People in the news – Sept. 8, 2014

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Accounting
Amber Cash-Hoover has been promoted to senior analyst in the valuation and litigation services department at Sponsel CPA Group.

Doug Schneider has been promoted to senior associate at BKD LLP; James Ward has been promoted to senior associate II.

Advertising/Marketing/Public Relations
Hirons Advertising and Public Relations has added the following: Kendall Bybee, Candice Ingram and Blair Tilson, account coordinators, communications management department; Deb Nowak executive assistant; and Chloe Lyzun, account/traffic coordinator. Kayla Carmichael and Karissa Tepe have been promoted to account managers, and Erin Kimbowa has been promoted to senior account manager. Jill Dodge has been named Web designer.

Angi Oakes has joined Collective Alternative as account manager.

Allie Shanahan has joined Springboard Marketing & Web Design as project coordinator, and Patric Ballou has joined as junior developer.

Architecture/Design/Engineering
Randy Schmidt has joined Fink Roberts & Petrie Inc. Structural Engineers as senior project manager. Drew Mason has joined as structural technician.

Leah Stanton has joined Carson Design Associates as administrative assistant.

Rhonda Wessel has joined IDO Incorporated as an associate designer.

Michael Tiger has joined American Structurepoint as a staff engineer in the road group. Randy Robison has joined as a project architect for the architectural group.

Civic/Not-for-Profit
Alzheimer’s Association Greater Indiana Chapter has named the following officers: Mariellen “Dee Dee” Katzman, president; Richard Mohs, secretary; Greg Murray resource management chairman; and Bruce Baude and Kendall Crook, members at large.

Brandee Bryant has been named director of marketing communications and public relations at IRT.

Andrea L. Fagan has joined Indiana Blood Center as director of public relations and marketing.

Kelsey Kelly has been named director of advancement for Leadership Indianapolis.

Construction
Todd Ward has joined F.A. Wilhelm Construction Co. as project manager, and Steven Brown has joined as quality assurance manager.

Kelly Michael has been named executive vice president and shareholder at Ochs Site Services.

Josh Russell has joined Garmong Construction Services as manager, east central Indiana accounts.

Education
Dr. Brian Smith, Hamilton Southeastern Schools, has been named executive director of the Indiana School Boards Association.

Andrew M. Kocher has been promoted to associate vice president for alumni engagement at the University of Indianapolis.

Ryan L. Roney has joined ITT Educational Service Inc. as executive vice president, chief administrative and legal officer and secretary.

Finance
CNO Financial Group Inc. has added the following to its Carmel headquarters: Paula Berry, senior administrative assistant, information technology; Carolyn Estrada, vice president and business controller, finance; Andrew Middleton, senior application developer, IT; Mark Snyder, assistant general counsel, legal; Suraj Surendran, lead data warehouse developer, IT. The following have been promoted: Arthur Beriault, internal audit manager; Michelle Dollens, worksite administrator III; Lora Etherington, mail operations supervisor; Lindsey Faught, marketing coordinator; Stanley Hamilton, lead policy holder service representative; Tara Hendricks, policy holder service representative; Pammy Sue Ice Smith, worksite administrator II. Chris Nickele has been named executive vice president and chief actuary.

Kevin Ringenberg has been named vice president and senior relationship manager at Key Bank Dealer Services.

Health Care
Dr. Andrew Miller has joined Eskenazi Health Midtown Community Mental Health as a child and adolescent psychiatrist.

Dr. Mary Abernathy has been named executive director of medical education at St.Vincent Indianapolis Hospital.

Joe Kessler has been named chief financial officer at Community Health Network.

Community Physician Network has added the following: Dr. Jason Everman, family medicine physician; Dr. Timothy Kelly, board-certified internal medicine and addiction medicine physician; Dr. Isra’a Khan, pediatric hospitalist; Dr. Michael Koelsch, board-certified thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon; and Dr. Allison Sturtevant, hospitalist.

Dr. Gregory Poulter has joined the orthopaedic spine team at OrthoIndy and the Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital.

Carol Stephens has been named leader of YourEncore’s regulatory center of excellence.

Dr. Cherrell Triplett has joined Southside OBGYN as a partner.

Daniela Ferchmin has been named executive director of the Hamilton County Trinity Free Clinic.

Law
Gary R. Roberts has joined Bose McKinney & Evans LLP as of counsel, sports law.

Jere A. Rosebrock has joined the litigation team at Wooden & McLaughlin.

Andrew J. Norris has joined Riley Bennett & Egloff LLP as an associate practicing in government relations, lobbying, and general litigation.

Cari L. Sheehan has joined Reminger Co. LPA as an attorney.

Michael R. Hartman has joined the litigation team at Gutwein Law.

Media
Dr. Alexia Torke, Indiana University Center for Aging Research and IU School of Medicine and Regenstrief Institute investigator, has been named section editor for “Ethics, Public Policy and Medical Economics” by the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Real Estate
Eric Eisenhower has joined the Keller Williams Indy Metro North team as supervising broker/productivity coach. Gina Hall, Jackie Barnett, Rita Shew, Wanda Rossman, Zeba Ashraf, Kay Sexton, Elizabeth Kuzniar, Mia Mendoza and Jennifer Spritzer have joined as real estate brokers.

Charlie Pennington has joined RE/MAX Centerstone in Avon. Amanda Hadley has joined RE/MAX Metro.

Marcus Jess has joined RE/MAX Legends Group in Indianapolis. Holly Kleiser has joined RE/MAX Prestige Group in Indianapolis.

Sarah Kuester has joined BOMA Indianapolis as executive director.

Technology/Telecommunications
Apparatus has added the following technical associates: Chelsea Shew, Ken Young, Jim Ward, Michael Goolsby and Alex Chambers. Apparatus has also added Dan Dark in marketing and Emily Wilhite in client operations.

Aaron Ehlers has joined Rook Security as a project manager. Jason Cecil has joined as a developer on the research and development team. Mark Anderson has joined as vice president of sales and marketing.

Transportation
Celadon Group Inc. has named the following: Dee Spivey, driver payroll advocate– company drivers; Brenda Carlson, driver payroll advocate–owner/operator and lease purchase drivers; Ben Werner , customer relationship manager, retail and manufacturing; Dezra Lawson, assistant customer relationship manager for retail; Robin Gerth, assistant customer relationship manager for automotive; Zach Merschbrock, assistant customer relationship manager for logistics; Jamie Dalzell, customer relationship manager of home goods and food and beverage; Chris Wise, assistant customer relationship manager of home goods, Michelle Alexander, customer relationship manager for freight analysis and market makers; Jason Schilk, assistant customer relationship manager with freight analysis and market makers; Melissa French, customer relationship manager for the utilization analysis team; Samantha Springston, senior customer relationship analyst for utilization analysis; Kevin Largent customer relationship manager for the customer experience team; Kim Gray, driver payroll assistant manager; Paula Rhynearson, imaging team leader; Lora Shepherd, assistant customer relationship manager, local division; Marc Yovanovich, dedicated manager; and Bryan Banta, assistant dedicated manager.•