Christopher Bandemer joined the law firm of Emerick & Diggins P.C.
Laura Dwire, senior vice president of Briljent, Robert Myers II, with Myers Law Office, and Zenovia Pearson, a northwest area advocate with the city of Fort Wayne, were added to the Community Action Northeast Indiana board of directors.
Chairman Mike Trevino, Clay Crum, Bob Savage and Reynol Trevino were named to the Greater Fort Wayne Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors.
Erika Kuehner was hired by Spangler Candy Co.’s marketing team as brand manager.
Greg Michael, technical operations manager for Source One Solutions, is now a Cisco Certified Network Professional.
Michelle Trobridge was named director of critical care services for Bluffton Regional Medical Center.
Young Leaders of Northeast Indiana announced the candidates for the 2009 Leadership Institute. They are: Hilary K. Andersen, YWCA; Dana Barrett, Ivy Tech Community College; Khrista Beckmann, Taylor University Fort Wayne student; Emily Bondus, Ear, Nose, & Throat Associates; Karma Bradley, Allen County Education Partnership; Josh Dewyse, ITT & Indiana Tech; Aaron Feagler, Vera Bradley; Adam Fox, Vera Bradley; Grant Goeglein, Northwestern Mutual; Sam Graves, Strahm Group; Eirik Herskedal, TrustBearer Labs; Mindy Hockaday, DesignFactore Inc.; Joni Howell, Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce; Rudy Mahara II, Strategic Benefit Consultants; Jared Mann, Northwestern Mutual; Emily McCabe, Vera Bradley; Lanna Mekianov, Robert Half & Integrated Financial Services; Jill Parker, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne; Audrey Pelsor, Michiana Business Publications; Lindsay Smith, Northwestern Mutual; Wendy Stein, Stein Ad Promos; Tim Terman, Design Collaborative; Greg Thomas, Priority Mortgage; Andrea Young, Community Action Northeast Indiana.
Carole Langhauser, vice president, mission intergration, St. Joseph Hospital, received a certificate of completion from the National Catholic Certification Program in Health Care Ethics offered by the National Catholic Bioethics Center.
Rob Harris of Re/Max Results was recognized as the No. 1 agent in Indiana for residential closed transactions.
The following people were promoted to corporal within the Allen County Sheriff’s Office: Michael E. Smothermon in the Sex Offender Registry & Notification Division; Jason L. Giszewiski in the Criminal Investigations Division; Joshua J. Lumpcik in the Criminal Investigations Division; and Andrew D. Smittie in the Criminal Investigations Division.
Dawn Carboni won the Excellent Beginnings Program Achievers award by Lia Sophia.
