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Accounting
Tysen Adams has been promoted to supervising consultant at BKD LLP.

Megan Cottingham and Nathan Lashbrook have joined RJ Pile LLC as staff accountants.

Advertising/Marketing/Public Relations
Jenny Hill Weiser has joined Peritus as director of communications/public affairs.

John D. Fisher has been named director of sales and marketing at Fusework Studios.

Brent Schierkolk has joined MillerPierce as the director of market research.

Architecture/Design/Engineering
Jamie Williams has joined URS Corp. as a project manager, transportation department. Kady Ellison has joined the environmental services group as a field technician. Julie S. Johnson has transferred to the Indianapolis office as a senior project manager, environmental services group.

Civic/Not-for-Profit
Center for Leadership Development has added the following: Jolie D. Dalton, fund development associate; Pamela Ross and Kenneth McMichel, program coordinators; Kim Teague, marketing and recruitment coordinator; Yalonda McTush, program assistant; and Carolyn Ladd, office manager. Deborah Ross has been promoted to senior programs manager.

Friendly Planet Missiology Inc., Plainfield, has named the following officers: Robert Walters, president; Mark Eutsler, vice president; Teri Walters, treasurer; Cyndi Alte, secretary; Taylor Walters Denyer, outreach relations vice president. New board members are Todd Outcalt and Jackie Chandler.

The Indiana Black Expo Inc. has named the following directors: John Thompson, chairman; Rev. Paul Barrett Sr., Tony Kirkland, Michael Maurer, Dr. Woodrow Myers, Leroy Robinson, Vernon Williams and Gregory Wilson.

Little Red Door Cancer Agency has named the following directors: Dr. Monet Bowling, Wishard Memorial Hospital; Jamar Cobb-Dennard, reachmore, Natalie Guzman, Fifth Third Bank, Central Indiana; Fuad Hammoudeh, Clarian Health Partners; and Raymond Young Jr., Raymond Young & Associates LLC.

Government
Rochelle Owen has been named director of community programs for Indiana at the USDA Rural Development.

Health Care
Dr. Heather Maria Greist has joined St. Francis Medical Group Rheumatology & Osteoporosis Specialists.

Planned Parenthood of Indiana has named the following new directors: Crystal Grave; Ursula Wieland Penrose, Bloomington; Vanessa Villegas Lopez; and Wayne Zink.

Centerstone of America has named the following directors: A John Rose, chairman; Philippa Guthrie, vice chairwoman; and Jim Sweeten, secretary.

Dr. Lisa A. Lombard has been named medical director at Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana.

Insurance
Dean Padgett Sr. has joined Apex Benefits Group as client manager.

Law
Jennifer Westerhaus Adams, Monica R. Brownewell Smith and Sean Burke have been named partners at Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis office.

Services
Brian Kuhn has joined RMS-Safety as senior industrial hygienist.•