Charla Sheray of Coldwell Banker Roth Wehrly Graber had sales production in the top half of 1 percent of the 1,320 Realtors in the Fort Wayne Area Association in 2009. Her performance earned her membership in the Coldwell Banker International President’s Circle for the sixth consecutive year.
Sharon J. Peters was promoted to vice president, trust legal counsel, at Tower Private Advisors.
Charlotte Gabet joined Genteq, a division of RBC Manufacturing Corp., as HVACR brand manager.
Jeremy L. Reidy, a partner with Bobilya & Reidy LLP, completed his masters of business administration from Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.
The 2010 Emerging Leaders Class of the Northeast Indiana Nonprofit Alliance, a Leadership Fort Wayne program, are Kathy Baer of Turnstone, Tiffany Bailey of United Way, Brad Davis of CTN, Sherry Early-Aden and Lisa Kipker of CANI, Shannon Gage of Early Childhood Alliance, Kela Guy and Lisa Young of Catholic Charities, Andrew Hoffman of NeighborLink, Christine Kelty of Park Center, Jennifer Kimpel of Embassy Theatre, Marcia Lew of Mad Anthony Children’s Hope House, Amie Loubier of Vincent Village, Erin McDonald of the American Red Cross, Angie Moellering of Lutheran Social Services, Mary Jo Raffety of the YWCA of Northeast Indiana, Amy Schmucker of Martin Luther King Montessori School, Shelley Schwab of Big Brothers Big Sisters, Garth Sponseller of the League for the Blind & Disabled, and Casey Weimer of the YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne.
The following physicians are joining Parkview Physicians’ Group. Gastroenterology specialists are Dr. Allan Barbish, Dr. David Clark, Dr. Tahira Saifuddin, Dr. R. Gregory Scheible and Dr. Edward Schultz. Pulmonary specialists are Dr. Srinivasan Devanathan, Dr. John Fouts, Dr. Vatche Israbian, Dr. Manuel Martinez, Dr. Michael Overdahl and Dr. Brian Zehr.
The United Hispanic Americans Inc. elected new officers and board members for 2010-11. The officers are Herb Hernandez, Asset & Estate Management Inc., president; Larry P. Graham, NIPSCO, manager, public affairs, vice president; and Patricia Oppor, CPA, Targeted Services, P.C., secretary/treasurer. Other board members include Steve Cobb, chief academic officer, FWCS; Carl J. Gehres, CPA; William H. Klemme, IPFW (retired); George C. McCowan III, bishop, New Jerusalem Charismatic Orthodox Church; John Milentis, Ivy Tech; John Rivera, community volunteer; John Rogers, attorney; John Suarez, community volunteer; Rogelia Trevino, Wells Fargo Bank; and Fernando Zapari, El Mexicano Newspaper.
The Young Leaders of Northeast Indiana announced its 2010-11 board of directors. Elected to serve as officers were: president, Michael Barranda, Burt, Blee, Dixon, Sutton & Bloom, LLP; vice president, Lisa Updike, Barnes and Thornburg, LLP; secretary, Beth Bobay, Lincoln Printing; treasurer, Ryan Hart, Lake City Bank.
The following were selected to serve on the YLNI Board of Directors: director at large of the executive committee, Tamesha Fikes, Salin Bank; vice president of community involvement, Sam Graves, Strahm Group; vice president of membership, Amy Johnson, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network; vice president of leadership development, Katy Silliman, Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership; vice president of marketing, Heather Schoegler, Parkview Foundation; vice president of social programming, Emily McCabe, Vera Bradley; director at large, Andrew Thomas, Ridge NAPA Auto Parts; director at large, Mike King, Aptera Software; director at large, Courtney Tritch, Northeast Indiana Fund/Talent Initiative; director at large, Luke Squires, First Source Bank; director at large, Kelly Pautler, Carson Boxberger, LLP.
Jay Olvey was awarded Culligan Water Conditioning’s Circle of Excellence Award, which is presented annually to the top household sales representative in Indiana and Ohio.
YWCA Northeast Indiana announced the election of officers and board members. The officers are Judy Roy, vice president of finance and administration for Indiana Tech, board chair; Jan Wilhem, vice president at 1st Source Bank, vice chair; Amy Lazoff, manager of corporate and foundation giving at Parkview Hospital Foundation, secretary; and Teresa Schomburg, assistant vice president at STAR Financial Bank, treasurer. The new board members are Kristin Goetterman, account executive for The Nichols Company; Lisa Hoekje, career services representative at Harrison College; Samantha Teter, director of marketing and public relations for the Fort Wayne Philharmonic; and Ebony Young, executive director of the Southeast Family and Old Fort YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne.
Cory Pickens of Dulin, Ward & DeWald Inc. was promoted to senior accountant.
Bruce Goslee, Kosciusko REMC manager of engineering and operations, celebrated his 25th anniversary with the company on July 1.
Charles Fisher, chief executive officer of Rea Magnet Wire Co. Inc., was elected to the University of Saint Francis board of trustees.
Old National Bank’s president and CEO, Bob Jones, and board chairman Larry Dunigan received the 2010 Corporate Engagement Award of Excellence in New York City. The award, presented by the Points of Light Corp., honors companies for extraordinary employee volunteer efforts to solve community problems.
Melissa Rodkey accepted the position of director of business development for Select Specialty Hospital.
