Mark Midyett has joined Keller Williams Realty in Lakewood Ranch as a real estate sales associate. Midyett has spent the last 25 years in various senior management and ownership positions in the technology and medical industries. He was executive vice president at Anexio, a technology outsource company.

Christina Russi, lead information and referral specialist of United Way 2-1-1 of Manasota, Inc. and Ola Medrzycki, coordinator of the Senior Friendship Centers' Friendship at Home program recently received awards of excellence from the Wilson-Wood Foundation. Russi and Medrzycki assist clients benefitting from the Season of Sharing funding, helping individuals and families who are on the verge of homelessness to stay in their homes.

Jamie A. Ebling has been named a partner in the law firm of Berlin Patten. Ebling has experience in the areas of complex commercial and residential real estate transactions and corporate matters related to the structuring of real estate transactions.

Carla Plush Smith, of Plush Smith PA in Sarasota, completed fiduciary accounting for Florida, a continuing-education course that covers the topic of accounting for trusts and estates. Smith is a certified public accountant practicing in the area of tax and estate planning with the firm.

Ryan Fulmer of Kerkering, Barberio & Co. has passed all four parts of the CPA exam to obtain the designation of certified public accountant. He began working with Kerkering Barberio in 2012, and his area of practice is audit and assurance services.