POSITIONS TAKEN

Christopher S. Peacock, retail banking manager, M&I Bank, Florida Region.

Cynthia L. Fallon, associate, the Law Firm of Ruden McClosky.

Todd Kaplan, associate, the law firm of Icard, Merrill, Cullis, Timm, Furen & Ginsberg

Michael D. Bressan, Paul K. Bachman, Hunter G. Norton and Amanda L. Hall, associates, Abel Band, Chartered.

Rex Moon, project designer, The ADP Group.

Melissa Wenzel, private client manager, The Private Bank of Bank of America.

Gary M. Levin, dean, School of Pharmacy, slated to open in 2007 at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Randy Dillingham, principal, CS&L CPAs.

Joe O'Hara, vice president and west coast commercial real estate manager, and Sam Carter, vice president, commercial real estate team lead, Fifth Third Bank.

Linda Seefeldt, vice president and private banker, M&I Wealth Management.

Adrienne Lazeroff, executive director, Suncoast Partnership to End Homelessness.

ACCOLADES

The Florida Home Builders Association named John P. Wiseman of CORE Construction of Florida as president, Mike Rahn of CNL Mortgage as senior vice president, and Ted Brase of Sherwin Williams as associate vice president.

Wayne Hibbs Farm and Garden received the Excellence in Customer Service award from the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce.

The Roberta Leventhal Sudakoff Foundation awarded a $1 million grant to Sarasota Memorial Health Care System for a new cardiac catheterization-electrophysiology lab for heart patients.

Michael Saunders & Company donated $100,000 to the Foundation for Manatee Community College in conjunction with MCC's 50th anniversary.

Phil Delaney of Northern Trust Bank was named corporate chairman of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Florida Suncoast Chapter's 2007 Walk to Cure Diabetes.

WilsonMiller ranked ninth on Southeast Construction magazine's "Top Design" ranking of architectural and engineering firms in the Southeast United States. The firm recently opened a Rural Land Stewardship corporate business unit.

Arthur D. Ginsburg, Michael J. Furen, Thomas F. Icard Jr. and William W. Merrill III of the law firm of Icard, Merrill, Cullis, Timm, Furen & Ginsberg have been named to the 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Malcolm J. Pitchford of Abel Band has been named a Florida Super Lawyer by Law & Politics magazine.

Tami Conetta of the Law Firm of Ruden McClosky has been elected a fellow to the American College of Trust and Estate Counsels.

A.H. "Skip" Kitchner of Kitchner & Pierro Insurance received the Chartered Financial Consultant designation from The American College.

Pamela Dangler, Heather Kuehl, Larry Thomas, Janet Ebner and Caren Beattie of Armel Jewelers have earned the Certified Sales Associate designation from the American Gem Society. Armel Jewelers has been selected as the exclusive Sarasota retailer for the premier watch brand Carl F. Bucherer.

Jeff Maxwell of KB Pension Services has received the qualified 401(k) Administrator certification from the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries.

Forty Carrots Family Center has elected the following 2006-2007 officers: Jeanne Smith, board chair; Meg Wittmer, secretary; Richard Williams III, treasurer. New board members are Dan LeLeo, Pauline Joerger, Rodney Linford and Julie Luhrsen.

Tervis Tumbler Company was rated Top 10 in the outdoor products and graduation gifts categories by the gift industry publication, GiftBeat. In October, Tervis tumblers were featured on NBC's Today Show in a segment on personalized holiday gifts.

MOVING AND OPENING

The Manatee Association of Realtors has relocated to 4732 S.R. 64 E. in Bradenton.

The Blue Door Spa has opened at 5234 S.R. 64 E. in Bradenton.

TJ McNally has opened Vestor Insurance Services LLC at 1884 Stickney Point Road in Sarasota.

North River Body Therapies, a spa and yoga center, has opened at 905 25th Drive E. in Ellenton.

TRiTON Companies has opened the TRiTON Property Fund, a real estate investment fund, in Sarasota.

RBS Companies, a full-service real estate development company, has opened a Sarasota office at 330 S. Orange Ave.

Adventure Hot Tubs & Swim Spas has opened at 6969 S. Tamiami Trail in Sarasota.

Lakewood Mind & Body Center, a fitness studio/therapy office, has opened at 9040 Town Center Parkway, Suite 204 in Lakewood Ranch.

Aveda Lifestyle Salon and Spa will open in the San Marco Plaza in Lakewood Ranch.

Private Client Technologies, an information technology outsourcing services company, has relocated to Sarasota from Boston.

Group EFO Limited, a creative marketing agency, has moved from Weston, Conn. to 8324 Midnight Pass Road on Siesta Key.

Gerald E. Grubbs, M.D. has opened Sarasota Interventional Radiology at 600 N. Cattlemen Road in Sarasota.

Contemporary Home Accents has opened at 6533 Superior Ave. in Sarasota.

Gordon's Gourmet, a gourmet health food delivery and catering company, has opened in Bradenton.

Uschi and Klaus Franke have opened Superior Curtain Collection at 6545 Superior Ave. in Sarasota.