• Ambassador Peter Burleigh, deputy representative of the U.S. to the United Nations, is the speaker at Monday’s Meninak Club meeting.
• CenterBank has added two loan officers. Scott Francis has been named senior vice president responsible for SBA lending and Greg Bossow is the new vice president of SBA relationships.
•Karen Underwood has joined the City’s Legislative Services office.
•City Council members Lynette Self and Jerry Holland are hosting a town meeting Thursday at 6 p.m. at Landmark Middle School. Topics for discussion include the proposed fire station on Joeandy Road and an update on the Better Jacksonville Plan. For information, call 630-1392 or 630-1386.
• Gallery Eclectic Bistro has named Barry Luxenberg its new executive chef. Luxenberg has 23 years as a chef, most recently at Timuquana Country Club.
• Sally Corporation has named Peter Carsillo senior designer and sculptor and Drew Edward Hunter design director. Carsillo, a former member of the Disney Imagineering team, has worked as a freelancer for the last three years, serving as the lead sculptor on several of Sally’s dark rides. Hunter has been with Sally for five years. As design director, he will oversee the design elements of all Sally projects.