Going Places

Online Academy Helps Entrepreneurs Launch a Home Watch Business

09/15/2020

A Home Watch business is an excellent opportunity for professionals in transition who want to control their future. NAPLES, Fla. (September 14, 2020) — The Home Watch Academy e-learning program has launched just as thousands of displaced professionals are seeking new career opportunities. Furloughed hospitality workers, veterans leaving the military, and professionals in transition are…

HBKS Names Kerri Goldsmith Senior Financial Advisor

09/15/2020

Fort Myers, Fla. – Kerri Goldsmith, CFP®, CRPS®, AIF®, has been promoted to the position of Senior Financial Advisor by HBKS Wealth Advisors (HBKS). A CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional and member of the HBKS client service team based in Fort Myers, Fla., Ms. Goldsmith also holds designations as a Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist and an…

Doctor’s Choice Adds Margolis as Executive Director

09/15/2020

SARASOTA, Fla. – Sept. 15, 2020 – Doctor’s Choice Home Care, Inc., the state’s largest independent home care agency, welcomes Rita Margolis, RN to its Orlando location. Starting as the office’s Director of Clinical Services, she recently transitioned to the role of Executive Director.   In her role, Margolis is responsible for the overall management…

The Immokalee Foundation selects 61 students to participate in its Career Pathways program

09/11/2020

The Immokalee Foundation has selected 61 students to join its Career Pathways program for the 2020-21 school year. Career Pathways provides a robust curriculum for Immokalee middle and high school students to place them on pathways to well-paying, in-demand careers in Southwest Florida in four employment sectors: Engineering & Construction Management, Education & Human Services,…

Wellfit Girls announces new leadership transition

09/09/2020

Wellfit Girls, a Southwest Florida nonprofit dedicated to empowering teen girls, is pleased to announce Brooke Spencer as the new executive director for the organization. Colby Robertson, the organization’s director for the last seven years, is stepping into a new co-founder role and will continue to support the organization as treasurer of the board. Based…

Collins DuPont Design Group Expands Team

09/04/2020

Bonita Springs, Fla. (September 8, 2020)— Collins DuPont Design Group today announced the addition of four new staff members: Jenny Ellis, Natalie Parker, Julia Rose, and Sophia Yost. Jenny Ellis has joined the company as design assistant. Ellis is a graduate of Savannah College of Art & Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in…

GRANT FRIDKIN PEARSON ATTORNEYS RECOGNIZED BY NAPLES ILLUSTRATED

09/04/2020

Six Grant Fridkin Pearson attorneys have been named 2020 Top Lawyers by Naples Illustrated magazine. The following Grant Fridkin Pearson attorneys were recognized: Jeffrey D. Fridkin – Bet-The-Company Litigation and Business Litigation Richard C. Grant – Business/Corporate and Real Estate Law M. Travis Hayes – Trusts and Estates William M. Pearson – Trusts and Estates…

GrowFL names Priority Marketing as finalist for 2020 ‘Florida Companies to Watch’

09/04/2020

Priority Marketing has been named among Florida’s top-ranked businesses as a finalist in GrowFL’s 2020 Florida Companies to Watch recognition program. Now in its 10th year, Companies to Watch honors impressive second-stage companies that are developing valuable products and services, creating quality jobs, enriching communities and broadening new industries throughout Florida. GrowFL has recognized only…

Florida Blue Deepens Commitment to Southwest Florida by Adding Local Executive to Region

09/04/2020

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Florida Blue, the state’s leading health insurer, recently named a new executive leader devoted to meeting the needs, challenges and opportunities in Southwest Florida communities. Nick Kouris will serve as the company’s Southwest Florida Market Leader as part of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan’s efforts to deepen its longstanding…

Gulfshore Playhouse forms Planned Giving Council, advisors will provide financial stewardship and guidance on the newly established Standing Ovation Society

09/03/2020

Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples’ premier professional theater has announced the formation of its Planned Giving Council. Over the last 16 years, Gulfshore Playhouse has expanded immensely, engaging hundreds of thousands of people through world-class professional theater, and impacting tens of thousands of children through innovative education programming and community partnerships. The financial stewardship of Gulfshore Playhouse…