The Florida Institute of Government at FGCU won a contract from the state Association of Supervisors of Elections to develop a program to certify supervisors of elections and their staffs.

Collier Building Industry Assoc-iation 2007 Parade of Homes award winners included Bordeaux Homes, with four gold and four platinum awards; and Harbourside Custom Homes and London Bay Homes, with two silver awards each.

Cypress Cove retirement community was the first in Florida to gain person-centered, long-term care accreditation from the Continuing Care Commission.

Jeanne L. Seewald, a partner in the Naples office of Hahn Loeser & Parks, received board certification by the Florida Bar in Intellectual Property Law.

Mary Beth Crawford, a principal and attorney with Cummings & Lockwood, Bonita Springs, is now president of the board of directors of the David Lawrence Center. New board members are Edward Sheridan, clinical psychologist; Pablo X. Veintimilla, executive vice president and chief financial officer for Hillcrest Bank of Florida, Naples; and Leila Anderson, human resources director for Architectural Network, Naples.

The Community Health Association, Fort Myers, donated $11,000 to the United Way of Lee, Glades and Hendry Counties.

The Hilton Naples and Crowne Plaza Hotel at Bell Tower Shops earned green lodging certification from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Services.

The Florida Association of Insurance Agents appointed John M. Pollock, president of Oswald, Trippe and Company, to its board of directors.

Dunbar High School is the first in the country to offer Microsoft Technical and Business Certifications to all of its students.

Eye Centers of Florida won an award for Excellence in Employee Development from the area chapter of the American Society for Training and Development.

The Urban Land Institute’s area council named Debrah Forester, redevelopment manager of Charlotte County, as chair of its executive committee on green development.

HSA Engineers and Scientists, Fort Myers, was named one of the annual ZweigWhite newsletter’s 200 fastest-growing architectural, engineering and environmental consulting firms, as well as one of Inc. magazine’s 5,000 fastest-growing private firms in the country.

Real Trends magazine listed John R. Wood Realtors 108th in sales among the top 500 residential real estate brokers nationwide.

Marcia Hobe, senior vice president of U.S. Trust, Private Wealth Management, was named chairman of the Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida advisory board. Vice chairman is Ed Ryan, director of development, Bishop Verot High School. Other new board members are Debra Quade, Merrill Lynch; Scott Robertson, Cushman & Wakefield of Florida; Laurel Smith, Gravina, Smith & Matte; Bud Stephens, Hope Hospice; Grover Whidden, Florida Power & Light; and Ginny Yates, Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Co. Also, a golf tournament at the Estuary at Grey Oaks raised more than $84,000 for Junior Achievement.

Scott Koenig, first vice president and commercial lending team leader of Colonial Bank in Lee and Collier counties, was named president of the Lee County Boys & Girls Club.

Dennis Gilkey, CEO of Gilkey Organization, spoke at the Florida Earth Foundation’s South Florida Land Use Initiative Forum at Edison College, Naples.

The Southeast Tourism Society chose the Charlotte Harbor Kayak & Wildlife Festival as a "Top 20 Event in the Southeast" for April.

Nearly $375,000 was raised at the annual American Heart Association Start! Heart Walk in Centennial Park, Fort Myers. Also, the Lee County AHA donated nearly $13,000 to the Sheriff’s Office for automated external defibrillators for first-responder vehicles.

The Women’s Council of Realtors Fort Myers Chapter named the following as 2007 award winners: Joanne Chando, Business Woman of the Year; Connie Gustafson, Member of the Year; Barbara Holzinger, Affiliate of the Year; Darlene Carrillo, Rising Star. Presidential Award recipients are Donna Guido, Bill Jurek and Linda Carpenter. State award recipients for the year were Cynthia Shafer, State Member of the Year; Bill Jurek, State Affiliate of the Year; and Donna Guido, State Rising Star.

Kelley Geraghty Price, a director in Cohen & Grigsby’s litigation practice group, is included in the Super Lawyers – Corporate Counsel Edition guidebook.

Reg Buxton, associate publisher of the Naples Journal, and Jason Korn, managing partner of Cohen & Grigsby law firm, were named president and president-elect, respectively, of the United Way of Collier County.

Carla Bonten, owner of real estate and auction firms in Bonita Springs, was appointed a division board member of the Children’s Home Society of Florida.

The United Arts Council of Collier County appointed as board members Andrea Clark Brown, Brown Poorman Architects; Jane Borchers, artist and art teacher; Pat Antonetti, Fort Pitt Capital Group; and Jonathan Kukk, Kukk Architecture & Design.

