Personnel File

Accounting

Milwaukee-based Komisar Brady & Co LLP recently added Aldo Lopata, CPA, to its firm as senior manager in the tax department. Tom Krickeberg and Michael Tiede also joined the staff as interns.

Susan Sowatzke recently joined Wipfli LLP’s Wauwatosa office as manager in construction and real estate industry practice. She has more than 25 years experience in the public accounting and private industry.

Advertising & Public Relations

Judi Murphy, co-founder, was recently named senior vice president of Murphy Associates, in Brookfield. Murphy co-founded the firm with her husband in 1992 and has over 20 years of experience in marketing and sales management, corporate and personal branding.

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Nelson Schmidt Inc., Milwaukee, hired Jason Gantner as a production manager and Eli Adams as an interactive developer. Gantner has more than 15 years of experience in advertising and production.

Arts & Entertainment

Bill Theisen has agreed to serve as the Skylight Opera Theater’s artistic director through the 2012-13 season.

Banking & Finance

Andrew Starosta has joined CB Investment Services as the investment executive at the Community Bank & Trust office in Greenfield. He has more than 17 years of experience as a registered financial advisor.

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Catholic Financial Life, Milwaukee recently promoted Rogelio Cabral to vice president of sales and Ismael Cardenas was promoted to regional manager of the Milwaukee central agency for Catholic Financial Life.

Bank Mutual, Brown Deer, has appointed Peter Musha to vice president of commercial banking at the bank’s commercial banking center in Wauwatosa. Musha has nine years of commercial banking experience.

Chambers of Commerce

The Greater Brookfield Chamber of Commerce, recently elected Jeanie Martin, president of Squeegee Squad window cleaning company, as chairman of the Chamber’s board of directors. Martin also chairs the board’s executive committee. Additional directors are: Martin Allen, EmbroidMe, Brookfield; Michelle Biever of Sitzberger, Widmann & Co., Brookfield; Chris Brock of North Shore Bank, Brookfield; Sherry Douglas, SEEK Careers/Staffing Inc., Waukesha; Tony Iannice, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Brookfield; Thomas Krumenacher of Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee; Pat LeBon of Johnson Insurance, Waukesha; Tom McRae of Chortek & Gottschalk LLP, Waukesha; Steve Miazga, R.A. Smith National, Brookfield; Mark Ostendorf, Residence Inn by Marriott, Brookfield; Stephanie Soerens, Soerens Ford Inc., Brookfield; Robert Suycott of Tailor Made Benefit Solutions, Milwaukee; and Rendall Thomas, WineStyles, Brookfield.

Child Care Services

Melissa Frankiewicz has been named center coordinator for Milwaukee-based Ebenezer Child Care Centers’ School Partnership Programs. Frankiewicz will oversee the before- and after-school programs with the Greenfield School District and the Lady Pitts Teen Parent Program through Milwaukee Public Schools. Frankiewicz previously served as a center director and district manager for 10 years with KinderCare Learning.

Consulting

Reserve Advisors, Milwaukee has added Heather Christensen as a structural engineer, Michael Harrison as a materials engineer and Kyle Nelson as a biological systems engineer to its staff.

Education

Milwaukee-based Cardinal Stritch University’s office of university advancement has hired Judy Haugsland, associate vice president; Joel Cencius, director of alumni relations and annual giving; and Kelly Bradway, director of university events.

Alverno College promoted Joanna Patterson to director of career education. Patterson has been with Alverno College for 20 years, first as career programs manager, then as assistant director. In addition, Lisa Pieper was named director of individual giving in the Alverno College office of advancement. Pieper has 17 years of fundraising experience and a successful fundraising background by serving as the director of development at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Letters and Science.

Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, recently added Cynthia Echols, senior director of development; Barbara Siepe, prospect research manager; Sharon Malenda, major gifts officer; Sophia Kintis, annual giving officer; Lisa Ruidl, campaign coordinator and Dana Kader, special events coordinator, to its External Relations Development Department.

Health Care

Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls, recently added four doctors to its medical staff at various clinics. They include: Dr. Anne Johnson, emergency medicine at Infinity Healthcare Physicians in Mequon; Dr. Adam King, internal medicine and pediatrics at Columbia St. Mary’s in Whitefish Bay; Dr. Catharine Malmsten, non-invasive cardiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Wauwatosa; and Sean Quinn, DO emergency medicine at Infinity Healthcare Physicians in Brookfield.

Dr. Ritesh Panwar has been appointed assistant professor of medicine in general internal medicine at The Medical College of Wisconsin and to the medical staff at Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa. Prior to coming to The Medical College, Panwar was chief resident at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, Ill.

Legal Services

Davis & Kuelthau S.C. has added Marilyn Carroll, Alec Dobson and Jennifer Kopp to its Brookfield office litigation group. Carroll joins the firm as a shareholder with a primary focus on health care litigation. Kopp joins the firm as a senior associate in the health care litigation practice, and Dobson joins the firm as an associate with a focus on health care litigation as well.

Zetley Law Offices, S.C., Milwaukee has added attorney James Walrath. Walrath has more than 40 years of litigation and appellate experience in federal and state courts.

William Sulton has joined Peterson, Johnson and Murray S.C., in Milwaukee, as an attorney.

Manufacturing

Milwaukee-based Prolitec Inc. has added Craig Carman, as senior vice president of sales.

Generac Power Systems Inc., Waukesha, added Duane Nelson to the company as vice president of marketing. Nelson has 18 years of marketing experience, and most recently served as director of global brand management with Case IH.

Media

Cannella Response Television, Burlington, added seven new members to its staff including: Kay Mazurkiewicz, assistant media manager; Victoria Carroll, assistant media manager; Michelle Domagalski, assistant media manager; Jerie Moe, media operations assistant; Scottie Peterson, associate media manager; Jessica Mesmer, staff accountant; and Tina Umbel, receptionist.

Logan Productions Inc., Milwaukee, has named Charles Craun director of production services. Craun has more than 25 years of innovative lighting and production design experience in both theater and corporate environments.

Nonprofit

Matthew Vogel, an attorney with Quarles & Brady LLP in Milwaukee, has joined the board of VSA Wisconsin, a statewide organization that provides programs in the arts for individuals with disabilities.

The Parenting Network, Milwaukee, has named Tom Guay, vice president of new business at Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co, as its board president. Guay has served on The Parenting Network’s board of directors since 2001, most recently as the board’s secretary since 2008. He replaces Merilou Gonzales who served as board president from 2008-10.

Real Estate

Irgens Development Partners LLC, Wauwatosa, added Carriane Meyer as an accountant. Prior to joining Irgens, Meyer was a project accountant at Briohn Building Corp. in Brookfield.

Staffing & Recruiting

Cindy Lu was recently named president and chief executive officer of Wauwatosa-based The Novo Group. Lu previously served as Novo’s president and chief operating officer and helped co-found the firm in 2003 with Mike Harris, who is now the firm’s chairman.

Technology

Consistent Computer Bargains Inc., Racine, promoted Patrick Booth to executive vice president; Logan McCoy to vice president of sales; Jeramie Anders to a newly created position of vice president of technology; and Cameron Gaither was promoted to a newly created position of director for CCB’s new Strike Force Call Center Division.

RF Technologies, Brookfield, promoted Paul Larson to vice president of product development. Larson has worked at RF Technologies for the past year as its director of solutions planning group.

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