Shoptalk

Dr. Stephen A. Prendiville has opened a facial plastic and reconstructive surgery practice in Southwest Florida.

Charles Walters has been hired by Neal Communities as land development manager to oversee the company's land-management and tree- conservation efforts. Walters most recently served as land development project manager for Pulte Homes.

Jake Spanberger, vice president of Entech Computer Services, which recently changed its name from Computer Tutor, has been appointed to head the networking division.

David Ciganek has been named vice president and private client relationship manager of AmSouth Bank in Naples.

Sharon Karr has been appointed executive manager for the Fifth Avenue Executive Suites.

Jacqueline V. Ader has been appointed public relations manager at Nadine DeGenova Public Relations Group.

Bryan Huckabee has been named spa director for the new Balinese Health Spa opening in December at the Marco Island Marriott Resort, Golf Club & Spa.

Steve Furman has been appointed project manager for Royal Corinthian Homes.

Steven Brooder has been named sales manager for WBC Construction.

Toni M. Stefan has been hired to lead HBK Healthcare Business Solutions, the newly formed division of Hill, Barth & King, certified public accountants and business consultants.

Leticia Lora has joined Fifth Third Bank at the Marco Island Banking Center as customer service representative.

Maria A. Rowe has joined the Fifth Third Banking Center Headquarters in Naples as customer service representative.

Jim Hohnstein, operations manager for land assets and general manager of marina operations for The Bonita Bay Group, has been named community patrol manager at Verandah.

Ron Inge is joining Land Solutions and Development Solutions as president and chief operations officer.

Dara Goren, commercial leasing agent for Re/Max, has joined the commercial division as an associate of the Ryan Leffler team.

Pamela Eck has been named project coordinator for Heidt & Associates.

Robert Frailey has been appointed assistant vice president and private banking officer for Colonial Bank. Susan Rowland has been named assistant branch sales manager of Colonial Bank in its office in downtown Naples.

Lois Chapman has been appointed real-estate sales associate in Landmark Development Group's custom homes division at Mediterra.

Kathy Iskander has joined the Fort Myers office of Jenkins & Charland, consulting structural engineers, as CADD Manager. Trudy Slean has been named director of business development at Romanza Interior Design, a full-service Naples-based design firm.

Lynne Hensley-Serpa has returned as The Registry Resort & Club's director of social catering, a position she originally held from 1997 to 2000.Richard S. Annunziata has joined the law firm of Henderson Franklin as an associate in its new Bonita Springs office.

Carl Rao and Rae Wakelin recently joined John R Wood Realtors.

Matt Moraski has joined Marsh Advantage America as a client executive.

Andrea Feil, residential agent, has joined the Re/Max Realty Group as an associate in the Fort Myers office.

Amy Macera has been appointed to the new position of education outreach coordinator at the Southwest Florida Holocaust Museum.

Mickey Cunningham, allied member, ASID. has joined the design team at Simonsen-Hickok Interiors in Old Naples.

Kim Carpenter, lead designer for Theresa Carollo Interiors, has become a business partner with owners Phillip and Pauline Courchene.

Elizabeth Acosta has joined the Southwest Florida Community Foundation as communications specialist.

Becky Bokrand has the joined the tax and litigation teams of Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Company in Fort Myers.

Timothy Head has joined the Robb & Stucky merchandising department as leather buyer. Grace Akol also has joined the Robb & Stucky as senior upholstery buyer.

Kudos

Ann Wright, vice president of merchant services at First National Bank, has recently graduated from the Florida Bankers Association School of Banking at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

The Southwest Florida Chapter 219 of SCORE has elected new officers: Don Waskom, chairman; Dennis Weimer, vice chairman; Dave Slothower, secretary; Dick Gaede, treasurer and Stan Bader, immediate past chairman.

Jeanne L. Seewald, of Fowler White Boggs Banker, has been elected president of the Collier County Women's Bar Association.

Timothy M. Lang has been named salesperson of the month for August 2003 at Verandah. Bill Westman has been named sales leader for August at Mediterra.

