Our 2008 Best Bosses Nominees and Winners


1. Bob Bartz
President
Manatee Chamber of Commerce

2. Dawn Bates-Buchanan, Esq.
Managing Attorney
Gulfcoast Legal Services, Inc.

3. Sandy Boyd—Winner!
CEO
PrideStaff

4. Robert W. Brown—Winner!
Managing Partner
Atlas Insurance Agency

5. Shannon Burdge
General Manager
Lido Beach Resort

6. Scott Bush
Chief of Technical Operations
Suncoast Community Blood Bank

7. Bob Carter
President/CEO
Senior Friendship Centers

8. Mike M. Carter
President
Mike Carter Group- Mike Carter Construction, Inc./ Design Team

9. Bobby Ceklic
General Manager
New Horizons Computer Learning Center

10. Karen Chandler/Bill Hackett
Realtors
SKY Sotheby’s International Realty

11. Art Conforti—Winner!
President
Beneva Flowers

12. Brad Cranston
Franchise Owner
Adecco

13. Steven S. Crowell Jr. —Winner!
North Port City Manager
City of North Port

14. Cathy Cuthbertson
Director of Career Services and Off-Campus Studies
New College of Florida

15. Randy Dillingham
Principal
CS&L CPAs

16. Tim Dutton
Executive Director
SCOPE

17. Noel Ericson
Store Manager
Starbucks Coffee Co.

18. Mike Etcheison
Owner
Signs Now

19. June Flain
Director of Student Affairs
LECOM (Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine) Bradenton

20. Matt French
Billing Coordinator
Comcast Spotlight

21. Dr. Alexander Gaukhman
Dentist
Venetian Dental

22. O. Denise Greer—Winner!
Vice President/Principal/Professional Engineer
King Engineering Associates, Inc.

23. Stephanie Grosskreutz
Managing Director
Sarasota Convention & Visitors Bureau

24. Dr. Arthur M. Guilford
Vice President/CEO
USF Sarasota-Manatee

25. Daniel S. Hager
Chairman and CEO
First America Bank

26. Teri A. Hansen
President and CEO
Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice

27. Rich Hopper
Area President
Sarasota/Manatee Orion Bank

28. Susan and Moritz Inderbinen
Owners
Light Up Your Life, Inc.

29. Don Kaltenbach
CEO
Dattoli Cancer Center

30. Dr. Michael S. Kanter, DMD
Dentist
Lakewood Ranch Dental

31. William Knauf
Controller
Advanced Masonry Systems

32. Hidayet L. Kutat—Winner!
President/CEO
Gulf Coast Signs of Sarasota, Inc.

33. Edward J. Leonard
Principal
CS&L CPAs

34. Mac Lewis
Branch Manager
Taylor White

35. Kevin Lindberg
Executive Director
American Red Cross-Southwest Florida Chapter

36. Joy F. Mahler
President and CEO
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast, Inc.

37. Amy Wick Mavis
Executive Director
PACE Center for Girls

38. Erin McLeod
Chief Operating Officer
Senior Friendship Centers, Inc.

39. Candy Mizer
Director of Marketing Communications
Teltronics, Inc.

40. Ryan Moore
President
Moore Employer Solutions

41. Michelle Morgan
President
Keiser University

42. Judith Nickse
President
New England Machinery

43. Anand Pallegar
Founder
atLarge, Inc.

44. Rhonda Peters
Director of Development
Suncoast Communities Blood Bank

45. Laurel Phipps
President
Laurel Design Group, Inc.

46. Dana Place
Vice President and CFO
One to One Gulfcoast

47. Michael Rowland
Ticket Services Manager
Asolo Repertory Theatre

48. Steve Queior
President
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce

49. Todd Rains
Firm Administrator
Abel Band, Chartered

50. Chad Roffers
President
SKY Sotheby’s International Realty

51. David E. Sessions
President
Willis A. Smith Construction, Inc.

52. Robert E. Stanell
CPA
CS&L CPAs

53. Sheryl Schrepf
Project Director
Partnership for Children’s Mental Health

54. Laura Spencer
CEO
Tervis Tumber Company

55. Fred M. Starling—Winner!
Owner
The Starling Group

56. Javier Suarez
Vice President
The ADP Group

57. Jeff Trefry
Managing Partner
Cork & The BottleShop

58. Deborah Ann Trimble
Development Director
Asolo Repertory Theatre

59. Darrell Turner
Owner
Turner Tree Landscape

60. Brian T. Wallace
President
Florida Southern Roofing

61. Rick Waid
Owner
Mortgage Concierge Inc.

62. Diane Weiss
Co-founder and Co-Executive Director
Forty Carrots Family Center

63. Dr. John Wetenhall
Executive Director
John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art

64. DM Williams
General Manager
Casa Del Mar Condominiums

65. Sue Wolverton
Senior VP Sarasota Bay Metro
Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate

66. Butch Mullet
President
Mullet’s Aluminum Products, Inc.

67. Debbie Smith
Vice President
Two Trails, Inc. – Green Building Consulting

68. Mitch Pietruszka
President
Sun State Awnings, Inc.