Five programs conducted by Collier County’s communication and customer relations department each won 2007 Florida Government Communicators Association Awards.

Cape Coral Housing Development Corp. received a $10,000 donation from the Wachovia Foundation for its educational efforts and $8,000 from Cape Coral Community Foundation for its foreclosure-prevention program.

Jon C. Cecil, chief human resources officer, Lee Memorial Health System, became a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Three Marco Island residents received 2007 honors for contributions to the community: Craig Woodward, Naples Daily News Citizen of the Year; Judy Perez, Marco Eagle Volunteer of the Year; and Pat Neale, Marco Island Area Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award.

The area chapter of the American Society for Training and Development, Fort Myers, elected as board members Geri McArdle, Carole Kaptur, Mike Fischer, Daralene Jones, David Jaffe, Charles Ingram, Nancy Smith, Chris Jones, Jim Jacoby, Lorna Kibbey and Jody Pugh.

David Bankston, executive vice president of Neighborhood America, was named a 2008 Modern-Day Technology Leader by U.S. Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine.

Old Corkscrew Golf Club, Estero, was named the National Golf Course Owners Association 2008 Florida Course of the Year, and one of America’s Best New Courses by Golf Digest magazine.

2007 Bonita Springs-Estero Association of Realtors award winners were Penny Hook, Focus Real Estate; David Morton, John R. Wood Realtors; Rod Mease, Premier Properties of SW Florida; and Sherry Gilliam-Shirk, First Title of Southwest Florida. Also, the association donated $9,000 to Habitat for Humanity.

J.L. Wallace Inc. donated a van to Bahamas Methodist Habitat to aid construction on the islands.
The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International presented NOISE Branding Communications, Sanibel, four Adrian Awards for marketing campaigns for ’Tween Waters Inn and Florida Repertory Theatre.

Gregory Sorce, partner of HBK Sorce Financial, Naples, earned a Master of Science in Financial Services degree from the Richard D. Irwin Graduate School of the American College, Bryn Mawr, Pa.

Sonya Shaheen was named Sales Associate of the Year for 2007 by Grey Oaks Realty, the agency for Grey Oaks and Estuary golf club community, Naples.

Innova Robotics & Automation appointed Charles House, senior research scholar at Stanford Univer-sity, as chairman of the board. Its subsidiary, CoroWare, expanded distribution of its CoroBot mobile robots via an agreement with RoadNarrows.

Norman Love Confections’ chocolates were featured in The Humble Stumble cartoon, by Roy Schneider of Fort Myers, which appeared in newspapers nationwide. Also, Norman Love was a judge for a dessert chef contest that aired on the Food Network.

Frank Bell, general superintendent for Charlotte County operations of Owen-Ames-Kimball, was appointed to the Enterprise Charlotte advisory board by the Board of County Commissioners.

Jon and Sonja Laidig donated $1.5 million to the Marco Island Historical Society toward building a museum adjacent to the Marco Library.

The Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board of Lee County inducted Rev. Robert Selle of Amigos Center, Bonita Springs, into its Hall of Fame for his contributions to the Hispanic community.

For the third year in a row, Orion Bancorp was judged the state’s top performing community bank by securities and investment firm Allen C. Ewing & Co.

The Mental Health Association of Southwest Florida, Naples, named Dorothy DeMichele, sales director for M.D. Lifestyles Magazine, president of its board of directors. Other 2008 board members are Joshua Rudnick, attorney, Conroy, Conroy and Durant; Roger Munz, poll-worker
coordinator, Collier County elections office; Celinda Freeman, realtor; Catherine Consolo, integrated mental health associate director for Bristol Myers Squibb; Heather Daley, clinical social worker; Ellen Harris, mental health counselor; and Ashley Withers, attorney, Wicker Smith.

Dr. John Donaldson was elected chairman of board of directors of Lee Memorial Health System. Also elected were Nancy McGovern, registered nurse, vice chair; Richard Akin, president and CEO of Collier Health Services, treasurer; and Lois C. Barrett, secretary.

Members of the 2008 board of directors of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southwest Florida are G. David Schiering, Garey Butler, Carey Randall, Jim Mitchell, Laura Ragain, Neil LeClair, W. Perry Roberts and Tina Millette Sanders.

The fourth annual Honoring the Community awards for Collier County organizations saluted The Pilot Club of Naples, Music for Minors and the Neighborhood Health Clinic. It was sponsored by First Integrity Bank, Olde Marco Inn & Suites and the Kruchten Law Firm.

