David Bloom, vice president of operations, Clockwork Home Services.

            Philip A. Beach, associate attorney, law firm of Levin Tannenbaum.

            Bradford Cox, vice president and Lakewood Ranch office manager, Thomas D. Wood & Company mortgage brokers.

            Peter Keenan, landscape architect and arborist, RS&H transportation and public infrastructure programs.

            Dr. Mark Pritchett, vice president for community investment; and Dave Mason, chief financial officer and corporate treasurer, Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice.

            Beverly Back, vice president of sales and marketing, Welcome Connection.

            Nikki Taylor, project development manager, Concession Golf Club & Residences; and Linda Herrington, director of sales, Concession Real estate Company.

            Tristan Harding, assistant vice president, client advisor, National City Corporation Private Client Group.

            Shawna Walter, coordinator, Neal Communities Design Gallery.

            Allison Menezes, M.D., ophthalmologist, Manatee Sarasota Eye Clinic.

            Aimee Chouinard, media relations coordinator, New College of Florida.

            Stamatis “Steve” Zeris, mortgage consultant, Blue Skye Lending.

            Joey Fortier, marketing director, West Florida system, Comcast.

            Cindy S. Denison, group vice president and banking center team leader; and Alicia Z. Wheeler, banking center manager, Gateway Bank of Southwest Florida.

            Colin Boyle, director of information technology, Planned Parenthood of Southwest Florida.

            Stacy Lomonaco, cash management sales officer, Busey Bank.

            Kim Midgett, senior closing coordinator, The Edwards Law Firm.

            Bradley W. Hogreve, shareholder, law firm of Kirk-Pinkerton.

            Jeanne Bates Smith, managing director, Sarasota Ballet.

            Dan Forssell, regional sales director, Benefit Advisors.

ACCOLADES

            The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce announces its Small Business Awards: U.S. Tent Rentals, Small Business of the Year; Rock Solid Construction Group, Young Business of the Year; Survival School of Workplace Spanish & English, Diversity Visionary; Manatee Community College, Nonprofit Organization of the Year; John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Cultural Organization of the Year; Roxanne Joffe, Woman Entrepreneurial Excellence; Biological Tree Services, Think Green Award; and Andrew Foley, Young Professional of the Year.

            Comfort Suites University Park/Sarasota, owned and operated by Buffalo Lodging Associates, was named 2008 Inn of the Year by Choice Hotels International.

            Isabel Norton has received the 2008 Boundary Crosser Leadership Award from SCOPE (Sarasota Openly Plans for Excellence).

            Two national magazines recently honored The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort: Coastal Living named its Stone Crab, Seafood & Wine Festival the best in the country; and Child magazine named it one of the top five for Best Family Friendly Resort.

            The Courtyard by Marriott Sarasota Bradenton and the SpringHill Suites by Marriott Sarasota Bradenton, both McKibbon Hotel Management properties, have earned the Florida Green Lodge designation from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

            Bradenton-based Taylor Morrison ranked 13^th on Professional Builder magazine’s 2008 Giant 400 list of the nation’s largest builders.

            Mike Michalson, president of New College of Florida, has been named president of the Florida Association of Colleges and Universities.

            The Sarasota chapter of the Women’s Council of Realtors was named the 2007 National Mega Chapter of the Year

            Mote Marine Laboratories re-elected Bob Carter, Ron Ciaravella, Dick Donegan, Bill Galvano, Susan Gilmore, Ron Johnson, Ray Mason, Joe Mathis, Mike McKee, Myra Monfort Runyan, Lowe Morrison and John Pether to its board of directors. Robert Gault Jr. was elected as a new board member. Officers are Judy Graham, chairman; Arthur Armitage, vice chairman; Gilmore, secretary; and Howard Crowell, treasurer. Stephen Ackoury of Synovus Bank has joined the Mote Advisory Council.

            The Glasser/Schoenbaum Human Services center has elected these officers: Carol B. Green, president; Carolyn Fitzpatrick, president-elect; Michael R. Pender Jr., treasurer; and Louise Halvey, secretary.

