Albert T. Brownlee was appointed executive director/chief executive officer of Genesis Outreach Inc., which provides housing and other support services for homeless, low-income and at-risk clients. Brownlee has served 3in that position on an interim basis since November.

Mike Downam recently played a key role in the completion of 80/20 Inc.’s expansion of its Columbia City facility. Downam is maintenance manager for the company.

Cynthia McBride joined OneSource Office Solutions LLC as a digital solutions specialist.

Konstantin Skembos joined DWD Technology Group as the account manager. Skembos has 17 years of sales and marketing experience in the technology industry.

Jonathan Maag joined the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre as lighting and sound supervisor/technical director. Maag most recently served as the technical director/lighting director for Walsh Jesuit High School in Ohio.

Linda Burkhard was promoted to the position of facilities manager for CB Richard Ellis/Sturges. Burkhard has been with the company for nearly 12 years.

Katie Brown was recognized as a top performer by the Century 21 Bradley Realty office for October and November.

Chad Reid joined LaBov & Beyond Marketing Communications and Training as an account coordinator. Reid is a recent graduate of Michigan Technological University.

The Dave Hefner International Fund has announced its Board of Directors for 2012: Get Nichols, Fort Wayne Community Schools; Randy Roberts, Lincoln Printing, retired president; De Klocke, community volunteer; Karen Spake, CBRE Sturges Commercial and Industrial Real Estate, senior broker; John Kowalczyk, Schenkel, Tirpak & Kowalczyk Law; Wil Smith, president, Smith & Associates Consulting LLC; Noel Knox, Monarch Capital Management Inc.; Peter Mallers, Beers Mallers Backs & Salin LLP; Matt Schomburg, executive, state of Indiana Family and Social Services Administration; Sara Quigley, Fort Wayne Community Schools; Mike Marhenke, president/CEO of Independence Alliance Banks Inc. and president/CEO of Grabill Bank.

Melinda Haines joined the IPFW College of Visual and Performing Arts as assistant to the dean for community engagement. Haines has an extensive career in community relations, graphic design and marketing.

Kelly Johns was promoted to assistant vice president, human resources, at Partners 1st Federal Credit Union. Johns joined the company in 1999.

Jim Racine joined Baden Retirement Plan Services as vice president. Racine has more than 25 years of experience in the financial service industry.

Charles Christopher Dubes was elected partner at Barrett & McNagny LLP. Dubes concentrates his practice in the areas of medical malpractice, long term care litigation and general litigation.

Steven Howell of Portland joined the Indiana Department of Environmental Management as the agency’s agricultural liaison. Howell was previously a freelance reporter for The News-Sentinel.

Patrick Allison was promoted to director of audio products business development at USSI. Allison has been with the company since April 2010.

Asher Agency hired Jeanne Jackson as an account supervisor, Sarah Darling as an account coordinator and Faith Van Gilder as an account supervisor.

Dr. Craig Hamilton, urologist, and Dr. James Edlund, colon and rectal surgeon, are now holding clinic hours at Parkview LaGrange Hospital. Hamilton will have hours on two Mondays each month and Edlund will have hours on two Fridays each month.

Stacy Haviland, project manager with Earth Source Inc., was recognized by the Indiana Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects for outstanding leadership, service and commitment to the Indiana Chapter.

Dr. Michael Arata is now seeing patients and performing surgery at Community Memorial Hospital. Arata performs the anterior approach for hip replacement.

Rick Cochran joined Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana Inc. as president and chief executive officer. Cochran was previously vice president and general manager of Universal American.

Do it Best Corp. hired Kevin Butler as a merchandising project leader, Dave Hoffman as an IT Web developer, Irene Martin as an e-commerce member support coordinator, Joyce Pierce as a sales and business development member service clerk and Steve Rose as human resources safety director. It also promoted Esther Anderson to merchandise coordinator, Sam Huff to territory sales and business development manager for Pennsylvania, Scott Liggett to an IT application development manager, Brian

Loucks to an IT application design manager, Patti Lowe to mail services lead, Laura Loxton to human resources administrator, Christopher Seplak to EDI correspondence clerk, Vince Slack to meeting and expo manager and Celeste Stevens to human resources administrator.

Shambaugh and Son LP hired Allison Corron as executive administrative assistant, Kenneth Hamel as a controls specialist, Timothy Kozlowski as a service sales representative, Jack Ladd as a project manager, Greg Maxwell as a controls engineer, Zachary Solmonson as a fire protection designer, Brian

Walker as a project design engineer, Dennis Whipple as a design build manager, Abel Mengistu as a computer programmer, Nathan Murchland as a piping designer and Leslie Rayl as a billing specialist.

NIPSCO announced the Fort Wayne-area members of its 2012 Community Advisory Panel. They are Donald Andorfer, Grand Canyon University; Mark Becker, Northeast Indiana Foundation; Jack Bercaw, Key Bank; Ron Dick, Design Collaborative Inc.; Ben Eisbart, Steel Dynamics; Ted Ellis, mayor of Bluffton; Rosa Gerra, community volunteer; Hue Guy, Star of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church; Sean Holmquist, Digital Image Creations; Leroy Jackson, Laborers International Union of North America Local 213 (ret.); Joe Jordan, Boys & Girls Club of Fort Wayne; Bill Konyha, Economic Development Group of Wabash County; Mike Landram, Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce; Laura Lemings, LaGrange County Community Foundation; Larry Macklin, Adams County Economic Development Corporation; Jack McCombs, Prodigy Real Estate; John Nigro, Nigro Enterprises LLC; Jac Price, Price’s Laundry; Ian Rolland, retired chairman and CEO, Lincoln National Corporation; Matthew Schomburg, state of Indiana Family and Social Services Administration; William Shustowski

Jr., IPFW; Sharon Stroh, Indiana Metropolitan Area Network (iMAN) Inc.