The Brookfield office of the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Madison, hired Andrew Porter, Mike Schmitt and Brad Basten as manufacturing specialists. Porter has more than 18 years of consulting experience in the electronics, aerospace, metals, assembly and process industries. Schmitt has more than 30 years of experience in materials management and supplier development. Basten has more than 20 years of experience as a manufacturing engineer.
George Schulz joined Bloom Consultants, Milwaukee, as senior transportation engineer in the infrastructure services division. Schulz has more than 17 years of experience in project management and traffic engineering. He most recently worked for HNTB, Kansas City, Mo.
Milwaukee Public Radio, 89.7 WUWM, Milwaukee, hired Maureen Allen as manager of finance and administration, Dan Gille as an underwriting account representative and Cynthia Akey as a marketing specialist. Prior to joining Milwaukee Public Radio, Allen served as branch manager for Symbol Technologies, Holtsville, N.Y. Gille has more than 20 years of sales experience. Akey has more than 13 years of graphic design and marketing experience.
Marsha Mather, owner and president of Laacke & Joys, Milwaukee, joined the executive committee for the board of directors of Women for MACC, Milwaukee. Mather will serve as the corresponding secretary. Lori Olson, a regional supervisor for Westbrook Management, Milwaukee; Lynn Reynolds of The Stefaniak Group, Greenfield, and Cheryl Sykora, an office manager at Concept Technical Group, Menomonee Falls, joined the board of directors. Olson will serve as the general meetings coordinator and Sykora will serve as the nomination director.
John Hardgrove joined Sunbelt Business Brokers, Columbus, Ohio, as a business broker for Jet Group, Sunbelt Business Brokers, Brookfield.
Marion Heinz joined Rogers Memorial Hospital, Milwaukee, as the executive director of the RMH Foundation. Heinz has served as a consultant to the RMH capital campaign for the past three years. She currently serves as president of the Wisconsin Association of Lutheran Development Executives, Milwaukee.
Michael Nowack joined Robert W. Baird, Milwaukee, as a financial advisor for The O’Meara Group, West Bend. Nowack has more than 12 years of business management experience. He holds a bachelor’s degree in aeronautics and a master’s degree in business administration from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
Allison Hanson joined R&R Insurance Services, Waukesha, as a worker’s compensation specialist in the Commercial Resource Center. Hanson has more than seven years of experience in the insurance industry and most recently served as a senior worker’s compensation claims representative for United Heartland, New Berlin.
Delzer Lithograph Company, Waukesha, hired John Limbach in digital sales, Jeff Delzer as digital print production manager and Chris Bronson as fulfillment manager. Limbach most recently worked for Proven Direct, Menomonee Falls. Delzer previously served as an art handler for the Icon Group, Chicago. Bronson most recently worked for Target, Minneapolis.
Openfirst, Milwaukee, promoted Allen Sparks to director of information technology and James Leverenz to assistant director of information technology. Sparks has been with Openfirst since 1997 and Leverenz since 1998.
Sandy Sannes of Lauber & Co., Milwaukee, will serve as the president of the board of directors for the Greater Brookfield Chamber of Commerce. Jon Wojciechowski of Wealth Development, Oconomowoc, will serve as past president; Chad Schultz of Innovative Signs, Waukesha, will serve as president elect and Mark Widmann of Sitzberger, Widmann & Co., Brookfield, will serve as treasurer.
Dr. Michael White joined the board of directors for Community Health Care Services, the parent corporation for Community Memorial Hospital of Menomonee Falls. White specializes in family practice and has been in private practice in Germantown since 1988. He joined the medical staff of Community Memorial Hospital since 1989 and served as the medical staff president from 1997 to 2000.
Dr. Steven Weisman of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, will serve as chairman of the special interest group in pain in infant, children and adolescents for the American Pain Society. Weisman serves as a professor of anesthesiology and professor of pediatrics at the Medical College and as director of the Jane B. Pettit Pain and Palliative Care Center at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa.
The Marcus Corp., Milwaukee, promoted Karen Spindler to corporate director of human resources. Spindler most recently served as vice president of human resources for Marcus Hotels and Resorts, which she joined in 2001. Prior to joining Marcus, Spindler worked for Global Hyatt, Chicago for 15 years.
John Wandschneider joined the board of directors of Community Memorial Foundation, Menomonee Falls. Wandschneider recently retired from the Menomonee Falls Chamber of Commerce and serves as a professor of management at Concordia University, Mequon and Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee.
Dawn Zak joined the Milwaukee Mental Health Association as a community outreach coordinator. Zak most recently served as an outpatient alcohol and drug abuse counselor, a case manager and as an educator for the Ozaukee County Counseling Center, Port Washington. She holds a bachelor’s degree in social work from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Jay Dailey joined Clear Channel Radio Milwaukee, WISN-AM, WKKV-FM, WMIL-FM, WOKY-AM, WQBW-FM and WRIT-FM, as the director of sales for the Milwaukee cluster. Most recently, Dailey served as a sales manager for the Clear Channel Radio Minneapolis cluster.
Amanda Hammernik joined Blue Horse, Milwaukee, as a media assistant. Hammernik most recently served as an administrative assistant for the Cary Francis Group, Franklin. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from UW-Green Bay.
Security MicroImaging, Milwaukee, promoted Chris Maertz to chief solution architect and hired Michele Gilhouse as a software support specialist. Maertz has worked for Security MicroImaging for four years and most recently served as integration services manager. Gilhouse has more than 13 years of experience in information technology.
Shorewest Realtors, Brookfield, promoted Casey Clickner to director of growth and development, Paula Bailey to associate sales director of its New Berlin office and Wendy Ekstrom to regional sales director. Clickner has been with Shorewest since 1986 and most recently served as director of career development. Bailey joined Shorewest in 2000 and most recently served as assistant sales director. Ekstrom most recently served as the sales director for the New Berlin office.
Joseph Brislin, general counsel for TOC Management Services, Tigard, Ore., will serve as president and chair of the board of directors executive committee for the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, Brookfield. Joseph Burke, an administrator for Iron Workers’ Mid-America/Tri-State Funds, Lansing, Ill., will serve as president-elect; William Martin, a trustee for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 654 Welfare & Pensions Funds, Media, Penn., will serve as treasurer; Eric Stanchfield, secretary for the State of Wisconsin Employee Trust Funds, Madison, will serve as secretary; Steve Barger, Kentucky State District Council of Carpenters Health and Welfare, Pension and Annuity Trust Funds, Louisville, Ky., will serve as immediate past president and Milton Johnson, president and chief executive officer of Southern California Pipe Trades Administrative, Los Angeles, will serve as past president.
Steve Volz, partner at Reilly Penner & Benton, Milwaukee, joined the peer review board for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).
