► Publix Super Markets Charities granted $135,000 to All Faiths Food Bank, in Sarasota, to support its Mobile Pantry Program, which provides fresh produce, meat and groceries at nearly 740 distribution sites. (Pictured above)
► Dennis Murphy, president and CEO of Sarasota’s Gulfside Bank, was named chair of the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce for 2021-2022.
► Shumaker Partner David L. Wyant Jr. was named a lead broadcast commentator for Head of the Charles Regatta which was held in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
► Laura Bassler Cota, co-owner of The Cota Group Insurance Company, in Bradenton, joined the board of directors for the State College of Florida Foundation.
► Denise Davis-Cotton, director of the University of South Florida’s Center for Partnerships in Arts Integrated Teaching, on the Sarasota-Manatee campus, was named principal investigator of an $8.5 million grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Education, to strengthen arts educational programming in the nation’s educational system.
► Sarasota financial investment advisor Raul Elizalde was recognized with the 2021 Five Star Wealth Manager award for the fourth consecutive year.
► Centerstone, a Bradenton nonprofit health system that specializes in mental health and substance use prevention and treatment, added Amy Wrightson and Ann Campbell to its board of directors.
► Nick DeVito II, partner at Ian Black Real Estate, was elected to serve as chapter admissions chair for the Florida chapter of the Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS.
► Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation named Michael Valentino as its 2021-22 board chairman.