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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida gave a grant of $100,000 to the Physician Led Access Network of Collier County to add a staff member.

WilsonMiller project manager Todd Wyatt was elected treasurer of the Promised Lands section of the American Planning Association’s Florida chapter, and project manager Rebecca King was named Young Engineer of 2007 by the Florida Engineering Society’s Calusa chapter.

WilsonMiller employees who earned certification include Curt S. Schaeffer and Justin R. Styer from the Ecological Society of America, Jennifer Osterhoudt from Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, and Marcia Fern from the Geographic Infor-mation System Institute.

David Lawrence Center honored the following for helping children with substance-abuse problems: Judge Christine Greider, Judge Daniel Monaco, Judge Lauren Brodie, Department of Children & Families child protective investigator Laura Frary, Department of Juvenile Justice senior juvenile probation officer Christina Hoskins, and Sgt. Tom Wedlock of the Collier County Sheriff’s Office.
Also, the Center earned the Gold Seal from the Joint Commission, which evaluates healthcare providers.

Lee County Port Authority, Hole Montes and Owen-Ames-Kimball Co. shared the Florida Department of Transportation’s Outstanding Commercial Service Airport Project of the Year Award for the runway rehabilitation at Southwest Florida International Airport.

Northwestern Mutual donated $10,000 to Hodges University’s American Military Veterans Edu-
cation Fund.

Chico’s FAS Inc. achieved gold employee-fitness status in the American Heart Association’s Start! Fit-Friendly program.

Kelly Haglund Werder, No Worries Weddings & Events; Vivian Aiello, Seaside Strings; Kevin Smith, Florida Talent Consultants; Meg Kerrigan, Pavilion Flower Shop; and Juliana Smith, Zola Keller, were honored for industry service at the National Association of Wedding Professionals annual meeting at Bellasera Hotel, Naples.

Dr. Phillip Y. Roland, a partner in Lee Memorial Health System’s Florida Gynecologic Oncology, won the annual Cancer Liaison Physician Outstanding Performance Award from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer.

Dennis J. Black of Port Charlotte achieved senior status with the American Society of Appraisers.
The Lee County Horizon Council presented Industry Appreciation Awards to South Seas Island Resort, Kent Technologies and Congress Jewelers, plus a Bus-iness Expansion Award to Storm Smart Industries.

Lou Barth of Alliance Financial Group, Fort Myers, joined the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Hope Gala procurement committee.

Wachovia Corp. gave $10,000 to the Lee Memorial Health System to help recruit and retain medical staff.

Fort Myers law firm Knott, Consoer, Ebelini, Hart & Swett celebrated its 25th anniversary.

First Community Bank of South-west Florida appointed to its board of directors Randall Henderson, president of Corbin Henderson and Fort Myers city councilman.
Investors Security Co. advisor Kenneth E. Guard was named secretary of the Institute for Estate and Financial Planning in Naples and Fort Myers.

The Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club won a Pinnacle Award from Successful Meetings magazine and an Award of Excellence from Corporate & Incentive Travel magazine.

America’s First Home, Fort Myers, was 40th on Builder magazine’s national "Fast Track" list.
The Bonita Bay Group won three WebAwards from the Web Marketing Association as well as a silver International Property Award from CNBC and Travelex currency exchange company. Charlotte Harbor & the Gulf Islands Visitors Bureau also won a WebAward..

Cinda Borling, owner of Interiors by Decorating Den, Fort Myers, achieved professional status in the Interior Design Society.

WAVV-FM (101.1) is celebrating its 20th anniversary.

Bonita Bay Group gave $100,000 in grants to nine Collier, Lee and Hendry public schools. It also donated $17,500 toward Hendry County Economic Development Council’s redevelopment plan for LaBelle.

WXKB-FM (103.9) program director Matt Johnson and sales manager Robert Hallman earned Beasley Broadcast Group annual national company awards.

’Tween Waters Inn on Captiva earned a Gold Award from the United Way of Lee, Hendry and Glades for raising $38,000 for the organization since January.

Florida Gulf Coast University associate vice president for research Thomas J. Roberts won the Rod Rose Award from the Journal of Research Administration.

Sunbelt of Naples agents Ian T. McKeag, Richard L. Moseley and Samuel J. Durso each earned $1 Million Sales Achievement Awards at the real estate company’s annual national meeting in Las Vegas.

Voted by their peers into The Best Lawyers in America annual guide were R. Bruce Anderson, John T. Blakely, Jon D. Fishbane, C. Neil Gregory, Robert G. Menzies, Mark J. Price, Cathy S. Reiman and Stephen E. Thompson of Roetzel & Andress, Naples, and Beverly Grady of its Fort Myers office; Jeffrey M. Folkman, Andrew J. Krause and Jeanne L. Seewald of Hahn Loeser + Parks, Naples; John A. Noland and David M. Platt of Henderson Franklin, Fort Myers; and Robert J. Stommel of Fowler White Boggs Banker, Naples; and Alan J. Rubenstein of Rubenstein & Holz, Fort Myers.

