Career Track

Jacksonville'sHolland & Knight law firm has hired former Florida Bar president Terrence Russell as a partner in the litigation section.

Russell will work in the firm's Jacksonville and Fort Lauderdale offices. Russell served as president of The Florida Bar in 2001.

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Two First Coast residents have been reappointed by Gov. Rick Scott to the Florida Historical Records Advisory Board.

Elaine Coats of Fernandina Beach was assigned to a term that expires April 6, 2016 and Kathy Fleming of St. Augustine was assigned to a term on the board that expires Dec. 8, 2016

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Josh Hoce has been hired by Visit Jacksonville as a national account manager on the sales team for the convention and visitors bureau.

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The Jacksonville Children's Commission has recently made the following hires:

Colin Murphy as senior director of operations; Marty McEachean as director of training, professional development and Wallace grant; Lauren Cowman has been hired as associate director of training; Lori Hershey as executive assistant to CEO/Executive director Jon Heymann: Mary Nash as healthy families manager; Ginger Preston Peacock as director of early intervention; Dae Lynn K. Helm as assistant director of research and grants; Kenneth Darity, associate director of youth development; Sylvester Pinckney, associate director of youth development; and Rodger Belcher, data manager for SAMIS and Wallace grant.

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John Holzbaur, director of veteran and military affairs for the Office of the Public Defender on the First Coast was honored as the 2014 Public Citizen of the Year for Work with the Military by The National Association of Social Workers Florida, Northeast Unit.

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Resident Support Coordinator of Atlantic Beach'sFleet Landing, Pamela Eccles-Wakefield, was honored with the 2014 Student Social Worker of the Year Award by the Florida Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.

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The Main Street America Group of Jacksonville has appointed corporate counsel Kimberly Law as assistant secretary of the super- regional property and casualty insurance carrier.

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Bank of America in Jacksonville has named Wendy Delp its area executive for East Florida.

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Lexicon Relocation of has named Dan Keating as senior vice president, global business development and marketing.

Lexicon has also promoted Rob Giese to vice president of business information technology.

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Bruce Steinberg has been elected chairman of the board and medical director for Jacksonville Orthopaedic Institute.

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Mac Papers in Jacksonville recently made three promotions within the company's senior leadership team including: Greg Gay to chief financial officer; Rick Mitchell to chief information officer; and Tonja Van Zandt to vice president of credit.

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Amanda Baggett, a shareholder at Rogers Towers law firm in Jacksonville, was recently appointed to serve on the Construction Law Certification Committee of The Florida Bar.

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Jacksonville public relations and content marketing firm Reputation Ink has hired Kristi A. Dosh as vice president of public relations.

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Baptist Health of Jacksonville has hired two neurovascular surgeons to lead the center providing adults and children access to stroke and other cerebrovascular care. Medical leadership for the new Stroke & Cerebrovascular Center at Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville is being handled by Ricardo Hanel and Eric Sauvageau.

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Aon Risk Solutions, a global risk management firm, recently announced the addition of Brian Peddie to its Jacksonville office as an assistant vice president.Items and photos for this column should be sent to careertrack@jacksonville.com.