Gilbane Building Company Promotes Heidi DeBenedetti to Executive Vice President of the Southeast and Federal Divisions
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Proven Executive Leader Expands Strategic Responsibilities with Gilbane’s Strong Momentum in the Southeast Region and Federal Government Agency Work
Heidi DeBenedetti promoted to Executive Vice President, Gilbane Building Company as part of the company s strategic growth plans.
“Heidi’s commitment to growing our people and delivering the best in client service, will continue to propel the company forward,” said Michael McKelvy, President and CEO, Gilbane Building Company. ORLANDO, Fla. (PRWEB) February 25, 2021 Gilbane Building Company announced the promotion of Heidi DeBenedetti to Executive Vice President. Orlando area-based DeBenedetti will continue her oversight of the Southeast Division which includes Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and its recent expansion to inclu
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“When can we reopen?” That’s the burning question on the lips of artists, audiences, and theatrical administrators around the world, as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to steamroll the performing arts. Virtually everywhere, the scene is bleak. A majority of performers are out of work and have been for nearly a year. Many, including even the internationally famous, are on unemployment, moving in with family, and thinking about alternative career paths. Companies that closed for the rest of the season last March cautiously cancelled performances in fall 2020 and then for the entire 2020– 21 season. A board chairman recently told me that his company may not return to live performance until November or later.
JUPITER Edna Runner describes her reunions with former students as some of her favorite moments in the 20-plus years she has worked at the Jupiter after-school care center that bears her name.
Over the years, Runner, now the executive director of the Edna W. Runner Tutorial Center, has received visits from college graduates, new business owners and other adults who once were children in the after-school program. They always come back to visit, she said. When they’re grown, they come and see how we’ve changed, how we’ve improved … and they’re proud to be a part of the center.
Shell museum names new executive director
By BMNSM - | Feb 12, 2021
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Sam Ankerson
On behalf of the board of trustees for the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum, Sam Ankerson has been selected as the new executive director for the museum, effective March 15.
As deputy director, chief operating officer and special projects director at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach since 2018, Ankerson was involved in all aspects of managing an institution with a collection of approximately 8,000 works of art, 100 staff and 150,000 visitors annually. He coordinated the Norton’s transitional logistics for a $110 million expansion designed by Foster + Partners that opened in 2019 and has managed operational and program areas including marketing, education and visitor experience.
Staff members at Selby Botanical Gardens admit they may have gotten carried away with inspiration while designing their latest art-meets-nature exhibition “Roy Lichtenstein: Monet’s Garden Goes Pop!”
“We just went a little crazy,” said Mike McLaughlin, the director of horticulture, who worked with a team of staff members to transform the conservatory and grounds into an assortment of whimsical displays that reflect Lichtenstein’s Pop art interpretations of classic works by French Impressionist painter Claude Monet of his gardens in Giverny, France, and his famed haystacks.
“There was a lot to work from,” McLaughlin said of the latest entry in the Jean and Alfred Goldstein Exhibition Series, which opens today and continues through June 27 at Selby’s downtown Sarasota campus. The series has previously featured botanical-related art work by Marc Chagall, Paul Gauguin, Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali.