Movers in South Florida

Board of trustees member for Florida Ocean Sciences Institute

Andrew High, an attorney with the Fort Lauderdale office of Fowler White Burnett, has been elected to the board of trustees for Florida Ocean Sciences Institute (FOSI). He focuses his legal practice on maritime and shipping law.

FOSI is a juvenile offender rehabilitation program that provides juvenile delinquents who meet certain criteria with an alternative to detention. It focuses on rehabilitation and behavior modification through teaching seamanship and aquatics in addition to normal school subjects. 

Director and operations manager of National Maritime Services

Fort Lauderdale-based National Maritime Services, the arrest and seizure subsidiary of National Liquidators, has promoted Don Soutar to director, which is the top executive for the company. Previously, he was director of new business development.

Bill O'Dell has been promoted to operations manager. He is the administrator of all government contracts and will oversee coordination of arrest and custody activities for commercial and lien related cases.

New members of the Marine Industries Association of South Florida Board of Directors

The Marine Industries Association of South Florida has elected five new members to its Board of Directors. They are:

• Trey Irvine of Pipewelders Marine
• Patrick Knowles of Patrick Knowles Designs
• Kitty McGowan of NautiCom Communications
• Scott Miser of Rybovich
• Jim Renfrow of Fairline Florida

Jim Bronstien, Wes Dickman, Jeff Dana, John Mann, and Craig Muir have retired from the board.      

Vice president of marina management at Aqua Marine Partners

Michael Shanley has been hired as vice president of marina management at Aqua Marine Partners, an integrated marina investment company in Aventura.

Vice president of shipyard sales for Merrill-Stevens

Bill Leonard has been hired as vice president of shipyard sales for Merrill-Stevens. Most recently, he was vice president of Azimut Benetti, USA.