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Architecture/Design/Engineering
Mike Joiner, Mark Murphy, Carla Remenschneider, Beth Rutski
and Jim Salfity have been named senior associates at Fanning Howey.
Dave Russell has joined Studio 3 Design as a designer.
Robert V. Welch Jr., City Securities Corp., has been named to the board of Bowen Engineering Corp.
Banking
John Lorentzen has joined Heartland Community Bank as vice president, commercial loan officer,
in Franklin.
Wendell Burkhart has been named senior vice president and chief operations officer at First
Security Bank.
Fifth Third Bank, Central Indiana, has added the following vice presidents: Amber LaRue
and Kevin Ringenberg, commercial relationship managers; and Glenn Farmer, business development
officer.
Lesa Sump has joined First Place Bank as a mortgage loan officer.
John Randall has been named business development officer for Indiana at Wells Fargo SBA Lending.
Education
Dr. Tomas A. Lipinski has been named executive associate dean for the IU School of Library and Information
Science program in Indianapolis.
Washington Township Schools Foundation has named the following officers: Robert Scott,
Clark Quinn Moses Scott & Grahn LLP, president; Dave Blachly, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, vice
president, development; Phil Smith, MSD Washington Township Schools, vice president, grants; Leigh
Lazaron, community volunteer, treasurer; Liz Calkins, community volunteer, secretary; Carrie
Cagnassola, Eli Lilly and Co., past president; and Kris Cudahy, community volunteer, president elect.
Butler University has added the following trustees: Gary Butkus, Eli Lilly and Co., and
Howard Schrott, Schrott Consulting.
Joseph P. Heidt has been named president of Providence Cristo Rey High School.
Fr. Michael Christiana has been named vice president of mission and identity at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory
School. Jamie L. Elkins has been named vice president of institutional advancement. Brebeuf
Jesuit has named the following officers: Ernie Vargo II, Johnson Grossnickle & Associates, chairman;
Mark Gargula, Ernst & Young, vice chairman; Denise (Dillon) Perry, secretary. New trustees
are Celeste Burks, Fr. Tom Doyle, Tom Froehle, Brian Pahud and
Fr. Brian Paulson.
Finance
Alicia Fisher has joined Envisioning Financial Inc., Brownsburg, as an administrative assistant.
Pat Balsley and Nick Williams have joined WestPoint Financial Group as
financial services professional.
J. Michael Harris has been named senior financial manager for Financial Center Services LLC.
Joseph E Mitchell has been named a platinum financial services advisor at Ameriprise Financial Inc.
Ryan Miller has joined Jones Lang LaSalle as an investor services associate.
Professional/Trade
The American Council of Engineering Companies of Indiana has named the following officers: Roland
Salman, RW Armstrong, president; John Brand, Butler Fairman & Seufert, vice president and treasurer;
and Bill Hall, United Consulting, secretary.
The Indiana Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators has named the following officers:
Debra L. Elsbury, Threlkeld & Associates, president; Karen A. Murphy, Drewry
Simmons Vornehm LLP, president elect; Janet Valasek, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, vice president and chairwoman,
programs; Susan M. Cutsinger, Riley Bennett & Egloff LLP, secretary; Christine
L. Birch, Bose McKinney & Evans LLP, treasurer; Suzy Faulkner, Kightlinger & Gray LLP, chairwoman,
special projects; Debra L. Shrum, Lewis Wagner LLP, chairwoman, membership; Jennifer S. Ellis,
Kightlinger & Gray LLP, immediate past president.
Sam Mishelow, Meyer Najem Construction, has been named president for the Indiana Rural Health Association.
The Construction Specification Institute, Indianapolis chapter, has named the following officers: D.
Blake Wagner, InterDesign, president; Pete Kerfoot, Urley Brothers Brick & Masonry, president
elect; Scott Bays, Shook Construction, vice-president; Robin Leising, Schmidt Associates,
secretary; Andrew J. Meiring, treasurer; and Phil McMullan, Thermoscan Imaging, past president.
New board members are K.A. Hughes, Ratio Architects; Andrew McIntyre; Andrew J.
Meiring, Thermo Scan Inspection; and Jami Spice, Metal Era.
The Indiana Propane Gas Association has named the following officers: Neil Wolfgang,
Ag Plus Inc., New Haven, president; David Auxier, Bulk Truck & Transport Inc.,
Hanover, first vice president; Jim Reynolds, J M Reynolds, Wabash, second vice president; Dick Widdicombe,
L & L Transportation, Waterloo, secretary/treasurer; Mike Carson, Premier Energy, Columbus,
past president. Mark Murphy, Hoosier Propane, Batesville, has been named a new member.
Brad Wethington, SIHO Insurance Services, has been elected to trustee on the state board of the National
Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors.
The Indiana State Association of Health Underwriters has named the following officers: Bill Robinson,
president; Susan Rider, president elect; Denny Wright, immediate past president; Patricia
Griffey, treasurer; Cheryl Terry, secretary; Shawn Gibbons, media relation chairman;
Nicole Fairbairn, department of insurance liaison; Rick Notter, communications chairman;
Dwight Hall, legislative co-chairs; Rita Musser, awards chairwoman; Chandra Coffee,
membership chairwoman; Tina Hazelip, membership retention chairwoman; Carolyn Beck, professional
development; Jack Fagen, HUPAC chairman; David Berman, ISAHUPAC chairman; and Laura
Loomis, technology chairwoman.
John Hanak, Purdue Research Park technology centers, has been elected to the board of the National
Business Incubation Association.•
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