Mary Anne Taylor and Marlyn French, Century 21 Bradley, Premier Team Realtors, earned their ASP designation for real estate agents. They are now members of the ASP Home Staging Network and the International Association of Home Staging Professionals.
Sam Eagleson, owner of Evergreen Remodeling Inc., was selected as one of the top 40 contractors under the age of 40 by Professional Remodeler magazine and HousingZone.com. The honor represents the future in home construction and improvements.
David Adler, originally from Fort Wayne, joined Leavens, Strand & Glover LLC in Chicago as a partner. The firm is now called Leavens, Strand, Glover & Adler LLC.
Tyler Binkley joined NAI Harding Dahm as a member of its commercial real estate team. Binkley has seven years experience in real estate.
Larry Dickey joined Ruoff Home Mortgage as a senior loan officer at its southwest branch in Fort Wayne. Dickey has 16 year experience in the home mortgage business.
The following people are now 2011-12 IPFW Phi Kappa Phi executive board members: Mary Cooper, president; Marcia Dixson, president elect; Ahmed Hustafa, vice president; Linda Lolkus, secretary; Cheryl Truesdell, treasurer; John LaMaster, public relations; Bob Gillespie, past president; Katie
Leonard, student vice president; and Kris McGuire, student vice president.
Janie Kaminer joined Brand Innovation Group as a project manager. Kaminer was most recently an account coordinator and executive assistant at Ferguson Advertising.
The following have been hired by Manchester College for its new School of Pharmacy in Fort Wayne: Philip J. Medon, vice president and dean; Michael DeBisschop, associate dean of academic affairs; Whitney Caudill, associate dean of administration and finance; Sidartha Ray, department chair of pharmaceutical sciences; Fred Farris, department chair of pharmacy practice; Herb Halley, director of experiential education; Tracy Brooks, assistant department chair of pharmacy practice; Amy Trowbridge, director of professional and community development; Gregory Hetrick, director of student services; Abby
L. Keiser, department of pharmacy practice faculty member; Andrea L. Murray, clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice; and Robert D. Beckett, clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice.
First Federal Savings Bank promoted Megan Behrens to branch manager of the southwest Fort Wayne location and Kristi Jarmus to head teller and new accounts at the Fort Wayne location and hired Alecia
Johnson as a full-time teller at the downtown office.
Katie Brown, a Realtor with Century 21 Bradley Realty Inc., was named a top individual producer for April, May and June. Brown is also featured on Zillow.com as a premier agent.
The following attorneys from Fort Wayne were inducted as Fellows of the Indiana Bar Foundation: Robert B. Cosbey, U.S. District Court (Northern District); Cornelius B. Hayes, Hayes & Hayes; Anthony
M. Stites, Barrett & McNagny; and Stephen J. Williams, Shambaugh, Kast, Beck & Williams. Williams joined as a Master Fellow.
Tim Haver joined Strebig Construction as job superintendent.
Barbara Brown, senior project assistant at Summit Reinsurance Inc., was re-elected secretary of the Indiana Division of the International Association of Administrative Professionals for the 2011-12 term.
Adam D. Richards was promoted to graphic designer at MidWest America Federal Credit Union. Richards previously was a marketing specialist.
Ivy Tech Community College-Northeast named Kelli Ford assistant director of marketing and communications and Pamela Neu medical assistant instructor.
Dana Snyder, credit manager at Tower Bank, graduated from the Indiana Bankers Association Commercial Lending School. Snyder has been with Tower Bank since June of 2005.
Fletcher Moppert joined The Zacher Co. as a broker associate. Moppert has more than 33 years of experience in commercial and industrial real estate brokerage, development and property management.
Julie Johns-Cole joined Thomas P. Miller and Associates as senior project consultant. Johns-Cole was most recently the economic development and planning director for the city of Angola.
Bethany Couture joined Conley and Koontz Equine Hospital in Columbia City. Couture will be treating horses in the hospital and on area farms.
McMillen Center for Heath Education announced its board of directors for 2011-12. They are: Brian Bowman, CPA, Baden, Gage and Schroeder LLC, president; Arthur Mandelbaum, Carson Boxberger LLP, vice president; Zachary Klutz, Barrett & McNagny LLP, secretary; Robert Drummond, OnCallPSN LLC, treasurer; Susan Arick, Fort Wayne Housing Authority; Sailaja Blackmon, M.D., Northeast OB/GYN; Austin Budreau, Rose Agency Inc.; Marcia Crawford, Community Volunteer; Dave Davis, Lake City Bank; Stasha Dirrim, Aptera Inc.; Lynne Gilmore, AWS Foundation; Joan
Goldner, Community Volunteer; Michele Herald, Tower Trust Co.; Dave Jankowski, Weigand Construction; Lee Kelso, Cloud SMART; Eric Looper, St. Joseph Hospital; Stephanie Moen, Community Volunteer; Matthew Schiebel, Shawnee Middle School; Becky Trimbur, Parkview Hospital; and Nancy Wright, Ferguson Advertising Inc.
Ed Murphy, Ben Ice and Heidi Koeneman and the associates of Murphy Law Group will now be known as Murphy Ice & Koeneman LLP.
Young Leaders of Northeast Indiana has announced its 2011-12 board of directors and officers. The following individuals were selected to serve: Lisa Updike, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, president; Sam
Graves, Strahm Group, vice president; Beth Bobay, Northwestern Mutual, secretary; Dave Wagley, Hamil, Lehman & England, treasurer; Luke Squires, 1st Source Bank, vice president of fund development; Amy Johnson, Northwestern Mutual, vice president of membership; Amber Recker, Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana, vice president of communications; Justin Shurley, Fort Wayne TinCaps, vice president of leadership development; Justin Clupper, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, vice president of social; Melissa Beber, Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce, vice president of community impact; Directors at Large: Ryan Hart, Lake City Bank; Andy Welfle, Fort Wayne Trails; Mike King, King & Knight; Tamesha Fikes, Lincoln Financial Group; and Dan Swartz, Arts United and Downtown Improvement District.
Patrick Meredith was promoted to plant manager of Harvey Industries Wabash operations. Meredith has 24 years of manufacturing experience.
Breck Hunnicutt, clinical research coordinator at Parkview Comprehensive Cancer Center, received the 2011 Martha Goodrich Award. The award honors and rewards an employee, board member, physician or volunteer for diligent and faithful service to Parkview Hospital and/or its affiliates and to the broader community.
Brian J. Smith was appointed to the boards of directors of Lakeland Financial Corp. and Lake City Bank. Smith is the co-CEO of Heritage Financial Group in Elkhart.