Portraits

Studying sea level rise

New College of Florida professors, from left, David Brain, Frank Alcock and Anthony Andrews are studying sea level rise. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

Joe Volpe, Executive Director, Sarasota Ballet

Joe Volpe, executive director of the Sarasota Ballet stands center stage at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts. Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang

Summer Rusher, varstiy kicker

Summer Rusher will be handling kickoffs, field goals and extra points for the Lemon Bay High football team this season. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

Miguel Iturmendi, pilot

Miguel Iturmendi was lead flight test engineer on the record-setting experimental glider Perlan 2. Iturmendi and chief pilot Jim Payne set a new altitude record for subsonic human flight in a winged aircraft by reaching more than 67,500 feet on Aug. 28th. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

All-area athlete A'Moni Waiters

2019 H-T Preps All-area athletes - Player of the year finalist: A'Moni Waiters, girls basketball, Southeast High. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

Chad Cox, drone pilot

4C Drone Solutions LLC co-owner Chad Cox operates a DJI inspire drone. 4C Drone Solutions provies drone services such as aerial photography and video, land surveys, real estate, inspections and crop analysis. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

Masters Rowers

Randy Higel, left, and Dragos Alexandru are training in the double for the World Rowing Masters Regatta. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

Fire chief Mike Tobias retires

Sarasota County Fire Chief Mike Tobias is retiring after 35 years with the department. He stand for a portrait in front of Fire Station 1 on 4th St. in downtown Sarasota. [Herald-Tribune staff photo by Mike Lang]

Anna von Gehr, Ringling Museum of Art

Anna von Gehr is the senior director of development at the Ringling Museum of Art. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

"Bubble lady" Suzanne Beecher

Suzanne Beecher sets up her bubble machine each morning on Orange Ave. She’s done this for about 7 years now, and gets notes, usually anonymous, from fans telling her to keep it up. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

Rob Butcher, Masters swimmer

Rob Butcher is executive director of U.S. Master's Swimming, the organization putting on the Pan American Masters Championship in Sarasota. [Herald-Tribune staff photo by Mike Lang]

Lt. Johnny Yong, strongman

Lt. Johnny Yong with the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office returned from the World Association of Bencher and Deadlifters competition in Las Vegas with a world champion title. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

Sharpshooters

Lauren McMahan, left, and Kinga Aletto, both juniors at Sarasota Military Academy, have been invited to compete in the Rifle National Junior Olympics, taking place at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

Kevin Cooper, Sarasota Chamber CEO

Kevin Cooper, president and CEO of the Sarasota Chamber of Commerce. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

Verna Ferris, fitness coach

"Well-being has no age limit," says Verna Ferris, a Sarasota icon of fitness and healthy lifestyle for 50 years. [Herald-Tribune staff photo by Mike Lang]

Soundstage

David Shapiro, owner of Semkhor Productions, stands in the middle of an 8,000 square-foot soundstage in the new Ringling College of Art & Design Soundstage and Production Complex. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

Annette Sherman

Annette Scherman, founder of Community Video Archives, with a collection of her hats. [Herald-Tribune staff photo/Mike Lang]

Stephen Edwards, homeowner

Homeowner Stephen Edwards. He has owned this University Park Country Club home since 2013, but now business interests are taking him to California. The Knightsbridge property is for sale for $2,495,000. The outdoor entertainment spaces are 3,000-square feet, sectioned off into dining, swimming, summer kitchen, gazebo, fire pit and relaxing areas. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

Erin Kimmerle, USF body farm director

Erin Kimmerle is the Executive Director of the Institute of Forensic Anthropology & Applied Science at the University of South Florida. [Herald-Tribune staff photo/Mike Lang]

Casey Track, high school drama teacher

Venice High Class of 2002 graduate Casey Trasick had aspirations of being a stage star in New York and spent 8 years there learning the hard lessons. Today, she’s back in Venice as the new Venice High drama teacher, giving back to her community with a summer production for Title 1 schools. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

Jennifer Mitchell, Circus Arts Conservatory

Jennifer Mitchell, center, executive director of the Circus Arts Conservatory, with students from the Sailor Circus, from left, Channing Gross, Caleb Gross, Anna Labiner, Jake Peterman, Tommy Johnson, and Dana Habedank in the Circus Arts Conservatory Arena. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

UnidosNow staff

UnidosNow has launched a new service called Beyond College Now. Building on the organization's "Dream Big" mission, the initiative aims to match students in Sarasota and Manatee counties with best value colleges. UnidosNow staff members Hector Tejeda, left, Director of Education Initiatives; Luz Corcuera,center, Executive Director; and Juan Arcila, right, Associate Director of Education Initiatives. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

Richard Cole, WWII pilot

Richard Cole was a B-25 co-pilot who flew with Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle, on the famous bombing mission over Tokyo. [Herald-Tribune / Mike Lang]