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January 2, 2010
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Accounting
RJ Pile LLC has promoted the following: Jason Phillips, Jeremy Kopeck, and Trisanna Mills, supervisor; and Josh Holden, senior accountant. Katie Fisher has been added as a staff accountant.

Stacey L. Spencer has joined Greenwalt CPAs as the employee benefit services manager.

Kathy Hopkins has joined Simons Bitzer & Associates as controllership specialist, and Michelle Gill has joined as technical service administrator. Michelle Goshert has been promoted to accounting analyst.

H&R Block has named the following office leaders for central Indiana tax operations: Lashonya Young, Dawn Glenn, Tia Ingram, Tisha Thompson, Theresa Hayes, Paul McAtee, Debbie Terry, Rosemary Grant, Denetha Quarles, Natasha Danforth, Becky Gluff, Rhonda Burdine, Dan Yowell, Dick DeTorre, Louise Harris, Shelly Rosales, Rennie Calidonio, Kim Harrington, Eric Amundson, Carl Schultheis, Michele Hodges, Pat Jones, Dave Duncan, Carol Moulton, Christ Pole, Beverly Smith, Michelle Vollmer, Mark Anderson, Dan Fisher, Mark Brimmer, Judy Mummert, Charrise Martin, Kate Thomas, Brenda Lenar, Vicki Anderson, Patty Richards, Ray Hudson, Bonita Hood and Maya Sanders, Indianapolis; Bill Cole and Brenda Seliger, Greenwood; Janis Troxell, Plainfield; Nancy Harbaugh, Lebanon; Tina Redmon, Greenfield; Linda Tigges-Silva, Carmel; Ron Ilk and Amy Williams, Noblesville; Pat Gregerson, Zionsville; and Sandy Vincent, Westfield. H&R Block has named the following instructors: Becky Gluff, Rosemary Grant, Liz Khamis, Sarah Kinney, LaTasha Malone, Robyn McMahon, Judy Mummert, John Tatman and Susan Wiggenhorn.

Christopher E. Moore and Victoria A. Musick have joined Aspire CPAs PC as tax specialists.

Andrea R. Lewman has joined Kelley Hardesty Smith and Co.

Michael Summers and Jennifer Schrier have been promoted to managers at BKD LLP.

Architecture/Design/Engineering
Kevin Kennedy Associates has added the following: Ashley Hicks, marketing coordinator, and Brenda Ball, accounting coordinator. Karen Kovert has been promoted to marketing specialist.

Astbury Environmental Engineering Inc. has added the following: Leslie Weaver-Steinert and Casey Diercks, business development.

Mark Carlson has been transferred to Professional Service Industries Inc., Indianapolis office, as chief engineer.

CSO Architects has named the following: associate principals: Brandon Bogan, Jim Funk, Joe Raper, Rosemary Rehak; senior associates: Jim Porter, Dan Brueggert, Derek Gerow, Julie Huang, Ed Overbeck, April Dowdle, Bob Kulka; and associates: Laura Moriarity, Laura Schellinger, James Defalque, Cynthia Lyons, Randy Robison, Amanda Gebhart, Eric Knott, Ying Zhang, Rene Martinez and J’nai Stuller.

Civic/Not-for-Profit
The Regional Performing Arts Center Foundation has added the following directors: Frank Basile, Ersal Ozdemir, Eric Stovall and John Thompson.

Dave Lawrence has been named president of the Arts Council of Indianapolis.

Government
The Indiana Supreme Court’s Board of Law Examiners has named the following officers: Leslie C. Shively, president; Jon B. Laramore, vice president; Maria Pabon Lopez, secretary; and Gilbert King Jr., treasurer.

Daniel L. Brassard, Jasper, has been named chief financial officer and deputy commissioner for finance at the Indiana Department of Transportation.

Health Care
St.Vincent Foundation has named the following new board members: John Marshall, BremnerDuke Healthcare Real Estate; Todd Maurer, Halakar Properties Inc.; Jim Powers, Crowe Horwath LLP; Todd Rokita, Indiana Secretary of State; Roberta Walton; and Mary Clare Broadbent.

Deborah Lee has been named chief nursing officer at Westview Hospital.

Dr. Javier F. Sevilla Martír has been named assistant dean for diversity affairs at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

Dr. Tamika Dawson has joined IU Family Medicine at OneAmerica Tower, as the practice’s fifth board-certified primary care doctor. Dr. Jeffrey A. Kons has been named medical director.

Clarian Health has named the following: Maureen Weber, director of community outreach & engagement; Stacia A. Gowens, manager, physician liaison services; Roys Laux, director, brand and service line marketing; Joe Arruta, vice president, supply chain operations; Margie Smith-Simmons, public relations manager; and Jennifer Strempka, communications specialist.

Dr. Felipe Perez has joined Clarian Senior Health Center at Methodist Hospital and oversees the Acute Care for Elders Consult Service at Methodist as medical director.

Insurance
Donn M. Koonce has joined Lupke Rice Insurance as director of business development.

Tim D. Leman has been named president of Gibson Insurance Group.

Law
Shelley R. McCoy has joined Drewry Simmons Vornehm LLP as an associate.

Manufacturing
Endangered Species Chocolate has promoted the following: Troy Bode, western regional sales manager; Monica Erskine, senior communications coordinator; Amy Hollrah, senior graphic designer; Becky Kingery, director of quality and new product development; Nick Lee, director of online development; Kelly Meinken, director of marketing; Natalia Wolting, customer service and communications coordinator; Stephanie Wroblewski, sales coordinator; and Irene Zamora, quality coordinator.

Media
Michele Kiefer has been named director of sales at the Cumulus Media radio cluster which includes 95.5 WFMS, 104.5 WJJK and 93.9 FM.

