POSITIONS TAKEN

Chris Jones, vice president and trust consultant, The Private Bank of Bank of America.

Daniel Waetjen, executive vice president and commercial banking manager, SunTrust Bank Southwest Florida.

Jack Sandelman, regional loan officer, RBC Centura Bank.

Kathy Collums and Travis Hart, vice presidents, Sabal Palm Bank.

Matt Cannon, sales manager, Lee Wetherington Companies.

Shelley E. Hamilton, senior project manager, WilsonMiller of Sarasota.

Stephanie Andrews, indirect district manager, Verizon Wireless.

Emily Sperling, community relations manager, Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County.

Carolyn Bergmann, commercial lines manager; Heather Tuccio, personal lines manager, Wyman, Green & Blalock, Inc. Insurors.

Steven Nadeau, senior vice president for Florida's central west region of commercial real estate, BankUnited Financial Corporation.

Sherrill Sokol, loan officer, National City Mortgage Sarasota branch.

Carol Cofer, membership director, The Founders Golf Club.

Meshia Richardson, sales associate, Re/Max Gulfstream Realty's University office. Brian McGreevy, sales associate, Re/Max Gulfstream Realty's Sarasota office.

John Teplansky, commercial real estate specialist, Bosshardt Realty.

Debra Wells, catering director, Harry's Continental Kitchens.

Dan O'Hara, director of market research, The Fox Advertising Agency.

ACCOLADES

The Comcast Foundation has awarded a $20,000 grant to the Sarasota Reading Festival to distribute 5,000 free books to children at the Nov. 4 festival.

The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce was named one of the top 10 chambers in the nation by the American Chamber of Commerce Executives in the New Members Dollars and Number of New Members categories

Big Brothers Big Sisters Foundation of the Sun Coast Inc. elected its new board of governors: Lee Byron, chair; Joy Mahler, ex officio president and ceo; Manya Paru, ex officio chief development officer; Bruce Body, vice president; Doris Ross, treasurer; Susan Hicks, secretary; Christine Butler, Mary Clarke, Kelley Corbridge, George Kalbfleisch, Michael Longworth, and Shelby Tudor.

Veronica Brady of SunTrust was named 2007 YMCA First Citizen by the Sarasota Family YMCA.

Colleen Kvetko was appointed to the board of directors for Fifth Third Bank (South Florida).

William M. Seider was named president of Williams Parker Harrison Dietz & Getzen's management committee.

CAP Creative won two Telly Awards for its production of a local television commercial.

Voss & Associates won two Golden Achievement Awards, the Award of Merit, Honorable Mention, and the Award of Excellence from the National School Public Relations Association.

Kristin K. Triolo of Re/Max Gulfstream Realty received the CIPS Designation after completing a series of classes that focused on international real estate.

Stephen A. Smith & Associates Advertising was named advertising agency of record for Mathis Music.

Sarasota County Commissioner, Shannon Staub, received the Richard L. McLaughlin Volunteer of the Year Award for District 7 from the Florida Economic Development Council.

The Wellness Community of Southwest Florida welcomed Helen Kirchner Moore, Libbi Morgan Gurley, Anne Weintraub, Michael Wolverton and Brian Zeitz to its board of trustees.

David M. Silberstein and Norman Vaughan-Birch, co-managing partners of Kirk-Pinkerton, were selected as Florida Super Lawyers.

RTKL Associates invited Michael Carlson of Carlson Studio Architecture to deliver a presentation on hig-performance building design.

Johnson S. (Buddy) Savary, an attorney at Abel Band, celebrated 50 years as a member of The Florida Bar.

Sir Speedy Printing of Sarasota received a Top 10 ranking among nearly 450 Sir Speedy franchises worldwide. Carol Schoff was named Salesperson of the Year for the Southeast region.

Dr. Thomas Blom has joined the board of directors of Lighthouse of Manasota and has been selected by the Florida Optometric Association to serve on the Florida Low Vision Committee.

MOVING AND OPENING

Wyman, Green & Blalock Inc. Insurors opened a Lakewood Ranch office at 8141 Lakewood Main Street, Suite 211.

Bosshardt Realty opened its commercial division, serving Manatee and Sarasota counties.

Confluent Creative design, marketing and Web agency relocated to 717 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton.

Wireless Toyz retail franchises opened at 2809 University Parkway and 4001 Clark Road, Sarasota.

Media Vault, a Sarasota-based digital document-storing service, opened at www.personalmediavault.com.

Tuesday Morning Corporation opened a retail store at 4055 Cattlemen Road, Sarasota.

Lee Roy Selmon's barbecue sports restaurant opened at 6510 Cortez Road, Bradenton.

One For the Road, a Sarasota-based bartending service, opened at www.onefortheroadbartendersinc.com. (941) 376-0527.

T. Georgiano's shoe boutique opened at 1240 Fourth St., Suite B, Sarasota.

Cox Mazda opened a new dealership at 3101 W. Cortez Road, Bradenton.

The Haute Chef, Michael Katz, expanded his private chef services to the Sarasota area.

Smith-Moody Risk Consulting, a risk management consulting firm, was established in Bradenton at 4301 32nd St. W.

deCamville Design opened at 1453 Tallevast Road, Sarasota.

Creative Contractors Inc. was selected to construct two schools for Manatee County, Manatee Elementary School and Horizons Academy.

Riverside Title of Manatee moved to 456 12th St. W., Bradenton.