On The Job . . . People on the Move . . . People in the News

Written by Detroiter Contributor Tuesday, February 28, 2006 19:00

The Detroiter Online in this column reports key personnel announcements made by Detroit Regional Chamber members. For information on submitting your items, please see the note at the end of the column. This column is updated regularly. Click here to view the previous "On The Job" list.

Accounting/Banking/Finance

Todd Pado to vice president and senior portfolio manager; Matt Lowman and Tonya Gietzen to vice presidents of Commercial Banking; Joseph Redoutey to vice president and managing director of Commercial Middle Market Banking; Cheryl McFarland to vice president and relationship manager for Municipalities and School Districts;Russell Simmons to vice president and director of Public Funds Banking;Diane Peers to assistant vice president, team leader for Emerging Markets and Bart Famularo to vice president, team leader for North Oakland County at Southfield-based Fifth Third Bank, Eastern Michigan. Also: Patricia Sala to assistant cashier, financial center manager (Roseville North) and Michael S. Dore to assistant vice president, financial center manager (Roseville/Eastpointe).

Jeff Wright to first vice president-business development officer at Hennessey Capital LLC in Huntington Woods.

L'Tanya F. Garrett to business relationship manager to the Hamtramck office and David D. Pierle to senior commercial loan officer at Madison Heights-based Peoples State Bank. Also: Thomas D. Myers to financial adviser at Peoples Investment Center, a new service of Peoples State Bank; andStephen G. Wizgird to commercial lender in the bank's Fenton office.

Paul V. Schapira to manager director in the Private Equity Group at Telemus Capital Partners LLC in Southfield.

Architecture/Construction

Phillip Allen, Diane Ballor, Michael Giovanni, Kenneth Herbart, Scott Heywood, Michael Lauhoff, Athanasios Papademos, Keith Pounders, Jacqueline Royer, Christine Trupiano, Michael West, Stephen White and Andre Zoldan to senior associates/stockholders at Albert Kahn Associates Inc. in Detroit.

Jeffrey Hausman, research studio leader and senior vice president of Detroit-based SmithGroup Midwest, to 2006 president of the American Institute of Architects, Michigan Chapter.

Associations

Brian Balow, member, Dickinson Wright; Ed Donovan, president, Flint-Genesee Economic Growth Alliance; Kathy Elston, vice president of Michigan marketing & sales, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan; Scott Goemmel, executive vice president, PMV Technologies; Dennis Herrick, senior vice president and CFO, Beaumont Hospital; and Bob Nichols, vice president corporate relations and enrollment services, Kettering University to Troy-based Automation Alley's 2006 Board of Directors.

Education

Mary Lou Greene to director of the new Institute for Arts-Infused Educated at Marygrove College in Detroit.

Environmental Services

Robert C. Anderson, PG to project manager at Atwell-Hicks in Brighton.

Food

Jim Swendris to finance director for the franchise operation division at Domino's Pizza in Ann Arbor.

Government

Denise Ilitch, president of Ilitch Enterprises and of counsel to Clark Hill PLC in Detroit, appointed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm to the Mentor Michigan Leadership Council.

Health Care

Hans J. Stricker, M.D., to vice chairman of the Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, a unit of the Henry Ford Health System.

Historic Attractions/Museums

Christian Overland to vice president of museums and collections and John Neilson to director of Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village at The Henry Ford in Dearborn. Also: Gerard M. Anderson, president and chief operating officer of Detroit-based DTE Energy, to a three-year term on the Board of Trustees; and Christian Overland to president of the Board of Directors of MotorCities National Heritage Area for 2006-07.

Hospitality

Heidi Nowak to director of sales and marketing, John L. Westerhuis, CMP to director of group sales and Ken Michaels to director of catering at The Ritz-Carlton, Dearborn.

Legal

Thomas P. Bretsch, Jessica L. Davis, Edward A. Frankfort, Larry A. Gremel, Christiane H. McKinley and Joseph E. Viviano to partners at Detroit-based Bodman LLP. Also: Nicholas P. Scavone Jr., a partner in the Detroit office, to a member of the Michigan Land Title Standards Committee of the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan.

