Community Bulletin

Leading Freedom Ride

Dr. John W. McCutchen, former President of the Jewett Orthopaedic Clinic in Winter Park, was recently elected to the Board of Directors for Freedom Ride. Freedom Ride enriches the lives of children, adults and veterans with disabilities through therapeutic horseback riding. Visit FreedomRide.com to learn more.

Local attorney receives rotary award

Attorney Vanessa J. Skinner, who practices estate planning and elder law in the Winter Park office of Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman, P.A., recently received the Rising Rooster Award from the Rotary Club of Orange County East-Winter Park for outstanding service to the club and the club's foundation, the Orange County East Rotary Foundation Inc. Skinner, a member of the rotary for almost five years, serves as an active club member and holds a seat on the club's foundation board of directors. She also provides legal counsel to both groups.

New investment firm VP to spearhead marketing

D.A. Davidson Companies, an employee-owned full-service investment firm based in the Northwest, has added veteran client advisory services manager Tarin Bachle to Davidson's Fixed Income Management group (DFIM). Bachle will serve as a vice president for client advisory services, where she will work alongside the DFIM team in Davidson's Winter Park office. Bachle will spearhead national marketing efforts for DFIM and oversee the high-level advisory services it provides to its clients.

Head of design

The American Institute of Building Design, the leading professional association for residential designers, announced the election of David Pillsbury as national president. Pillsbury, of Winter Park, comes off a successful year as internal vice-president that saw an increased public awareness of the AIBD as well as substantial growth in professional membership. Along with Pillsbury, seven other members of the Board of Directors were elected to serve through the 2014 fiscal year. Pillsbury brings more than 30 years of experience in residential design and business ownership to his position as president of the Institute. He also served two terms as internal vice-president on the AIBD Board, including a three-year stint as the president of the Florida Society of AIBD. During his term, Pillsbury plans new education-based reforms, which include developing new certificate programs and finding ways to engage the next generation in Residential Design.