Accounting
Kolb+Co., Brookfield, named Cheryl Carter and Karen Doerner shareholders in the firm. Carter has more than 20 years of experience in tax consulting for the public and private sectors. Doerner has more than 20 years of accounting experience.
Komisar Brady, Milwaukee, hired Teri Huff as a staff accountant and Scott Vogt as a senior accountant. Huff holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Vogt holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and marketing from UW-Madison.
Sattell, Johnson, Appel & Co., Milwaukee, hired Stephanie Smith and Nathan Lanser in the accounting and auditing department, Cheryl Pfundtner in the tax department and elected Leanne Buttke as a shareholder in the firm.
Advertising & Public Relations
Sun Torke joined Zizzo Group Advertising & Public Relations, Milwaukee, as a writer on the creative team. Prior to joining Zizzo, Torke served as a writer for Greendale Village Life and Hales Corners Village Life, part of Community Newspapers, New Berlin.
Versant, Milwaukee, hired Candice Wojtasiak as quality control specialist and Ben Reed as junior Web designer. Prior to joining Versant, Wojtasiak worked for Post Printing, a division of RR Donnelly, West Bend. Reed most recently served as Web designer for Rockwell Automation, Milwaukee.
Marketing Images, Waukesha, promoted Ken Young to vice president of creative services, Doug Bujak to senior art director and Andrea Bolyard to account manager. Young most recently served as creative director. Bujak has been with Marketing Images for nine years.
Primum Marketing Communications, Milwaukee, hired Caryn Melton as vice president and Alessa Goff as account coordinator. Prior to joining Primum, Melton managed the public relations department of Avicom Marketing Communications, Waukesha. Goff holds a bachelor’s degree in advertising management from Drake University.
Boelter + Lincoln Marketing Communications, Milwaukee, promoted Brian Michalak to senior art director and Angie Dorrington to senior account executive.
Bader Rutter & Associates, Milwaukee, promoted Eileen Crosby to senior account executive in the account management group. Crosby joined the agency in 2000 and most recently served as an account executive.
Mary Scheibel, principal of Scheibel Halaska, Milwaukee, joined the Midwest regional board of directors for the Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI), Washington, D.C.
Bankin & Finance
Community Bank & Trust, Sheboygan, promoted Cassandra Langenfeld to assistant vice president and marketing director and Marianne Portschy to vice president of collections. Langenfeld has been with Community Bank & Trust for more than nine years. Portschy has been with the bank for six years.
Building & Construction
The Brookfield office of M. A. Mortenson, Minneapolis, hired Don Schliepp as a superintendent and promoted Mark Stanhope to senior safety engineer. Prior to joining Mortenson, Schliepp served as a superintendent for the Bentley Company, Milwaukee. Stanhope joined Mortenson in 2005 and most recently served as a safety engineer.
PDC Midwest, Hartland, hired Mike Keller as a construction manager and Keith Strege and Michael Azcueta as architects. Strege has more than 30 years of architectural and construction related experience. VJS Construction Services, (VJS), Pewaukee, hired Natalie Grehn as an estimating coordinator and Shannon Wachowiacz as a subcontractor payable draw specialist. Grehn has more than nine years of experience in administrative work. Prior to joining VJS, Wachowiacz worked for Renner Architects, Milwaukee, in accounts payable and accounts receivable.
Health Care
Children’s Hospital and Health System, Wauwatosa, promoted Dr. Subra Kugathasan as director of inflammatory bowel disease for Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and Gary Bishop as ambulatory care and specialty programs manager for Children’s Hospital and Health System’s southern region. Kugathasan serves as an associate professor of pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa and a member of Children’s Specialty Group. Bishop joined the health system in 2001 and most recently served as an ambulatory manager.
Dr. Bruce Van Cleave joined Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, as chief medical officer and senior vice president for strategic management. Prior to joining Aurora Health Care, Van Cleave served as president and chief executive officer of Carondelet Health, Kansas City, Mo., part of the Ascension Health system, St. Louis.
