Personal promotions, transfers, board appointments, civic accomplishments and philanthropic activities for the week of June 14, 2021.

Meet Karen Bell, Florida Trend's June #Icon: bit.ly/2TqJLkY "What we do is so important. We feed people. It makes me proud just to be a part of it," says Bell, president of seafood distributor A.P. Bell Fish Company.

Insurers are dropping homeowners with roofs more than 10 years old.

Physicians have a better understanding of COVID-19 and more tools at their disposal.

Professor Hoyong Chung (right) worked with associate professor Daniel Hallinan Jr. to create a new type of solid electrolyte.

E-games have grown so popular that they draw sizeable audiences - and a cadre of aspiring announcers and color commentators who cover the online contests.

Climate First Bank's Ken LaRoe sees a big potential market in making loans to condominiums to do "deep" retrofits to become more energy efficient.

When President Jim McCarthy joined the North Florida Land Trust in 2014, the non-profit conservation organization had a $233,000 budget and a staff of three. In seven years, the trust has secured protection for more than 25,000 acres.

Clinton Forbes, executive director of Palm Tran, says a full recovery for public transportation could take up to three years.

Among the Southwest Florida region's five counties, you'll find thriving businesses and communities that care deeply about preserving their natural attributes.

Following the failure of the Texas power grid this year, questions arose about Florida’s grid.

Historically, lawmakers have seen transportation as a job maker and economic development linchpin.

"A most encouraging trend is a broad acceptance of public spending on shared mobility," says Mitch Bierman of Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman.

SinglesSwag ships 40,000 boxes a month and ranks No. 181 on Inc.’s national list of fast growers and No. 9 for Florida.

JaxPort’s $484-million harbor deepening project is on track to be completed in 2022 — three years ahead of schedule.

The pandemic boosted longstanding efforts to recruit hedge firms and other financial businesses to Florida.