Business Briefs

Caring for kids

Executive Director for Threshold Center for Autism Jim Dennis announces the hiring of Dr. Luis F. Barroso, D.O., and Nurse Practitioner Caroline Gertz to the staff of the Benjamin C. Willard Jr. M.D. Memorial Clinic. The clinic offers full medical and dental services for families with special needs children and adults and their family members.

Leader of the lawyers

Associate attorney Melanie Griffin in the litigation department of the law firm of Dean, Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano & Bozarth, P.A. in Orlando was recently elected to lead The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division. Griffin assumes the role of president for the 2013-2014 year and has served as a member of the organization’s board of governors since 2009.

Bowling for literacy

Fifth Third Bank (Central Florida) recently participated in the 30th Annual Bowl-A-Thon fundraiser for Junior Achievement (JA) of Central Florida. During the event, employees from Fifth Third raised more than $10,000 to support JA programs that focus on financial literacy, workforce readiness, the free enterprise system and entrepreneurship.

Super lawyers

Three shareholders with the law firm of Winderweedle, Haines, Ward and Woodman were recently selected as 2013 Florida Super Lawyers. The attorneys named Super Lawyers are: Joseph P. "Rusty" Carolan III (Banking), J. Jeffrey Deery (General Litigation) and Bradley M. Saxton (Bankruptcy). Owned by Thomson Reuters, Super Lawyers recognizes attorneys who have distinguished themselves in their legal practice. The selection process is multi-phased and rigorous. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with third-party research and validation of the attorney's professional accomplishments.

Heart of Heart of Florida

Heart of Florida United Way, Central Florida’s most comprehensive health and human services agency, has appointed Danielle Orchard, a Lake Mary resident, as its new senior director of Donor Relations. In this role, her responsibilities include the overall planning, research, strategic development, evaluation and implementation of comprehensive major gifts, donor relations and the Alexis de Tocqueville Society.

New school

NAI Realvest recently negotiated a new lease agreement for 14,305 square feet at the Crossroads Business Center, 931 South Semoran Blvd. in Winter Park. The new tenant is Conductive Education Center of Orlando Inc.