Froedtert Hospital, Wauwatosa, promoted Michael Sura to director of clinical informatics. Sura joined Froedtert in 2004 and previously served as manager of the Froedtert Epic EHR implementation project and as a manager for Froedtert’s pharmacy informatics.
Hospitality
Caring Angels LLC, New Berlin, promoted Peggy Belean to vice president of operations for the Milwaukee/Waukesha, Racine/Kenosha and Fox Valley offices and Shannon Colvin to director of staff coordinators for the Milwaukee/Waukesha offices.
Insurance
Hays Companies of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, hired Darlene Morren, Alex Weber and Ann Marciniak as senior account representatives. Prior to joining Hays, Morren worked for HRH (formerly Frank Haack & Associates, Wauwatosa). Weber and Marciniak both previously worked for the Milwaukee office of Marsh, N.Y.
Legal Services
Amy Krier joined Davis & Kuelthau, Milwaukee, as an associate in the estate and succession planning department. Prior to joining Davis & Kuelthau, Krier served as a tax consultant for Deloitte Tax, Milwaukee.
Landscaping & Maintenance
Eric Weishaar joined the landscape design team of Durham Hill Nursery, Muskego. Weishaar has 12 years of landscape design experience. He holds a landscape design degree from Milwaukee Area Technical College.
Manufacturing
Regal Ware, Kewaskum, promoted Richard Scott to vice president of corporate lean and continuous improvement. Scott joined the former West Bend Co. in 1969 and served as a member of the transition team when Regal Ware acquired the company in 2002.
Media
Marilyn Krause, senior editor and administration for The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, will serve as president-elect of the Milwaukee Press Club, Milwaukee.
Printing
Brian Dziwulski joined First Edge Solutions, Milwaukee, in business development. Dziwulski has more than 20 years of experience in sales and marketing.
Professional Assoc. & Organizations
Michelle Mason joined the American Society for Quality (ASQ), Milwaukee, as managing director. Prior to joining ASQ, Mason served as vice president of research programs for the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Foundation, Washington, D.C. She has more than 16 years of experience in association management.
David Jones of Jens Construction, Pewaukee, will serve as president of the Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee (AGC-GM), Milwaukee. Craig Jorgenson of VJS Construction Services, Pewaukee, will serve as senior vice president and Tim Just of C.G. Schmidt, Milwaukee, will serve as secretary treasurer.
Real Estate
Bob Rohr joined Shorewest Realtors, Brookfield, in the Lake Geneva office.
Rohr has seven years of experience in the real estate industry.
The Waukesha office of Collateral Real Estate Capital, Birmingham, Ala., promoted
Ryan Marks to assistant vice president. Marks joined Collateral in 2003. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance and investments from UW-Madison.
Thomas Treder joined Commercial Property Associates, Milwaukee, as a retail broker. Prior to joining Commercial Property Associates, Treder served as vice president of NAI MLG Commercial, Brookfield. He has nine years of experience in the real estate industry.
NAI MLG Commercial, Brookfield, promoted Vytau Barcas to vice president of industrial brokerage; Tim Brunow to vice president of office brokerage; Ross Fuller to vice president of Fox River Valley/Green Bay; Mark Harris to vice president of Fox River Valley and John McCardle to senior vice president of investment brokerage.
Retail
Wes Pierce joined The Russ Darrow Automotive Group, Menomonee Falls, as general manager of the Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge dealership in Milwaukee. Pierce has 25 years of experience in the automobile retail industry.
Senior Living Communities
Scott McFadden joined LutheranLiving Services, Wauwatosa, as senior vice president. McFadden has about 20 years of professional experience.
The Crossings, a retirement community planned for Muskego, promoted Lorri Daniels to marketing director. Daniels has more than 16 years of experience working with seniors in directing and managing programs in the health care field.
