Ronnique Major Named 2024 Sarasota County Teacher of the Year
Terry Connor, superintendent of Sarasota County Schools, and 2024 Sarasota County Teacher of the Year Ronnique Major of Emma E. Booker Elementary School
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Ronnique Major, a fifth-grade teacher at Emma E. Booker Elementary School, was named the 2024 Sarasota County Teacher of the Year at the Ignite Education Teacher of the Year Award Celebration hosted by the Education Foundation of Sarasota County.
Faizan Ali, an associate professor in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, has been named to the annual Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list. Those on the list are among the top 0.1 percent of cited researchers in the world.
All Faiths Food Bank has hired a new chief logistics and supply chain officer, Bill Haley, who began his post in late November.
Manatee County commissioner Kevin Van Ostenbridge has been elected chairman of the Manatee County Port Authority.
The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota has announced the appointment of Mark Sherwin as the property’s general manager.
Sarasota County Schools has announced that Holly Brody has been selected to serve as the next principal of Brentwood Elementary School and Natasha Forbus has been selected to serve as the next principal of Lamarque Elementary School.
Debra Jacobs, president and CEO of The Patterson Foundation, has been appointed to the Board of Visitors for the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.
Susan Hines was recently elected as chair of the board of the William G. and Marie Selby Foundation.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced the appointment of Jay Riley to the Sarasota County Charter Review Board.
The Realtor Association of Sarasota and Manatee recently installed the 2024 officers and directors. They are Tony Barrett, Barrett Realty, Inc., president; Debi Reynolds, Florida SunCoast Real Estate, president-elect; David Crawford, Catalist Realty, vice president; and Anita Lambert, Premier Sotheby’s International Realty, treasurer.
CenterPlace Health has named Anna Ferguson as chief operating officer and Alicia Ottmann as chief strategy and growth officer.
Premier Sotheby’s International Realty has announced that Joel Schemmel, Donna Soda and Toni Schemmel of the top-producing Schemmel Soda Group have been honored among the Top 100 agents worldwide within the Sotheby’s International Realty network.
