Accounting
The Brookfield office of Suby, Von Haden & Associates, Madison, hired Danielle Pawlik as a staff accountant in the business advisory group and John Mueller as a staff accountant in the tax group.
Susan Greulich joined Sitzberger, Widmann & Co., Brookfield, as a tax manager. Greulich has more than 20 years of public and private accounting experience.
Advertising & Public Relations
John Mose joined the Milwaukee office of CKPR, Chicago, as senior vice president and director. Mose has 20 years of experience in advertising and public relations. Prior to joining CKPR, Mose led the public affairs and issues practice of the Chicago office of Weber Shandwick, N.Y.
Blue Horse, Milwaukee, promoted Laura Rodriguez to vice president and account supervisor and hired Narkis Erlichman as vice president and director of media strategies. Rodriguez has been with Blue Horse since 2006 and most recently served as advertising account supervisor. Erlichman has 18 years of experience in media marketing.
Bader Rutter & Associates, Brookfield, promoted Audra Jacobs to public relations senior account executive, Matt Sternig to team leader in the account management group, and hired Amanda Powell as a public relations senior account executive. Jacobs joined Bader Rutter in 2005. Sternig joined Bader Rutter in 2004. Prior to joining Bader Rutter, Powell owned a communications consulting firm.
Rachel Jennings joined Scheibel Halaska, Milwaukee, as a public relations account executive. Prior to joining Scheibel Halaska, Jennings served as a reporter for The Business Journal Serving Greater Milwaukee, Milwaukee. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communications from UW-Milwaukee.
Avicom Marketing Communications, Waukesha, hired Linda Trewyn as an account executive; Anna Brown, Kaci Kopp and Lindsey Keinert as account coordinators and Megan Schacht as an assistant account executive. Trewyn previously served as a senior marketing strategist for Brady Marketing Group, Menomonee Falls. Brown holds a bachelor’s degree in advertising and public relations from UW-Milwaukee. Kopp holds a bachelor’s degree in communications management from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Keinert holds a bachelor’s degree in mass communications and marketing from Winona State University. Schacht holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from UW-Whitewater.
Susan Hoeft joined Stir Advertising, Milwaukee, as an account supervisor. Hoeft has more than 12 years of experience in the advertising industry.
Arts & Entertainment
Jacqueline Herd-Barber of Freescale Semiconductor, Brookfield, will serve as president of the board of directors for the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Milwaukee. Patrick Gallagher of Siegel-Gallagher, Milwaukee, will serve as vice president of board development; Edward Hashek of Metavante, Milwaukee, will serve as vice president of planning; Peter Hotz of Briggs & Stratton, Wauwatosa, will serve as vice president of development; Robert Welke of Blue Horse, Milwaukee, will serve as vice president of marketing and audience development; John Kordsmeier of Northwestern Mutual Life, Milwaukee, will serve as secretary; Wally Morics of the City of Milwaukee, will serve as treasurer; Timothy Shields of the Milwaukee Repertory Theater will serve as assistant secretary and Robert Manegold, a community volunteer from Nashotah, will serve as immediate past-president.
David Todd joined Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Milwaukee, as managing director. Prior to joining Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Todd served as director of marketing and corporate giving for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Orange County, Costa Mesa, Calif.
Banking & Finance
Terrie Carew joined First Business Bank – Milwaukee, Brookfield, as an administrative associate. First Business Bank – Milwaukee is a part of First Business Financial Services, Madison. Carew has 12 years of customer service experience.
Gregory Kolton, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of Foundations Bank, Pewaukee, joined the board of directors for Community Bankers of Wisconsin (CBW), Madison.
Waukesha State Bank, Waukesha, promoted Maelea Martin to bank manager of its Delafield branch office. Martin joined the bank in September and most recently served as a personal banker. She has more than 10 years of experience in the banking industry.
Building & Construction
Nelson Williams joined Briohn Building, Brookfield, as director of sales and marketing. Prior to joining Briohn Building, Williams served as a regional sales manager for Rulon, Chicago.
VJS Construction Services (VJS), Pewaukee, hired Lisa Leick as a graphic designer and Matt Rosch as an assistant project manager. Leick holds a bachelor’s degree from the Milwaukee School of Art & Design. Rosch has 15 years of experience in the construction industry and previously owned a residential contracting business.
The Brookfield office of Mortenson Construction, Minneapolis, promoted Charlie Eads to assistant project manager and hired Jason Wilson as project engineer. Eads has more than seven years of experience in the construction industry. Prior to joining Mortenson Construction, Wilson worked for Bonestroo, Mequon.
Bukacek Construction, Racine, hired Jim Hooper as project manager and designer and promoted Erich Luichinger to project executive.
Suzanne Choren joined Riley Construction, Kenosha, as a senior business development representative. Choren has more than 20 years of experience in business development.
Education
Wisconsin Lutheran College hired Daniel Eastman as a faculty member in business, David Schulz as a faculty member in computer science, Chad Lindemann as a faculty member in art; Rebekah Carey as director of the nursing major, Milton Cockroft as director of the Pathways to College program and Thad Jahns as field and career services director. The college promoted Aimee Lau to a full-time faculty member in communications, Christopher Kurtz to a full-time faculty member in theatre, and Eric Pelzl to a full-time faculty member in Mandarin Chinese.
JoAnne Brandes and Terry Murphy joined the board of trustees for Carroll College. Brandes recently retired as executive vice president, chief administrative officer, general counsel and secretary of JohnsonDiversey, Sturtevant. Murphy is an attorney, certified public accountant and executive vice president for finance and chief financial officer of A.O. Smith, Milwaukee.
