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Thomas M. Kimbrough of Barrett & McNagny LLP was elected president of Parkview Hospital’s board of directors. Kimbrough also serves on the YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne and the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne boards of directors.

A.T. Kohout and Brady McArdle, shareholders of Galecki Financial Management, recently attended the TD Ameritrade National Conference in Orlando, Fla.

Mark W. Baeverstad, Milford M. “Tim” Miller Jr. and Mark A. Warsco of Rothberg Logan & Warsco LLP were selected for inclusion in the 2012 edition of Indiana Super Lawyers. Jason A. Scheele of Rothberg Logan & Warsco LLP was selected for inclusion in the 2012 edition of Indiana Rising Stars.

Charles Christopher Dubes was elected partner at Barrett & McNagny LLP. Dubes concentrates his practice in medical malpractice, long-term-care litigation and general litigation including insurance defense.

Sarah Richmond joined Baden Gage & Schroeder LLC as a senior accountant. Richmond has prior experience as an internal auditor.

Don Bentz, co-founder of Preferred IT Group LLC, was selected to serve on the CompTIA board of directors.

Ryan Hindle, owner and publisher of the Mad Money Coupon Book and Fort Wayne’s MoneySaver Direct Media Magazine, was voted to the position of president of the Independent Co-Op Direct Mail Association.

John Hoffman of Jack Laurie Home Floor Design and Randy Harter of Iron Out Inc. are now members of SCORE Chapter 50 in Fort Wayne.

Don Kiel was promoted to the training team at 80/20 Inc. Kiel has been with the company since September 2010.

Dan Shafer was promoted to vice president of live production at Maple Leaf Farms. Shafer has been with the company for 15 years.

Mike Andrews of Wildwood Racquet Club was named United States Professional Teaching Associate Midwest Division Professional of the Year.

Jim Kirlin of Raytheon Co. earned the Certified Professional In Supplier Diversity designation from the Institute of Supply Management.

The law firm Haller & Colvin PC announced that Holly A. Brady was elected president and Melanie L. Farr elected secretary/treasurer for 2012. Both are members of the Management Committee.

Buck Consultants hired Ed Chrifi as a senior consultant/project manager in the Retirement Valuation Center and Atiya Jones as a manager, Global Technology & Delivery Solution practice.

Trisha Murphy joined Sojo Title as the senior account executive overseeing the new Fort Wayne division. Sojo Title is a title insurance company and subsidiary of Reisenfeld & Associates LPA LLC.

Andrew Hadland joined CRST International Inc. as president of Specialized Transportation Inc. Hadland has more than 14 years of experience in the transportation and logistics industry.

Tim Rooney, senior vice president/investments and branch manager, and Dennis Voegele, senior vice president/investments, at Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. Inc. qualified for the firm’s 2011 Chairman’s Council in the top 1 percent and 5 percent respectively.

Davin G. Smith joined Bowers, Brewer, Garrett & Wiley LLP in Huntington as an associate attorney. Smith has been in practice for eight years as corporate counsel for Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Co.

David Abuaf joined Hefty Wealth Partners’ investment committee as chief investment officer of the firm. Abuaf will direct the implementation of the firm’s flexible advance and protect investment strategy.

Joe Sullivan joined Mike Thomas Associates Realtors as a real estate broker. Sullivan has more than 30 years of experience in selling and building new homes.

David W. Wood was promoted to assistant vice president for academic resources and planning at Trine University. Wood has served as dean of the Trine University School of Professional Studies since 2009.

Kevin Sierks joined Vera Bradley Inc. as vice president-controller, chief accounting officer. Sierks was previously the vice president and corporate controller for Biomet Inc.

The following agents have received the 2011 Mike Thomas Realtor Presidents Club award: Rob Ashley, Tex Brooks, Tom Cheviron, Tami Dennon, Kenson Dhanie, Bob Fisher, Mindy Fleischer, Anne

Fredrick, Ashley Holley, Corey Malcolm, Scott Malcolm, Nanette Minnick, Louis Piat, Patricia

Piat, Matt Price, George Raptis, Judy Rutsey, Melissa Schleuter, David Springer, Jeff Walborn, Justin Walborn and Chris Will in the Dupont Office; Jim Ley, Cindy Shepherd, Rick

Shepherd and Dick Watson in the Southwest Office; Cheryl Carnahan, Letha Chambers, Teri Davis-Foster and Charlotte Sunken in the Auburn office; and Pamela Doty and Danielle Jackson in the Angola office. Dhanie also won the Attitude Award.

Sweetwater Sound hired Jon Croft and Matt Duncan as senior category managers, Marshall Oliver, Ryan Schmidt, Patrick Butler, Chris Leonard, Aaron Regenold, Patrick Nelson, Alan Miller and Ben Robinson as sales engineers, Niki Ault and Tina Parisot as sales assistants, Derek Kratzer as videographer, Audrey Clark as receptionist and Travis Kreager as parts coordinator.