Since 2002, The Argus Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Awards has been an annual highlight for the organization, honoring exemplary leaders of Sarasota who have made valuable contributions to the community throughout their business and personal lives.  This year’s honorees are two local leaders who started businesses from scratch, created thousands of job opportunities and contributed to our community through service, leadership, camaraderie and commitment. Mike Quillen founded his first hospitality company, Gecko's Hospitality Group, in 1992, and has since launched two more hospitality companies, Watershed Hospitality Concepts and Cashiers Mountain Holdings. The Lifetime Achievement Awards program will also recognize the life and legacy of Roland George Caldwell, founder of Caldwell Trust Company and a longtime leader in the region’s financial community. He passed away in 2023 at the age of 89. 

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