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Thomas P. Clark, a Henderson Franklin law firm stockholder, has been appointed as the new chairman of the Florida Bar Health Law Certification Committee.

Bill Davis has retired as president of Northern Trust, Bonita Springs. His successor is Scott Alexander, managing executive of the company's Naples Fifth Avenue office. West McCann, vice president and portfolio manager, will be promoted to Alexander's former position.

John W. Steakley Jr. of Fort Myers has been designated an investment management specialist by Consulting Group, the managed money unit of Citigroup's Smith Barney division.

Life Works of Naples, a private behavioral healthcare practice affiliated with the David Lawrence Center, has added Alexis Hayden Spano as a licensed school psychologist and Heather Daley as a registered clinical social work intern providing individual and group therapy to adult women.

Christina S. Woods has joined the Naples law office of Roetzel & Andress as an associate in the business services group.

Sandra Arnold, public information coordinator for the communication and customer relations department of the Collier County government, has earned accreditation in public relations from the Universal Accreditation Board.

NOISE Branding Communications in Sanibel has named Milissa Sprecher to the role of CEO.

The Bonita Bay Group has appointed Paul Pass as village manager for the company's 5,200-acre community planned for development in Hendry County.

Jason Hunt, an ecologist with Passarella & Associates in Fort Myers, has been promoted to team leader.

Orion Bank in Naples has appointed Teresa Weyer as vice president, manager of treasury management. The bank has also appointed Indira Maharaj as vice president, branch manager for its office at 1905 Pine Ridge Road in Naples.

Michael R. McMahon has been promoted to general manager at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples.

Ian Butler of Stock Realty, Naples, has obtained the Accredited Buyers Representative official designation.

The Naples Art Association at the von Liebig Art Center has hired Bianca A. Wojcik as development director and Robert B. Martinkus as comptroller.

Lenor Mason, vice president of deposit operations at Edison National Bank, has successfully completed the Florida School of Banking's rigorous three-year program.

George W. Powell Jr., principal of Powell Law in Naples, has been accepted for membership in the Outdoor Advertising Association of America.

Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida has appointed Angela L. Corcoran as senior vice president, treasury management officer.

Hillcrest Bank Florida in Naples has appointed Diane C. Schramm as assistant vice president and commercial lender and Darby A. Moore as assistant vice president and loan operations manager.

Adam Rasiwala has been promoted to chief financial officer at DSD Homes Inc. in Lehigh Acres.

J. Bradley Guarino-Sanders has joined Re/Max Realty Group's Commercial Division in Fort Myers as a commercial specialist, and Emanuele DiMare has joined the Boback Commercial Group Team division of Re/Max.

VIP Commercial-TCN Worldwide in Fort Myers has added Robert Reynolds as the newest commercial real estate advisor. Jenn Resnick has been named as a marketing coordinator for the firm.

Daniel J. Ciesielski has joined The Bonita Bay Group as director of land development for the eastern region.

James L. Nulman of Fort Myers has been certified by the Florida State Supreme Court as a family mediator.

Wright Construction has named George "Andy" Powell vice president of the civil division, Keith Moyer as vice president of the building division, and Mitch Bueltel as chief financial officer.

Lee Memorial Hospital has appointed Nelayda Fonte as an assistant director of trauma and surgical critical care.

Kim Gilman, Gail I. Lopez, Dayara Perez, Norio Sevilla, Ruth Westcott and Amber White have joined Riverside Bank of the Gulf Coast in Cape Coral.

John R. Wood Inc. Realtors has added Casey Hilton as the newest sales associate at its Old Naples office and Brenda Butterworth as the newest sales associate at its Bonita office.

Charlotte Regional Medical Center has added Dee McCarthy as chief nursing officer of the hospital.

McGarvey Custom Homes of Fort Myers has added Kathleen Varian to its staff as an estimating and purchasing manager.

Dr. Roland Werres has joined the division of cardiology at Medical Surgical Specialists, the multi-specialty group practice affiliated with Physicians Regional Medical Center in Naples.

business moves

Southwest Florida Addiction Services has opened the new Zonta Learning Center at 2516 Grand Ave., Fort Myers, to help women in recovery learn job skills to succeed in the workplace.

The Ratliff Group, an executive search firm, has opened offices at 5100 Tamiami Trail N. in Naples.

BrightStar Healthcare, a full-service home healthcare and staffing agency, has opened its newest location at the Bonita Executive Center at 8891 Brighton Lane in Bonita Springs.

Designer Accessories and Southern Showcase have merged to form one company under the Southern Showcase name. It will be located at 18070 S. Tamiami Trail, Suite 12, in south Fort Myers.

Orion Bank has opened a full-service banking center at 2150 Goodlette Road N. in Naples and another at 2225 First St. in downtown Fort Myers.

As a result of a November fire, Physicians' Primary Care of Southwest Florida has moved its billing and administrative offices to 13740 Cypress Terrace Circle, Fort Myers.

The Bonita Bay Group has launched Bonita Bay Group Realty, a full-service brokerage handling residential resales, rentals and new home sales in Bonita Bay Group communities as well as commercial property listings and sales throughout Southwest Florida.

Realty Partners Network, a full-service real estate company, has formed in Southwest Florida with offices at 17693 Summerlin Road in Fort Myers, 630 Tarpon Bay Road in Sanibel, and a main office at 219 Periwinkle Way in Sanibel.

The Naples Area Chamber of Commerce has announced that the Visitor and Information Center has been added to the list of stops along the Naples Trolley route.

The Naples, Marco Island, Everglades Convention and Visitors Bureau has been awarded accreditation from the Destination Marketing Accreditation Program, an international accreditation program developed by the Washington, D.C.-based Destination Marketing Association International.

Golf Mania Pro Shop is now open at the Miromar Outlets in Estero.

Mary Ann Ramsey has been selected by Virgin Galactic to become an accredited space agent in North America.

Florida Gulf Coast University's telephone system is now accessible, through the Florida Relay, for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf/blind or speech impaired.

Europe-American Aviation has added a second Diamond DA42 Twin Star to its fleet.

Brian Dickerson has opened Dickerson Law Group, a litigation law firm with offices in Florida and Ohio, at 1415 Panther Lane, Naples.

Lee County Parks and Recreation has awarded J.L. Wallace Inc. a contract to build the maintenance building at the new Estero Community Park.

Foster's Grille will open a franchise in mid-2007 at the Lighthouse Plaza at 728 Pine Island Road in Cape Coral.

Associates in Architecture has been chosen to design the regional corporate headquarters for Colonial Bank, to be located at the southeast corner of I-75 and Daniels Parkway in Fort Myers.

Physicians Regional Medical Center and Collier Regional Medical Center have become one system under the umbrella name Physicians Regional Healthcare System.

Basik Development is constructing The Naples Big Cypress Market Place. It will be located four miles east of Collier Boulevard on U.S. 41.

Naples Christian Academy has earned accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) through its Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (CASI) and the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation (CITA).

Island House Gallery has moved to 1100 Sixth Ave. S., in Naples.

Builder developer Taylor Woodrow has opened its new headquarters at the Corkscrew Palms corporate complex in Estero.

SunTrust Bank has opened its Pebblebrooke office, a new branch in Naples, at 15225 Collier Blvd.

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