Who’s garnering applause, getting promoted and moving on.

Senior appraiser Michael P. Jonas of Coastal Engineering Consultants, Naples, earned national Member Appraiser Institute designation.

Community Foundation of Collier County appointed Jeanette M. Lombardi, partner at Hahn Loeser + Parks law firm, Naples, co-chair of its personal advisors committee and a member of the audit committee.

Samira K. Beckwith, president and CEO of Hope Hospice and Community Services, Fort Myers, was named to the American Society of Pain Educators’ board of directors and inducted into Ohio State University’s College of Social Work Alumni Hall of Fame.

Chris Trottier, director of golf for the Verandah community in Fort Myers, is South Florida PGA’s Merchandiser of 2007.

The Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southwest Florida added Dr. John Iacuone, executive director of The Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida, and Jeffrey Miloff, partner and owner of Team Aubuchon Companies and Omni Title, to its board of directors, plus nurse Jane Richards Hudson to its advisory council.

The Edison & Ford Winter Estates received a $35,440 grant from the Florida Division of Histori-cal Resources.

The Convention Industry Council made Karen Oliveira, meetings director for the Crowne Plaza Hotel at Bell Tower, Fort Myers, a certified meeting professional.

The Florida Council for Community Mental Health chose Lee Mental Health Center employment specialist Jodi Jackson as 2007 Direct Service Provider from 12 nominees with behavior healthcare and mental health agencies in the state.

Engineering News-Record magazine named Core Construction and Gates Butz Institutional Construction, both of Naples, two of the Top 50 U.S. Green Contractors.

Fred Barry, chief operating officer of J.L. Wallace Inc., was appointed president of the Lee Building Industry Association’s nonprofit Builders Care board of directors.

Collier County earned the National Association of Government Webmasters Pinnacle Award for its Web site.

The Fort Myers franchise of ActionCOACH won a record four awards at the company’s annual global meeting in Dublin, Ireland.

James Nashman, president and CEO, Pelican Bay Development, is now a member of The International Real Estate Federation.

RobinJill Hochmeyer, director of concierge services at Doubletree Guest Suites Naples. was inducted into Les Clefs d’Or USA, an organization for professional concierges.

Kay Wynter of Terry Wynter Auto Service in Fort Myers was the first woman named to the ACDelco National Advisory Council.

Jim Warnken of accountants Markham Norton Mosteller Wright, Fort Myers, was appointed by Collier County commissioners to the Affordable Housing Commission.

Gates and Compass Construction earned Southeast Construction magazine achievement awards.

The State Department of Education honored CHS Healthcare’s Ronald McDonald Care Mobile Program with a Migrant Health Professionals of 2007 Award.

The Remodelors Council of the Collier Building Industry Association earned a National Association of Home Builders’ CADRE Award for renovating the home of Dan Davison, a quadruple amputee and motivational speaker.

K2 Design Group of Naples and Bonita Springs won two American Society of Interior Designers’ Excellence Awards.

Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida elected William Price Jr., senior vice president of McGarvey Development Company, to its board of directors.

WilsonMiller added senior vice president Michael H. Maxwell and principal John C. English to its board of directors. Senior associate Marc L. Berman is now president of the Florida Surveying and Mapping Society’s area chapter.

Butch McGovern, manager of NuCape Construction, Cape Coral, gained Healthcare Construction Con-tractor certification via the American Society for Healthcare Engineering.

Christopher Ressler of Architec-ture Inc. has earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification.

Priority Marketing of Fort Myers won a Florida Print Association Excellence Award.

Harlan C. Parrish, president and CEO, Colonial Bank Florida West Coast region, was appointed chairman of the board for The Foundation for Lee County Public Schools.

The estate of James M. Dupey bequeathed $2 million each to the David Lawrence Center and the Mental Health Association of Southwest Florida.

Joseph H. Burgess, founder of Burgess Engineer Inc., Fort Myers, and Kevin D. Ostrowsky, vice president and business development officer for Riverside Bank of the Gulf Coast, Cape Coral, were appointed to the Lee County Port Authority Airports Special Management Committee.

Dr. Jaime A. Alvarez of Southwest Florida Neurosurgical Associates implanted the area’s first FDA-approved artificial cervical disc.

Al Zichella, founder of The Zichella Group, was elected secretary of the Florida Home Building Assn.

Employees of Entech Computer Services and Best Buy, and students of FGCU and Bishop Verot High School in Fort Myers, built two homes in Lehigh Acres through Habitat for Humanity of Lee County.

Winners of Elaine McLaughlin Outstanding Hospitality Service Awards from the Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau were Maxine Ivery, Holiday Inn Fort Myers Beach; Billy Kirkland, Sara Kramer and Debbie Stice, Billy’s Rentals, Sanibel Island; Joe Verdino, Play’n Hooky Fishing Charter, Fort Myers Beach; Victor Rodriguez, Costco, Fort Myers; Kevin Baker, Macaroni Grill, Fort Myers; Mildred Romero, Koret, Fort Myers; and Francisco Francisco, Triangle Cleaning, Fort Myers.

