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Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida is pleased to announce the members of its 2019 Business Hall of Fame, Collier County Advisory Board. The committee will be led by chair Brenda O’Connor, executive director of membership for Naples Yacht Club, and vice chair Andy Buschle, senior vice president and private client advisor, Bank of America Private…
The Bonita Springs Area Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the appointment of Christleen Knaub as Event Coordinator. Knaub will plan and manage events for both the Bonita Springs Area Chamber and its Young Professionals group and will run its Impact SWFL leadership program. “I admired the Bonita Springs Area Chamber in my past role…
Studio+, an architecture and interior design firm, hired Ashlee Kinback as its new Director of Business Development, Tampa Bay Region. In her new role, Kinback will be cultivating client partnerships and pursuing strategic design opportunities to increase company growth. Kinback has been in the commercial real estate industry since graduating from the University of South Florida ten…
The Florida Lions Eye Clinic welcomes Char Lupke back as Clinic Office Manager. Lupke is in charge of managing the clinic operation and office staff. Prior to resuming her position, Lupke was employed by the Florida Lions Eye Clinic for five years before leaving in 2017. During her time away from the Clinic, Lupke volunteered…
Spiro & Associates Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations and Brand Architecture was a recipient of six Local Image Awards presented by the Southwest Florida Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA). CEO/Chief Creative Officer Christopher T. Spiro, along with the Agency’s Director of Operations and public relations department accepted seal-imprinted plaques on April 18th during a…
Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) President Mike Martin has named Katherine “Kitty” Green as the vice president for advancement and executive director of the FGCU Foundation. Green has served as president and CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Lee and Hendry Counties since 2010. She begins her new role at FGCU June 24. “I consulted with a variety of community and…
Metro Forecasting Models, a high-tech firm that provides accurate and reliable forecasts for commercial demand, population growth and housing demand for communities nationwide, announced that Chief Executive Officer David H. Farmer has recently been recognized by the Realtors Land Institute (RLI) as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the field of demographics and land planning.…
Enterprise Truck Rental continued its North American growth with the opening of more than two dozen new locations so far in fiscal year 2019, making it one of the fastest growing truck rental companies in the industry. That includes a new location in Fort Myers. The openings are a part of a broader growth strategy that provides short-…
The Lee Board of County Commissioners awarded a contract to create an artificial reef at Chris Koepfer’s ARC Reef Site using a $120,000 grant from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The contract awarded to Kelly Brothers is for the creation of an artificial reef using 1,000 tons of donated concrete or limestone within the Chris…
Accounting for Profitability, which provides CPA services, financial and business consulting to clients primarily in Southwest Florida, and Clearwater Business Advisers, a national mid-market general management consulting firm based in Tampa, signed an agreement to provide expert business advice to companies in the Tampa-Naples corridor. Typically, large regional and global brand-name consulting firms are unaffordable…