• The Jacksonville Port Authority has named Benjamin M. Massa director of Northeast marketing and sales. Massa is based in the New York/New Jersey area and will coordinate Jaxport’s marketing efforts in that region.
• The Haskell Company has promoted Greg Ferrell to industrial group president, Jim Gray to institutional/commercial group president and John Patton to president of the civil group.The company added 377 jobs in 2001 and is expecting a 25 percent revenue growth in 2002.
• Norman Blackwell has been elected president of the Florida Shrine Association.
• Ronald McDonald House is hosting McGala 2002 Circus-Circus: A Carnival Event, Saturday from 6:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. at the University of North Florida University Center. The black tie dinner/dance includes a silent and live auction and music by The Swingin’ Medallions. For information, call 807-4663.
• daniel will celebrate its 118th birthday June 19 from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. at its campus on Belfort Road. The child-serving agency was established in 1884 as an orphanage.