Tonya Merrill has joined the management team at DeSoto Square as Mall Manager. The announcement was made by Lydia Gilmore, Regional Vice President, Simon Property Group.
”Tonya’s first-hand retail experience in running a successful business and providing great consumer service will be a great asset to DeSoto Square,“ said Gilmore. ”We are pleased to welcome her to our dynamic team of retail management professionals around the state.“
As the Mall Manager, Merrill will be responsible for supervising staff, budgeting, marketing, leasing contracts, office management, and operational issues. Prior to joining DeSoto Square, Merrill was a top management associate at a consulting firm where she helped organize and manage resources that assisted companies in improving their overall profitability and quality.
Merrill graduated from the University of Dayton, Ohio with a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering and received her master’s degree in administration from Central Michigan University. She and her husband have lived in Bradenton for nearly 10 years and owned and operated a popular restaurant and several successful small businesses.
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| Pierette Kelly, John Horne, Linda Craig, and Amy Wick-Mavis |
$52,841.00 was raised at the 11th Annual Anna Maria Oyster Bar Charity Golf Tournament held on Friday, September 30th, 2011 at IMG Academies Golf & Country Club. This year’s tournament benefited the Anna Maria Island Community Center, PACE Center for Girls, Manasota Operation Troop Support (MOTS), and The Manatee Education Foundation – Academic Achievement Scholarships.
Setting the pace were 141 golfers from (Manatee, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Orange, Broward and Polk Counties). Larry Bennett’s Team had the winning combination of Larry Bennett, Jim Hartman, Jeff Haskell and George Harris. Second place was awarded to the team from the Sarasota Kennel Club including Jerry Shivener, Jack Collins, Dame Pannell, and Josh Stevens. Don Mega, Rick Lencioni, Duke Fenton and Todd Ziegler of Team US Food made up the third place foursome. The ”most honest“ team of Roger Danziger M.D., Bruce Dorman M.D., Jon Adler M.D. and Mark Weintraub M.D. were appropriately awarded Ball Retrievers and Pink Visors for them to proudly play their next round of golf.
Joe Miller, Dave Banwell, Rick Lencioni and Pat Miller had a four way tie in the Putting Contest. Pat Christy and Matt Bower were the winners of the Longest Drive Contests. Brady Chapman, Jeff Gerry, Matt Bower and Pat Christy were the Closest to the Pin Winners. Doug Holcomb won the Closest to the Bud Cases.
During the Awards Banquet held at IMG Academies Golf & Country Club, a 4 lb. Live Lobster, 46“ Flat Screen TV, and a basketball signed by Dick Vitale were auctioned off to the golfers as part of a Live Drawing.
The Anna Maria Oyster Bar is also proud to announce that after their 11th tournament, they have now raised over $605,000 for local charities. |
Nicolina Stewart, CPA, PFS, CLU, ChFC, President, Capital Management Advisors, Inc., will bring her incredible expertise to the group to assist women owners with issues women have when dealing with finances.
Women business owners in Sarasota and Bradenton are pleased to welcome Nicolina Stewart of CMA. Stewart started her financial planning firm in 1986 in Indiana, specializing in personal, business and estate planning for high net worth clients. She moved her operations to Florida in 1998. Stewart has been selected in the "Who's Who“ among executive professionals, nominated twice as "Business Woman of the Year“, a finalist for "Business Executive of the Year“ and nominated for "Business of the Year“.
The discussion will cover two specific sections focusing on: Putting Your Financial House in Order and Building Your Business Advisory Team. Two topics we can all use help with in these tough financial times!
The luncheon is open to Women Owners of Florida members and women business owners and will take place from Tuesday, October 25th 12:00 – 1:30 pm at the Polo Grill in Lakewood Ranch. Registration is available online and the cost is $18 per person.
For more information and registration, contact Deb Shuck at debshuck@aol.com or visit www.womenownersoffl.com or call 941 685 0250
Historic Objects on Display
As 2011 marks the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War, the
South Florida Museum takes a look back at the war through several films
depicting life on and off the battlefield. The South Florida Museum will begin
a new Film Fridays series titled ”Between the States“ this Friday,
Oct. 7 and run most Fridays through Nov. 18, 2011. All Film Fridays screenings
are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. in the South Florida Museum’s
all-digital Bishop Planetarium Theater located at 201 10th Street W.
in downtown Bradenton.
With respect to the Civil War theme, the South Florida Museum’s
curatorial and exhibit team will be showcasing a selection of 19th
Century objects from the Museum’s permanent collection. Items on display
will include confederate money, a field amputation kit, Civil War period musket
balls recovered from the local region, cameo photographs and a 1849 Springfield
musket used by Northern troops. The historic relics will be on display in the
Museum’s Planetarium Lobby beginning on Oct. 7 and be available for
viewing through Nov. 18. The display will be accessible to general admission
guests during the day as well as Film Fridays attendees during the Between the
States series.
The display case and five-film series offers the public a chance to explore
real objects as well as motion picture narratives focusing on this contentious
time period in American history.
