Business Notes
SAN CAP BANK NAMED ON TOP 100 LIST
Sanibel Captiva Community Bank was recently recognized on Florida Trend’s “Best Companies To Work For In Florida” 2024 list.
Featured in its August issue, the list ranks 100 companies in large, midsized and small categories. The bank ranked 21st in the Best Midsized Companies category and was one of only seven Fort Myers-based companies included on the full list.
To participate, companies or government entities were required to have at least 15 workers in Florida and to be in operation for at least one year. Companies that chose to participate underwent an evaluation of their workplace policies, practices, philosophy, systems and demographics. The process also included a survey to measure employee satisfaction. The combined scores determined the top companies and final ranking.
The Best Companies To Work For in Florida program is managed by Florida Trend and Workforce Research Group, and it is endorsed by the HR Florida State Council. Workforce Research Group managed the registration, survey and analysis and determined the final rankings.
For a full list of companies, visit floridatrend.com/bestcompanies.
ISLAND-OWNED BUSINESS RECOGNIZED
PrivateSky Aviation Services, in Fort Myers, was named among the 2024 winners in Gulfshore Business’ 12th annual “Best of Business” poll for Southwest Florida.
Sanibel resident Vincent M. Wolanin is chairman and founder of the company.
PrivateSky Aviation Services won in the Private Jet Service category.
Gulfshore Business reported that readers voted in the poll online via a survey that required them to provide their name and email address, so each respondent could cast only one ballot.
For each of the 30 categories, one winner and two finalists were recognized.
The finalists in the Private Jet Service category were Elite Jets and Jet 1.
DDWS STAFFER EARNS CERTIFICATION
The “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge reported that DDWS Urban Education Leader Melissa Maher recently completed the “Cultivating Equity in STEM” course.
She heads the Wildlife on Wheels team for the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge.
With its focus on drawing diversity into the sphere of STEM-related — Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics — careers, the certification furthers the DDWS’ mission of bringing STEM and STEM career awareness into urban communities through conservation education.
COSTELLO GRADUATES FROM ACTEC
The Sanibel Captiva Trust Company announced that attorney T. John Costello Jr. recently graduated from the Florida Fellows Institute’s American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC).
The organization develops the profession’s future leaders through a series of in-depth educational presentations led by subject matter experts in each field of the trust and estate industry.
He joined the company in 2021 as a member of the fiduciary team. Costello assists clients with matters in estate and trust administration, estate planning, and family office services.
He joined the company from Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, of Naples, where he practiced law in the areas of estate planning, estate and trust administration, and related litigation.
Costello was recognized in 2020 by Naples Illustrated as a Top Lawyer in Trusts and Estates.
He is located at the Bell Tower office in Fort Myers.