Members in the News...
Board Appointments
The Visiting Nurses Association board named new members: Cindy Harris, KMK Media Group; Cynthia Frank, Winnebago County Health Department and Mark Ticknor, Wesley Willows. Newly elected officers are: Rick Hampton, University of Illinois College of Medicine in Rockford, chair; Patricia Lewis, University of Illinois College of Medicine School of Nursing, vice-chair; David Norberg, Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, treasurer, and Mary Pohl, AMCORE Investment Group, secretary.
Jane Wagner was installed as the 79th president of the Junior League of Rockford. Other board members: Lisa Pass, president-elect; Liz Eiss, community vice-president; Kristen Frericks, membership vice-president; Dawn Slawson, fund development vice-president; Nacibe Nosek, treasurer; Stephanie Waddell, recording secretary; Marifran Georgis, corresponding secretary; Nellie Miller, nominating & placement chair, and Lisa Brown, sustainer representative.
Family Counseling Services of Northern Illinois welcomed Angela Behling, Woodward Governor Company, to its board.
The Chicago Rockford International Airport announced its Board of Commissioners, to serve one year: Michael Dunn, chairman; Gwyn Gulley, vice chairwoman; Eugene Allen, treasurer; Mary Norman, assistant treasurer; Brian Boyer, secretary; Peter Provenzano, assistant secretary.
New Hires and Promotions
AMCORE Bank promoted Lisa J. Landsee to vice president; Stephanie Jacobs to officer.
Guy Francesconi assumed the role of corporate secretary at AMCORE Financial, Inc.
Richie Wolf, Byron Forest Preserve, was elected to serve as the Northwest Illinois Regional Director for the Environmental Education Association of Illinois.
Chuck Nuccio, a longtime Rockford resident, joined the sales team at Al Grace Appliance.
Lindsey Oswald joined Rockford Forms & Graphics and Magnified Promotions as sales manager.
TAC Rockford hired Nathan Hemenway as customer order coordinator and Mark Johnson as application and sales engineer.
Lamar Outdoor Advertising of Rockford added Lori Tatge to its sales staff as an account executive.
Carol E. Moll, CTFA, joined the Belvidere Bank Trust and Investment Group as vice president and trust officer.
Andy Pipitone joined the sales force at MS 2 Graphics, Inc.
Rockford-based public relations and communications firm PR Etc., hired Bill Swick as account executive.
David Adkins was promoted to senior vice president, consumer banking at Blackhawk Bank.
WQRF-TV hired Joseph Denk at vice president/general manager.
Employee/Community Recognitions, Award Winners
Rockford Health Physicians recognized 10 of its doctors for superior customer service based on results of the first quarter Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey: Daisy Chacko, M.D., internal medicine; Sheila Deivanayagam, M.D., pediatric gastroenterology; Frederick Dietz, M.D., rheumatology; Richard Hayes, M.D., cardiology; Bryan McDonald, M.D., family practice; Patricia Moody, M.D., pediatrics; Willard Moore, Jr., M.D., internal medicine; Romulo Ortega, M.D., pediatrics; Paul Schroeder, M.D., family practice; Frank Ventimiglia, M.D., rheumatology.
The Junior League of Rockford, Inc., awarded a $1,500 Outstanding Volunteer Community Service Scholarship Award to Jordan Reifsteck, graduating senior from Harlem High School. Jenny Cushing and Jane Wagner were awarded the President's Volunteer Service Award for more than 500 league volunteer hours in a year. Other awards went to: Beth Allen, provisional (new member) of the year; Lynn Moczynski, sustainer of the year; Michelle Gearhart-Minick, spirit, and Amy Pickens, above & beyond the call of duty.
Larry Thomas, PE, BCEE, vice-president and COO of Baxter & Woodman, Inc. consulting engineers, was awarded Honorary Membership in the American Water Works Association.
Whitehead Inc. Realtors gave Circle of Excellence Awards for Residential Sales in April to: Barbara Carney and Barb Key, $1 million level. In May to: Angie Wait-Weber, Jim Blaser, Scott Jeffrey and Nicole Wright, $1 million level; Allison Hawkins, $2 million level; Cleo Bankord and Peggy Sala, $3 million level, and John Ford, $4 million level.
Manny Carrasquillo, COO for Lifescape Community Services, Inc., earned certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources. Dawn Atchley was named as Human Resources Director.
Riverside Community Bank awarded three Harlem High School students with $500 scholarships: Michelle Jamerson (Concordia University-Chicago), Nichole Speer (Harrington College of Design) and Elizabeth Wood (Drake University).
Bill Dilts, FACHE, vice president, campus development and government relations, Riverside Campus Development, Rockford Health System, became a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Congressman Don Manzullo announced the winners of the 2008 Illinois 16th Congressional District High School Art Competition: Nathan Jones, North Love Christian School, Rockford, first place; and Danielle Jordan, East High School, Rockford, honorable mention.
Robert J. Stenstrom, Stenstrom Companies Ltd., passed his LEED professional accreditation for showing an understanding of green building practices and principals.
The following graduated from Blackhawk Technical College's Law Enforcement Recruit Academy on May 16: Christian Bennett, Caleb Beutin, Michael Colvin, Eric Duran, Shannon Dykstra, Troy Egger, James Elder, Brady Esser, Joshua Molter, Ryan Ooms, Raymond Parent, Brian Ropicky, Daniel Straasburg, Patrick Sykes and Brian Uhl.
Of General Interest
Sumoulindra Bhattacharya, M.D., obstetrics/gynecology, moved his North Rockton Avenue medical practice to Rockford Health Physicians – Mulford, and is accepting new patients.
Terri Burdick, senior vice president administration & operations at Blackhawk Bank, attended the fourth-annual White House Briefing on Health Savings Accounts in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Patricia Walters, assistant professor of religious studies at Rockford College, wrote "The Assumed Authorial Unity of Luke and Acts: A Reassessment of the Evidence," a part of the Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 145), Cambridge Publishers, to release in November.
Mike Hakanson, candidate for Winnebago County Auditor, represented the Winnebago County Republican Central Committee in June as a delegate for developing and approving state party platform and supporting Republican Presidential nominee John McCain.
John Frana, president of theFranaGroup, recently completed two courses in healthcare recruitment training through the National Association of Physician Recruiters.
Congressman Don Manzullo signed the National Federation of Independent Business' Solutions Start HereSM petition; pledging to work with the next President and Congress to enact healthcare reforms for small businesses. He also voted for legislation to authorize funding to support the development of NASA's Constellation program, the next generation spacecraft to replace the Space Shuttle in a few years, in an effort to create new aerospace jobs in Rockford.
