POSITIONS TAKEN

Robert E. Stanley, executive director, new homes and condominiums division, Michael Saunders & Company.

Robin Kaercher, executive director, Arts Council of Manatee County.

Robert Forsythe, dean, College of Business Administration, University of South Florida.

Brian Keller, assistant project manager; Dan Callender, general manager of amenities; Sharon Sieradzki, director of design, Venetian Golf & River Club.

Cheryl Roberts, director of critical care services, Doctors Hospital of Sarasota.

Dr. Stephen D. Borys, curator of collections, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.

Thomas Dunn, construction services manager, Dunkelberger Engineering & Testing.

Jason A. Collier, associate attorney, Abel Band.

Robert Kuhn, senior programmer, GravityFree Web Design.

Phil Robinson, senior loan officer; Diana Dill, Scott Kennaugh, loan officers, Aclarian Mortgage.

Laura Gorman, PR and marketing coordinator; Lee W. VanDegrift, vice president commercial construction; Andrew Stultz, project manager; Julie Page Burke, bookkeeper, Westwater Construction, Inc.

ACCOLADES

Todd E. Rains, firm administrator at Abel Band, was elected president of the Sarasota-Manatee Association of Legal Administrators.

Jerry Chautin of Sarasota was named Small Business Journalist of the Year 2006 by the U.S. Small Business Administration; he writes for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and The Cherokee Scout of Murphy, N.C.

George H. Mazzarantani was appointed by Gov. Jeb Bush to the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council.

Florida Power & Light Co. donated $100,000 to the USF Sarasota-Manatee to enhance technology at its new campus.

Lee Wetherington Companies donated $23,750 to the Friends of Oscar Scherer Park at the Sixth Annual Scrub Jay 5K Race, completing a three-year, $68,750 pledge.

Kathryn Angell Carr was elected to the board of The Argus Foundation.

Penny Hill was named the No. 1 loan officer in the United States for Chase.

MOVING AND OPENING

Illuminated Blue Web design, marketing and development opened in Sarasota, offering pro bono work to local nonprofits. www.illuminatedblue.com.

FastSigns opened at 4070 N. Washington Blvd., Sarasota.

G. Fried Flooring warehouse and administrative offices moved to 4420 Independence Court, Sarasota.

WCI Communities' West Central Florida Tower Division offices moved to 8043 Cooper Creek Blvd., Bradenton.

Scarborough Research moved to 6000 Cattleridge Drive, Suite 202, Sarasota.

The Sarasota Family YMCA launched its new Web site, www.sarasota-ymca.org, designed by GravityFree.

Julie London Picture Framing opened at 2101 Reynolds St., Sarasota.

Luxe Medi-Spa opened at 5460 63rd St. E., Bradenton.

TriStar Realty Group opened at Plaza Del Rio, 101 Riverfront Drive, Bradenton.

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