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Kira Krümm Interior Design received its second Design Excellence award at the CBIA Sand Dollar Awards.

Charles F. Hoffman, vice president of investments at UBS, and Brad A. Havemeier, chief executive officer of Gulfshore Insurance Inc., joined the board of directors for Avow Hospice.

Julie Drake, an associate attorney with Bolanos Truxton P.A., was appointed to the board of Child Care of Southwest Florida Inc.

David G. Tillis, general manager for new market areas at Bonita Bay Group, was appointed to the Real Estate Advisory Board of the University of Florida Center for Real Estate Studies.

Jennifer Languell, president and owner of Trifecta Construction Solutions, was selected as a finalist in the small business category for "Best Executive in North America" during the fifth annual Stevie International Business Awards, sponsored by Dow Jones.

Becky Bovell was elected chairman of the board of directors for the Florida Association of Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Community Cooperative Ministries Inc. named Jerry Elliott as chairman of the board and Sam Galloway Jr. as vice chairman.

Maria Isabel Marrufo Lopez, assistant project manager for Gora/McGahey Associates in Architecture, was named Employee of the Year by the Lee County Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board.

Richard Mancini, an attorney with Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt P.A., was elected vice president of the Foundation for the Developmentally Disabled.

Randal L. Mercer was named to the board of advisers for First American Bank Florida markets.

Butch McGovern, division manager at Owen-Ames-Kimball, was appointed to the board of directors of Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida Inc.

Guy Whitesman, an attorney with Henderson Franklin, was named chair elect designate of the tax section of the Florida Bar.