Junior Achievement names advisory board

Ryan Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida announces its Business Hall of Fame Advisory Board co-chairs and members for 2009.

The 2009 advisory board's co-chairs are Ed Ryan, manager of marketing and energy services for Lee County Electric Cooperative, and Richard Durnwald, president of Northwestern Mutual/Durnwald & Associates Inc.

Other members selected to this year's board include: Cliff Chaipel, principal at LarsonAllen; Marcia Hobe, senior vice president of U.S. Trust, Private Wealth Management; Steven Pontius, executive vice president and general manger at Waterman Broadcasting; Richard Riley, executive vice president of FineMark National Bank & Trust; Scott Roberson, director for Cushman & Wakefield of Florida Inc., Robbie Roepstorff, president of Edison National Bank; Laurel Smith, partner, Gravina, Smith & Matte Inc.; Dilman Thomas, executive vice president and director of client relations for Oswald Trippe and Company Inc.; and Grover Whidden, former regional external affairs manager for Florida Power & Light Company.

Durnwald The advisory board selects laureates for the Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame, which recognizes individuals who

have served as positive role models and have made significant contributions to the program.