Business Notes
JOHN R. WOOD LEADS IN PERFORMANCE
John R. Wood Christie’s International Real Estate recently announced a 2023 closed sales volume of $4.5 billion, more than $1.4 billion ahead of its nearest competitor.
The company is owned by the founding Wood family and led by President and Chief Executive Officer Phil Wood. It specializes in Southwest Florida, conducting business in Collier and Lee counties.
Throughout the year, John R. Wood welcomed 109 new top-performing real estate professionals. It now has approximately 850 real estate agents in 21 offices.
KOURIL JOINS CFI AS OPERATIONS DIRECTOR
The Charitable Foundation of the Islands doubled its full-time staff in January with the hiring of Kimberly Kouril as director of operations.
Working closely with Executive Director Dolly Farrell, she will plan and monitor daily operations, assist with event planning, attend community events, manage financials and assist with database management.
Kouril brings wide-ranging skills to the new position. She has a record of successful fundraising management and experience in community outreach, engagement activities and event planning, as well as varied volunteer experience.
A Sanibel resident, she was the board president and fundraising chair of the Children’s Education Center of the Islands and The Sanibel School. Kouril started Boy Scouts Pack and Troop 1740, and she serves as the Boy Scout Council Unit Commissioner for Sanibel.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in general studies from the University of Arizona and a master’s in English from Iona College, and she is a certified yoga instructor.
CHR WELCOMES NEW STAFFER
Community Housing & Resources recently welcomed Kate Stone Pujol to the team.
She grew up on Sanibel and attended The Sanibel School. Pujol returned to Southwest Florida immediately after graduating from Florida State University.
She brings her experience in fundraising, networking, philanthropy and island familiarity to CHR.
Pujol has been an active participant in the SanCap Chamber of Commerce, Sanibel and Captiva Islands Association of Realtors and Zonta Club of Sanibel-Captiva. She has fundraised for There is Hope for Haiti, and she has taken part in mission trips to Ecuador and Haiti with the Sanibel Community Church.