22 | april 2018
theVoice • rockfordchamber.com
in the news Members in the News
1. Martha Byrnes
2. Chad Clauson
3. Seth Gronewold
4. Yvonne Pahnke
5. Chris Gleason
6. Natalie Wilson
7. DaShanda Mosley
8. Kelly Hellickson
9. Dr. Montoya Taylor
10. Renee Dahm
11. Christopher Carter
12. Doreen Timm
13. Shanta McGee
14. RussTabaka, Jr.
15. Sarah Conley
16. Justin McAuliffe
Rockford Chamber members appear bolded. Thank you for your support of your fellow Chamber members.
BOARD APPOINTMENTS
The River District Association board elected Sean Muserallo, media specialist, Mercyhealth, as its new president & CEO; replacing interim board president Chris Kelley, V2 Marketing. Martha Byrnes (1) joined the Alzheimer’s Association®, Illinois Chapter as the 2018 Walk to End Alzheimer’s event chair in Rockford.
NEW HIRES, PROMOTIONS, RETIREMENTS Fehr Graham promoted Chad Clauson (2) and Seth Gronewold (3) to staff engineers, and hired Caleb Beck as engineer and Yvonne Pahnke (4) as project assistant at its Rockford office.
Rosecrance appointed Chris Gleason (5) to executive director of Rosecrance Central Illinois. SwedishAmerican named Natalie Wilson (6), MBA, BSN, RN, as director of the Regional Cancer Center. KMK Media Group promoted DaShanda Mosley (7) to full-time
communications specialist. Chartwell Agency hired Kelly Hellickson (8) as director of business development focusing on national sales and client services. Mercyhealth welcomed Montoya Taylor, M.D. (9), to Mercyhealth Heart and Vascular Center, and Renee Dahm (10), MSN, ANP-BC, to the Occupational Health and Wellness Department at its Rockford Avenue facility. It promoted Christopher Carter (11) to manager of research, ethics and chaplaincy services and system clinical ethicist, and Doreen Timm (12) to senior director and chief nursing officer for Mercyhealth Hospital – Rockton Avenue and Mercyhealth Hospital and Trauma Center – Riverside. Illinois Bank & Trust promoted Michele Berning to senior vice president—mortgage sales manager. Winnebago County Health Department hired Katherine O’Toole as director of communications/public information officer. OSF Medical Group hired Shanta McGee (13), APN, as family nurse practitioner at OSF Center for Health – Parkview.
Midland States Bank promoted Pat Morrow and Don Banks to market presidents serving the Rockford and Belvidere markets, respectively. Dan Riggs, executive director, Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden, submitted his retirement letter, effective June 8. A search committee will look for the next executive director. American Rigging & Millwright Service hired Russ Tabaka, Jr. (14), as project estimator/manager. Fehr Graham hired Sarah Conley (15) as human resources generalist. Per Mar Security Services promoted Justin McAuliffe (16) to district operations manager for its Bemidji, Duluth and Eau Claire branches.
EMPLOYEE/COMMUNITY RECOGNITIONS, AWARDS Gordon Eggers, Jr. (17), CEO, celebrated his 30th year at Crusader Community Health.
Mae Borja, dining services, Peterson Meadows, was named Employee of the Year for 2017 by her peers.
Marc A. Zussman, M.D. (18), OrthoIllinois was peer selected to the Best Doctors in America® List for 2017-2018. Only four percent of U.S. doctors achieve the honor based on the biennial Best Doctors Poll. YWCA Northwestern Illinois presented Women of Achievement Awards in March to: Rozene Smith (19), Mercyhealth (business); Amy Ott, Boylan Catholic High School (community leadership); Paulina Sihakom, PNC Bank (mentorship); Dr. Juliette Kalweit, SwedishAmerican Health System (professions); Amy E. Mullen, OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center (promise), and Linda Zuba, Zuba & Associates, P.C. (racial justice). It presented scholarships to Emma Eaton, Galena High School; Arja Kumar, Aquin Catholic High School (Bright Future), and Paloma Velasco, Auburn High School (La Voz Latina). Rockford Area Arts Council announced 2018 Rockford Area Arts Awards recipients: Sherry Pritz Enderle, individual artist, and Charles Prorok and Marcia Mueller, arts advocate.
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