People in the news – March 24, 2014

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Accounting
Katz Sapper & Miller has added the following staff accountants: Nicole Halteman, Heather Minor, Scott Palmer, Austin Sansone and Stephen Schnelker.

Tim Luker has joined the tax staff of Brightstone CPA’s LLP.

Civic/Not-for-Profit
The Health Foundation of Greater Indianapolis has named the following officers: David Suess, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, chairman; Anne Belcher, Department of Environments for Health, vice chairwoman; Teresa Craig, secretary; Dave Kelleher, University of Missouri, treasurer; and Patricia A. Riley, Indiana Court of Appeals, chair review and development committee.

Villages of Indiana has named the following directors: Denise Herd, Herd Strategies; Kelly Lavin, Apparatus; Samuel Montgomery, retired; Dan Phair, Holladay Properties and The Villages young professionals advisory board chairman; and Justine Overturf Singh, Fifth Third Private Bank.

Greater Indy Habitat for Humanity has named the following officers: Bernard Trusty, chairman; Susy Komenda-Myers, chairwoman emeritus; Maura Kautsky, vice chairwoman; Chris Mayfield, treasurer; and Roys Laux, secretary. New board members are Gregg Albacete, Keshia Cooper, Matt Konopka and Mark Salma. Max Nottingham has joined as the director of advancement.

Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky has named the following officers: Yvonne Perkins, chairwoman; Marya M. Rose, chairwoman elect; Katherine McConahay Willing, secretary; and Alan Albright, treasurer. Directors are Michael Carter, Indianapolis; Linda Cohen, West Lafayette; Raymond Cubberley, West Lafayette; Paulette Dubofsky, Louisville; Sue Eleuterio, Highland, Ind.; Angela Evans, Lexington, Ky.; Steven Goldstein, Lexington; Crystal Grave, Indianapolis; Kim Greene, Louisville; Africa Hands, Louisville; Hervey Howell, Owensboro, Ky.; Michele Janin, Indianapolis; Senior Rabbi Brett Krichiver, Carmel; Rev. Janet Maykus, Indianapolis; Christie Moore, Louisville; Stephanie Young, Indianapolis; Brooke Pardue, Louisville; Nancy Newman, Louisville; Ursula Penrose, Bloomington; Nathan Ringham, Indianapolis; Meredith Rubin, Louisville; Deborah Simon, Carmel; Cynthia Smith, Lexington; Dr. Ellyn Stecker, South Bend; Todd Steele, Fort Wayne; Elwood Sturtevant, Louisville; Aaron Yarmuth, Louisville; and Amy Levander, Indianapolis.

Pink Ribbon Connection has named the following board of directors: Jennifer Baker, Linda Carde, Natalee Fuller, Amy Hanna,Tammy Hanna, Julianna Morales, Carol Richards, Victor Schneider, Kristi Trinkle and Carol Young.

Andre Gibson has joined Community Reinvestment Fund USA as regional director of business development for Indiana, Michigan and Illinois.

The Ronald McDonald House of Indiana has named the following officers: Curt Hidde, president; David Peterson, vice president; Alicia Schulhof, secretary; Kurt Beier, treasurer; Brian Brunner, executive committee at-large. New board members are James Nickens and Russ Williams. Kasey Kohlmorgen has joined as annual fund manager.

Cassie Hall has been named the director of philanthropy for the Indiana Chapter of The Nature Conservancy.

Shelly Towns, Angie’s List, has joined the TechPoint board.

Rosemary Dorsa, Indiana Grantmakers Alliance, has been named board chairwoman of IndyFringe.

Construction
Meyer Najem Construction has added the following: Jim Boots, senior vice president, client development, and Tracy Park, marketing communications manager. Jennifer Arvin has been promoted to the director of marketing.

J. Wes Nicholson has joined Wurster Construction Co. as a project manager. April Crews has joined as executive administrator. J. Kevin Turner has been promoted to vice president.

Todd Lemen has joined Kokosing Construction as area manager.

Greg Utz has joined Environmental Field Services Inc. as project manager, Westfield office.

Mike Price has joined S & B Construction as a project superintendent. Kenny Shields has joined the IT department.

Finance
Dustin Mendenhall has joined Legacy Practice Management as a wealth advisor/financial planning specialist.

Pension Fund of the Christian Church has added the following: Rick Mahoney, assistant vice president, technology; Stacie Shapiro, operations manager; and Meagan Miller, marketing director.

