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THEVOICE • rockfordchamber.com
April 2020
in the news MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
Rockford Chamber members appear bolded. Thank you for your support of your fellow Chamber members.
1. Troy E. Haggestad
2. Dr. Douglas P. Roegner
3. Dr. Christopher Whelan
4. Dr. Martin Pschirrer
5. Keith Akre
6. Joey King
7. Dr. Greg Tierney
8. Craig Stallings
9. Carlene Cardosi
10. Dr. Sheila Senn
11. Janis Waddell
12. Michael Christiansen
13. Warren Adam
14. Richard Barnovos
15. Stephen Kulin
16. Affie Tzemopoulos
17. Michael Wall
18. Lisa Ireton
19. David Achilli
20. Jon Bates
21. Dr. Kushal Patel
22. Dr. Benjamin David LeMoine
23. Dr. Valentina Dalili-Shoaie
24. Matt Trosper
BOARD APPOINTMENTS The Alliance elected officers of its executive committee for 2020: Wendy Culver, Mead & Hunt, chair; Diana Clark, Promega Corporation, vice chair, and Mick Gronewold, Fehr Graham, member. Larry Pribyl, Trachte, retired as chairman of the board. His seat remains vacant. Troy E. Haggestad (1), attorney, WilliamsMcCarthy LLP, joined the Hope for Haitians board. Douglas P. Roegner, M.D. (2), and Christopher Whelan, M.D. (3), Rockford Urological Associates, were elected to two-year terms on the Winnebago County Medical Society board. Dr. Whelan is the organization’s immediate past president and has served on the board since 2014. FurstStaffing welcomed Dr. Martin Pschirrer (4) to its newly developed division, FurstExecutiveSolutions.
NEW HIRES, PROMOTIONS, RETIREMENTS Albert Davis joined Ad Vice Marketing as a creative specialist. Stillman Bank promoted Keith Akre (5) to vice president and trust officer. Rosecrance hired Joey King (6), LCPC, as Rosecrance Central Illinois executive director and Dr. Greg Tierney (7) as administrator of adult substance abuse at Rosecrance Harrison Campus. It promoted Craig Stallings (8) to regional vice president of operations, Carlene Cardosi (9) to vice president of residential
services, Dr. Sheila Senn (10) to regional director role with oversight of Rosecrance McHenry County and Wisconsin-based services and Janis Waddell (11) to chief marketing officer. Rock River Water Reclamation District hired Michael Christensen (12) as plant operations maintenance manager and reclassified Warren Adam (13) as project engineer III, a newly created position. Wipfli LLP hired Megan Bilodeau as payroll specialist, Richard Barnovos (14) as senior manager, tax, and Stephen Kulin (15) and Affie Tzemopoulos (16) as staff accountants in the Rockford office. Rockford Mutual Insurance Company promoted Michael Wall (17) to assistant vice president of underwriting and Lisa Ireton (18) to director of human resources. Entre’ Computer Solutions hired David Achilli (19) in technical consulting. Jon Bates, (20) president, Community Foundation of Northern Illinois, will retire on June 30, 2020. A search is underway for a new president. Mercyhealth welcomed Dr. Kushal Patel (21), hospitalist, to Javon Bea Hospital–Riverside and Rockton; Dr. Benjamin David LeMoine (22), radiology, to Javon Bea Hospital– Riverside and Mercyhealth Hospital and Medical Center–Harvard, and Dr. Valentina Dalili-Shoaie (23), genetics, to Mercyhealth Physician Clinic-Riverside. Timothy Riordan, trombonist, and Chris Scanlon, trumpet, will join the faculty at the Northern Illinois
University School of Music beginning in the fall semester 2020. Chastain & Associates LLC welcomed Matt Trosper (24) as a civil designer in Rockford. Rose Rementer (25) was named community relations coordinator at OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford. Illinois Bank & Trust promoted Barry Kramer (26) to vice president-wealth advisor. Comprehensive Community Solutions, Inc., named William Chatman as executive director. Melissa Wright (27) was promoted to corporate sales manager of Wesley Willows. First National Bank and Trust hired Connie Adler (28) as assistant vice president and branch manager for the East Grand Avenue location in Beloit. Fehr Graham promoted Matt Schroeder (29) to environmental division manager.
EMPLOYEE/COMMUNITY RECOGNITIONS, AWARDS Angie Redmond, second year MFA student, painting and museum studies, at the Northern Illinois University School of Art and Design, won first place at the national juried art exhibition “Black Creativity” at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Scott C. Sullivan (30) and Marc C. Gravino (31), partners, WilliamsMcCarthy LLP, were selected for the 2020 Illinois Super Lawyers list. No more than five percent of lawyers in the state are selected.
Eric Johnson, director of choral activities, NIU School of Music and founding artistic director of Cor Cantiamo, received the 2020 Harold Decker Award from the Illinois Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association. Jefferson High School student Nada Abdulaziz took first place and Jada Cox second place in the Northern Illinois Poetry Out Loud regional contest in February hosted by Rockford Area Arts Council. They advanced to Illinois’ State Poetry Out Loud Competition on March 2 in Springfield, Ill. That state champion advances to the Poetry Out Loud National Finals, April 27 to 29, in Washington, D.C., where $50,000 in awards and school stipends will be distributed. Paul Green, managing directorinvestment officer, Green-Lewis Investment Consulting Group of Wells Fargo Advisors, was named to the Forbes list of best in state advisors for 2020. Lana M. Engen (32), CFP®, Aspire Financial Group, Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., will be honored for the company’s Circle of Success annual recognition in 2020. State Senator Dave Syverson (33) (R-Rockford) was one of four state legislators with a 100 percent voting record on the 2019 Legislative Scorecard by the Technology and Manufacturing Association. He received the Jim Guilinger Legislative Award from the Illinois Leadership Council for Agricultural Education for support of agricultural education and FFA student programs.
