People in the news – Oct. 24, 2011

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Accounting
Rachel Torkelson has joined Somerset CPAs as a supervisor, tax team. Craig Hittle has joined as a senior manager, health care team.

Christa N. Pike has joined Kelley Hardesty Smith and Co.

Advertising/Marketing/Public Relations
Betsy Whitmore has joined Caldwell VanRiper as a media-relations specialist.

Brett Beshore has joined Clear Channel Outdoor as Indianapolis division president.

Civic/Not-for-Profit
Bryan Brackemyre has been promoted to director of marketing and communications at the Boone County Economic Development Corp.

Indiana Landmarks has elected the following new board members: Katrina Basile, Sanford E. Garner, Eric Rowland and Jane T. Walker.

Riley Area Development Corp. has named the following officers: Sarah Hempstead, Schmidt Associates, vice president, and Karin Ogden, YMCA at the Athenaeum, secretary. New board members are Ben Diallo, J. Benzal Luxury Menswear; Matt Nolley, Kuhl & Grant LLP; and David Reed, The Villages Inc.

The Indiana Humanities has elected the following officers: Mark Maassel, Northwest Indiana Forum, chairman; Terry Anker, Legacy Fund, vice chairman; Terry Hines, The Hines Group, treasurer; Krista Skimore, FlashPoint, secretary; and Rosemary Dorsa, immediate past chairwoman. New members are Beverly J. Pitts, Rep. Jerry Torr and Susanne Wasson.

Construction
Kurt Williams has been named vice president of church development for T&W Church Solutions, division of T&W Corp.

Health Care
Joshua Salyer, D.O., physical medicine physician, has joined the Community Spine Center. Kim Roberts, DPT, has joined as a physical therapist at Community Spine Center South.

John Sadtler has been named finance and sales operations leader at Humana.

Amy Dinwiddie has joined Alliance Home Health Care as the community liaison.

Sara Armstrong has joined Catheter Research Inc. DBA Thomas Medical as senior sales manager.

Dr. Stephanie Russ, D.O. has joined Pendleton Medical Group, a Community Physicians of Indiana office, in family medicine.

Dr. Susan Murphy has joined Southpointe Community Physicians, a Community Physicians of Indiana office, in internal medicine.

Dr. Donna Tisch has joined Community ObGyn, a Community Physicians of Indiana group, in obstetrics and gynecology.

Dr. Hazem N. Shamseddeen has joined a practice with St. Francis Medical Group Indy Southside Surgical.

Charles Randolph Jr., R.N., has been named director of clinical informatics for Franciscan St. Francis Health.

Hotel/Motel
Anne Dunlavy has been promoted to director of sales and marketing at the JW Marriott Indianapolis.

Law
Baker & Daniels LLP has added the following associate lawyers: Patrick M. Bickley, Evelyn L. Gentry, Zachary G. Jacob, Timothy J. Moriarty, Kathryn E. Olivier, Ryann E. Perlinski, Jacqueline M. Pimentel-Gannon, Leslie B. Prill, Pablo A. Svirsky, Mindy A. Westrick and Therese M. Williams.

Manufacturing
Russell Stroud has joined Heartland Machine & Engineering as manager of operations.

Real Estate
David Cronnin joined Re/Max Ability Plus in Carmel.

Kristen Hennenfent has been named administrative assistant at HDG Mansur Investment Services Inc.

Brian Bennington has joined Re/Max Select in Greenwood.

Restaurants
Barbara Rafalowski has been named the managing partner for Indiana’s Seasons 52 at Keystone at the Crossing.

Services
Christopher West has joined Antique Helper Auctions as acquisitions associate specializing in fine art and 20th century design.

Christina Nash has been promoted to director of recruiting at Bcforward. Nate Dotzlaf has joined as senior business analyst.

Lance Clark has joined BioStorage Technologies as director of global human resources.

OHL has added the following: Aimee Scott-Kelly, Jeffrey Ferrando, Christopher Frantz, Todd VanGundy, Robert Slack Ken Beverly and Kyle Carpenter as operations supervisors; and David Hermus, systems analyst. David Brooks has been promoted to senior operations manager, and Ryan Mayall has been promoted to operations manager.

Brian Dennis has joined SkillStorm as chief operating officer.

Sports
Ron Jacobson has been named director of program development at USA Gymnastics.

Technology/Telecommunications
Kathryn Woodward has been promoted to manager, client services, at TelSpan. Dan Keller has been promoted to vice president.

Perpetual Technologies Inc. has added the following: Mayuri Shah and Sean Cunningham, Microsoft consultants, Nate Cash, network engineer, and Michael Schulz, project manager.

Shawn A. Tabor has joined Innovative Integration as a senior account manager. Collin Bischoff has joined as a senior systems architect.•