Business briefs

+ Plymouth Harbor board elects new members
Plymouth Harbor’s board of trustees elected new leaders for 2015 and welcomed three new board members.

The new chairman of the board of trustees is G. Duncan Finlay, who is also president and CEO of the Florence Rothman Institute and chief medical officer of Alive Sciences LLC. He is also the former chief medical officer, president and CEO of Sarasota Memorial Hospital. He replaces F. Thomas Hopkins, who will now serve as immediate past chairman.

Sarah Pappas was elected as vice chairwoman. She also serves as president of the William G. and Marie Selby Foundation, and she is a former president of Manatee Community College, which is now State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota.

Cindy Malkin will serve as secretary. Malkin was recently a board chairwoman at the William G. and Marie Selby Foundation and is also a member of the Women’s Resource Center’s board.

Brian Hall, who is executive vice president of wealth management at Gateway Bank of Southwest Florida, was elected treasurer.

The board also announced three new trustees: John Cranor III, former president and CEO for the New College Foundation; Nora Patterson, a past Sarasota County commissioner; and William Woeltjen, who is the chief financial officer of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System.

+ Mar Vista, Arts Center team up for concert series
Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub will kick off a 2015 outdoor concert series that will be held in the courtyard of the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design, with Mar Vista providing food and drinks.

The first concert will take place at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 24 with a performance by the Thomas Carabasi Samba Jazz Quintet. Other concerts are scheduled for 7 p.m. Feb. 12, featuring singer Bill Buchman and guitarist Steve Arvey performing blues music, and 1:30 p.m. March 14, featuring the Motown Magic Review directed by Scott Blum.

Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door and include one drink. VIP seating is $40 in advance and $45 at the door. There is also a three-concert package available, which is $76.50 for open seating and $102 for VIP seating. To purchase tickets, call 383-2345 or email [email protected].

+ Cannons recognized as top 100 boat dealer
Boating Industry magazine named Cannons Marina as one of North America’s top 100 boat dealers in 2014.

“What separates us is our high level of customer service,” co-owner Lucile Miller said in a news release. “We have a keen interest in knowing how each of our customers likes to work, then tailoring our service to accommodate their individual needs.”

Cannons Marina has been family-owned and operated on Longboat Key for more than 60 years.

“Being acknowledged for our hard work and our outstanding customer service makes us feel great, but we like to keep our nose to the grindstone so we can do an even better job in 2015,” co-owner David Miller said in the news release.