Awards & Recognition

Estero Bay Chevrolet Celebrates National Award

06/28/2019

ESTERO BAY CHEVROLET CELEBRATES 2018 TOP DEALER RECOGNITION Local Dealership Hosts Employee Luncheon to Mark National Award ESTERO, Fla. – June 24, 2019 – On Tuesday, June 18, Estero Bay Chevrolet hosted an employee luncheon to celebrate being named to General Motors’ distinguished 2018 Chevrolet Dealer of the Year list. With more than 3,000 Chevy…

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Five SWFL Merrill Lynch Advisors Receive National Recognition

05/29/2019

Five Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Financial Advisors from Southwest Florida have been named as top advisors this year, receiving multiple national recognitions. Michelle Mayer (Naples, Fla.) -2019 Forbes “Best-in-State Wealth Advisors” -2019 Barron’s “Top 1,200 Financial Advisors” -2019 Forbes “America’s Top Women Wealth Advisors” Judi Aber (Punta Gorda, Fla.) -2019 Forbes “Best-in-State Wealth Advisors” -2019…

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Bank executive retires after 43 years

04/16/2019

Crews Bank & Trust Executive Vice President Pat Backer is retiring after 43½ years at the bank. She is a member of the executive leadership team along with President Kevin Hagan, CEO Jake Crews and CFO Brad Wilson and serves with them on board of directors “I cannot say enough about what Pat has meant…

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Betty S. Thomas Completes CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Certification Requirements

02/22/2019

Betty S. Thomas, ChFC®, CFP® and Senior Wealth Planner at Lassus Wherley, a Subsidiary of Peapack-Gladstone Bank, has been authorized by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP Board) to use the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and CFP® certification marks in accordance with CFP Board certification and renewal requirements. Betty joined Lassus Wherley in 1999.…

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Startup City Honors SW Florida-based iGPS

02/05/2019

Startup City Magazine named iGPS as one of the nation’s 15 most-promising wearable tech startups. The award and a feature story in the most recent issue of the magazine devoted to covering startups boosted the firm’s reputation as the leading provider of parent-controlled smart watches that monitor children’s safety. “We were surprised and grateful for…

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Preferred Travel earns Platinum Status with Seabourn® Cruise Line

12/11/2018

Preferred Travel of Naples is proud to announce that they have attained ‘Platinum Status’ with Seabourn® Cruise Line. The designation was awarded on outstanding sales with the cruise line. Seabourn® pioneered small-ship, ultra-luxury cruising, and continues to represent the pinnacle of that unique style of travel. Their fleet of intimate, all-suite ships, carrying between 458…

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Betty Haskell Employee Scholarship Established

12/07/2018

Cypress Cove at HealthPark Florida has received an endowed gift for establishment of the Betty Haskell Scholarship fund. The scholarship fund, part of a flourishing staff scholarship program that began 18 months ago, has been established to honor former Cypress Cove resident Betty Haskell who with her husband Frank and their family have been highly…

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Grant Fridkin Pearson, P.A. Ranked in 2019 “Best Law Firms”

11/06/2018

Grant Fridkin Pearson, P.A. has been ranked in the 2019 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” list in the Fort Myers Metropolitan Area in 9 practice areas. The firm is ranked a Tier 1 firm in the practice areas of Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Litigation-Construction; Litigation-Real Estate;…

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MNMW Recognized in Nations Top 400 Accounting Firms List from INSIDE Public Accounting

11/06/2018

Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Co., P.A. (MNMW) has been named as an INSIDE Public Accounting Top 400 Firm. This recognition was earned by MNMW based on the 2018 annual INSIDE Public Accounting (IPA) Survey and Analysis of Firms. “We are thrilled to be recognized on this list,” said Joni Norton, CPA, CHBC, Partner at…

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