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Dennis Gilkey, CEO of Gilkey Organization, was appointed to the CNLBank Southwest Florida board of directors and to the Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization Citizens Advisory Committee.

Susan Bennett, president of Susan Bennett Marketing & Media, compiled a study on strategic planning for the Florida Public Relations Association.

Jennifer Nackley, a partner in Quarles & Brady’s trusts & estates practice in Naples, was elected to the board of directors of Cancer Alliance of Naples.

The Federal Aviation Administration gave Southwest Florida International Airport an Airport Safety Mark of Distinction Award for its runway rehabilitation project.

MBA Airport Transportation was named Operator of the Year by the Airport Ground Transportation Association.

Publix Super Markets donated $50,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Lee County for a house in Lehigh Acres.

Oswald, Trippe and Company named Chuck Lindback, an account representative in its Port Charlotte office, its 2007 area Community Service Award winner.

Azure at Bonita Bay earned a Silver Award from the National Association of Home Builders’ Sales and Marketing Council.

Named to the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile Advisory Council were David Schiering, a board member of Fifth Third Bank and board president of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southwest Florida; Bradley Rigor, a member of the NCH Healthcare System’s bioethics committee; Mathew Ross, director of business development for Professional Building Systems; and Frank Macero, retired president of Paper Magic Group Inc.

Fort Myers Rotary Club and organizers of the Northern Trust Southwest Florida Wine Fest 2007 donated wine fest revenues of $138,000 to The Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida and $29,000 to Hope Hospice and Community Services. An additional $35,000 was directed to the Rotary Club Trust Fund and Rotary International.

Fischer Marine, Fort Myers, ranked 100th for outstanding customer service and overall operational excellence on the 2007 Boating Industry Top 100 list.

Old Corkscrew Golf Club in Estero was the first in Lee County to earn Audubon International Silver Signature Sanctuary designation. In its first year of operation, the course also was named Florida Course of the Year by the National Golf Course Owners Association, made Golf Digest’s list of America’s Best New Courses, and became the new home for "Golf Doctor" Mike Calbot’s International Golf Studio and TRIAD Golf Schools.

Cristina Meyer, a project architect with the Gora/McGahey Associates in Architecture, chairs the advisory committee for the Drafting and Design Program at Edison College.

Cape Coral Mayor Eric Feich-thaler, representing the city, and Compass Construction vice president Teri Burleigh, representing the Cape Coral Construction Industry Association, were appointed to Lee County’s Horizon Council. Feichthaler also was appointed as the Cape’s representative to the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council.

Christopher Marrie, of Hill, Barth & King CPA and business consultants, Naples, received designation from the Institute of Certified Construction Industry Financial Professionals.
Tim Cartwright, president of the Gulf Coast Venture Forum in Naples, joined the Florida Venture Forum’s "Early Stage Selection" Committee.

The Southwest Florida Ford Dealers were the local presenting sponsors of the Susan G. Komen-Southwest Florida Race for the Cure at Coconut Point Mall in Estero.

The American Sports Builder Association gave Vivante, a Stock Development community in Punta Gorda, the 2007 Distinguished Out-door Tennis Facility Award for excellence in design and construction.

Lee Building Industry Associa-tion’s Builders Care renovated the home of a retired foster mother who helped raise more than 35 teenagers.

Also, the organization received a donation of more than $16,000 from Aubuchon Homes.
Dave Meloney, service manager for Preferred Air, Naples, was certified by North American Technician Excellence.

Roetzel & Andress is No. 191 on The National Law Journal’s 2007 "NLJ 250" list of largest law firms, based on the number of attorneys.

The Lee County Board of Port Commissioners has elected Ray Judah chairman and Frank Mann vice chairman.

The Telford Foundation donated nearly $80,000 to support David Lawrence Center’s Bridges Program, a residential psychiatric treatment program for children.

Karen R. Gudknecht, senior vice president and financial advisor for Key Private Bank in Naples, was named president of the board of directors of Voices for Kids of Southwest Florida.

Julia Babair and Kara Winton, both with Priority Marketing in Fort Myers, earned the designation of Certified Public Relations Counselor.

Trish Leonard, director of business development for Olde McGuire Shook in Bonita Springs, was elected chair of the Lee County School District Construction Advisory Committee.

FineMark National Bank and Trust donated $5,000 to the Com-munity Cooperative Ministries.

The Cape Coral Bar Association elected to its board of directors president Steven E. Martin, Martin Law Firm; vice president Steven K. Teuber, Sasso & Teuber; treasurer Thomas Shipp, Thomas E. Shipp Jr. & Associates; and secretary Lisa A. Musial of Musial & Musial Co.
Michele Lee Gouley, with Parker/Mudgett/Smith Architects, has earned her Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-accreditation.