Members of the 2008 board of directors of Avow Hospice are chairman Edward E. Wollman, a principal of Wollman, Gehrke & Solomon law firm, Naples; vice chairman George M. Walters Jr., former vice president of Northern Trust bank; secretary Mary Baron; and treasurer Douglas L. Allemong.

Downing-Frye Realty sales award winners for 2007 were Peter Reppucci, top overall agent; Michael Parise, top sales agent; and Nancy Burgess, top listing agent, all based in the main Naples office.

The Real Estate Investment Society Scholarship Foundation awarded Frank D’Alessandro Memorial Scholarships of $2,500 each to FGCU business majors Angela Garcia, Emily Ann Brockelsby and Jessica M. Vogel.

Bradley K. Hobbs, an FGCU professor of economics and finance, was awarded a 2008 Acton Foundation Excellence in Entrepreneurship Education Award.

Career Moves
Financial Services
Tammy Klein joined McGladrey & Pullen CPA firm’s Naples office as human resources director for Florida.

Panther Community Bank named Michael A. Beitzinger vice president and branch manager in Lehigh Acres.

Orion Bank, Fort Myers, appointed Andrew C. Lampkins vice president, alternative delivery manager.

Edison National Bank, Fort Myers, hired Wilmaris Ocasio as a customer service representative.
Bank of Florida - Southwest, based in Naples, appointed Danny E. Morgan as CEO.

Vicki Massengill has joined Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Co. as administrator.
real estate and development

Architecture Inc. hired Roman Brown as business development associate in its Fort Myers office.
Donald R. Schrotenboer became vice president of Gilkey Advisors, a new division of Gilkey Organization real estate consulting firm, Bonita Springs.

Tina Martin is now manager of Engel & Voelkers Fort Myers River District office.

T. Jerulle Construction, Naples, appointed Michael D. Demerly as vice president.

Myra Citrin Zweig joined Bonita Bay Group Realty as a sales associate.

John R. Wood Realtors added sales associates David Burke, Greg Gorman, Mary Kay Hart and Shannon Gilmore in Old Naples; Dustin Beard, Patricia McGuffey and Robin Hill in central Naples; Angela Burke and Elizabeth Novak in uptown Naples; Laura Almand and Priscilla Kellerhouse in new homes division; Orsolya Erdelyi in Orion; and Tim Cranch in Bonita Springs.

Also, Don Wenninger was named chief information officer.

Jeff Curl joined Architectural Network, Naples, as principal of a new landscape architecture division.

Owen-Ames-Kimball Co. promoted David J. Dale to president.

Commercial real estate brokers Rob Reynolds and Joe Ferrao joined NAI Southwest Florida, based in Fort Myers.

Suffolk Construction promoted Joe Stamp of Naples to project executive.

Engineering
Heidi von Korff joined the Naples office of Hole Montes as a land development engineer.

WilsonMiller promoted Michael A.G. Burton to corporate leader of ecological and water resources department. David S. Wilkison was named managing principal of the firm’s Fort Myers office.

Richard L. Woodruff and Timothy P. Durham have assumed new roles as managing principal and corporate environmental/ecological client services manager.

Other Industries
SunStream Hotels & Resorts, Fort Myers Beach, welcomed Julie Kiltz as marketing account executive.

Quarles & Brady law firm hired David Pash as an attorney in its trusts and estates group in Naples.

Bobbin Hollow Equestrian Center, Naples, named Suzanne Donovan as manager.
John Paulus II is now head of Canterbury School, Fort Myers.

Promotions at Lee County Electric Cooperative, North Fort Myers, include the following: Denise Vidal, director of administration; Frank Cain, manager, power supply contract administration; Joe Padgett, manager, customer information services; Cindy Neumann, head of program management and process practices; and Ed Nagy, head of information technology infrastructure and operation.

Also, Bernard Davis was named manager of customer issues and revenue assurance.

Aeronautical Charters, based at Page Field Airport, Fort Myers, added Stefanie Ink to its sales and new business development departments.

FGCU’s Small Business Develop-ment Center added Judy Pultro as a certified business analyst.
Kim Azar-Anderson is now Tiffany & Co. store manager in Naples.

Noodles Italian Café & Sushi Bar welcomed Tom Haddad as director of special events.
Royce L. Stevens Jr. was promoted to chief operating officer and director for PrivateSky Aviation Services, Fort Myers.

Chef Jeff May joined Cappelli’s Catering, based in Naples.

Goodwill Industries of Southwest Flo-rida hired Bob Haenggi as vice president of career development services.

