WHO’S NEWS The University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac presented its 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award to Mark R. Strand, chief deputy/undersheriff with the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Department. Strand began his career in the sheriff’s department as a correctional officer in 1981. He was recently appointed to the Fond du Lac School District Board of Education and serves on the school district’s Drug Free Schools Task Force, and is chair of Element 1, Safe Schools and Violence Prevention.
Elections/appointments Valley Home Builders Association named the following executive officers for 2010-11: president, J.P. Jedwabny, J&S Homes Inc., Appleton; immediate past president, Mike Gibbons, GTS Construction; president-elect, Dennis O’Brien, O’Brien Builders; secretary, Chris Warecki, Sterling Building Systems; and treasurer, Jason Henderson, Orchard Financial.
Certifications Appleton-based civil engineering firm OMNNI announced Margaret Hawley earned her Level 2 Roundabout Designer certification from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, and Ryan Betker earned his Level 1 Roundabout Designer certification. Hawley has 25 years of transportation design experience and leads OMNNI’s roundabout group. Betker has eight years of transportation design experience.
Business calendar New North B2B encourages businesses and organizations looking to attract interested persons to upcoming events to send an announcement to: New North B2B, Attn: Who’s News, P.O. Box 559, Oshkosh, WI 54903. For more events, log on to www.thenewnorthevents.com. October 1 “The Anatomy of a Deal,” a seminar presented by Schenck Business Solutions, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at Butte des Morts Country Club in Appleton. This no-cost event will address the issues that sellers and buyers need to focus on during the course of negotiating a deal, including topics such as: emotional challenges of selling a business; how to prepare a company for future sale; developing an offer price; and navigating the due diligence and negotiation process. For more information or to register, go online to www.schencksc.com or call Karie at 800.236.2246, ext. 1261. October 6 Fond du Lac Area Association of Commerce Coffee Connection, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at Lakeland Care District offices, N6654 Rolling Meadows Dr. in Fond du Lac. Cost to attend is $2. For information or to register, go online to www.fdlac.com or call 920.921.9500.
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