Junior Achievement of SWFL Announces Advisory Board for 2022 Business Hall of Fame

FORT MYERS, Fla.  – Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida has announced the members of its 2022 Business Hall of Fame Advisory Board. The committee will be led by Event Chair Stacey L. Herring, Morgan Stanley Private Bank, and Laureate Chair Gail Markham, Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Company, P.A. The 2022 Business Hall of Fame will take place on April 19, 2022, at the Ritz Carlton Golf Resort in Naples. 

The additional members of the board include Jason Brewer, Truist Bank; Andrew Buschle, Bank of America Private Bank; Blase Ciabaton, Naples Print Source; Jenny Lynn Dunn, Wasmer Schroeder Strategies Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Talisha Faber, Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Property SWFL; Brian Glaeser, State Farm Insurance Companies; Elaine Hawkins, Private Client Insurance Services; Jan-Erik Hustrulid, Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (OAK); Craig Sherman, Cogent Bank; Sandy Stilwell Youngquist, Stilwell Enterprises & Restaurant Group; Vicki Tracy, Gulf Coast International Properties; Michael Traficante, Grant Fridkin Pearson, P.A.; and Sharon Torregrossa, VIP Realty Group, Inc. 

The Advisory Board members are responsible for selecting the laureates for the 2022 Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame, which recognizes three outstanding entrepreneurs from Lee or Collier County who demonstrate strong leadership and inspire young students through their professional accomplishments and commitment to the community. The laureates will be honored during the dinner and awards ceremony in April.

About Junior Achievement

Junior Achievement is the world’s largest organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices. Junior Achievement programs are delivered by corporate and community volunteers and provide relevant, hands-on experiences that give students from kindergarten through high school knowledge and skills in financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship. Today, JA reaches more than 4.8 million students per year in more than 107 markets across the United States, with an additional 5.2 million students served by operations over 100 other countries worldwide.

Locally, Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida partnered with classroom business volunteers during the 2020-2021 school year to provide nearly 126,000 hours of instruction to nearly 13,900 students in 576 classes throughout Collier, Lee, and Charlotte counties. For more information on Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida, visit www.JASWFL.org, call 239-225-2590, or email info@jaswfl.org.