» Gov. Charlie Crist has appointed Tallahassee lawyer Daryl Parks to the board of trustees of Florida A&M University. A FAMU graduate, Parks is a partner in the Parks & Crump law firm.
» John Thiemann, formerly a consultant at Starke, is the new city manager at Blountstown.
» Ed Kilpatrick, a Florida A&M graduate and former Jackson County School Board member, is now the city manager at Sneads.
» Jeff Townsend has been promoted to president of Innisfree Hotels' newly formed Innisfree Development in Gulf Breeze, currently designing and building 11 condominium or condo/hotel towers.