Antoinette M. Pilzner, attorney and shareholder in the Ann Arbor office of Butzel Long, to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Employee Benefits Committee.

D. Kerry Crenshaw, a member at Clark Hill PLC in Detroit, to a two-year term on the Board of Directors for the Globalaw International Group.

Christopher A. Cornwall to member in the Construction practice group at Dickinson Wright PLLC in Detroit.

Heidi Naasko to director of the pro bono program at Dykema Gosett PLLC in Detroit. Also: Gina M. Capua to an associate in the Bankruptcy Practice Group in the Bloomfield Hills office.

Janice A. Anderson, Daljit S. Doogal andYvette M. VanRiper to partners at Foley & Lardner LLP in Detroit.

Boyd Chapin, a shareholder at Garan Lucow Miller PC in Detroit, to vice chairperson of the Standing Committee on Character and Fitness for the State Bar of Michigan. Also: Thomas Myers,shareholder,to president of the Michigan Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

Henry J. Andries Jr., Michael S. Ben, Marcia Bennett Boyce, James B. Cunningham and Rebecca L. Donnini to partners at Detroit-based Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP.

Marko J. Belej, Mark G. Cooper, Lee B. Kellert,John P. Decker and Alicia S. Schehr to partners at Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss PC in Southfield.

Sheila Jeffrey, Rick Juckniess and Robert J. Wierenga to principals in the Ann Arbor office; Freeman L. Farrow, M.D., Lynn A. Gandhi, Michael H. Gordner, Jeffrey L. LaBine and Richard C. Sanders to principals in the Detroit office; and Thomas A. Norton, Lynn Capp Sirich and David M. Thoms to principals in the Troy office of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone PLC. Also: Brad B. Arbuckle, Michael W. Hartmann and Anna M. Maiuri to two-year terms as managing directors andMarla Schwaller Carew to an associate in the Federal Tax and Employee Benefits Group at the Detroit office. Also: James A. Simpson, Mark E. Wilson and Katheryne L. Zelenock to principals and Gerald J. Gleeson II to senior council in the Litigation Groupin the Troy office.

C. John Holmquist Jr. to of counsel at Nemeth Burwell PC in Detroit.

Barbara Rom, partner-in-charge of the Detroit office of Pepper Hamilton LLP, to the board of directors for the American Board of Certification.

Michael K. Sheehy, Peter W. Peacock and Jerome A. Galante to the Board of Directors of Plunkett & Cooney PC in Bloomfield Hills. Also: Patrick E. Winters to attorney specializing in insurance coverage law.

Bill C. Panagos to a partner and Timothy J. Cain to chief financial officer/administrator at Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC in Bloomfield Hills.

Marketing/Public Relations

Jim Atkin to production manager at BERLINE in Bloomfield Hills.

Julie Cook to account executive at Franco Public Relations Group in Detroit.

Mary Kopchick to account assistant at Identity Marketing and Public Relations in Bingham Farms.

Michael Szudarek to partner at Marx Layne & Co. in Farmington Hills.

Nonprofits

Anthony Barker to vice president of Facilities Advancement at Southfield-based Presbyterian Villages of Michigan. Also: Carol Webb to administrator of PVM's The Village of Westland Senior Living Community; and Kenneth L. Hollowell, a consultant with Universal Union Benefits, to PVM's Board of Directors.

John J. Thorhauer to vice president and chief operating officer and Karen Wyman to director of marketing at United Methodist Retirement Communities in Chelsea.

Elizabeth S. Acton, executive vice president and CFO of Comerica Inc., to 2006 board chair of Vista Maria in Dearborn Heights.

Real Estate

Randall I. Book to senior vice president in the Office Group and Patrick Shannon to an associate vice president in the Investment Group at Grubb & Ellis Co. in Southfield.

Telecommunications

George Booth to vice president of Operational Products, Doug Pauley to vice president of Marketing-Video Products,Mike Cleland to area vice president for Detroit-West and Virginia Goble to vice president ofnew products at the Midwest Division of Comcast, based in Southfield.

Transportation

Geri Rudolf to marketing director at Stevens Worldwide Van Lines in Saginaw.

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