People in the news – June 20, 2011

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Accounting
Robert A. Ridder has joined Ent Imler CPA as a staff accountant.

Advertising/Marketing/Public Relations
Chris Marcum has joined the Hamilton County Convention and Visitors Bureau as sports development manager for the Hamilton County Sports Authority.

Kelly Hoffman has joined Borshoff as an account director, and Jeff Morris has joined as creative director. Megan Dana has been promoted to art director, and Micah Sitzman to senior graphic designer.

The Englehart Group has named the following: Blair Englehart, president; Ray Volpe, vice president; Kevin Winkler, multimedia/designer; and Brad Eads, sr. program manager.

Betsy Wyant has been promoted to vice president, account services, at Meyer & Wallis.

Architecture/Design/Engineering
Frank Sailer has joined Janssen & Spaans Engineering as manager of the QC/QA department overseeing all engineering production.

Civic/Not-for-Profit
Indianapolis Downtown Inc. has added the following new board members: Karen Burns, Indianapolis Downtown Marketing Inc.; Karen Crotchfelt, The Indianapolis Star; Maria Crowe, Eli Lilly and Co.; C. Perry Griffith Jr., Denison Inc.; Craig Honig, WellPoint Inc.; Leonard Hoops, Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association; and Sean Seyferth, IBEW Local 481.

Education
Dr. Cherri D. Hobgood has been named professor and chairwoman of the Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine.

Law
Krieg DeVault has added the following: Jude Carluccio, employee benefits and ESOP practice; Kurt M. Eaton, intellectual property and technology practice; and Jason D. Schultz, health care practice.

J. Eric Davis and J.R. Hensley have joined Alerding Castor Hewitt LLP as of counsel.

Sports
Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis has added the following: Jason Wurtzel, operations coordinator, and Amanda Neyron, marketing services and group sales manager. Michelle Sieradzki has been promoted to director of sales & ticketing.

Molly Powell has joined the Indiana Sports Corp. as the director of youth programming.

Technology/Telecommunications
Michael Curran has joined Gibson Teldata as an account executive. Sean Stepp has joined as a customer advocate.

Mike Harmon has been named chief sales and marketing officer at ESCO Communications. Keith Schuetter has been promoted to chief operating officer.

Kevin Snyder has joined Catalyst Technology Group as senior network engineer and project manager, Indianapolis office. Naomi Issa has joined as elearning curriculum developer.•