Engineering
Kerry Hardin joined National Survey & Engineering, a division of R.A. Smith & Associates, Brookfield, as a project manager. Hardin has six years of experience in design and project management. She holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Marquette University.
Health Care
Julia Dickson-Gomez joined the Medical College of Wisconsin as an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral medicine. She will also serve as a faculty member for the Center for AIDS Intervention Research (CAIR) at the Medical College. Prior to joining the college, Dickson-Gomez served as a research scientist at the Institute for Community Research, Hartford, Conn. and as a research scientist at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University.
Raymond Grundman, medical director of the Norris Health Center at UW-Milwaukee, will serve as president of the board of directors for the Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), Skokie, Ill. Grundman also serves as a volunteer accreditation surveyor for the organization.
Extendicare Health Services, Milwaukee, appointed John Hackett executive director of Cedar Springs Health and Rehabilitation Center, Cedarburg. Hackett also oversees the Menomonee Falls Health Care Center, Menomonee Falls. He joined Extendicare in 1995 and most recently served as regional director of operations for Wisconsin.
Dr. Matthew Lister joined Advanced Healthcare, Milwaukee, as a member of the physician staff at the Cedar Creek Clinic, Grafton; the Good Hope Clinic, Milwaukee; and the Menomonee Falls Clinic, Menomonee Falls. Lister specializes in endoscopic nasal and sinus surgery, thyroid cancer surgery, otology, head and neck cancer and laryngology.
Gina Smolensky joined Serve You – Custom Prescription Management, Milwaukee, as manager of the member and provider service department. Smolensky has more than 14 years of experience in management and call center operations. Prior to joining Serve You, Smolensky served as a workforce operations manager for Hewitt Associates, Lincolnshire, Ill.
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, Glendale, promoted Jim Zache to corporate director of physician recruiting and hired Lori Holly as director of communication and public relations. Zache has been with Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare for six years. Holly has more than 20 years of experience in communication.
Dr. Roger Beaumont joined Oak Creek Medical and Occupational, Oak Creek, as medical director for the family practice clinic. Beaumont specializes in family medicine and practices at New Berlin Family Practice Clinic, New Berlin.
Legal Services
Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, hired Chuck Leeck and Ben Peirce as associates on the intellectual property team; Francine Felske as an associate on the public finance team; John Drury as an associate for the labor and employment team; and Chad Wiener as an associate on the corporate services team. Prior to joining Quarles & Brady, Leeck worked for Godfrey & Kahn, Milwaukee. Peirce previously worked for Boyle Fredrickson, Milwaukee. Felske previously worked for Hurtado, Wauwatosa. Drury previously worked for Jenner & Block, Chicago. Weiner previously worked for Cane Clark, Las Vegas.
Landscaping & Maintenance
Gary Nickerson joined Facility Services Group, Pewaukee, as director of sales. Nickerson has more than 30 years of experience in business management, sales and customer relations.
Manufacturing
Clement Feng joined Generac Power Systems, Waukesha, as chief marketing officer. Prior to joining Generac, Feng served as vice president of marketing for Broan-NuTone, Hartford.
Professional Organizations
Lisa Wise of Blue Iris Graphics, West Bend, will serve as president of the board of directors for the National Association of Women Business Owners-Greater Milwaukee (NAWBO-GM), Wauwatosa. Kris Maegli of Executive Agenda, New Berlin, will serve as president elect and membership director; Sue Denzine of Kolb + Co., Brookfield, will serve as past president, treasurer, development director and historian; Brenda Schlais of Angermeier & Rogers, Waukesha, will serve as secretary; Lisa Gehrke of Gehrke & Associates, Wauwatosa, will serve as program director; Carolyn Kinney of Candles by Carolyn, Milwaukee, will serve as communications director; Deborah Sanders of Northern Trust, Milwaukee, will serve as community outreach director; Cassandra Wind of Wind Touch Healing, Brookfield, will serve as mentoring and team building director; Mary Kielich of Water Street Advisors, Milwaukee, will serve as marketing director and Lisa Wood of McNally, Maloney & Peterson/Wood Property Mgmt, Milwaukee, will serve as legislative director. Aldo Madrigrano, president of W.O.W. Distributing, Sussex, will serve as chairman of the board of directors for the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA), Alexandria, Va. Madrigran previously served as vice-chair of the board of directors.
Marie Nienhuis, an attorney with Beck, Chaet, Bamberger & Polsky, Milwaukee, joined the board of directors for the Milwaukee Bar Association (MBA), Milwaukee. Nienhuis focuses her practice on bankruptcy, creditors’ rights and litigation. She currently serves as chair of the MBA bankruptcy section. Shanna Reid, an account executive for BenePac, a member company of The Benefit Companies, Brookfield, will serve as president of the Wisconsin Chapter of the National African-American Insurance Association (NAAIA), Washington, D.C.
Real Estate
Shorewest Realtors, Brookfield, promoted Dino Flores to sales director in the South Metro Milwaukee sales office. Flores has co-managed the office since 2006.
Inland Companies, Milwaukee, hired Andrew Justman as a construction project manager and promoted Karen Catura to senior project manager and Cory Pederson to assistant project manager. Prior to joining Inland, Justman served as a project manager for Bryce Styza Properties, Waukesha. Catura joined Inland in 1998 and Pederson joined in 2006.
Technology
Layer One Media, Milwaukee, hired Greg Quigley as director of client marketing and Charlie Beck as director of business development. Quigley has more than 10 years of Internet marketing experience. Beck has more than 25 years of sales and management experience.
