CEO-focused group appoints new president

The Gulf Coast CEO Forum, a business executive leadership organization, recently named its board officials for 2019. The CEO Forum, based in Sarasota, hosts “insightful, informative and leading-edge educational seminars designed to reflect the culture of today's CEO,” according to its website.

Officers include:

• President: Marina Wolf-Schmidt, owner and president of Kiddie Academy of Lakewood Ranch in east Manatee County;

• Vice President: C.J. Fishman, with Fishman & Associates;

• Secretary:  Maribeth Phillips, CEO of Meals on Wheels- Manatee; and

• Treasurer: Greg Green, owner and president Greg Green and Associates.

New board members, according to a statement, include Michael Juceum, Owner of Right at Home, and PGT Innovations Chairman Rod Hershberger. The current board includes Matt Walsh, CEO of the Observer Media Group and Editor and Publisher of the Business Observer.