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March 2017
theVoice rockfordchamber.com
the News IN Members THEin NEWS
1. Damon Heim
2. Jeff Hultman
3. Stephanie Meier
4. Megan Lloyd
5. Valerie Primuth
6. Vanessa Stanton
7. Ryan Holmbeck
8. Lauren Downing
9. Jason Stone
10. Dr. Samuel Pope
11. Amy Sola
12. Jim Reynolds
13. Georgia Ruggles
14. Shanti Goppert
15. Ryan Sword
16. Joe O’Neil
17. Kim Alexander
18. Daniel Christiansen
19. Bryan Moscinski
20. Tim Dimke
21. Dr. Mary Brown
22. Ed Rivas
23. Kim Wilson
24. Cheryl Rice
Rockford Chamber members appear bolded. Thank you for your support of your fellow Chamber members.
BOARD APPOINTMENTS Diana Clark and Lisa Henke were elected and Mary Kay Brooks, Kyle Reading and Mark Stevens re-elected to The Alliance board. Wendy Culver was elected board chair and Larry Pribyl as vice chair. The Center for Sight & Hearing board named Jean Beranek, chairman; Dr. Joel Lynch, vice chairman, and Craig Shelton, secretary/treasurer. It named Scott Clark, Judi Jobe, Craig Shelton, Marty Nielsen, Tony Phelps and Al Wonn as directors; David Maggio and Craig Stallings as directors – emeritus, and John Bendixen as director – Lions liaison. Shurice Hunter was named secretary of the Rockford Rescue Mission board. Transform Rockford announced the officers of its steering committee: Bobbie Holzwarth, chair; Dave Schertz, vice chair; Rev. Ken Board, treasurer, and Jeff Glass, secretary. Christie Jarrett and Nathan Boelkins joined the committee. Illinois Bank & Trust welcomed Damon Heim (1), Coldwell Banker Network Realty, to its board. Jeff Hultman (2), president & CEO, Illinois Bank & Trust, joined the SwedishAmerican board.
NEW HIRES, PROMOTIONS, RETIREMENTS Rock Valley College hired Jim Ryan as its new vice president and chief operating officer. He was city administrator for the City of Rockford. Stephanie Meier (3) joined Blackhawk Bank as VP marketing. Alpine Bank promoted Megan Lloyd (4) to deposit operations officer and Valerie Primuth (5) to loan operations officer. Martesha Brown joined as a community outreach officer. Illinois Bank & Trust promoted Vanessa Stanton (6) to mortgage loan originator. Mercyhealth welcomed Ryan Holmbeck (7), DPM, podiatrist, to its staff at Mercyhealth Rockton Avenue, Rockford. Arc Design Resources, Inc., promoted Lauren Downing (8) to assistant project manager and Jason Stone (9) to sr. project engineer. Samuel Pope, Ph.D., J.D. (10), joined the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford as a research associate professor. Associated Bank promoted Amy Sola (11) to private banker within the Private Clients Services Group. Jim Reynolds (12) joined the Business Banking team at Blackhawk Bank. Georgia Ruggles (13) joined as a personal banker serving clients from the Belvidere office.
Klaas Financial welcomed Shanti Goppert (14), client service associate, at its Madison branch. Entré Computer Solutions hired Ryan Sword (15) as delivery and PC setup specialist.
Crusader Community Health honored Dr. Mary Brown (21), board-certified internal medicine physician, and Ed Rivas (22), security guard, with 2016 Crusader Advocate of the Year awards.
Joe O’Neil (16) joined Larson & Darby Group as a mechanical engineer.
The American Conservative Union gave State Sen. Dave Syverson (R-Rockford) as a recipient of its 2016 Conservative Ratings Award.
EMPLOYEE/COMMUNITY RECOGNITIONS, AWARDS
Kim Wilson (23) is Meridian’s employee of the month for January.
Kim Alexander (17), ATC, PT, MPT, physical therapist, Rockford Spine Center, completed course work at the Titleist Performance Institute in Philadelphia for golf-related injuries and treatments.
Cheryl Rice (24), client service associate, Klaas Financial, Loves Park, was named Employee of the Year in 2016.
SwedishAmerican, A Division of UW Health named Joseph Hulbert as winner of its first-ever PHIL Award, given to outstanding respiratory therapists across the nation. Daniel Christiansen (18), first vice president – financial advisor, RBC Wealth Management, was selected as a member of its Portfolio Focus – Portfolio Manager Group. Bryan Moscinski (19), CFP®, financial advisor, Robert W. Baird, earned the Certified Financial Planner™ certification. Tim Dimke (20), executive director, Rockford Park District, received the IPRA Robert Artz Lifetime Achievement Award and IAPD Honored Professional Award at the annual Illinois Park and Recreation Association/Illinois Association of Park Districts State Conference Awards Luncheon in Chicago.
Jeff Hendry (25), professor of performing arts, Rockford University, won Best Costume Design from Broadwayworld.com for his work on Mamma Mia! last August at Maine State Music Theatre, in Brunswick, Maine. He received the same award last year for Sister Act and The Music Man. Jennifer Spencer (26) was named a new partner at Gary W. Anderson Architects. Three of Blackhawk Bank’s mortgage loan originators were recognized for outstanding closed loan volume in 2016: Margie Nowak, more than $28 million; Kelly Pospischil, $21 million, and Mike Hughes, $18 million in sales.
OF GENERAL INTEREST Dr. Philip Schalow, Upper Cervical Care Center – Rockford, a division of 1st Step Chiropractic, spoke to Admissions and Discharge Planners
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