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Kudos

The Naples Area Board of Realtors named Brett C. Brown, managing broker and director of sales at Fiddler’s Creek Realty Inc., the 2011 Realtor of the Year.

Jennifer Marquis-Muradaz, Greg Helton and Lynn Holley took top prize in the nationwide 2012 TV ME! contest for their new reality TV series idea Best Seller: America’s Next Great Novelist.

Hodges University selected Wayne and Mavis Miller as its 2012 Luminaries of the Year award recipients.

Gov. Rick Scott appointed Matt Simmons to the Florida Real Estate Appraisal Board for a three-year term.

The Education Foundation of Collier County named Herb and Ann Rowe the 2012 Heart of the Apple Award recipients.

Lois Bolin and Sandy Parker joined the board of directors of First Book-Collier County.

Jennifer Coleman, a CPA with Myers, Brettholtz & Co., has received the Certified Fraud Examiner designation from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

The City of Naples Airport Authority recognized Eduardo Moreno, Domingos DaSilva and Dennis Leiva, members of the Civil Air Patrol, for their bravery in responding to a January accident at Naples Municipal Airport.

The Shelter for Abused Women & Children welcomed five new members to its board of trustees: Sherri Abruzzese, Carol Dinardo, Kathy Feinstein, Grace Frey and Glen Schwesinger. The shelter’s volunteer governance and leadership team added David Maksymetz to its directors.

Bonita Springs Utilities customers reelected Dave McKee and Jim Strecansky to its board of directors and chose Mike Malloy to join the board.

Bob Edwards, managing director-investments senior PIM portfolio manager of Moran Edwards Asset Management Group of Wells Fargo Advisors, was ranked among Barron’s Top 1,000 Financial Advisors for 2012.

Lighthouse of Collier Inc., Center for Blindness and Vision Loss, selected its 2012 officers: Ernie Scheidemann, president; Art Bookbinder, vice president; Marv Lader, treasurer; David Weigel, secretary; and Susan Maurer, past president.