Business Notes: Sept. 12, 2021

The Gazette’s Business Notes is a compendium of the week's promotions, new hires, certifications, added business lines and business events, among other items, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and the rest of the Corridor.

Information and photos can be submitted to Business Notes by email to businessnotes@thegazette.com, or on our site at thegazette.com/businessnotes.

New Hires

The Cedar Rapids Public Library hired Kristy Folsom as materials librarian, Kamille Zbanek Hill as library event specialist, Jeff Rinderknect as computer information systems analyst and Dale Wallace as building maintenance worker.

Mary Ungs-Sogaard joined IowaWatch, the Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, as the not-for-profit organization’s business developer.

Knutson Construction hired Rory Wiebel as senior project manager.

Stephanie Hamilton joined the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance as business support strategist.

GreatAmerica hired Tyler Zumbach as credit analyst, Kelliann Dermody as documentation specialist, Bre Melter and Becky Heilman as portfolio managers, Morgan Campbell as client reporting analyst, and Diane Senkowski as legal analyst.

Promotions

IowaWatch promoted Suzanne Behnke to editor, a newly created position.

New Location

Families Helping Families of Iowa moved to a new location at 6000 Seventh St. SW, Cedar Rapids.

Kudos

The American Heart and Stroke Association put UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital on its Get With The Guidelines Gold Plus with Honor Roll and Target: Type 2 diabetes Honor Roll.

Insights

Watch interviews with this year’s Gazette Business Award recipients — plus the keynote interview with Rand Corporation economist Dr. Kathryn Anne Edwards — thegazette.com/businessawards. Award recipients discuss business decisions they made over the past year and what they see in the years to come. TrueNorth is presenting sponsor.