POSITIONS TAKEN

Steve White, president, Signs Now division of the Allegra Network.

Kathy Roberts, chief executive officer, Sarasota Association of Realtors.

Bonnie Beth Greenball, executive director, Crowley Museum and Nature Center.

Dr. Samuel M. Savin, provost and vice president for academic affairs, New College of Florida.

Erin McLeod, chief operations officer, Senior Friendship Centers.

Steve Bailey, vice president and regional manager, Sarasota division of Premier Properties of Southwest Florida.

Mike O'Connell, senior vice president and general manager; Charles Gerlach, vice president of engineering, Wellcraft Boats.

Thomas W. Cason, vice president and senior operations manager, deMorgan Communities.

Theresa H. Levering, human resources director, Doctors Hospital of Sarasota.

Lynn Halk, director of information centers; Dena James, information center manager; Jan Hatfield, digital village administrator; Lori Joyce, advertising manager, LWR Communities.

Bob Leonard, public relations consultant, 82 Degrees Tech.

Bo Kim, chair of the Coalition for Inclusion and Diversity, SCOPE.

Heidi Cook, production manager, Grapevine Communications.

Dianne G. Comstock, case manager, Nursing Resources.

Michael S. Smith, store manager, Lanning Tire.

Anna Taylor, owner, Belle De Jour.

Sara Warner, auditing and tax planning; Neil Unruh, audit principal; Millard Martin, tax principal; Leigh Harwell, tax senior, Shinn & Company.

Richard Kistler, senior healthcare consultant, The Anderson Group.

Bryan Lipps, senior loan officer, Lakewood Ranch office of Aclarian Mortgage.

Lydia Lloyd, residential sales department, Capital Properties.

Jim Claydon, licensee; Chris Westphal, licensee, Real Estate Rescue.

Clarice MacGarvey, PR representative, WilsonMiller.

Sandy Swan and Joan Tufts, agents, Capital Properties and Services.

ACCOLADES

Florikan E.S.A. was the only private company awarded the Environmental Protection Agency's Gulf Guardian Award.

The Suncoast Workforce Board received a $230,000 performance award from the state of Florida.

Home Check Home Inspection Services was named "Small Business of the Year" by the Manatee Chamber of Commerce in 2006.

Wendy Parker, director of marketing for the Florida Swimming Pool Association, earned certification in Exhibition Management (CEM).

Dattoli Cancer Foundation won the Grand Image Award; Joseph Curley, APR and Lynn Henneman won the Grand All Image Awards at the Central West Coast Chapter of the FPRA Image Awards.

The Marriott Residence Inn of Sarasota was named the 2005 Central Region Extended Stay Property of the Year by Marriott Hotels International.

Mary Wolf won the 2005 Ruby Award at the Inscape Publishing's MindLab Training Conference.

Scott Dyer of Clarke Advertising and Public Relations is a new judge for the 2006 Internet Advertising Competition Awards.

Malcolm J. Pitchford of Abel Band law firm qualified as a solicitor by the Law Society of England and Wales.

Alan Zirkelbach took over chairmanship of Gulf Coast Builders Exchange; Gregory Burkhart was re-elected to board; Bob Rizi and John Jackson were newly elected to board; Mark Anderson is the chairman-elect; Douglas Sutter, vice chairman; Joseph Welch, C.P.A.; David Hicks, secretary.

At the Gulf Coast Builders Exchange Annual Meeting, Dennis Neal received a volunteer award, while Jerry McFadden and Jack Bryant were awarded Lifetime Honorary Membership.

MOVING & OPENING

The Peter Paul Gallery relocated to 47 S. Palm Ave., Suite 210, Sarasota.

SunTrust Bank opened a new branch in Sam's Club at 5300 30th St. E., Bradenton

Mark and Elaine Minton opened the restaurant Let's Eat at 8445 Honore Ave., Sarasota.

SKY Sotheby's Realty formed two new divisions: New Homes and Commercial Real Estate.

BankUnited opened its first Sarasota branch at 6511 S. Tamiami Trail.

Affiliated companies of Kerkering, Barberio & Co. launched an updated Web site at www.kbgrp.com.

Joe Dobzynski and Charles Bonasera created a new radio program, Life Fusion, on WWPR 1490 AM.

SunCoast Community Mortgage opened at 5115 S.R. 64 E., Bradenton.

Re/Max Properties merged with Re/Max Executives in North Port.

Community Bank opened a branch at 7202 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton.

Cassan & Company, a full-service communications company, opened at 1627 Liscourt Drive, Venice.

Clarke Advertising & Public Relations moved to 401 N. Cattlemen Road, Suite 200, Sarasota.

Scheda Ecological Associates (SEA) opened in the Lakewood Ranch Office Center, at 6151 Lake Osprey Drive, Suite 324.

SunCoast Home Equity opened at 2189 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota.

Voss & Associates opened a new office at 1585 Fifth St., Sarasota.

Wagner Realty opened at 7411 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton.

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