Junior Achievement Honors 2025 Hall of Fame Laureates, Raises More Than $250,000
FORT MYERS, Fla. – April 8, 2025 – Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida recently hosted its 37th annual Business Hall of Fame event honoring and recognizing business leaders in Southwest Florida with a gala at the Naples Grande Beach Resort. On Tuesday, March 25, nearly 500 business leaders gathered to induct 2025 Laureates Timothy Cartwright, Partner and CoFounder at Fifth Avenue Family Office; William Price, Jr., Board Chairman, and Matthew Price, Chief Executive Officer, both with Seagate Development Group; and Aysegul Timur, Ph.D., President of Florida Gulf Coast University, into the Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida Business Hall of Fame.
This year’s event, chaired by Stacey Herring of Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Laureate Chair Sandy Stilwell Youngquist, Owner and CEO of Stilwell Enterprises, raised over $250,000 to support local Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida programs that teach students the importance of financial literacy, career and work readiness and entrepreneurship.
Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida extends its sincere appreciation to all of the event’s sponsors for their invaluable contributions in making this event a resounding success. Business Hall of Fame sponsors help Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida make a difference in the lives of local students and special thanks are extended to the Presenting sponsor, First Horizon Bank and champion sponsor Title Professionals of Florida. Visionary sponsors include FineMark National Bank & Trust, Miromar Development, Pushing the Envelope, State Farm, and Stock Development. Trailblazer sponsors include Fifth Avenue Family Office, MHK Architecture, Publix Super Markets Charities, Seacoast Bank, The Community Foundation, and Voya Financial. Special recognition is also given to the media sponsor, Gulfshore Business, for their support.
To help support Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida and our future workforce, please visit www.JASWFL.org or call 239-225-2590.
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