Movers & Shakers: October 2024

Angie Santibanez
Connect Class 13
Southeast Region
Lifetime Member

Angie Santibanez received an Athena Leadership Award from the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches in the Young Professional category. Additionally, Gehring Group won the award for the Organizational Leadership category; Danielle Shull (Connect Class 9, Gulfstream Region, Lifetime Member) accepted the award on their behalf.

Several other Leadership Florida members were finalists for the awards, including:

• Kate Cotner (Connect Class 12, Gulfstream Region) and Jessica Clasby (Cornerstone Class 40, Gulfstream Region, Lifetime Member) in the Leadership Category
• Dymond Franklin (Connect Class 13, Gulfstream Region) and Holly Goodman (Connect Class 12, Gulfstream Region) in the Young Professional Category

View photos from the event here.

Frank Rygiel
Cornerstone Class 35 & Connect Class 5
West Central Region
Lifetime Member

Frank Rygiel was promoted to president of Construction Services, Inc. of Tampa. He previously served as the company's executive vice president. 

Harriet Moore
Education Class 7
Calusa Region
Lifetime Member

Harriet Moore was honored at the Annual Intertape Polymer Group Leadership Breakfast by the Boys and Girls Club of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties. She was recognized for her ability to coach, train, and mobilize educators and community members. Read more.

Karen Moore
Cornerstone Class 14
Northwest Region
Lifetime Member

Karen Moore, CEO and founder of the Moore Agency, was honored with the 2024 National PR News People of the Year Award as Mentor of the Year in New York City this week. This national recognition is awarded to extraordinary leaders who guide and motivate those around them and have impacted the careers of their colleagues and others. 

Cindy Roe Littlejohn
Cornerstone Class 21
Northwest Region

Cindy Roe Littlejohn received four awards for her book, “Palmetto Pioneers: The Emigrants”—two gold medals for history and biography and a silver for cover design from the Florida Authors and Publishers Association, plus an IPPY bronze medal for nonfiction in the Southeastern U.S. from the Independent Publishers Awards.

Her first book in the series, "Palmetto Pioneers" is a narrative historical nonfiction book covering territorial Florida from 1829 to statehood in 1845. Her second book in the series was released last spring and covers the period through 1861, one year into the Civil War.

Marion Almy
Cornerstone Class 13
Calusa Region

Marion Almy received the 2024 Sarasota County Heritage Award in Archaeological Conservancy. This award recognizes her outstanding efforts to preserve and document prehistoric sites in Sarasota County and the Tampa Bay region, for decades of effective advocacy for archaeological conservation and historic preservation in Florida, and her effectiveness in advancing archaeological preservation with national, local and state government agencies. Read more.

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Christin Collins
Cornerstone Class 37
Southwest Region
Lifetime Member

The NYC Big Book Award® has recognized Christin Collins’ latest book "be. love." in the category of Mind, Body & Spirit as a distinguished favorite. Read more.

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Nicole Plunkett 
Connect Class 13
Gulfstream Region

Nicole Plunkett was recently awarded the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Florida Chapter President's Award at their annual conference in Orlando. This award is given to a member who has demonstrated unselfish and devoted service to the Chapter for at least five years.

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Jessica Maxon-Berrier
Education Class 6
Calusa Region
Lifetime Member

Jessica Maxon-Berrier was promoted to director, individual philanthropy at United Way Suncoast.

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