• Tom Bixby has been named chief information officer for Visagent Corporation. Bixby has over 22 years experience in technology, business and financial management, including Fleet Bank, Barnett Bank and Nexgenix.
• Kelly Rogers has been named director of sales at the Adam’s Mark Hotel. Rogers spent the last eight years in sales management positions at Hyatt Regency Hotels in Houston, Long Beach, Calif. and Orange County, Calif.
• Operation New Hope is hosting a How to Buy a House in Springfield seminar March 19 at 6 p.m. at Bethel Baptist Institutional Church.
• Body & Soul: The Art of Healing presents “Mann to Man,” featuring international jazz musicians Herbie Mann & Sona Terra in conjunction with the Baptist Cancer Institute at Baptist Medical Center. The event is Thursday at 7 p.m. at The Ritz Theatre & LaVilla Museum.
• The Salvation Army is holding its Celebrity Chefs fundraiser Thursday at the Osborn Center from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Ernst & Young and the Florida Venture Forum are hosting Learn from the Masters, a workshop on building a successful business, March 6 at UNF’s Small Business Development Center. Call 305-446-5060 or log on to www.flvencap.org/Flash/rsvp.htm to register.
• Thursday is the last day to catch the oil paintings of Gainesville artist Rootman at FCCJ’s Kent Campus Art Gallery. The exhibition is a celebration of African-American History Month.
• The executive board of The Alliance for World Class Education has selected its 2002 officers. They are Peter Rummell, president; Leerie Jenkins, first vice president; Madeline Scales-Taylor, second vice president and Hugh Greene, secretary/treasurer.
• The Cummer Museum of Arts & Gardens is hosting the opening of its new exhibition tonight from 5-9 p.m. The Michael W. Fisher collection has a Timucuan and Native American Indian theme.