Hotel at Kirkwood rearranges management team

New Hires

Clickstop, based in Urbana, announced several recent staff additions: Sara Wilkins (see photo) as finance associate, Marcia Petsche (see photo) as customer service specialist, Scott Keeling (see photo) as a warehouse associate in the US Cargo Control division at the company's Blue Creek Drive location, Sarah Jencks (see photo) and Brennan Melloy (see photo) are now in sales, and Ashley Rambo (see photo) is in merchandising.

Promotions

Jim Mayhew (see photo) was promoted to vice president, mission and culture, with Clickstop in Urbana. Mayhew most recently held the position of content team lead.

Brian Moore (see photo) was promoted to director, load planning for CRST Expedited Inc. Moore had been manager of air freight.

Ledford Engineering Co. Inc. appointed Kirk Nanke as president. He previously served as chief operating officer.

The Hotel at Kirkwood Center announced a new line up of its management team. Executive chef Melanie Ewalt (see photo) will assume new duties as director of food and beverage. Chef Justin Billings will assume Ewalt's duties as executive chef. The Hotel/Class Act's professional staff assumed operations at Kirkwood's main campus student cafeteria, Sammy's Café, June 11. As part of the managerial shift, Kyle Davis (see photo), formerly lead cook-banquets, was promoted to general manager of Sammy's Café. Mary VanHouten (see photo) is now banquet manager for the Hotel. Jodie Power, formerly front desk supervisor, was promoted to small-meetings coordinator.

Jeanette Dostal (see photo) has become underwriting manager of United Fire Group's Midwest region.

New Board Members

Wells Fargo named three new members to its community advisory board in Cedar Rapids: Kathleen Minette (see photo), Pearson; Bradley Hart (see photo), Bradley & Riley; Patrick E. Allen (see photo), Rockwell Collins.

Awards

The Eastern Iowa chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers received the society's Professional Chapter Membership Growth Award at its Leadership Development Conference.

Seminars

“How to Really Start Your Business” will be held 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., July 17, July 24 and 31, at the Kirkwood Training & Outreach Service Center, 3375 Armar Dr., Marion. Cost is $59 for 3 sessions and includes follow-up mentoring. To register, call (319) 431-4574 or email workshops@scorecr.org.