POSITIONS TAKEN

David Whalen, general manager, Laurel Oak Country Club.

Herman Moore, executive vice president; Jeff Jackson, chief financial officer, PGT Industries.

Del Borgsdorf, executive vice president, The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce.

Rita Lowman, executive vice president, Central Florida retail division, Regions Financial Corporation.

Jeff Burkee, vice president and market executive, The Bank of Commerce Lakewood Ranch Banking Center.

Leslie Swart, vice president and sales manager, Lakewood Ranch office of Aclarian Mortgage.

Susan M. Atherton, associate vice president, Stanford Group Co./The Vollmer Financial Group.

Neil McDaniel, director of construction, Vision Homes.

Kathryn Pepper, head of account planning services, Smith advertising agency.

Iva Fadley, The Landings office manager, Capital Properties & Services.

Linda S. Braithwaite, relationship manager, LandMark Bank.

Sandy Moore, membership sales associate, The Longboat Key Club.

Raymond Miller, project manager, Hennessy Construction Services.

Charles Wells, installation field supervisor, Tri County Air Conditioning and Heating.

David Musfelt, on-site designer and drafter, CCS Cabinetry.

Mark Lippert, planner associate, The ADP Group.

Maria Mulhahn, nursery manager, ArtisTree Landscape Maintenance & Design.

Jamie Hamon, purchasing assistant; Stefanie Sickels, executive assistant to purchasing manager; Laura Gorman, PR and marketing coordinator; Emma J. Joels, attorney, Westwater Construction.

Jasmine Vaughan, public relations and account associate, Design Marketing Group.

ACCOLADES

Ron Getman was elected chairman of the Manatee County Port Authority.

Michael J. Faehner of Abel Band law firm was elected to the board of directors of The American Cancer Society's Sarasota unit. Malcolm J. Pitchford of Abel Band was appointed vice chair of the Florida Bar Grievance Committee.

James Frederick of Richardson Kleiber Walter, The Richardson Group, was elected to the board of directors of Habitat For Humanity Sarasota.

Joseph F. Summonte Jr. of the law firm of Judd, Ulrich, Scarlett & Dean received the Pro Bono Service Awards from both the Florida Bar president and the Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division for his volunteer services to hurricane victims.

Joseph Gruters of Intershow was appointed to the Sarasota County Planning Commission.

The Loveland Center in Venice received more than $100,000 in donations in a campaign initiated by David C. Hunihan, president of Fidelity Homes.

Kellogg & Kimsey donated $5,808 to the Sarasota Family YMCA to support the YMCA Renaissance Ranch.

Elena Pell, president of Equilibria consulting firm, was selected to be a consultant member of the national Society for Organizational Learning.

Meg Lowman of New College of Florida was elected vice president of the Ecological Society of America.

Dr. William Murphy of Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine was elected president of the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association District 7.

Dr. Steven Tinsworth was awarded fellowship in the American College of Dentists.

The Suncoast Foundation for the Handicapped and The Florida Center received WEDU's 2005 "Be More" Award for Special Events for their work on the 21st Annual Suncoast Offshore Grand Prix Festival.

Richard Donegan, Dr. G. Duncan Finlay, Sally Gambling, Robert Geyer, Charles Savidge, William Stanford and Thomas Towler joined the board of trustees of Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation.

Backlot Arts received the Community Spirit Award from the Community Foundations of Sarasota and Manatee counties.

LWR Communities received the 2005 Best in American Living Award from Professional Builder magazine and the National Association of Home Builders for the Lakewood Ranch Information Center.

Design Marketing Group of Sarasota developed the Web site and all marketing materials for Motion LLC, the company behind the new Baldwin-Motion Camaro.

Renee Richardson Kling is the new board chair of the Sarasota Reading Festival; other new members are Alexandra Jupin, Cheryl Burstein and Elsie Rodrigues Souza.

The law firm of Kirk, Pinkerton elected its executive committee: Mark P. Barnebey, chief executive officer, L. Norman Vaughan-Birch and David M. Silberstein.

Melissa Wenzel of Bank of America and Linda Agresta of Manatee Technical Institute were elected to the board of directors of Junior Achievement of Manatee County.

Cannons Marina was inducted into the Grady-White Boats Admiral's Circle for sales and customer satisfaction.

Chris Bernstein received a Lifetime Achievement Award for sales from Re/Max Properties.

LankMark Bank donated one of its PT Cruisers to All Faiths Food Bank.

The ADP Group was awarded the contract for renovation and addition to the Bradenton Country Club.

GravityFree was hired to build the Web site for SMR Farms.

Ian Black Real Estate was selected to be the exclusive broker to lease retail space at San Marco in Sarasota.

Sharelle Turner was admitted as a shareholder with Kerkering, Barberio & Co.

Darla Furst of Michael Saunders & Company was elected District 13 vice president of the Florida Association of Realtors.

Jo-Anne Whalen of Michael Saunders & Company received Certified Relocation Professional and Global Mobility Specialist designations from the Employee Relocation Council.

MOVING & OPENING

Modex Design, a custom door and window manufacturer, opened its first U.S. showroom at 1748 Independence Blvd., Suite G-2, Sarasota.