Lee Ann Boyd, MSN, ARNP, has been named by the Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates as the Southeast Member of the Year.

Frey & Son Homes, a custom homebuilder based in Bonita Springs, is supporting the YMCA mission with a five-year pledge of $25,000 to the YMCA of Bonita Springs.

Bruce Beasley, Beasley Broadcasting Company's president and co-chief operating officer, is speaking on a panel at the industry's biennial Kagan Radio Summit.

Fifth Third Bank's International Department is the recipient of the first-ever National Export Working Capital Lender of the Year award. Presented by The Small Business Administration (SBA) on its 50th anniversary, the award recognizes Fifth Third as the national leader in providing Export Working Capital Program loans to small businesses. Fifth Third Bank also has earned high ranking in American Banker's list of the "Most Efficient Bank Holding Companies Among the Largest 500." The financial services daily ranked Fifth Third's first quarter 2003 efficiency ratio in the top seven percent, or number 35, out of the 500 largest U.S. banks.

Kevin B. Lewis, SWFAS executive director, has been recognized as the top substance-abuse leader in the state by the Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association.

RE/MAX International has ranked RE/MAX Realty Group, Fort Myers, as one of its Top 50 Mega Offices. Additionally, The Ellis Team has placed in the Top 100 internationally and within the United States through July 2003.

Florida Trend magazine rated Robb & Stucky 78th of the top 200 privately held companies in the state.

The Foundation for Lee County Public Schools has announced newly elected officers for 2003-2004: Steven Personette, chairman, Eva Freeman, vice chairman, Steve Pontius, treasurer, Harlan Parrish, secretary, and Gary Trippe, immediate past president. Newly elected to the 48-member board of directors and serving three-year terms are Tom Fewster Jr., Travis Coulter, Danny Morgan, Bruce Schultz, Frank Galeana Jr. and Mark Weber.

Elizabeth Paul has been honored for more than 10 years of exemplary and dedicated service to the children of Southwest Florida. The Children's Advocacy Center of Southwest Florida has created the Elizabeth Paul Award to be given annually to a staff member or volunteer.

Connie Moody, senior travel specialist at Preferred Travel of Naples, has received the industry's Virtuoso Performance Accolade.

Business Moves

Sunsail's power catamarans will be moving to the Burnt Store Marina, with access to Charlotte Harbor.

Fowler White Boggs Banker has opened a Bonita Springs office, the firm's third office in Southwest Florida and its eighth office in the state.

Gates McVey has broken ground on the Gates McVey Headquarters Building. The two-story Mediterranean-style office will be located in north Naples at 12810 Tamiami Trail North. When completed, the building will contain approximately 12,500 square feet of Class-A office space. The company has also begun site work for the Equestrian Professional Center, its newest office condominium project in Collier County, in east Naples. It also has launched Park Central North, phase two of an existing 10-building commercial development in north Naples.

James E. Croley III, M.D., of the Cataract and Refractive Institute of Florida has announced the opening of his Naples office at Coventry Square, 870 111th Ave. North.

Absolute Design has just completed architectural design for an estimated 200,000 square feet of mixed-use space for the following new commercial developments: Tamiami Square, a 9.6-acre project that will include a 75,000-square-foot retail center and two outparcels in north Naples on U.S. 41); Forest Glen Plaza, a 70,000-square-foot Mediterranean-style retail center at Route 951 and Davis Boulevard; and Constitution Center on Old U.S. 41, a multiuse retail development center. Absolute Design has also just announced an affiliate office to be located in Delray Beach.

Surgical Associates of Southwest Florida has opened a larger office in Bonita Springs at the Bonita Community Health Center, 3501 Health Center Blvd., suite 2170.

Priority Marketing has moved to a new office in the General Mortgage building at 8191 College Pkwy in Fort Myers.

Genesis Global Technologies announced that it has been named to the Symantec Partner Program, Dell Partner Program, VERITAS Partner Program for Solutions Providers, WatchGuard's Secure Partner Program, APC Partner Program and SurfControl Partner Program.

Theresa Carollo Interiors has opened its new showroom at 5405 Taylor Road in Naples.