James W. Harris has been elected as chairman of the Board of Directors of Baptist Health South Florida Foundation. Other officers elected by the Board are: Philip Wolman, vice chairman; Robert Gintel, treasurer; Gonzalo Sanabria, assistant treasurer; Mita Burke, secretary; and Cynthia Leesfield, assistant secretary. Each officer will serve a one-year term through September 30, 2010.

Harris is the founder of J.W. Harris & Company, a commercial land brokerage. He is a real estate and mortgage broker, and earned his master’s degree in business administration from Northwestern University in Chicago.