Personnel: Manatee, South Louisiana

Port Manatee has promoted Matthew F. Appice to senior director of trade development and sales and further bolstered its team with the addition of Virginia Zimmermann as marketing and public relations assistant. Lester Millet III, safety risk agency manager for the Port of South Louisiana, was recently elected president of the InfraGard Louisiana (ILMA) Chapter for the 2013-2014 term. 

Port Manatee Promotes Appice, Adds Zimmermann to Its Marketing Team

Port Manatee has promoted Matthew F. Appice to senior director of trade development and sales and further bolstered its team with the addition of Virginia Zimmermann as marketing and public relations assistant.

Mr. Appice, who came to Port Manatee in 2010 as director of international sales, has 36 years of maritime industry experience. Previously, he was director of corporate sales and marketing for Tropical Shipping and before that, spent 29 years with Tampa-based CP Ships and predecessor entities, last as vice president for U.S. sales. He holds a degree in business administration from Seton Hall University in South Orange (NJ).

Mr. Appice is actively engaged in the development of a roll-on/roll-off terminal for import and export of vehicles, in conjunction with The Pasha Group, the opening of Port Manatee’s new 40-foot-draft berth, and cultivating a prospective Cuba ferry market.

Ms. Zimmermann joins the Port Manatee team after serving as public relations assistant for Munich-based Loyalty Partner GmbH, operator of one of the world’s largest multichannel marketing platforms. She holds an honors degree in business administration from the University of Applied Sciences in Munich.

  

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South Louisiana Safety Risk Agency Manager Elected InfraGard Louisiana President 

Lester Millet III, safety risk agency manager for the Port of South Louisiana, was recently elected president of the InfraGard Louisiana (ILMA) Chapter for the 2013-2014 term. 

Founded in 1996, InfraGard is a public/private partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the 16 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) aligned "critical sectors." ILMA’s 912 members are organized into four sub-chapters – New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Acadiana and North Louisiana. The most active sub-chapter is the New Orleans Group, which meets quarterly at the FBI New Orleans Office.

As president of the Louisiana Chapter, Mr. Millet will work closely with the InfraGard Louisiana Coordinator in developing and promoting special projects for the Louisiana Chapter. Recent projects include the InfraGard Louisiana School Safety Multi-Hazard Toolkit and an FBI/InfraGard Cyber Brief. For more information, go to www.infragard.org.

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