Ramesh Buch is North Florida Land Trust's new director of conservation acquisitions. He will oversee all conservation activities including acquisitions, landscape initiatives and community conservation projects. Buch has 30 years experience in the environmental field, is certified in public management, supervisory management, and has a Florida real estate license.

CHW welcomes Eirini Chaddon, Talent Recruitment Manager to our Human Resources department. Eirini brings 12 years of experience in recruiting and she will be working closely with our managers across our office locations in Florida to pursue our strategic hiring goals. CHW is excited to add Eirini as a key player in sharing and promoting our employment opportunities.

GreenPointe Holdings President/CEO Ed Burr received the 2021 Hearthstone BUILDER Humanitarian Award, recognizing builders who have demonstrated a lifetime commitment to public service. Burr, Founder/Board Chairman of the Monique Burr Foundation for Children (MBF), is this year's Private Builder Honoree. MBF received a $138,000 donation from Hearthstone in Burr's honor.

William R. Swindle has been selected to serve as a regional leader for Shumaker's newly established Wealth Strategies Service Line. Bill is a Partner in the Tampa office and focuses his practice on estate planning and probate administration, and federal and state tax matters. He is Board certified in Wills, Trusts & Estates, and Taxation.

Cheryl L. Gordon, Sarasota Partner, has been selected to serve as a regional leader for Shumaker's newly established Wealth Strategies Service Line. She focuses her practice on estate planning and business and transactional tax law. She advises a wide variety of corporate and high net worth individuals about tax and legal aspects of their business activities.

Samuel P. Queirolo has been selected to serve as a regional leader for Shumaker's newly established Real Estate and Development Service Line. Sam is a Partner in the Tampa office and is Board Certified in Real Estate law.

Jan W. Pitchford, Sarasota Partner, has been selected to serve as a regional leader for Shumaker's newly established Real Estate and Development Service Line. She is Board Certified in Real Estate law and represents individuals and corporate clients in connection with the acquisition, development, and construction of residential and commercial real estate projects.

Michele Leo Hintson has been selected to serve as a regional leader for Shumaker's newly established Litigation and Disputes Service Line. Michele is a Partner in the Tampa office and a seasoned business litigator who dedicates her practice to representing individuals and a variety of businesses with their litigation needs.

Daniel J. DeLeo has been selected to serve as a regional leader for Shumaker's newly established Litigation and Disputes Service Line. Dan is Board Certified in Business Litigation. His practice focuses on commercial disputes, with particular emphasis on representing businesses in contract disputes, business torts, and complex business litigation.

W. Jan Pietruszka has been selected to serve as a regional leader for Shumaker's newly established Labor, Employment and Pensions Service Line. Jan is a Partner in the Tampa office and advises employers and executives on a wide variety of employment issues. He also defends and advises commercial property owners and tenants on Title III of the ADA.

Mindi M. Richter has been selected to serve as a regional leader for Shumaker's newly established Intellectual Property and Technology Service Line. Mindi is a Partner in the Tampa office and is Board Certified by the Florida Bar as an Intellectual Property Law Specialist.

W. Kent Ihrig has been selected to serve as a regional leader for Shumaker's newly established Finance, Banking, Creditors' Rights and Insolvency Service Line. Kent is a Partner in the Tampa office and has substantial experience representing financial institutions and other lenders in a wide variety of domestic and international commercial lending and related activities.

Darrell C. Smith has been selected to serve as a regional leader for Shumaker's newly established Corporate, Tax and Transactions Service Line. Darrell is a Partner in the Tampa office and focuses his practice on representing middle market business entities. He also has extensive experience in representing privately held growing businesses and public companies.

Meredith D. DeNome has been selected to serve as a regional leader for Shumaker's newly established Health Law Service Line. Meredith is a Partner in the Tampa office and focuses her practice on health and business law issues, including federal and state privacy laws, HIPAA, corporate law, compliance programs, governance, and clinical trials research process.

Julio C. Esquivel has been selected to serve as a regional leader for Shumaker's newly established Corporate, Tax and Transactions Service Line. Julio is a Partner in the Tampa office and serves as a trusted advisor to companies seeking a pragmatic, solutions-oriented approach to business law matters.

Gregory C. Yadley has been selected to serve as a regional leader for Shumaker's newly established Corporate, Tax and Transactions Service Line. Greg is a Partner in the Tampa office and brings a wealth of experience to his representation of business entities, including closely held and family businesses, large and small public companies, and nonprofit entities.

Megan Proulx Dempsey has been selected to serve as a regional leader for Shumaker's newly established Environmental and Energy Service Line. Megan is a Partner in the Tampa office. Prior to joining Shumaker, Megan was senior corporate counsel at TECO Energy where she served virtually all business units and advised TECO leadership.

Mark D. Hildreth has been selected to serve as a regional leader for Shumaker's newly established Finance, Banking, Creditors' Rights and Insolvency Service Line. Mark is a Partner in the Sarasota office and is Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law.

Benjamin R. Hanan, Partner in the Sarasota office, has been selected to serve as a regional leader for Shumaker's newly established Corporate, Tax and Transactions Service Line. Ben focuses his practice on business matters, such as entity formation, organizational and capital structure, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, as well as estate planning.

Clayton Levins is the new Smart North Florida Executive Director. Smart North Florida is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the region's quality of life through collaboration, data coordination and smart technologies. Clayton's portfolio includes technology sandboxing, smart city labs, and an open-source data exchange.

Marc Hoenstine now serves as Managing Director, Economic Development at Duke Energy Florida. He leads the company's creative strategy around economic development and efforts to retain & expand existing as well as attract new commercial and industrial customers to Duke Energy's 34-county service territory in Florida. Marc has over 26 years of experience in economic development.

DeAngelis Diamond (DD), an innovative, award-winning, national construction management firm, congratulates Sean Dyer on his recent promotion to Senior Safety & Health Manager. In his new role, Sean will lead the safety team and the rest of the DD team by coordinating weekly safety meetings and ensuring safety policies are enforced on all DD projects.

Bush Ross is excited to announce they have had three new Associates join their Firm in the past few months. Michael J. Bauman [left], Civil Trial; Jessica R. Viola [center], Construction Litigation; and Brittnie M. Burns [right], Community Associations. Bush Ross is a full service large local law firm located on Tampa's picturesque Riverwalk.

Capital Wealth Planning is pleased to announce that, after working for more than two years as Director of Internal Sales, Kesia Sondrini has joined the firm's senior management team as Managing Director of Advisor Relationship Management, diversifying the firm's leadership. In her new role, Kesia acts as the liaison between CWP and broker/dealer partners' internal teams nationwide.