WHO’S NEWS Faith Technologies in Menasha hired Brian Zager as director of engineering and design. Zager has more than 20 years experience in the engineering industry, previously working as a project manager for an Appleton engineering company. Miron Construction Co., Inc. in Menasha hired Josh Salm as a project coordinator and Brian Hopfensperger as a heavy equipment coordinator for Miron’s yard operations. Appleton-based Ledgeview Partners hired Reilly Mitchell as a CRM support consultant and Marc Holliday as a technical sales support consultant. Mitchell has seven years experience as a technology manager. Holliday has 16 years of IT experience. The University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley in Menasha hired Megan Mudge as events coordinator for its Communication Arts Center. Mudge previously served as a cruise director for The Carnival Cruise Lines, as well as an assistant director of the youth staff for Royal Caribbean. Blue Door Consulting in Oshkosh hired Ann Timms-Schlichting as an associate marketing consultant; Bethany Lerch as a writer; and Mark Cyrulik, David Kryzaniak and Jacob Emerick as programmers. The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers hired Jenny Smith as banquet facilities manager, Rebecca Sievers as a group sales representative, and Tim Hansen as executive chef. Smith had been general manager of Marriott Residence Inn for the past four years. Hansen previously worked for Good Company Restaurant Group as executive chef for waterfront banquets and kitchen manager for Pullmans Restaurant in Appleton. Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin in Menasha hired Kristy Schafer as a talent development specialist and Jaclyn Banda as a financial wellness coach. Banda had previously been the family services coordinator for the Greater Fox Cities Area Habitat for Humanity. The NorthEast Wisconsin Building & Construction Trades Council hired Ted Gumieny as its business development representative. His duties include marketing, research and project tracking for the council’s 26 construction local unions in its 29-county service area. Gumieny has more than 20 years experience in the construction industry, primarily as a union bricklayer.
Promotions Experimental Aircraft Association in Oshkosh promoted the following staff members: Kristin Busse to air tours coordinator; Tom Charpentier to government advocacy specialist; Zach Ludtke to EAA AirVenture Museum operations; Margaret Viola to air tour program manager; and Kathleen Witman to marketing department project manager. Faith Technologies in Menasha promoted Eric Deering to preconstruction manager. Deering has been with the firm since 2001, and became a
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senior designer in 2010. Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin in Menasha promoted Nathan Wielgosh from IT liaison to SharePoint administrator.
Individual honors Joanne Kluessendorf, director of the Weis Earth Science Museum at the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley in Menasha, received the 2012 Charles A. Salotti Award for excellence in earth science education presented by the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum Society at Michigan Technological University. Wisconsin Business Development recognized Tom Olejniczak of the Green Bay law firm Liebmann, Conway, Olejniczak & Jerry, S.C. with its Darwin Nelson Community Service Award. Olejniczak has practiced business law for more than 35 years and currently serves as president of the NEW Community Shelter, as a board member of Casa ALBA Melanie - Hispanic Community Resource Center of Green Bay, and as a longstanding board member of the Green Bay Packers. He is a former chairman of the St. Norbert College Board of Trustees. Cherie Lindberg, owner of Get Connected Counseling LLC in Appleton, was elected a Woman of the Year by the National Association of Professional Women.
Elections/appointments Bill Calhoun, president of Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh, was appointed as the Wisconsin representative to the Council of Regents, the legislative body of the American College of Healthcare Executives. An ACHE Fellow, Calhoun has served on the board of directors for the ACHE Wisconsin chapter, most recently as its treasurer. Wenda Roycraft, senior vice president of First National Bank - Fox Valley in Neenah, was appointed to the board of directors of Wisconsin Business Development. Roycraft has been an advisory member of the organization for two years.
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. January 3 Business over Breakfast, an event from Fox Valley Technical College Venture Center, 7:30 to 9 a.m. at D.J. Bordini Center, 5 Systems Dr. in Appleton. Cost to attend is $15 and includes breakfast. To register, call 920.735.5709 or email venture@fvtc.edu.
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