City Securities Corp. has promoted the following: Gene Tanner, executive vice president; Randy Minas, senior vice president; and Shawn Sabau, Tom Davis, Chase Newsom, Drew Gleaves, Mike Harlos, Tim Harris, vice presidents.

Paula Bergfeld has joined Open Mortgage LLC as a reverse mortgage adviser. Keith Bergfeld has joined as branch manager.

Government
Zachary Burton has joined the City of Westfield as communications specialist.

Health Care
Community Physician Network has added the following providers: Dr. Kimberland Anderson, family medicine physician; Dr. Shabnam Moshref, internal medicine physician; Dr. Theresa Suozzi, family medicine physician; Dr. Mick Welling, psychiatrist; and Dr. Jill Wilson, OB/GYN. Dr. Clinton Cavett, pediatric surgeon, and Dr. Kathryn Kelly, pediatric hospitalist, have been named co-medical directors of the pediatric subspecialty division.

Dr. DaWana Stubbs has been named medical director at Managed Health Services.

Dr. Zachary Dodd has joined OrthoIndy and the Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital as a surgeon, with a focus in spine.

Insurance
Julia Ireland has joined the Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana as membership manager. Melissa Hall has joined as director of communications.

Matt Arnold has joined Huntington Insurance as vice president, employee benefits sales executive.

Kris Dehahn has joined Family Financial Insurance as a commercial and personal insurance agent.

Law
Chuck Baldwin has been named a managing director of Ogletree Deakins.

Ryan R. Wilmering has been named a partner of Wallack Somers & Haas PC.

Manufacturing
Mark Nazarenus has been named president of iTech Digital.

Oscar Bernardo has been named president of global operations at Klipsch Group Inc.

Professional/Trade
Mike Bedel, Sponsel CPA Group, has been elected chairman of the Indiana CPA-Political Action Committee.

John Strong, Economy Plumbing Supply, has been named president of the American Supply Association.

Real Estate
Joe Lonnemann and Kyle Powell have joined NAI Meridian as vice presidents.

Richard R. King III has been named vice president of the Indianapolis office of Lee & Associates.

Flo Brengle has been named commercial real estate manager at Flaherty & Collins Properties.

Nicki Johnson, Rick DeMulling, Vicky Truax , Chris Carbone, Jennifer Carbone and Heather Ludlow have joined the Keller Williams Realty Indy Metro West Market Center.

Jennifer Marlow, Robbin Clark, Jun Liu, Evan Elliott and Marilyn Parrish have joined RE/MAX Ability Plus, Carmel.

Luke Dippel has joined Midland Atlantic Properties as accountant/financial analyst.

Carpenter Realtors has added the following: Lisa Jellison, Jan Robertson, Stephen Vaughn, Brad VanBibber, Karen Arnold, Jason Thompson, Nicole Cunningham, Joe Torres,Ralph Everroad, Casey Rickard and Ashley Virden.

Mike Sibbing has joined the direct operations of First American Title Insurance as a commercial ESCROW officer. Wendy French has joined as a commercial underwriting officer.

Robert McBride has joined Cityscape Residential as a project manager.

Jones Lang LaSalle’s Indianapolis office has promoted the following: Adam Broderick, executive vice president, office services group; Steve Schwegman, Brian Seitz and Jake Sturman, executive vice presidents, industrial services group; and Graham Summers, vice president, office services group.

Services
Stacy Mill has joined KAR Auction Services Inc. as director of information risk. Carolyn Bogan has joined as director of support services.

Technology/Telecommunications
BlackInk IT has added the following: Peggy Germer Tramontana, director of application services; Bob Avritt, systems engineer, and Lucky DuBrall, customer support technician. Apparatus has added the following technical associates: Jon Paul LaFrance, Enrique Perez, Mitchell Languell, Jason Huston, Alex Thompson, Frank Gill, Scott Hege and Cameron Cox. Kylie Fennig has joined in human resources. Diane Boehm has joined as an office administrator.

Data Cave Inc. has added the following: Ben Hatton, marketing manager; Greg Rhoades, IT architect; and Jake Champlin, systems administrator.

Bloomerang has added the following: Chris Painchaud, account executive; Jessica Hartnagle, manager of data services; and Jacob Moore, conversion project manager. Michael Leaming has been promoted to implementation engineer.

Utilities
Jennett Hill has been promoted to senior vice president and general counsel at Citizens Energy Group.•