Shoptalk

Marlene Mosesson, Frances Busch and Lise Wabiszewski have joined the Marco Island office of Prudential Florida WCI Realty.

Doris Anderson, Benita Copley and Angela Devereux have joined the Fort Myers office of Prudential Florida WCI Realty.

Kim Meador, Maria DeMoya, Chuck Carter, Molly Perez and Anita Pahor have joined Zerox One Source Widespread Technologies.

Bruce Levett, Linda Murphy, Corinne Palmer, Ben Rivera and Brigitte Devlin have joined the Bonita Springs office of Prudential Florida WCI Realty.

Steve Braunstein has joined RCC of Fort Myers as marketing manager.

Lowell D. Hamilton, has joined the Bonita Springs office of Consul-Tech as project manager.

Elfi Juvrud has joined Transeastern Homes as marketing coordinator for the Southwest Florida division.

Angela McNulty and Jennifer Carroll have joined Reed, Blackwood & Co. as staff accountants.

Sean Mohammed has joined Caxambas Restaurant as executive chef.

David C. Rae has been named chief strategy officer for FindWhat.com.

Robert J. Stommel has been named office managing shareholder of Fowler White Boggs Banker.

Fifth Third Bank has announced that J. Suzanne Henry has joined the Marco Island Banking Center as a personal banker and Peter Ford has joined Estero Banking Center as manager.

Kudos

Fowler White Boggs Banker has announced that Donna Tisch has been recertified in civil trial law by the Florida Bar's Board of Legal Specialization and Education, and that Amy L. Schneider has been elected vice president of the board of directors of the Friends of the Library-Collier County.

Community leaders Peter Kleist and David Lucas have received the John W. Sheppard Award for Service to Humanity from the Southwest Florida Community Foundation.

Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida recently shared the national spotlight as a member of Health Choice Network, the runner-up winner in the Enterprise Value Awards.

Southwest Florida Hispanic Cham-ber of Commerce announces its 2004 board of directors: president, David S. Vargas of the Vargas Group; executive vice president, Jerome Van Hook of Hispanic Yellow Pages; secretary of the board, Darlene Welch of Goldstein, Buckly, Checman, Rice & Purtz; vice president of administration and finance, Jose R. Sanchez of Colonial Bank; vice president of membership, Robert da Frota of Morgan Stanley; vice president of communications, Allendy Doxy of Letspeak.com; treasurer, Jeremy Dearinger of Avizen Lending Solutions; immediate past president, Lucy Quinones of Century 21 Birchwood International. The remaining directors are: Rosario Agricola, Dr. Jeff Comer's office; Carlos Amaris, Bank of America; Veronica Culbertson, Life Planning Associates; Silvia Hasak, Lee County Human Services; James McGowan, The Bonita Bay Group; Fatima Mustafa, Paul Homes; Joseph Pacheco, poet; John Parrilla, New York Press; Johnny Restrepo, Florida One Stop Marketing; Ben Rivera, WCI Prudential Realty; Salvador Santana, 1380 AM Radio Manantial; Dolly Nieves, Congress Jewelers; P. Michael Villalobos, P. Michael Villalobos Law Office; Bill Welch, Medical Revenue Management; chamber executive director is Leronardo Garcia.

Karen Gudknecht, McDonald Financial Group/Key Bank vice pres-ident and financial adviser, has passed her Series 7, general securities representative, and series 66, uniform investment advisor law examinations.

Joyce Jurkowski has been named salesperson of the month for November 2003 at Verandah.

NeoGenomics of Fort Myers has been given a $10,000 research grant by The Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Florida-Gulf Coast.

The Naples Municipal Airport, Schultz Chaipel & Co. and Lee County Electric Cooperative have become trustee members of The Economic Development Council of Collier County.

Jaynie Whitcom and Carol Ann May have joined the board of trustees of the David Lawrence Foundation.

John Wiseman, president of CORE Construction, has been elec-ted secretary of the Florida Home Builders Association.

The Lee County Chamber of Commerce has announced that it now has more than 500 members.

Business Moves

Miromar Outlet mall has begun its expansion, constructed by Gates McVey Builders.

Hitch & Trailers of Fort My-ers/Van, Truck & RV Accessories, will relocate to a new hitch installation and accessories building located at 14611 Six Mile Cypress Parkway in Fort Myers.

Ric Edwards, Jerry Collins and Martin Pahnke have formed PCR Group specializing in business sales, acquisitions, valuations and consulting. PCR Group is affiliated with Keller Williams World Class Realtors in Fort Myers.