Kelsey Allen joined Design Collaborative as an electrical engineer.
The following are the officers of the Northeast Indiana Building Trades Council: Kent L. Prosser, president; Mike R. Avila, vice president; Ron Starkey, financial secretary-treasurer; Mark E. Jarrell, trustee; Greg Eckert, trustee; Joseph Langmeyer, trustee; and David E. Marvin, sergeant at arms.
Kari Houston was appointed marketing and events director for the Fort Wayne Downtown Improvement District.
The Questa Foundation for Education announced new officers and board members: Lona Antil, community volunteer; Dr. Russell D. Baker, vice president, vice chancellor of academic affairs, Ivy Tech Community College Northeast; Dr. Robert Dettmer, physician (retired), Indiana Medical Associates; Kathy Friend, president, chief financial officer, Fort Wayne Community Schools; Bill Gray, secretary, account executive, HPN Marketing Services Inc.; Peter Henry, sales manager, Midwest Pipe and Steel; Kerry Hubartt, editor, The News-Sentinel; Tamyra Kelly, public relations liaison, East Allen County Schools; Kelly Pautler, attorney, Carson Boxberger, LLP; Judy Roy, vice president of finance and administration, Indiana Tech; Wilburn
Smith, CEO and president, Smith & Associates Consulting, LLC; John Snider, vice president of retail logistics, Do it Best Corp.; John Stein, owner, Stein Advertising; Mark Troutman, treasurer, CEO and president, Summit Reinsurance Services Inc.; Kathleen Turpin, vice president, Human Resources, Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Co.
Robert Johnston was named indirect business development representative for MidWest America Federal Credit Union.
Iyvonne Schumaker was appointed chief financial officer at Peabody Retirement Community.
Leah Kneubuhler joined Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana as a part-time children’s advocate.
Josh Doust and Matt Feipel were promoted to senior associate at Buck Consultants.
Pam Doty joined Mike Thomas Associates/F.C. Tucker Realtors in Angola.
Dave Davis is a returning board member at McMillen Center for Health Education.
Lauren Myers, a pharmacy technician for Kroger on North Clinton Street, won second place in a national reusable bag design contest.
Robert Crook joined Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home as an internist. He is the agency’s first full-time medical doctor.
Catherine Borkowski was promoted to senior vice president and manager of wealth management at Salin Bank.
Samuel F. Figg joined PearlDiver Technologies as director of research.
Textrix Solutions, a web and software development studio, hired Heather Bailey, Ron VandenBoom and Ed Barta.
Lawrence H. Lee, president and owner of Leepoxy Plastics and Midwest Epoxy Applicators, and Jeffrey S. Walls, faculty representative, joined the Indiana Tech board of trustees.
Jamie Grant joined Manchester College as director of the enrollment team.
