Members in the News...
Board Appointments
John J. Morrissey, principal in the Morrissey Family Businesses, joined the Northwest Bank board.
Stillman Bank Director, Stephen E. Schmeling, was elected to the board of the bank's holding company, Stillman BancCorp, Inc.
Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful elected the following for one-year terms: Jeff Theien, Winnebago Reclamation Service, Inc., as president; Bob Miller, Governor's Groundwater Advisory Council as vice president; Kendra Green, WTVO Channel 17/FOX 39, as secretary, and Lloyd Johnson, Aqua Aerobic Systems, Inc., as treasurer.
Frank J. Wehrstein, president of Dickerson & Nieman Realtors, joined the Alpine Bancorporation, Inc. Board of Directors.
New Hires and Promotions
Company president Larry Beckmann retired from Anderson Packaging Inc., where he's worked since 1980.
Zaheer Sheikh, M.D., board certified in internal medicine, rheumatology and geriatrics, joined SwedishAmerican Health System.
Northwest Bank promoted Bill Redig to senior vice president -- business banking leader.
Stewart & Associates, Inc., welcomed Joe Roberts to its team of security and investigations professionals as president.
Winnebago County Animal Services promoted Sheila Hill to deputy director administrator; Jennifer Stacy, to deputy director of operations; and Sandy Tejeda to kennel supervisor.
Chris Agnitsch joined Blackhawk Bank as assistant vice president, business development officer.
Northwestern Mutual Financial The Lueder Financial Group welcomed Nicholas Palasini, University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, to its Financial Representative Internship program. Judi Stanicek was named director of recruiting and selection and Kari M. White was appointed associate financial representative.
Stillman Bank, promoted Kirk R. Hosler to senior vice president and trust officer, and James M. Coons to vice president and director of internal audit and admin. services.
Trekk Cross-Media welcomed Michelle VanSchelven as director, account services, and Beth Allen as art director.
Rick Heffner joined Cummings Group as market development director.
Entré Computer Solutions hired Jacob Bradt as an inside sales consultant.
Employee/Community Recognitions, Award Winners
William DeMarco, president of DeMarco and Associates, won the Founders Merit Award by the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce honored Congressman Don Manzullo (R-Egan) with its Spirit of Enterprise Award for helping strengthen the U.S. economy and creating American jobs.
Dr. Robert Head, Rockford College president, was chosen to receive the 2008 Simon Award from the Champaign (OH) County Chamber of Commerce.
AMCORE Bank gave the following employee mortgage awards: Jill Bainter-Burns, Top Unit Production in 2007; Margie Nowak, Top Unit Production; Johanna Tousey, Rookie of the Year; Gary Peterson, President's Club for $10 to $20 million in sales; Frank McKeon, Ambassador Club for $8 to $10 million in sales; and Kim Menke and Russell Deets, Executive Club for $6 to $8 million in sales.
The following Winnebago and Boone County teachers received the 2008 Golden Apple awards: Rosalind Ascharaya, Washington Elementary School (Belvidere); Amy Meier, Whitman Post Elementary School (Rockton); Martha Kaiser, Manchester Elementary School (Poplar Grove); Richard Toppe, Brookview Elementary School (Rockford), and Patty Bachmann, Barbour Language Academy (Rockford).
Alpine Bank awarded the following employees: Nichole Matthews, Service to Internal Customers Service Star Award; Sara Porter, Service to the External Customers Service Star Award; and Shawn Ralston, Role Model Service Star Award.
Of General Interest
Lydia Forsythe, Ph.D., director of surgical services & orthopedic service line at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center and assistant professor at the Saint Anthony College of Nursing, had three abstracts accepted for presentation at the 19th International Nursing Research Congress Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice in Singapore in July.
Cindy Harris, marketing strategist at KMK Media Group, led a workshop about marketing to the Baby Boomer generation to regional tourism and hospitality marketing representatives at Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum in March.
Congressman Don Manzullo (R-Egan) presented the Congressional Award Gold Medal to Christina DeVoe, a 2004 honors graduate of Belvidere High School and 2007 graduate of Loyola University in Chicago, who has amassed more than 1,400 hours of volunteer service.
The following Spectrum School students were invited to participate in the 2008 People to People World Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C.: Grace Alexander, Michael Campa, Hunter Davidson, Austin Middleton, Aaron Mahajan, Emma Fredrickson, Claire Gillen, Sarah Rosen, Christopher Alexander, Mike Kitka and Sadie Pierce-Mulligan.
Artists' Ensemble Artistic Director, Richard Raether, will head up the Arts Place Theater unit this summer.
Tonya Lamia, vice president of investor relations for the Rockford Area Economic Development Council, completed Session II of the Economic Development Institute conducted by the University of Oklahoma in Reno, Nev.
