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Southeast Florida Players - March 2009

» Vernon D. Smith, 64, founder of Fort Pierce-based Riverside National Bank, retired as the bank reorganized its management and cut its workforce by 4%. He will remain on the board. John Williams, president of the bank’s central Florida region, became CEO and president.

» eDiets (Nasdaq-DIET) named Kevin N. McGrath, former president and CEO of Minnesota-based Digital Angel, president and CEO. Predecessor CEO Stephen Rattner becomes executive vice president of corporate services.

Maria A. Sastre
Maria A. Sastre

» Kelley Shanley has been appointed president and CEO of the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, replacing Mark Nerenhausen, who left to run the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts. Shanley had been executive vice president and general manager.

» Maria A. Sastre, a former executive with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, was elected president and CEO of Take Stock in Children in Fort Lauderdale.