CONSTRUCTION -- Gene McGovern has been named CEO of Miami-based Pavarini Construction Co., a newly created position. McGovern, 59, was part-owner of New York-based J.A. Jones/GMO, which restored several galleries in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He has managed other well-known projects, including the restoration of the Statue of Liberty.
ENGINEERING -- H. Michael Dye retired as chairman and CEO of Miami-based PBS&J engineering firm. CFO Richard A. Wickett has been named chairman, and John B. Zumwalt III was promoted to CEO. Zumwalt will still serve as president as well.
FINANCE -- Jason J. Israel joins St. Petersburg-based Bankers Insurance Group as president of its three property and casualty companies: Bankers Insurance, Bankers Security Insurance and First Community Insurance. He replaces Robert G. Menke. Israel was most recently owner of an insurance consulting firm and was a senior manager at American Bankers Insurance Group.
GOVERNMENT -- John Anderson, president and CEO of Enterprise Florida, the state's main economic development arm, is stepping down. Anderson, 63, says he would like to spend more time with his family after being with Enterprise Florida since 1996. Prior to that, Anderson was CEO of the Beacon Council, the main economic development council in Miami. Government officials will conduct a national search for Anderson's replacement.
SHIPPING -- Jacksonville-based The Suddath Cos., a moving company, has promoted Barry S. Vaughn to COO, a new position. He will remain president of Suddath Relocation Systems. Vaughn has been with Suddath since 1974.
SPORTS -- Ron Zook is the head football coach at the University of Florida. Zook, 47, replaces Steve Spurrier, who left abruptly in January. Spurrier later became the highest-paid NFL coach after signing a five-year, $25-million contract with the Washington Redskins. Zook was most recently defensive coordinator of the New Orleans Saints.
TECHNOLOGY -- Bryan Zwan is back at Clearwater-based Digital Lightwave, the company he founded in 1990 that makes testing equipment for fiber-optic networks. Zwan, 54, was president and CEO until 1998 but remained chairman. Gerry Chastelet was named president and CEO in January 1999 and soon after became chairman. Zwan resigned to settle charges of accounting irregularities. Chastelet resigned in January citing personal reasons.
Alan C. Sundberg
Former Florida Supreme Court Justice Alan C. Sundberg, 68, died Jan. 26 after a five-month battle with lung cancer.
Sundberg earned a law degree from Harvard in 1958 before moving to St. Petersburg, where he practiced law for 17 years. He left the law firm of Masterson, Sundberg & Rogers when then-Gov. Reubin Askew named him to the state's highest court in 1975. He returned to private law practice in 1982, working at Carlton Fields in Tallahassee.
In 1997, Sundberg's longtime friend, Florida State University President Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte, persuaded him to become FSU's general counsel. In 2000, he resigned and was appointed by Gov. Jeb Bush to FSU's board of trustees. He is survived by his wife, Betty Steffens, a lawyer and lobbyist, and four children.