Brandt Henning and Christopher Ressler of Architectural Network, Jessica Christianson of WilsonMiller, and Marco Petretta of Gates gained accreditations with the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.

The Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce’s Naples on the Gulf, published by CurtCo Media, won a Florida Magazine Association Charlie Award as Best Visitor Publication.

Congress Jewelers donated $200,000 via the Community Contribution Tax Credit Program to Habitat for Humanity of Lee County toward the building of four homes.

Kim Ciccarelli Kantor, president of Ciccarelli Advisory Services, Naples, received a Legacy Award from the American Red Cross–Collier County Chapter as well as Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy status from the Richard D. Irwin Graduate

School of The American College, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County received $22,000 raised from bowling events at Gator Lanes in Fort Myers and Coral Lanes in Cape Coral, and $13,000 from the reopening of Shoeless Joe’s Sports Café at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Fort Myers.

Charlotte County Visitors Bureau director Becky Bovell was elected treasurer of the Florida Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus.

Bonita Bay Group’s golf maintenance staff, Paraisso Landscape and G to Z Turf Services re-
sodded Bonita Springs Elementary School’s athletic field at no cost to the school.

The Lee County High Tech Center was awarded by the Fort Myers Beautification Advisory Board.

Rebecca Borci of Coldwell Banker Sunstar-Morris Realty completed the realtor e-pro technology proficiency course through the National Association of Realtors.

Irving H. Buchen, associate vice president at IMPAC University, Punta Gorda, authored his sixth book, Partnership HR: New Norms for Effective Recruitment, Performance and Training of
Today’s Workforce.

The following won Summit Awards from the Lee Building Industry Association: Priority Marketing, nine; Compass Construction, four; Owens-Ames-Kimball Co., Stevens Construction, Sheeley Architects and Gates, three; TKW Consulting Engineers, Gora/McGahey Associates in Architecture, Eagle Concrete Systems and Brooks & Freund, two; and one each by Burt Hill/Pollock Krieg Architects, Chris-Tel Construction, Community Engineering Services, DeAngelis Diamond Construction, GCM Contracting Solutions, Genus Loci Studio, Kraft Construction, The Lutgert Companies, Ringland Construction, Surety Construction and Taylor-Pansing.

Career Moves

Financial Services
Alan L. Abraham and Elizabeth M. Slater are new principals of Hill, Barth & King, Fort Myers.
American Momentum Bank, Naples, added Steve Watts as senior vice president for commercial real estate.

At Community Bank of Naples, Melanie Gonzalez was promoted to vice president of compliance. Matt Clarke joined the bank as a credit analyst.

Fifth Third Bank named Don Rak-lovits senior vice president of its affiliate mortgage division, and Bob Schoonmaker as senior vice pres-ident, investment advisor division.

At U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, Naples, Carl Benton is now a portfolio manager and Maggie McMorrow a trust officer.

Panther Community Bank, Lehigh Acres, appointed Gina M. Gioia as security act officer and Arlene Festa as loan officer.

Jason Graham joined Alliance Financial Group as a financial representative.

Keith Wheeler joined Stroemer & Co., Fort Myers, as an auditor.

Wasmer, Schroeder & Co. added Andrew M. McCullagh Jr. as senior vice president in its Naples office.

Southwest Capital Bank added Elsie Stearns as assistant vice president and manager of its Pine Island branch.

Accountant Christopher Watson joined Schultz Chaipel Redovan Baker, Fort Myers.

Colonial BancGroup promoted Lee R. Martino to regional president and CEO of lending.
healthcare Dr. Paul Lancaster DiGiorgi joined GulfCoast Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons, Fort Myers.

Hope Hospice and Community Services, Fort Myers, appointed Bud Stephens chief of mission support.

legal
Henderson Franklin, Fort Myers, added Gail P. Lamarche as director of marketing and Max W. McCord III as an associate.

David J. Slenn joined Fowler White Boggs Banker as an associate in the Naples office.
real estate and development Dave Johnston and Tom Vigneri joined the sales team at the Andalucia community in north Naples.

Tina Beaty joined the sales team and Terry McKyton was promoted to director of e-marketing at the Bonita Bay Group.

Cubellis, an architectural, interior design and engineering services firm in Naples, hired Michael Davis as project manager.

Jim Martin was promoted to general manager of Contractor’s Choice Supply, A Raymond Company in Fort Myers.

General contractor R.L. James Inc., Fort Myers, promoted Lauren Simmons to financial administrator.

J.L. Wallace Inc. construction firm promoted Dennis Tyeryar to general superintendent and. Robbyn Spears to senior project manager assistant.

Professional Building Systems promoted Cyndee Woolley to director of corporate communications.

Lori DuBell and Izabella Topilyer joined Re/Max, Fort Myers, as residential agents.
John R. Wood Realtors added sales associates Jill Horton-Simms, Lance Donovan and Sara Williams in central Naples; Jennifer Norqual and Maggie Sanders in downtown Naples; Jaclyn Hoggatt in Orion; Kathleen Fagan in Bonita Springs; and Roberta Mangum in Fort Myers.