Jay and Kyle Mitchell of Prudential Palms Realty earned the Quality Service Certified Platinum award from Leading Research Corp. The award is given to those who earn a 100 percent client satisfaction rating as measured by client surveys.
The Manatee Association of Realtors recently awarded the Professional Realtor Institute of Manatee designation to 17 people for their educational, political and committee efforts at the national, state and local levels in 2010. Five-year recipients were Marie Avery, Paula Keegan-Bock, Kimberly Mills, Sherry Richardson and Debbie Roth.
Four-year recipients were Angie Cegnar, Barbara Edwards, Erlene Fitzpatrick and Barry Grooms. Leslie Wells was a three-year recipient, and Peggy Christ, Robert Grant, Cindy Greco and Sharon Villars were two-year recipients. There were three one-year recipients: Faye Butler, Sally Byrns and Cindy Warren.
Patricia Hunsader, assistant professor in the College of Education at the University of South Florida, has been selected as a Service, Teaching and Research scholar, one of only 38 from a national pool of applicants.
The STaR program is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and is designed to address common challenges including teaching courses designed for teacher preparation, establishing a research agenda, and developing leadership skills.
First Bank’s Arcelie Gadewoltz has been recertified as a tax reviewer to provide tax assistance to the low-income community through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. She previously served as a tax preparer for VITA.
Kenneth G. Dean of SchenkelShultz Architecture, Sarasota, was promoted to partner. Dean was formerly managing principal of the firm’s Sarasota office.
David Smith, who is a lawyer and licensed general contractor, has joined Tannenbaum Scro’s litigation department. His primary areas of practice are construction law and litigation, construction permitting and licensing, corporate and contract law, foreclosure defense and commercial litigation.
KB Pension Services, Inc. announces that John Cotterman, Chris Chiaro, Kathy Rice, and Jeff Maxwell have passed both exams to earn the Enrolled Retirement Plan Agent designation from the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The credential allows retirement plan professionals to practice before the IRS, most importantly, on retirement plan audits.
Anne Weintraub has joined the Sarasota law firm of Band Weintraub as shareholder. Weintraub is a real estate attorney and wrote the consumer handbook for the 12th Judicial Circuit’s Homestead Conciliatory program.
DwellGreen co-founder and board member John Ferrari has been appointed to the governing council of the U.S. Green Building Council Florida Gulf Coast Chapter, Myakka River Branch and co-founder and vice president of Building Sciences John Lambie has been appointed co-chair of the Affordable Housing Task Force.
Bella Luna Services, Inc. recently named Gary Donson web development manager. He will focus on online advertising to increase Bella Luna’s web presence to homeowners and commercial business owners.
Dr. Anne Chauvet of Critical Care & Veterinary Specialists of Sarasota LLC has been named chairman of United Cerebral Palsy of Sarasota-Manatee’s board of trustees.
Chauvet, a veterinary neurologist and neurosurgeon, has been a member of the cerebral palsy board since last year.
Lauren Rathvon, a nationally board-certified and Florida-licensed acupuncture physician, has joined the staff of The Family Healing Center. Rathvon is certified in acupuncture point injection therapy and “Constitutional Facial Renewal,” a modality she studied at Yo San University in Los Angeles. She also is the oriental medicine instructor at Mountain Meadow Massage School in Ruidoso, N.M.
Debra K. Carter, of Carter Psychology Center in Bradenton, has written “Parenting Coordination: A Practical Guide for Family Law Professionals.” It is about a child-centered process for conflicted, divorced, and divorcing parents.
Stuart Histon recently joined CS&L CPAs audit team as a senior auditor. He specializes in for-profit, software and manufacturing entities.
