Veronica Brady, promoted to wealth and investment management team lead, SunTrust Bank.

Jack Pilkington, vice president, commercial lending officer, Insignia Bank.

Valerie Nelson, director of development, Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County.

Mishelle Hilliard, business unit member, WilsonMiller.

Robert Sillett, director of software development, Tropics Software Technologies.

Richard S. Loudermilk, shareholder, Abel Band, Chartered.

Liz Kramer, Bank of America mortgage lender based at Re/Max Gulfstream Realty’s Manatee office.

John Ellis, wellness director, Longboat Key Club & Resort.

Kevin M. McKenney, managing director, Northern Trust Venice office.

Margaret Moore, advertising senior account executive; Andrea Glatfelter and Alicia King, public relations account coordinators; and Chad Richter and Marianna Rivero, art directors, Clarke Advertising and Public Relations.

Tim Soeder, operator-owner, Budget Car & Truck Rental.

Paul Borgmann, chief development officer, Florida Center for Child and Family Development.

Cathy Crowder, promoted to media relations manager, KSC Advertising and Public Relations.

Dottie Wiencek, assistant branch manager, Wagner Realty S.R. 64 office.

Jerry Kovar, executive director, Sarasota Film Society.

ACCOLADES

Kerkering, Barberio & Co. has received the national Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility.

J. Robert Spencer, M.D., received the Sarasota Memorial Hospital medical staff 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award.

WilsonMiller’s Sarasota office has been named a Sarasota County Green Business Partner, and ecologist Damon Moore has become a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Accredited Professional.

Stacy L. Alario, president of American Business Brokerage, received the Fellow of the IBBA Award at the recent IBBA conference in Dallas.

Serendipity Racquet Club has been awarded the United States Tennis Association’s Bobby Curtis Junior Tournament of the Year Award for the Serendipity Super Series Classic.

Jan Pullen, head of school at St. Stephen’s Episcopal School, has been appointed to the Florida Council of Independent Schools board of directors.

The Florida Association of Realtors has named Ron Cornette of Wagner Realty chairman of the property management forum for 2008.

Manatee Community College is one of 10 community colleges in Florida on a nationwide 2007 Publisher’s Picks list published in The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education magazine.

Carpenter Public Relations has been retained by InfoMed Technologies to handle the national launch of MyMedStick.

Maggie Hutter of Prudential Palms Realty received a Prudential CARES Volunteer Grant Award for Children First.

Premier Properties has awarded the Sarasota region’s public relations and communications account to Nickel & Nickel Communications.

Tom Dahany, president of LWR Communities, has been elected chair of the Association of Florida Community Developers.

Jay Clarkson of Christopher, Smith, Leonard, Bristow & Stanell CPAs has been appointed treasurer of Girls Incorporated.

Manatee Technical Institute received the 2007 Tampa Bay Business of the Year award in education from the Tampa Bay Business Journal.

Joseph Bucci, operations manager of Phone Solutions, Inc., has been certified as a master technician (one of only six in the nation) on all ESI brand telecommunications systems.

Jag Grewal of Coldwell Banker received the Commercial Realtor of the Year award from the Commercial Investment Division of the Sarasota Association of Realtors.

Douglas A. Cherry of Abel Band, Chartered was recently certified by The Florida Bar as a specialist in intellectual property law.

The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota has earned the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Green Lodging certification.

MOVING AND OPENING

Tom and Sherry Wilson have opened Snap Fitness at 8194 Tourist Center Drive at University Parkway and Cooper Creek Boulevard.

Sabal Palm Bank opened its main office at 5101 Fruitville Road in Sarasota.

Jewelry by Giorgio has opened at 1924 S. Osprey Ave. in Southside Village, Sarasota.

Attorneys Liane McCurry and Jerome L. Meisner have opened the Law Office of McCurry and Meisner at 1379 Fifth St. in Sarasota.

Andrew Bers has created the real estate team of Bers & Company at Prudential Palms Realty with Robbie Petsinger, Susanne Lee, Mark Maudlin and Mark Betres.

Michael Saunders & Company has announced a Pan-European real estate alliance with Mayfair International Realty of London.

Brandy Wince has opened the marketing and public relations company, Cake Brand Group.

Greg Nichols and James Kreinen have opened DivineDinners.com.

Longboat Key Club & Resort has purchased the Longboat Key Moorings Marina at 2800 Harbourside Drive on Longboat Key.

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