            The Van Wezel Foundation has elected these officers; Mike Martella, chairman; Philip A. Delaney Jr. and Mark Famiglio, vice chairs; Karl Newkirk, treasurer; and Sandra Dietrich, secretary.

            Blake Medical Center has been named an Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI from the Society of Chest Pain Centers.

            Congressman Vern Buchanan has received the Spirit of Enterprise Award from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

            Progressive Employer Services has been ranked No. 42 in Florida’s top 200 private companies by Florida Trend. PES president Michael Corley has been elected president of the Florida Professional Employer Organizations; and Joe Ott, vice president of risk management, has earned his certified risk manager designation.

            Doug Neufeld of Neufeld Business Brokers has been appointed Florida representative for mergers and acquisitions in association with Gottesman Company, New York.

            Iris Kleiber of SRQ Design has become a certified member of the Interior Refiners Network.

            Dr. John Walker, who holds the McKibbon Professorship in Hotel Management at USF Sarasota-Manatee, has been selected as a Fulbright Senior Specialist and spent the summer teaching at the University of the Philippines.

            Gary Humphreys of Generation Mortgage Co. has joined the board of directors of the West Central Area Agency on Aging.

            Jason Ranney of The Charles & Chase Group has joined the advisory board for Everglades University, Sarasota campus.

            Design Marketing Group was hired by California-based PreXion3D to provide trade show and marketing communications services.

            James F. Orr III, who retired as chairman of UNUM Corporation and is chairman of the board of the Rockefeller Foundation, has joined the board of directors of Gevity.

            Carla Rayman is the new president of Sarasota Sister Cities Association.

            J.R. Wells Purmort has been elected chairman of the board of directors of Pines of Sarasota.

            Amy L. Samsal of SunCoast Mortgage Partners has earned the Lending Integrity Seal of Approval from the National Association of Mortgage Brokers.

            Lisa Keverian-Press of Baird has been recognized for a third consecutive year as one of the Top 100 Women Financial Advisers by Barron’s.

            Jake’s Downtown and Coppola Realty Group are Sarasota County’s newest Green Business partners.

            Suncoast Community Blood Bank board member Sara Bagley was honored with the Board Member/Trustee of the Year Award from the Florida Association of Blood Banks; and Scott Bush, chief of technical operations, received the Dorothy M. Hansen Award.

            Michael J. Wilson of the law firm of Williams Parker Harrison Dietz & Getzen has been granted board certification in taxation by the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education.

MOVING AND OPENING

            Fitness Together personal training studio has opened at 8740 E. S.R. 70 in Lakewood Ranch.

            Tandem Construction Company, Fawley Bryant Architects and Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty have opened the Energy Court Center office building in Lakewood Ranch.

            PPi Technologies Global has opened its Beverage Pouch Group marketing offices and training showroom at 1611 Northgate Blvd. in Sarasota.

            DayJet has expanded its Dayport service network to Sarasota Bradenton International Airport.

            Monica Eshkoli and Laura Gale have started Freaky Girl Productions, a fashion event production company.

            Fifth Third Bank has opened a banking center at 6265 Tuttle Ave. in Sarasota.

            Victoria Hoffman has opened Concierge Specialties by Victoria in Sarasota.

            L. Kids has opened at 556 Pineapple Ave. in Sarasota.

            Sarasota’s Amantree Group has acquired Prisma Publishing, publisher of Retirement Living and Leisure magazine.

            Studio Platinum barber, beauty and day spa, has opened at 2118 Manatee Ave. E. in Bradenton.

            Sharon Anderson, Chrystal Pruitt and Dr. Chris Brukoff have purchased the Home Instead Senior Care office serving Sarasota County.

            Baird, a private wealth management firm, has relocated to 2 N. Tamiami Trail in the One Sarasota Tower building.

            Jennette Properties has opened a second office at 5899 Whitfield Ave., Suite 102 in Sarasota.

            Pro-Motion Notions has moved to 3739 S. Tuttle Ave. in Sarasota.

            Dr. Adam Cohen has opened Ranch Animal Hospital at 11105 Corridor Place in Lakewood Ranch.

            Diamond Title of Sarasota has moved to 2816 Proctor Road.