Jon Painter joined 1st Source Bank as assistant vice president and business banker.
The McMillen Center for Health Education elected its officers and board of directors for 2010-11. The officers are Robert G. Drummond, OnCallPSN LLC, president; Becky Trimbur, Parkview Hospital, vice president; Zachary Klutz, Barrett & McNagny LLP, secretary; Brian D. Bowman, Baden, Gage and Schroeder LLC, treasurer. The newly elected board members are Austin Budreau, Rose Agency Inc.; and Arthur Mandelbaum, Carson Boxberger LLP Attorneys at Law. The returning board members are Sailaja Blackmon, Northeast OB/GYN; Marcia M. Crawford, community volunteer; Lynne Gilmore, AWS Foundation; Joan Goldner, community volunteer; David Jankowski, Weigand Construction; Stephanie Moen, community volunteer; Jerome T. Nix, Morrison Kattman Menze Inc.; Win. F. Rood, Fort Wayne Medical Society; Matthew Schiebel, Fort Wayne Community Schools; Karen Springer, Lutheran Hospital; Sherri Stiles-Walker, family practice physician; and Nancy J. Wright, Ferguson Advertising Inc.
John Reimbold and Terry Anderson of Reimbold & Anderson attended the 2010 Ameriprise Financial Professional Development Conference in Las Vegas. Anderson was recognized by Ameriprise Financial for 20 years of service.
The Leadership Fort Wayne graduating class consists of Michael Arnold, Lincoln Financial Group; Deborah Beckman, YWCA Northeast Indiana; Natalie Bell, Knitting Off Broadway; Chris Boynton, Raytheon Co.; Lisa Bragg, Vera Bradley; Tonia Brown, American Red Cross; Albert Brownlee, Genesis Outreach, Inc.; Mariah Butler Vogelgesang, IPFW; James Butz, Frost Brown Todd; Joseph
Byers, Grabill Bank; Charles Clark, Parkview Hospital; Rose Costello, IPFW; Joel Daas, Manpower; Keli Everett, United Way of Allen County; Mary Freeze, Community Action of Northeast Indiana; Palermo
Galindo, city of Fort Wayne; Dr. Tammy Gibson, WorkOne Northeast; Jeffrey Gotsch, Haller & Colvin, P.C.; Pam Hess, St. Joseph Hospital; Hilda Hill, Allen County Health Department; Andrew Hufford, Summit Brands; James Huller, Maximum Wealth Advisors, LLC; Glenda Kendle, League for the Blind & Disabled Inc.; Hillary Knipstein, Barrett & McNagny, LLP; Michael Krouse, Asher Agency; Joshua
Long, Ivy Tech Community College; Steven Markley, Do it Best Corp.; David Mayne, Indiana Michigan Power; Jennifer McGinnis, Swiss Re; William McKinney, IPFW; Michelle Merritt, Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce; Shelly Meyer, Tower Bank; Karen Palumbo, University of Saint Francis; Carey Roth, Aegis Sales & Engineering Inc.; Kenneth Schmidt, self-employed; Constance Scott, Indiana Tech McMillen Library; Nicole Scott, Indiana Tech; Deborah Stewart, Park Center; Theingi Tin, East Allen County Schools; Deborah Woodroof, Wells Fargo Bank; and Nick Yack, PNC/National City.
Ed Washler joined Premier Inc. Realtors as a sales associate at its Auburn office, specializing in residential and farm properties.
Larry J. Piekarski and Rick A. Wolff joined Indiana Tech as vice presidents for advancement and will support the Momentum capital campaign fundraising efforts.
Dave O’Neil was named advertising sales director at DRG.
Con-way Freight Fort Wayne driver Scott Bluhm won first place in the 5-Axle Flatbed division and received the Himmel High Point Award at the 2010 Indiana Truck Driving Championships. He will compete at the National Truck Driving Championships in Columbus, Ohio, in August.
Helen Murray was appointed interim dean for the University of Saint Francis School of Business beginning Aug. 1.
Community Harvest Food Bank announced four newly elected members to its board of directors: Jim Hauguel, Parkview Physicians Group; Matt Bell, Regional Chamber of Northeast Indiana; Tim
Livingston, Kroger; and Jason Wardwell, ENS Group. Following is the Community Harvest Food Bank slate of officers for 2010: president, John Wolf, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.; vice president, Christopher
Guerin, Sweetwater Sound; secretary, Rosalind Peggins, Indiana Department of Child Services; treasurer, Dave Fee, Tower Bank. Those executive committee members join the following board members: Danette Fitzgerald, Parkview Health; Beth Bechdol, Ice Miller, LLP; Casey
Scheurich, Dulin, Ward & DeWald Inc.; Gonzalee Martin, Purdue Cooperative Extension Service; John
Powell, Shambaugh, Kast, Beck & Williams; Kevin Bleed, SuperValu; Matt Brady, Hylant Group; Ronnie Irwin, Wal-Mart Distribution Center; Deb Treesh, Farmers & Hunters Feeding the Hungry; and Stan Ziherl, Five Star Distributing.
Thomas L. Lazoff of Physical Medicine Consultants was selected as one of 50 physicians nationwide to train colleagues on how to inject Botox for upper-extremity spasticity.
Arlene Colone was honored for her 40 years of service as a legal secretary at Rothberg Logan & Warsco.
