Movers in South Florida

BankUnited names four senior bankers

BankUnited has added four senior bankers to its Broward, Palm Beach and Treasure Coast retail banking team: Eris Sandler, Ken Delisle, Ernesto Gonzalez and Tania Ryan. Sandler joins BankUnited as market president of BankUnited's North Broward, Palm Beach and Treasure Coast region. She most recently served 

as regional president of Colonial Bank/BB&T's retail banking division. Delisle, Gonzalez and Ryan join Bank- United as regional managers. Prior to joining Bank- United, they held executive positions at Colonial Bank/BB&T.

DSC Trading names partner, director

 Jaimie Nicole Shepard has been appointed as partner and director at DSC Trading, a South Florida business specializing in expendable and consumable aircraft parts. Her operational title is sales manager.

American Airlines names VP

 American Airlines has named Marilyn DeVoe vice president of airport services at American Airlines' Miami hub. Most recently, she was vice president at Dallas/Fort Worth.

Cobham LifeSupport-ACR Products names development director

 Christopher Hoffman has joined Cobham LifeSupport-ACR Products as the director of business development. He will oversee marketing and development efforts and direct growth initiatives. Most recently, Hoffman was vice president of development for Procon.

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden names 13 trustees

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden has elected 13 members to its board of trustees: Nancy Batchelor, Norman Benford, Jennifer Stearns Buttrick, Jose R. Garrigo, Willis D. Harding, Robert M. Kramer, Robert A. McNaughton, Mike Mauder, Stephen Pearson, Robert J. Petzinger, T. Hunter Pryor, James G. Stewart and Angela Whitman.

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden names director, manager

  Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables has promoted Amy Padolf to director of education and Javier Francisco-Ortega to program manager of the Fairchild Challenge. Padolf will lead Fairchild's education programs. Most recently, she served as Fairchild Garden's Youth Programs Manager. Francisco-Ortega will lead the Fairchild Challenge for K-12 students in South Florida and 10 other locations worldwide. He is an associate professor of biological sciences at Florida International University and Fairchild.

Our Kids of Miami-Dade/Monroe names board member

  Our Kids of Miami-Dade/Monroe, the local lead agency for child welfare in Miami-Dade County and the Keys, has elected banker Laura B. Goodman to its board of trustees. Goodman handles commercial loans for TIB Bank in Marathon.

Children's Heart Center, UM medical school names director

 William G. Harmon has been named director of the division of pediatric cardiology of The Children's Heart Center at Holtz Children's Hospital and in the department of pediatrics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Harmon joined the medical school faculty and the Holtz Children's Hospital staff in September 2008 as director of pediatric cardiac critical care in the divisions of pediatric cardiology and critical-care medicine.

Schwartz Media Strategies names account executives

  Schwartz Media Strategies has promoted Allie Schwartz to account executive and Julia K. Wakefield to senior account executive and director of the firm's social media practice. Previously, Schwartz was an office manager for A. Present Realty Group. Wakefield was most recently a communications specialist at The Weinbach Group, a marketing communications firm in Miami.

Harper Meyer Perez Hagen O'Connor Albert & Dribin adds partner

Michael A. Dribin has joined the law firm of Harper Meyer Perez Hagen O'Connor Albert & Dribin as a partner. Dribin, who has practiced in Miami since 1975, focuses on estate planning, probate, trust and guardianship administration and litigation. He served as the managing partner of the Miami office of Broad and Cassel from 2003 to 2005.