Going places

Better Together, a nonprofit dedicated to families and children, recently named Peter Rivera to its board of directors. Rivera is the president of Gaea Landscaping, a full-service landscaping and maintenance company serving Southwest Florida. Rivera began his career at 15 years old, mowing lawns with his father to help support their family. Growing up, his…

MARKIT Group/ContentClix announced the addition of Michelle Alvarez as the organization’s new marketing associate. Alvarez brings over 4 years of experience in broadcast journalism. Before joining MARKIT Group/ContentClix, Alvarez was a multimedia journalist at Fort Myers Broadcasting Company/WINK News. She is bilingual and holds a bachelor of arts degree from Florida Gulf Coast University. Alvarez…

Integrity Employee Leasing, one of the nation’s fastest-growing Professional Employer Organization  companies, is bolstering its Southwest Florida headquarters team with three new hires. Amy Beth joined the company in May as a bookkeeping specialist. Beth brings an impressive 23 years of bookkeeping experience to the role where she will be handling traditional online bookkeeping for…

 Hahn Loeser & Parks is pleased to announce that John M. Blackwell III has joined the Fort Myers office as an associate in the firm’s litigation practice area. “We are very excited to add John to our litigation team. John will provide support to our clients as they face a variety of new and unique…

Precision Healthcare Specialists has added two board-certified urologists, Drs. Marc Guttman and David Wilkinson, to its urologic team in Southwest Florida. Both are accepting new patients at offices in Collier and Lee counties. Guttman is a urologic expert, researcher, author and presenter. Board certified in urological surgery by the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery, Guttman…

ECHO, a Southwest Florida-based international non-profit advocate for sustainable agriculture and food security, has hired a new director for its East Africa Regional Impact Center. Charei Munene, a leader in agroecology/ecological organic agriculture from Kenya, will succeed Erwin Kinsey in Tanzania. “We’re excited to have someone of Charei’s experience as part of our leadership team,”…

David Lawrence Centers for Behavioral Health, Collier County’s only comprehensive, not-for-profit behavioral health provider, announced Ernest Jones has joined the organization as the community outreach and engagement specialist. As a member of the prevention and education team in DLC’s Advancement Division, Jones is responsible for all community engagement activities. In this role, he will engage…

Harry Chapin Food Bank, the largest hunger-relief organization and only Feeding America partner serving Southwest Florida, announced Ann Prifrel has been named the organization’s chief development officer. In this role, Prifrel will lead strategic fundraising efforts focused on the food bank’s mission to end hunger in Southwest Florida. Prifrel has more than a decade of…

Pushing the Envelope announced Tricia Mullis has joined the firm as an engagement strategist. Mullis will work on behalf of clients to help them enhance their relationships with thier clients through strategic initiatives and organic marketing strategies. Using her community engagement and branding skills, Mullis will nurture client-customer relationships, create effective communication strategies, and leverage…