Suncoast Surgery Center in Fort Myers has been accredited for three years by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

Gilbert Perez with Henderson Franklin, Fort Myers, was named president of the Association of Family Law Professionals.

Sandra Arnold, public information coordinator for the Collier County Communications and Customer Relations Department, earned certification with the International Association of Emergency Managers.

Ginny Cooper, president of Divine Events & Marketing, North Fort Myers, was appointed to the board of directors of Audubon of Southwest Florida.

The Chamber of Southwest Florida honored Todd Gates, chairman of Gates, with its annual Business Building Leadership Award.

The board of directors of Lee Mental Health, Fort Myers, presented achievement awards to Joan Patterson, Cpl. Pete Woodhouse of the Fort Myers Police Department; Judge Hugh E. Starnes; John and Ellen Sheppard and Frank Duval Jr.

Florida Radiology Consultants in Fort Myers was awarded a three-year accreditation in nuclear medicine from the American College of Radiology.

Carter-Pritchett Advertising, Absher Design Group, AdSource, Firestone & Cimring, Legris & Associates, Masterpiece Marketing, Parr Media Group, Priority Marketing, Quenzel & Associates, Spiro & Associates and Wise & Time Advertising helped provide the Children’s Advocacy Center of Southwest Florida space on 10 billboards to promote its services.

Keith, Douglas and Bill Daubmann of Mr. Shower Door, Naples, all passed the Florida Certified Glass and Glazing licensure test.

Jim Boback, broker associate, and Chuck Smith, sales associate, of Boback Commercial Group, Re/Max Realty Group, Fort Myers, and Melissa Rice, broker/owner, M Rice Realty, Sanibel, earned Certified Commercial Investment Member designation.

Bob Mitchell, director of landscape architecture with VanasseDaylor, donated his expertise to help create a park facility for the nonprofit Care Club of Collier County, providing day care for those with Alzheimer’s disease and other memory disorders.

Cape Coral developer Community Homes’ owner and president Doug Laskowitz earned his state class-A general contractor’s license.

Bonita Bay Group senior vice president Susan Hebel Watts spoke on "Future Land Use Scenarios" at the American Institute of Architects Southwest Florida Chapter’s design conference.

Patrol manager for the community, Rob White, became a Certified Manager of Community Associations.

New board members for United Way of Collier County are Clark Wakefield Hill, general manager, Hilton Naples and Shula’s Steak House; Jay Severson, general manager, The Club at TwinEagles, north Naples; and Mollie Page, owner of Print Page public relations firm, Naples. The county chapter was also honored by the board of county commissioners for 50 years of community service.

Joining Youth Haven’s board as officers are Bradford K. Marshall, vice president and treasurer; Carol B. Boyd, vice president; Janet F. Gable, secretary; and Howard L. Crown, executive member. Professional Building Systems president Russell Budd was named chairman of its 2008 fundraising campaign.

FineMark National Bank & Trust, Fort Myers, appointed Richard Beightol, Trustmark Life Insurance Company consultant, to its board of directors.

Renée Kennedy-Edwards, president of Coaching 4 Success, spoke at the 2007 National Association of Personal Financial Advisors regional conference in Nashville.

The Ivey House Bed & Breakfast in Everglades City was the first facility in Collier County to earn Green Lodging certification by the State Department of Environmental Protection.

Chris Craparo, president of Preferred Air contractors, Naples, is now a certified indoor environmentalist via The Indoor Air Quality Association.

Sanibel and Captiva ranked eighth and 10th, respectively, in the North American islands category in Condé Nast Traveler magazine’s 2007 Readers’ Choice Awards.

Bob Reynolds with VIP Commercial, Fort Myers, was elected to the board of directors for the Certified Commercial Investment Member Institute’s area district.

WilsonMiller ranked 52nd and Community Engineering Services was 161st in trade newsletter The Zweig Letter’s "Hot Firms 2007."

Logistics firm Allyn International Services, Fort Myers, is providing several services for the Panama City naval base via its first federal contract with the Department of Defense Naval
Support Activity.

A Progressive Builders fund-raiser raised more than $8,000 for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southwest Florida, Fort Myers.

2007 Bonita Springs Area Chamber of Commerce award winners included TIB Bank, Member Business of the Year; The Ronto Group, Director of the Year; and Chamber president and CEO Nancy Keefer, Citizen of the Year, sponsored by the Bonita Daily News/The Banner and The News-Press.

Downing-Frye Realty, Naples, was ranked 81st based on sales volume on Realtor Magazine’s "Top 100 Companies" list.

Career Moves

Financial Services
Community Bank of Cape Coral appointed J. Steven Root as president and CEO, and Bob Gaglio as senior lender.