Business Moves
Downing-Frye Realty opened offices at 1170 Third St. S., and 1179 Eighth St. S., in Naples, and began offering Agora School of Real Estate classes in its Bonita Springs location.

Harvard Jolly Architecture, Fort Myers, partnered with Dr. Willard R. Daggett, president of the International Center for Leadership in Education, to create new school and classroom designs to enhance education.

Renovation is complete of Bonita Springs Fire Station No.1, designed by Gora McGahey - Associates in Architecture.

Alliance Design Group, Fort Myers, has completed restoration of the historic Ice House Pub in Punta Gorda, which was severely damaged by Hurricane Charley.

Pushing the Envelope public relations firm opened at 10940 Harmony Park Drive in Bonita Springs.

Goodwill Industries opened a retail and donation center at 13500 Plantation Road, Fort Myers.
Becker & Poliakoff law firm moved its Naples office to the Fifth Third Center, 999 Vanderbilt Beach Road.

Engel & Voelkers residential realtors opened an office at 469 Fifth Ave. S., in Naples.

TIB Financial Corp. has acquired Naples Capital Advisors. Founders Michael H. Morris and John M. Suddeth Jr. are staying on as president and CEO and executive vice president and chief investment officer, respectively. In addition, TIB Bank formed a Private Banking Group, led by senior vice president Paul A. Belfore. He also serves as executive vice president of Naples Capital Advisors, and Morris is now executive vice president of TIB Bank. Cathi Johnson and Tina Blake joined as private bankers.

Yacht Clubs of the Americas will begin construction this summer on Riviera Harbour Marina in downtown Fort Myers.

TD Computer Technologies, Fort Myers, changed its name to TD Information Technologies.

TruWave Networks, a new voice- and data-services provider, launched operations at 24017 Production Circle, Bonita Springs.

Professional Building Systems completed The Bean of Ave Maria.

Lori Sams now represents Tastefully Simple gourmet products in Naples and Bonita Springs for in-home taste events and retail distribution.

CSI Companies, Bonita Springs, launched a fuel management and purchasing service.
WXCW-TV (CW6) now airs a weekday newscast from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. via a partnership with WINK-TV.

Connect! lifestyles and informational show, hosted by former WINK-TV reporter Jim McLaughlin, airs on WGCU-TV Friday evenings and WGCU-FM Monday afternoons.

Calistoga Bakery Café and Bar Louie both opened locations in the Gulf Coast Town Center.
Heatherwood Construction completed the National City Private Client Group offices in Magnolia Square off Pine Ridge Road in Naples.

Arlene’s At Your Service in Naples now offers pet party planning.

Fort Myers engineering firm TDM Consulting opened an office in the Dominican Republic.
Accounting and consulting firms Schultz Chaipel Redovan Baker & Co., Fort Myers, and Rust Christopher & Co., Naples, have joined LarsonAllen.

Allyn International Services logistics and operations firm, Fort Myers, opened an office in Moscow.

With the retirement of Peter Burkert, the law firm of Burkert & Hart in Fort Myers has become The Law Office of Kim Patrick Hart.

Jennifer Cave-Smith has launched JCS Training & Consulting Services.

Resort Harbour Properties began operations in Harbour Tower and Bay View Tower condominiums on Sanibel Island.

Gora McGahey - Associates in Architecture and Owen-Ames-Kimball Co. designed and built both the Southwest Florida Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Fort Myers, and Auto Advantage dealership on Colonial Boulevard.

AT & L Granite and Marble, Fort Myers, opened a showroom in Sebring.

MNS Financial Management, Fort Myers, is now Marquis Wealth Management Group.

Clear Choice Lint Removal, a new laundry-dryer-maintenance service, launched in Bonita Springs.

GCM Contracting Solutions finished construction of an office building for Lykes Insurance at 5216 Summerlin Commons Blvd.

New business Simply Cupcakes takes online orders and delivers the treats in the Naples area.

Physicians’ Primary Care of Southwest Florida moved to expanded quarters at 1255 Viscaya Parkway, Cape Coral.

Congress Jewelers’ Fifth Avenue South store is the sole area location providing Chopard fine jewelry and watches.

Stultz Inc., Fort Myers, completed renovating South Trail Fire District Station 1, Fort Myers.
Bradley’s Fine Jewelers moved from Sanibel Island to 14261 Tamiami Trail S., in the Fine Shops at Andrea Lane, Fort Myers.

Gulfcoast Consulting Group completed a new medical and general office building at the Estero Professional Center, 9911 Corkscrew Road.

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