People in the news – May 16, 2011

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Accounting
Amy Haga and David White have been promoted to senior managers at RJ Pile LLC.

Advertising/Marketing/Public Relations
Jim Hyslop has joined Raidious as vice president, sales; and Lindsay Manfredi and Dan Dark have joined as content correspondents.

Jenn Lisak has joined DK New Media as marketing consultant.

Nina Pelon has been named marketing coordinator at Indianapolis Downtown Inc.

ESCO Communications has added the following: Chris McCarty, director of commercial and bid accounts, and Kevin Meeks, director of A/V/L technologies. Marc McCartney has been promoted to service manager.

Architecture/Design/Engineering
Dan Schnur has joined SEA Group Land Surveyors and Site Design as project manager.

Civic/Not-for-Profit
Aaron Dixon and Kelly Eskew have joined the Indianapolis Parks Foundation board of directors.

Ann Updegraff Spleth has joined the Kiwanis International Foundation as chief operations officer.

Carrie Rudolph Poag has joined Easter Seals Crossroads as an occupational therapist.

The Indianapolis Zoo has named the following officers: Alan Cohen, chairman; Dan Appel, Gregory & Appel Insurance, first vice chairman; Mike Bosway, City Securities, second vice chairman; Jim Powers, Crowe Horwath LLP, treasurer; and Doug Tillman, secretary. New board of trustees members are Holly Banta, Woodard Emhardt Moriarty McNett & Henry LLP; Cynde Barnes, community leader; Make Gargula, Ernst & Young; John Neighbours, Baker & Daniels; and John Sharpe, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP.

William J. Scott has joined Christamore House Inc. as executive director.

NAMI Indianapolis has named the following officers: Michael Butler, Coalition for Homelessness Intervention & Prevention, president; James Dilger Jr., Adult & Child Center, vice president; Peter Ten Eyck, Hackman Hulett and Cracraft, secretary; and Thomas Hart, Messer Construction, treasurer. Shaon Laukhuff, Laukhuff Consulting, has been named a director.

Happy Hollow has named the following: Bernie Schrader, executive director; Tammy Nordhoff, assistant director; Jennifer Dant, development director; Chris Chappell, camper recruitment/program director; and Rene’ Chamberlain, marketing director.

Construction
Ele Barnes has joined Powers & Sons Construction as project estimator.

Education
Patti Brown has been named director of special program initiatives at The Institute for Study Abroad, Butler University.

Finance
Nathan Weddle has been promoted to vice president of Morgan Keegan & Co.

Troy Marchand has joined Kirr Marbach & Co. as equity trader/analyst.

Health Care
Dr. Sheryl King has joined Community Hospital South as director of inpatient pediatrics, and Cheri Pfahler, RRT-NPS, has joined as neonatal and pediatric cardiopulmonary manager.

Adam Chavers has joined Indiana University Health as executive director of corporate real estate.

India J. Taylor Owens has been named director of emergency services at Franciscan St. Francis Health.

Gary Everling has been promoted to system executive, business development, at St. Vincent Health.

Dr. Sara Wine has joined St.Vincent Physician Network in Fishers as a board certified family medicine physician.

Dr. John Fleming has been named the medical director of the Jane Pauley Community Health Center.

Jessie Westlund, Community Home Health Services, has been named chief integration officer for the Community Health Network. Tom Malasto, Community Heart and Vascular, has been named chief operating officer for Community’s Indianapolis hospitals.

Law
Schuckit & Associates PC has added the following associates: Tim D. McKay, Sandra L. Davis, Angela L. Hamm, Cari L. Sheehan, Christa J. Jewsbury and Paul J. Schilling.

Professional/Trade
TechPoint has named the following new members to its board: Allison Barber, WGU Indiana; Susan W. Brooks, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana; Kristine C. Danz, Ice Miller LLP; Glenn Lytle, Comcast Business Services in Indiana; and Nicholas E. Mathioudakis, Baker & Daniels LLP.

Stephanie Sheldon has been elected president to the Indiana Nursery and Landscape Association board of directors.

Real Estate
Ryan Petty has joined Re/Max Legends Group.

Services
Markey’s Rental & Staging has named the following: Johnny Moore, director of event technologies, JW Marriott Indianapolis; Trent Turchi, event technology operations manager; Rafael Vega, senior sales manager; and Laura Roby, sales assistant to the JW Marriott Indianapolis on-site staff.

Kallie R. Sulanke has joined EmployIndy as communications coordinator.

MD Logistics added the following: Joe Gillis, director of pharmaceutical operations; Dave Young, director of freight forwarding operations; and Emilie Gerbers, marketing coordinator, and Jonathan Rendel, distribution engineer.

Jake Vogel has joined Fifth Gear as vice president of operations, and Noel Kurth has joined as human resources manager.

Beth Bundy has been promoted to vice president of client services for Global Orientations.

FlashPoint has added the following: Stefanie Anderson, associate consultant; Nita Brooks, office manager; Cody Fair, business development associate; and Deb Hunter, consultant.

August Mack has added the following: Terri Fair, project manager; and Scott Fulton and Alexander Lesher, staff engineers. Jason Tillotson was promoted to staff scientist.

Sgt. 1st Class David R. Gauthier has joined the U.S. Army’s Metro North Co. and the Indy North Recruiting Station.

Jim Trachtman has joined Hanson Professional Services Inc., Indianapolis office, as a regional vice president.

Heather Kinkade has been named front office coordinator at Express Employment Professionals (Indy South), Greenwood.

Sports
Luke Bosso has been named manager, business development, Indiana University Sports Properties entity, at Learfield Sports.

Technology/Telecommunications
Perpetual Technologies Inc. has added the following: Michael Hamilton, Microsoft consultant; Rich Remaks, senior database administrator; and Matt Calhoun, systems administrator.

PAETEC has added the following Indianapolis office sales team: Eric Mikuta, business development manager; Jim Connors, senior account executive; Russ Van Natta, account executive; and Joe Gaydos, network design specialist.•