Dixon

» Sunovia Energy Technologies has hired Art Buckland as CEO, replacing Carl Smith, who will remain chairman of the Sarasota company.

» Joe Lopano is the new executive director of Tampa International Airport. Formerly executive vice president of marketing at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Lopano replaces Louis Miller, who resigned in February and now runs Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

» Jacqueline Eaby Dixon, a University of Miami geochemist, has been named dean of the University of South Florida's College of Marine Science.