Martin Haas, president of Entech Computer Services, Fort Myers, was elected to the board of the Quality Life Center in Fort Myers.

Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Co. partner Karen L. Mosteller became a National Society of Certified Healthcare Business Consultant.

Thomas L. Burt, a wealth advisor at Morgan Stanley in Fort Myers, completed his Certified Investment Management Analyst studies at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Career Moves
Financial Services
National City Corp.’s private client group in Naples named Matthew Mathias senior vice president and market executive, and Don Drury sen-ior vice president and client advisor.

CNLBank, Southwest Florida, named Joseph Wheeler Fort Myers market president; Thomas Lytton senior vice president, commercial lender; William Rasmussen senior vice president, commercial lender; Erin Garcia assistant vice president, office manager; and Jessica Dunleavy portfolio manager.

Bob Avery joined Florida Com-munity Bank as the Cape Coral market president. Nancy Kratt is now assistant vice president/business development officer for the market.

Regions Financial Corp. named Ryan Goldberg Fort Myers city president for the bank’s operations in Lee and Charlotte counties.

Peggy Dougherty joined FineMark National Bank & Trust, Fort Myers, as a loan administrator.

Vanessa Flynt and Jeanne Vaughn were promoted to customer service representative and teller supervisor, respectively, at Bank of the Islands, Sanibel.

Orion Bank, Naples, appointed Jennifer Augulis as senior vice president, marketing and sales, and Eleanor R. Lisansky as senior vice president, director of internal audit.

Kent Ellert was promoted to president and CEO of Fifth Third Bank, Naples.

Sara Dewberry has been promoted to senior vice president, director of marketing, for Bank of Florida Corp.

Michael Frye, Kaleigh Grover and Michael Riley were appointed to the Bank of Florida-Southwest Board of Directors.

Healthcare
Anchor Health Centers added Dr. James J. Faremouth Jr. at its new Edison Village Building in Naples.

Lee Memorial Health System added Drs. Karl Friedrich, Norman Kruedelbach, Michael Macuga, Christine Nielson and Luis Silva to its medical staff.

Legal
Attorneys William H. Myers, Robert J. Stommel and David J. Slenn joined the Naples office of Porter Wright.

Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, Fort Myers, added attorney Eric Gurgold to its estate planning practice. Attorney Scott A. Beatty also became a stockholder with the firm.

Real Estate and Development
Roy Atherton Young is now managing director at Naples Bay Resort.

WilsonMiller project manager Michael D. Coles now manages the lower southwest region of its Geographic Information Systems unit. The firm also appointed associate Gary S. Comp as upper southwest region manager of ecological and water resources. Ken Kensinger has joined the J.L. Wallace Inc. team as project manager.

John R. Wood Realtors added sales associates Pamela Schultz, Edward Logazino, Stephen Mackey and Ray Cabral in uptown Naples; Arnold Chazal, Lief Metsch and Debra Sforza in central Naples; and Grace Meholick in Bonita Springs.

Marijke Noens and Stuart Spoede joined Passarella & Associates, an ecological consulting firm based in Fort Myers.

Kitson & Partners named Tom Danahy president of the Babcock Ranch community.

Other Industries
Pushing the Envelope, a public relations firm based in Bonita Springs,
has hired Sallie Rickert as an account coordinator.

Ryan Stankiewicz was named president and Shane Clausen was promoted to vice president at Mantis Mobile Media, Fort Myers.

Ave Maria University appointed Brian J. Scanlan athletic director.

Alison E. Flick has joined Banyan-Brown Solutions, a professional staffing company, Naples, as division director.

Parr Media Group of Fort Myers has appointed Micki LeCronier as its chief copywriter.
Harbour Risk Management LLC in Naples has promoted Paul Huber to president.

Froilan Ramirez Jr. was appointed general manager at Sanibel Island’s Casa Ybel Resort.

Business Moves
Partner Nina Mason purchased Community Electric of Collier from partners Dan Layel and Gilbert Landry. Both remain involved as consultants.

Phyllis K. Ershowsky launched PKE Marketing & PR Solutions in Fort Myers.

CHS Healthcare’s Immokalee Pediatrics Department, supported by Florida State University’s College of Medicine, is now in the Isabel Collier Reed Medical Campus building.

Azul Cosmetic Surgery and Medical Spa opened a second area office at the Coconut Point Professional Center, 23451 Walden Center Drive, Bonita Springs.

Physicians Regional Healthcare System, Naples, is the first facility in the area to provide robot-assisted gastric-bypass surgery.

The Charlotte County Health Department’s Primary Care Pediatric Clinic is now at 1994 Kings Highway, Port Charlotte.

Dr. Melanie Pugh in Bonita Springs is the first area dentist to be certified in the DURAthin cosmetic technique.