Fast Track

POSITIONS TAKEN

Mitchell “Mickey” Palmer, county attorney, Manatee County government.

Connie Felder, director of career services, Suncoast Workforce.

Aimee Cogan, promoted to executive director, wealth management office, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.

Shannon Cole, loan originator, State Street (formerly First Continental) Mortgage.

Brian East, manager, Ted Todd Insurance Agency.

Lindsey Schuster, tax supervisor, Kerkering, Barberio & Co. Certified Public Accountants.

Patricia Courtois, promoted to president and chief operating officer, Clarke Advertising and Public Relations.

Scott Woods, managing director and financial adviser; and Paul Buskey and Jane McGinty, the Buskey McGinty Group financial advisers, Baird.

Dr. Elizabeth Mann, emergency veterinarian, Critical Care & Veterinary Specialists of Sarasota.

Kirk Brummett, landscape architect, ArtisTree Landscape Maintenance & Design.

ACCOLADES

Darrell Turner of Turner Tree and Landscape is the new chairman of the Gulf Coast Builders Exchange.

Nuevo Advertising Group received a 2012 American Package Design Award for its redesign of WellSpring Pharmaceutical Corporation’s Micatin packaging.

The Longboat Key Club & Resort was named the No. 1 tennis resort on Florida’s Gulf Coast and one of the top 10 in the nation by Tennis magazine.

Michael Jones of Comfort Keepers has been elected president of SCAN, the Sarasota County Aging Network.

Freddy Koenig, Dave Dignam, Andy Gerberich and Robert Rosenberg have been named initiative team leaders for the North Port Economic Development Corporation.

The Gulf Coast Latin Chamber of Commerce 2012 officers are: Joe Mercado, chairman and president; Jason Fromi, vice chair and vice president; Jason Ramos, treasurer; and Victor Harris, secretary.

Stephen D. Rees Jr. has joined the board of the Downtown Sarasota Alliance, and Robert Lincoln has been appointed to the New College of Florida board of trustees. Both are with the law firm of Icard Merrill.