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Bill Mathews of J.B. Mathews Co., was recently named chairman of the board of the Central Florida Builder's Exchange, headquartered in Winter Park. Other officers for 2005 include: vice chairman - Bill Ellis of Ellis Mechanical Corp.; secretary - Sandra Safety of Windows Interiors; and treasurer - David Beasley of Palmer Electric Co.

Directors include: Nathan Butler, Hsu & Associates; Bill Finfrock, Finfrock Design-Manfacture-Construct; Vince Horton, Coastal Construction Products; Thom Jonas, Spartan Painting Co.; Dick Klunk, Hubbard Construction Co.; Tom Vickers, Vickers Metal Works; and Michael Wetzel, Deatrick Engineer Associates.

Kimberlee Debosier, co-founder and president of Bayside Engineering of Tampa, was recognized as the "2004 Engineer of the Year" by Florida West Coast National Engineers during the association's recent awards banquet. She is the first woman to receive the award in the association's 40-year history

Bob Miller was named vice president in charge of office operations at HNTB Corp. of Atlanta. Dom Saulino joined the firm as transportation department manager.

Muriel Redifer joined The ADP Group, a Sarasota-based architecture, interior design and planning firm as an architect.

Chris Webb was named senior project manager at Hardin Construction of Atlanta. Mike Coyne was promoted to senior superintendent, while Scott Baylor was promoted to chief field engineer. The firm also hired Robbie Masucci as senior estimator.

William Wadsworth was named executive vice president of HDR of Tampa. He has more than 28 years experience in studies, design and construction administration. Also, Ricardo Calvo was named vice president. He has more than 14 years experience on projects in the U.S., as well as Central and South America.

Ron Huffman was named senior principal landscape architect with MACTEC Engineering & Consulting of Kennesaw, Ga. He is a past recipient of the Georgia Planning Association's Distinguished Achievement in Planning award. Additionally, he served for two years as chief regional planner for the Central Savannah River Area Planning and Development Commission in Augusta, Ga.

Scott Mosley joined the Redevco Corp. of North Miami as construction manager for the company's retail and residential projects. The firm specializes in commercial real estate development, public/private partnerships and community revitalization in urban and inner-city areas.

Michael Wallack was selected to oversee business development at Murton Roofing of Miami. The firm also appointed Harry Davis to oversee its waterproofing operations.

Tracy McGinty was promoted to divisional vice president of Summit Contractors of Jacksonville, Fla. She has more than 14 years experience in commercial, restoration and multi-family construction.

William Bitner was named senior project engineer at the Tampa headquarters of general-contracting and construction-management firm ACI Construction Services.

Ryan Johnson was promoted to senior vice president with Catalfumo Construction and Development, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Jeffrey Marshall was promoted to vice president of land development, Lisa O'Brien to vice president of estimating and Joseph Keating to project manager.

George Lehning joined BRPH Construction of Orlando as vice president and manager of its Central Florida construction division. His experience, spanning 39 years, includes project management of the Norman Mineta International Airport in San Jose, Calif., and the new south terminal complex at Orlando International Airport.

Joshua M. Bormstein joined Creative Contractors of Clearwater, Fla., as a business development manger. The firm specializes in construction management of at-risk and design-build projects in the Tampa Bay area.