Going Places
Fifth Avenue Family Office has named Travis Lazaroff as portfolio manager for the multi-family office firm. Lazaroff is a Certified Financial Planner who specializes in portfolio design and management, estate planning implementation, tax coordination and performance reporting. Naples-based Fifth Avenue Family Office provides personalized wealth management tailored to the unique needs of high-net-worth entrepreneurial families…
Better Together, a nonprofit dedicated to families and children, has added Jess Tharpe as chief operating officer for the organization. Better Together, a privately funded, volunteer-driven nonprofit, builds strong families and communities by empowering parents and providing meaningful connections, work opportunities, mentoring and short-term care for children. As outgoing assistant secretary of the Florida Office…
Senate President Kathleen Passidomo officially appointed Elysia Dawn, Executive Director of United Arts Collier, to the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. The council is comprised of 15 members who have been appointed to advise the Secretary of State regarding cultural grant funding and on matters pertaining to arts and culture in Florida. Appointments to…
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…
Beasley Broadcast Group, a multi-platform media company, announced the appointment of Lauren Burrows Coleman as chief financial officer, effective Friday, November 1, 2024. Longtime CFO Marie Tedesco will retire from Beasley after 33 years of dedicated service to the company. Before joining Beasley, Burrows Coleman served as Global Head of Strategic Corporate and Commercial Finance at…
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,”…