior vice presidents Jorge Hernandez and Eddie Diaz and assistant vice president Maria Escobedo. The group comprised the bulk of U.S. Century Bank's commercial real estate department.
Gonzalez-Jacobo, a 25-year banking veteran, has been named executive vice president and head of branch administration. He spent nearly 10 years at Ocean Bank through 2005 and managed commercial real estate and construction loans. He succeeds senior vice president Luis Mion, who will head a new commercial lending unit at Ocean Bank.
Hernandez rejoins Ocean Bank as senior vice president and senior corporate banking officer. He previously was vice president at Ocean Bank from 1994 to 2005 in the commercial real estate department.
Diaz, who worked at Ocean Bank from 1996 to 2005 and was a vice president in the commercial real estate department, also was named senior vice president and senior corporate banking officer.
Escobedo has been named an assistant vice president and personal account officer in branch administration. She worked at Ocean Bank from 1994 to 2005 as a personal banking officer.
Executive vice president and COO for Coconut Grove Bank
Yvonne DeBesa has been hired as executive vice president and chief operating officer for Coconut Grove Bank.
Previously, she was managing director and chief operating officer with BAC Florida Bank.
Vice president for institutional advancement of Florida Memorial University
Sumner Hutcheson III has been hired as vice president for institutional advancement of Florida Memorial University.
Previously he held vice president positions for advancement and development with Florida International University and with Bethune-Cookman University.
Board member of the Dade County Bar Association
James Hannon of the law firm of Hannon & Boyers has been elected to serve on the board of directors of the Dade County Bar Association by the group's members. He will serve a three-year term.
President of the American Friends of Magen David Adom Southeast Regional Board
Erica Solodkin, managing director of marketing of FDR Financial Group, has been elected as the first woman president of the American Friends of Magen David Adom Southeast Regional Board. She also is on the national board.
The organization supports the efforts of Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s only government-mandated ambulance and emergency medical responders.
Group vice president and assistant general manager of Southeast Toyota Distributors
Craig Pollock has been promoted to group vice president and assistant general manager of Southeast Toyota Distributors.
Southeast Toyota is a subsidiary of JM Family Enterprises. He was most recently vice president of field sales operations for JM&A Group, another JM Family company.