”Between the States offers great classics and some of
the most famous and influential films of the 20th century,“
said Jessica Schubick, South Florida Museum’s Film & Education
Program Manager who curates each Film Fridays series. ”This series offers
an affordable opportunity to enjoy the long-time favorite ÔGone with the
Wind’–one of the first Technicolor films–and ÔThe
General,’ one of Buster Keaton's most exciting and comical silent movies
which be paired with live musical accompaniment during the film, among other
cinematic greats on our big screen.“
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and guests are welcome to enjoy a
selection of beer, wine, soft drinks and snacks available for purchase prior to
and during the screening. Tickets to each film are $5/person for general
admission with discounted rates of $3/person available for Museum Members.
Group rates are also offered for parties of 15 or more people. Seating is
limited and reservations are strongly recommended. Sweaters or jackets are
recommended as the theater may be cold.
Film Fridays is a year-round South Florida Museum program
which showcases films and documentaries focusing on cultural, social and
scientific topics based on themed multi-week series on most Friday evenings.
Following Between the States, the Museum will be offering series titled
”Winter Stories“ in Dec. and ”And the Winner isÉ“
beginning in Jan. 2012.
For reservations and additional information about Between the States and other Film Fridays offerings, please call 941-746-4131, ext. 27 or visit www.southfloridamuseum.org.
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Two local women from Florida’s West Coast Region have been selected as the winners of the American Red Cross 2011-2012 Presidential Award of Excellence: Jeannie Slater, Chair of the Board of Directors for the Southwest Florida Chapter, and Natasha Salazar, Chapter & Youth Program Manager for the Tampa Bay Chapter.
”Both of these extraordinary women are dedicated, passionate leaders who more than deserve the honor of this recognition,“ said Linda Carbone, CEO of Florida’s West Coast Region.
The Presidential Award for Excellence is presented to American Red Cross employees and volunteers who have demonstrated superior job performance that aligns with the organization’s priorities in at least one of three key areas: cost cutting, revenue generation, mission fulfillment.
Jeannie Slater is a long-time committed Red Cross Volunteer, Board Chair and Tiffany Circle member who lead her Chapter Board to a record giving amount in FY11. She led the charge by example, giving personal matching funds, meeting with community leaders to secure gifts for the campaign and also by sharing the information with other Red Cross Chapters across the country. Her dedication was extraordinary and resulted in a program of success that inspired her chapter and others in the division to structure a whole new kind of matching gift campaign to leverage funds to raise record amounts for the organization. Jeannie and her husband, Chuck, were active fundraisers and advocates in the community, engaging other community business leaders in the campaign as well as the Tiffany Circle, hosting an event in her home to encourage women to join us in our lifesaving mission.
”Her warmth and welcoming attitude helped secure the growth of the Circle and was part of the reason the Region won the Best New Tiffany Program award,“ said Carbone. ”Jeannie's leadership and dedication to raise funds to support the mission of the Red Cross has been extraordinary and she is well deserving of this award.“
Natasha Salazar has a passion and vision for youth in the American Red Cross & how they can join our vital lifesaving mission at an early age to become a part of our Red Cross family for life. Natasha's inclusive and empowering management style inspires youth volunteers to manage and grow the program so that it thrives to new success each year- all while giving the youth in charge the leadership and management skills they will carry and employ for life. During the time Natasha has managed the Chapter’s youth program the Chapter has seen a significant growth in enrollment and efficacy. In just the first 2 months of the summer of 2011, the youth program taught lifesaving skills such as water safety, proper hand washing and basic first aid to over 10,000 kids in the Tampa Bay area. That's twice as many kids as was taught in the program in 2008. Natasha’s leadership and guidance has also played a vital role in the success of the Tampa Bay Chapter USF Red Cross Club to be the nationally recognized model for collegiate clubs across the country. Early on Natasha structured the USF Red Cross Club to be an integral part of the Chapter. The Club members participate in all of the Chapter’s programs including teaching classes in health & safety (they taught a CPR 250 class last year & are aiming to teach 500 people CPR at once this year with an eye to break the world record within the next few years), participating in our disaster preparedness classes and on our disaster action teams, regularly volunteering at the VA Hospital and supporting our Caregivers’ Conference in support of our Service to Armed Forces mission and finally, raising funds for the mission through fundraising events like the Race for the Red Cross.
”The Tampa Chapter’s excellent youth program is due in large part to Natasha’s vision and management which allows us to reach thousands more individuals in our community,“ said Carbone. ”Her energy, enthusiasm and excellence in everything that she does make her an excellent candidate for this award for mission fulfillment.“
The process for nominations and selection for the Presidential Award of Excellence is extensive. Numerous individuals from every region in the division were nominated to the division level. The division committee could then select one volunteer and one paid staff member in each category as a division award winner and then they became nominees at the Red Cross National Headquarters department level of Humanitarian Services. All nine Red Cross divisions throughout the country selected nominees for the NHQ department level. Jeannie and Natasha’s nominations were then selected from the nine divisions as the winners of the National Presidential Awards.
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