Daytona Beach

Brian Wheeler, CFP vice president at Carson, Wheeler and Associates, has been authorized by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards to use the Certified Financial Planner and CFP certification marks.

Deltona

Pine Ridge High School STEM program received a $5,000 Innovation Generation grant from the Motorola Solutions Foundation.

New Smyrna Beach

James “Jim” Myers has joined Ocean Properties & Management as an agent. Myers was previously a law enforcement officer in DeLand and creator of a data storage company.

Julie Lawlor has been named nurse manager of Florida Hospital New Smyrna. Lawlor has over 21 years of nursing experience.

Ormond Beach

Richard Blum, an Ormond Beach-based pension consultant, acutuary and author, was invited to be a presenter at the 2nd Annual International Conference of Vedic Mathematics in New Dehli, India.

Palm Coast

Wilbur-by-the-Sea

Dale Hetzler has been named the executive director of the Austin Hatcher Foundation for Pediatric Cancer. Her is a longtime member of the foundation.

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