Posts by Jacob Ogles

Walmart is accepting applications for its 6th annual Open Call, scheduled for June 18-19 at the company’s Home Office campus in Bentonville, Ark. Applicants can apply by visiting Walmart-jump.com for the opportunity to secure a face-to-face pitch meeting with a Walmart buyer. The application deadline is April 30.  “I was hoping to leave with an opportunity to partner…

Spiro & Associates Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations and Brand Architecture took home 12 local American Advertising (ADDY) Awards on February 24th, following the 2019 AdFed Suncoast ceremony in Sarasota. The 30-plus-year-old agency has been entering the awards program, formerly known as the ADDYs, by the American Advertising Federation since 1986 when CEO/Chief Creative Officer Christopher…

Jacqueline Benjamin, branch manager of the Parkside office of Charlotte State Bank & Trust, is serving on the Punta Gorda Housing Authority Board of Commissioners. The Punta Gorda City Council appointed Benjamin to fill an unexpired term on the Housing Authority Board ending on May 21, 2021. The primary role of the PGHA is the…

First State Bank of Arcadia is now Crews Bank & Trust. The new name echoes that of the owner, Crews Banking Corp., a privately held bank holding company that operates three other Central and Southwest Florida financial institutions. “Everything about who First State Bank of Arcadia is at its core will remain the same,” said…

New England Investment & Retirement Group (NEIRG), an investment advisory and wealth management firm headquartered in North Andover, Massachusetts, today announces the addition of Mark Dorn as a Principal in the firm’s growing Naples office. Dorn is an award-winning business and technology leader who has built numerous successful companies, products and technologies throughout the U.S.,…

Lee County Commissioner Brian Hamman was selected to serve on the Florida Association of Counties Water Policy Committee. Hamman will serve alongside 36 other county commissioners from across the state. “Dirty water and poor system management have brought economic pain and environmental harm to Lee County far too many times over the last decade,” said Hamman.  “I’m looking…

Touchstone Wealth Partners |UBS promoted Stefan J. Contorno to Senior Vice President – Wealth Management. He is a financial advisor and portfolio manager for the Florida office of Touchstone Wealth Partners. He has been in the financial services industry for more than 20 years. Contorno is also an adjunct professor at Florida Gulf Coast University, teaching…

The Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Collier County Commissioners selected Friends of Rookery Bay as the Business of the Month for February 2019. The Board of Collier County Commissioners and Bethany Sawyer, the director of membership at The Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce, presented Athan Barkoukis, executive director, with a commemorative…