Professional/Trade
Doug Hilder has joined the Hamilton County Express Employment Professionals as an employment specialist.

Gilbert Holmes has been named executive director of ACLU of Indiana. New board memebers are Paul Newman, IU School of Law Bloomington; Elizabeth Friedland, community volunteer and activist; and Tomerial Brooks, clinical social worker, Anderson.

The Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of Realtors has named the following new board members: Beth Ford, Abstract & Title of Marion County, Avon; Robert Goar, R.D. Goar Co.; Roger Lundy, Keller Williams Indianapolis Metro North, Carmel; and Cate Waggoner, F.C. Tucker Co., Greenwood.

Mark Bowersox has been named executive director of Indiana Manufactured Housing Association of Recreation Vehicle, Indiana Council.

Services
Drew McClay has been promoted to project engineer at August Mack Environmental Inc. Nancy Wade has joined as the health and safety project manager.

Becky Inman has joined customer service relations at Security Home Inspections.•

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  1. liek the rest of America

  2. These quaint,obsessed musings by the stalkers are certainly entertaining, but I'm trying to figure out what, if anything, all the yelping below has to do with Zak Brown.

  3. It's evident that Moffett was pushing the right buttons and corporate America is now trying to squash him. He just wanted to withdraw the free pilot services provided to the company by the pilots to try and put some pressure on a company that has not been interested in negotiating a contract in over 5 years. The company does not provide a contract because not having one has saved them a bundle of money. Shame on any Republic pilots not standing behind their union leader just because things are getting tough, can you not see such strategic moves by the company as putting the last union president in a corporate position and into THEIR pocket. Do you really believe the last union president is so appalled at the attempts by Moffett, do you not remember his oppositions to the company? We stood behind him. It has been proven over and over again for thousands of years without fail, a man cannot serve two masters. Anyone that believes people vote contrary to their paycheck and livelihood deserve to be taken advantage of, the recent statements by the former union president are laughable as he denounces the current union president from his new corporate position. Have you ever seen a drafted sports player score points for his previous team, it cannot be done, he is not on the pilots side anymore, he gets his money a different way now than you and I do, and he should not be allowed to remain on the seniority list. A drafted player brings strength, credibility, tactical knowledge, and a strategic advantage to his NEW team, he would not be drafted or paid were it otherwise. We are all forced to choose only one side to play for and support, not doing so has many references in life such as insider trading and shaving points, all illegal for good reason. This basic fact is why corporate moguls, scientist, and engineers all sign non-discloser agreements and non-compete clauses, as protection in case they are lured into switching sides as our former union president has done. No NFL coach ever drafted a player so that both teams could benefit and better understand each other, they are recruited to win the game against that former team, period. Likewise the company does not recruit the former union president by accident or mutual understanding, its strategy. Don't confuse playing the game with good sportsman-like conduct in support of common business and prosperity goals, with the requirement to only play for one side. Good men we all love and favor fall subject to this manipulation, often without their knowledge, and it is not a betrayal of their friendship to oppose them when they switch sides. If we did not love and trust them, they would not have been chosen and lured to the other side in the first place. The deception by the drafted player is not made at a conscious level, it's just human nature and it's all about money and power which corrupts our ability to be objective and loyal to two masters. This is why our court system created the defense attorney, and why our military created counter intelligence. Its strategy and its propaganda, and it works, and that's why the "powers to be" manipulate the chess pieces by sometimes changing their colors. Some players know they are being manipulated when their color is changed, but it brings them more money and power so they do not care. The rest have good intentions but do not even realize they are being manipulated. This tactic is also known by another name, Divide and Conquer. In battle sending an imperfect message with an imperfect team is obviously not ideal, but it's still being sent by YOUR team, your union leader, a leader that has common goals and common rewards with you, they are the best, because we have elected them to do a job for us. If you are not backing Moffett but believing the spin by those that have recently switched sides, you are taking food out of your own mouth. Showing unity and backing an imperfect situation still results in taking just as much ground, it's about unity and bargaining power. It's not necessary to wait around for that perfect attack because it will never come, the company will spin and attempt to destroy anyone that gets in their way. Ultimately it's not about any specific attack anyway, ASAP or whatever it makes no difference, it is and always has been only about power. If this company cared about safety it would not build pairings with 8 hour overnights, come on, are you that naive? Besides, do you really think Hoffa cares, no, he got a call from corporate America and was squeezed into denouncing Moffett. If he didn't they would spin the safety card against him and the Teamsters National with implication for truckers, future contracts, insurance rates etc...saying something like the Teamsters use safety as a bargaining chip, blah blah blah... Do you really think any pilot is going to do something unsafe for the contract, absolutely not, the only ones threatening safety here is the company with reduced rest, fatigue, and poverty. Do you not find it odd that Hoffa and the Teamsters are opposing a Teamster president publicly? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and work with one of their own? Why did they not sit down and help him strategize, correct any mistakes, and charge ahead? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and leverage a contract for all those pilots that have been paying Teamster dues, isn't that why we have all been paying Teamster dues in the first place? I sure haven't been paying dues so that the Teamsters National could come along and write this kind of an article undercutting our union leader and our unity. Whose side is the Teamsters National really on, it's obviously not the Republic pilots side.

  4. No matter what Moffatt does the company is going to spin it like he is the terrorist and brainwash people like you into believing it, wake up, back your players that are trying to change things for you and your livelihood. Where has Hoffa been for the last 6 years, except collecting our dues. Seriously, do you really think an FO going for upgrade, signed off by a checkairman ready for the upgrade, who then fails, is not even capable of returning as a First Officer.

  5. whoa!

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