On The Job: People In The News . . . People On The Move

Written by Detroiter Contributor Thursday, August 03, 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. View the previous "On The Job" list.

Accounting/Banking/Finance

Michael Barrett to senior manager at Cendrowski Corporate Advisors in Bloomfield Hills.

Joan Schroeder to vice president and East Michigan senior business banking manager at Huntington Bancshares Inc. in Troy.

Architecture/Construction

Stephen Demers to electrical designer at the Learning Studio at the Detroit office of SmithGroup Inc.

Associations

Kathleen Alessandro, president of Energized Solutions in Allen Park, to president-elect of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) - Greater Detroit Chapter.

Jill Miller, an associate with Southfield-based law firm Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss PC, to the Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) Education Committee.

Carl T. Camden, president and CEO of Troy-based Kelly Services Inc., to American Staffing Association board of directors.

Cable Television

Luis Casanova to vice president of Communications and Public Affairs for Comcast's Michigan Region, based in Southfield.

Education

Keith A. Pretty to president of Northwood University in Midland. He was formerly president of Walsh College in Troy.

Andrea Roumell Dickson to executive vice president and chief of staff at Wayne State University.

Environmental Services

Jeffrey Guzick to Associate II in the Property Services Group at ASTI Environmental in Brighton.

Health Care

Richard F. Roth, a shareholder in the Southfield-based law firm Maddin, Hauser, Wartell, Roth & Heller PC, to a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute.

Henry Ford Health System physicians Bruce K. Muma, M.D., and Mark L. Rosenblum, M.D. to chief medical officer and vice president of clinical programs, respectively, at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital.

Hospitality

Tony Mira to general manager at The Ritz-Carlton, Dearborn.

Insurance

Karen Alter to account director at McGraw Wentworth in Troy.

Legal

Jorge I. Beltran to senior attorney in the Bloomfield Hills office and Elissa Noujaim Pinto to associate attorney in the Detroit office of Butzel Long.

Michael C. Hammer and Thomas D. Hammerschmidt of the Ann Arbor office, William Elwood of the Washington D.C. office, W. Anthony Jenkins of the Detroit office and Kester K. So of the Lansing office to theGoverning Board ofDickinson Wright PLLC.Also: Attorney Vincent Polley to a three-year term on the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law and National Security.

Wei Gao to international legal analyst in the International Practicr Group at Detroit-based Dykema.

Judy A. O'Neill to vice chair and leader of strategic development of the Business Reorganizations Practice at the Detroit office of Foley & Lardner LLP.

Randall L. Harbour to the Banking, Finance and Real Estate Practice Group in the Farmington Hills office of Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith PC.

Todd D. Barry to an associate in the Detroit office and William Brickley to a three-year term on the Executive Committee at Detroit-based Garan Lucow Miller PC.

Stuart M. Dorf to associate attorney at Maddin, Hauser, Wartell, Roth & Heller PC in Southfield.

Christopher A. McMican to senior counsel in the Federal Tax and Employee Benefits Group at the Detroit office of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone PLC.

James C. Thomas to of counsel member in the Detroit office and Mark S. Kopson to of counsel member in theBloomfield Hills office ofPlunkett & Cooney PC.

Kevin J. Wilson to director of client development for Southfield-based Warner Norcross & Judd LLP.Also: William R. Jansen to a three-year term on the Management Committee.

Marketing/Public Relations

Laura Kelleher to vice president of operations at Airfoil Public Relations in Southfield.

Jane Berger, APR, to account supervisor at Identity Marketing and Public Relations in Bingham Farms.

Lisa Gill to account executive, Amanda Bechtel to account coordinator and Lauren Garfield to account associate at John Bailey & Associates Inc., Public Relations in Troy.

Michael Odom to account executive at Marx Layne & Co. in Farmington Hills.

Nonprofits

Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander to spokesperson for the American Red Cross-Southeastern Michigan Chapter.

Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Kevin M. DiDio to the Board of Directors of the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit.

Ebony L. Duff, an associate attorney with Garan Lucow Miller in Detroit, to trustee for the Board of Directors of Mariners Inn, a shelter and substance abuse treatment center for homeless men in Detroit.

Donna Huntsman to program associate at NEW (Nonprofit Enterprise at Work) in Ann Arbor.

Maj. William Heaver as the site administrator for Macomb Harbor Light Corps and Maj. Michelle Heaver as the commander officer at the Mt. Clemens Citadel. Both are facilities of The Salvation Army Eastern Michigan Division, based in Southfield.

James P. Spica, an attorney with Southfield-based Warner Norcross & Judd LLP, to the board of trustees of the Interlochen Center for the Arts.

Real Estate

Sheila Meyers to director of leasing for the Bingham Officer in Bingham Farms for Southfield-based NAI Farbman.

Retail

John W. Beeder to president and chief operating officer of the Handleman Co. in Troy.

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