POSITIONS TAKEN

Moody L. Chisholm, group director, Manatee Healthcare System, and chief executive officer, Manatee Memorial Hospital.

Jeff Birnbach, president, Collingwood Construction Group, LLC.

Stanton Heintz, chief financial officer, Carbiz Inc.

Joan McGill, vice president of business development, Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County.

Carolyn Bergmann, commercial lines manager, Wyman, Green & Blalock, Inc. Insurors.

Lorna Pierce, tax supervisor, and Kristen LaFrance, staff accountant, CPA Associates.

G.P. "Butch" Velie, chief operating officer, and Shawn Bell, director of training, Peach's Franchise LLC.

Michael Pacini, vice president of development, First Watch Restaurants.

Harv Wileman, manager of market development; and Steve Westbrock, piano sales manager, Mathis Music.

Lou Newman, Southeast regional sales manager, and Harman Gilbert, national fertilizer product manager, Florikan E.S.A.

Allison Henley, facility director, and Chris Bonzonie, fitness director, Evolution Health & Fitness.

Roger DeRose, president and CEO, Van Wezel Foundation.

Estelle Crawford, president, Pines of Sarasota Foundation.

ACCOLADES

James A. Paulmann has been named to the board of directors of WilsonMiller, and senior vice president and principal Mike Bell has been named to Leadership Florida's 25th anniversary class.

The Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County's 2006-2007 officers are Hugh Middlebrooks, chairman; John Swart, past chairman; Dr. Sarah Pappas, vice chair; Anne Merrill, secretary; Allan Barberio, treasurer; and Kathy Baylis, president.

Williams Parker Harrison Dietz & Getzen shareholders Charles "Dan" D. Bailey, John T. Berteau, J. Michael Hartenstine and Carol Ann Kalish have been included in The Best Lawyers in America 2007. Kalish has been appointed vice chair of the Florida Bar health law certification committee.

The Institute for Optimal Aging and Dr. Kevin O'Neil have donated $117,000 to Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System to help fund Phase 1 of the computerized prevention program for older adults.

Kerkering Barberio & Co. has donated $20,000 to the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee for its building campaign and accounting student scholarships.

Scott Carpenter, president of Carpenter Public Relations, has been awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the Boys & Girls Club of Sarasota County.

Margaret Callihan, chairman, president and CEO of SunTrust Bank Southwest Florida, has joined the board of directors of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County.

Curt Eskew, president of Eskew Financial Group, has been named to the New York Life Insurance Company's 2006 Chairman's Council.

Celia Szelwach has been appointed to the Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on Women Veterans for a two-year term.

The Suncoast Advertising Federation's 2006-2007 officers are Pedro Perez, president; DeWanda Smith-Soeder, secretary; Scott Suplee, treasurer; and Dawn Klee, immediate past president. New directors are April Danello, Sheila Brannan Longo, Scott Phayre, Glenn Smith, Spankie Smith, Sam Stern and Buzz Zoller. The organization named Bob Leonard and Dawn Klee Ad Man and Ad Woman of the Year.

Karen Magee and Associates has been awarded a contract from the Community Entrepreneur Opportunity program to provide training for entrepreneurs in the Sarasota area.

The Sarasota Convention & Visitors Bureau's 2006-2007 officers are Mohammad Gharavi, president; James McManemon, immediate past president; Sharon Cunningham, vice president; and Kathy Baylis, secretary/treasurer.

Dr. Kathleen Goerg of Island Chiropractic Center has been elected to the board of directors of the Longboat Key/Lido Key/St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce.

Willis A. Smith Construction received the award for Best Web Site from the Tampa Bay chapter of the Society for Marketing Professional Services. Warren G. Simonds, director of client relations, has earned the Designated Design-Build Professional designation.

KSC Advertising and Public Relations won the Golden Image Award in the special events category; Joseph Curley and Lynn Henneman won an Award of Distinction in the public affairs category; and Voss & Associates won Awards of Distinction in the public affairs, still photography and film or video categories at the Florida Public Relations Association annual conference.

John Matthews, director of Sarasota's Downtown Farmer's Market, has joined the board of directors of the Florida Association of Community Farmers Markets.

Carla Rayman of Cloud Nine Realty has been named vice president of business and economic development for the Sarasota Sister Cities Association.

Barbara Snyder and Karen Maturo, Staffing Professionals senior recruiters, earned their Certified Staffing Professional designation.

Webster University has been ranked as a Top School in the 2007 "America's Best Colleges" report by U.S. News and World Report.

MOVING AND OPENING

Fidelity Homes has opened new corporate offices in the Sarasota Business Center on Commerce Drive in Venice.

The Gibraltar Companies-Gibraltar Homes, Gibraltar Properties and Gibraltar Realty-have moved to 8470 Enterprise Circle in Lakewood Ranch.

Vicki Rollo has opened Hearts Desire, a boutique gallery, at 1221 12th St. W. in Bradenton's Village of the Arts.

CAP Creative ad agency has moved to 1900 Main St., Suite 301 in downtown Sarasota.

RPM Business Advisors, a behavioral science company, has expanded business into Manatee County.

Daniel and Julianna Tremblay have started Green Earth Home Cleaning, which features nontoxic, environmentally safe cleaning products.