Horizons, A Family Service Alliance, announces board changes

NEW HIRES

Raining Rose in Cedar Rapids has hired Jennifer Humphrey (see photo) as director of HR and Derek Ellard (see photo) as senior production manager. New employees also added in July are Chance Blazicek, Brenda Cahill, Vivian Camacho, Hector Castro, Evan Couch, Latdavanh Dao, Marilee Deering, Matthew DeMuth, Momatikwa Douti, Ryann Feddersen, Salah Gimir, Gabriel Glambo Akpalo, Tyson Haas, Laura Hernandez, Trinatee Hutchings, Livanette Jacques, Miguel Jimenez, Hope Jones, Timothy Kane, Benjamin Knutson, Robert Loftis, Justin Means, Matthew Merta, Danielle Moore, Adriana Pierce, Justin Reynolds, Ardean Schill, Ashley Schrage, Jeremy Seastrom, Aaron Smith, Ryan Utterback, James Watters, Crystal Watts and Andon William.

The Cedar Rapids Country Club has hired Alexis Kenleigh (see photo) as membership director.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids and East Central Iowa has hired Stephanie Hartson (see photo) as enrollment and matching specialist.

Benefit Solutions in Cedar Rapids has hired Tom Hoffmann (see photo) as director of business development. Hoffman was previously a consulting partner.

Altorfer in Cedar Rapids hired Don Newman (see photo) to its ag division as machine sales representative. Newman will be based out of the firm's new full service ag facility in West Branch.

Dr. Jaclyn Price (see photo) has joined the team of health care providers at MercyCare Marion. Price is board certified in family medicine.

RuffaloCODY in Cedar Rapids has hired Zac Henrich (see photo) as senior director of off-site calling operations, fundraising management.

Mount Mercy University hired Jack Dahm (photo) as head baseball coach. Dahm was formerly head baseball coach at the University of Iowa.

Liz Efting (see photo), a Realtor previously in commercial real estate in the Cedar Rapids area, was hired by Iowa Realty as manager of the company's Iowa City office.

PROMOTIONS

Raining Rose in Cedar Rapids has promoted Craig Carmody (see photo) from packaging manager to director of operations.

The Anamosa State Penitentiary has promoted Lorne Cullen (see photo) from correctional officer to investigator II and Kalli Hansen (see photo) from correctional officer to senior correctional officer.

ImOn Communications has promoted Jamie Bradley (see photo) from assistant controller to controller.

TD & T CPAs and Advisors promoted Amanda Lane (see photo) from senior staff accountant to tax manager.

The Linn County Sheriff's Office has promoted Chad Colston (see photo) from detective/sergeant to lieutenant in the criminal division and Heather O'Brien (see photo) from deputy to sergeant and assigned as a supervisor at the Linn County Correctional Center.

RuffaloCODY in Cedar Rapids has promoted Renee Vaillancourt (see photo) to senior vice president of operations.

Hills Bank and Trust in Coralville has promoted Brian Bergquist (see photo) from trust investment analyst to trust and investment officer in its North Liberty office located at 590 W. Forevergreen Rd.

CERTIFICATION

Margie Jenkins of Skogman Realty has earned a Certified Residential Specialist designation by the Council of Residential Specialists of the National Association of Realtors.

BOARD MEMBERS

Jane Meyer (see photo), senior associate director of athletics at The University of Iowa, was named to the Mount Mercy University Board of Trustees.

The Linn County Farm Bureau elected Jason Russell of Monticello to serve a one-year term as president. Other officers are Matt Price of Coggon, vice president; and Dave Prasil of Lisbon, secretary/treasurer. Board members to serve as directors in townships for two-year terms are: Duane Bolton, Brett Brannaman, Michael Brannaman, Joshua Henik, Norm Hlas, Tim Keegan, George Maxwell, Joel Rochleau and Joe Sperfslage.

The Cedar Rapids Estate Planning Council named Dale Rettenmeier (see photo) of AXA Advisors LLC as president for 2014-2015. Other officers are Kevin Bruns, vice president; Don Johnson, treasurer; and Chris Overturf, secretary. Directors are Mike Gary, Mike Mesch, Sue Pence and Matt Piersall.

Horizons, A Family Service Alliance, has announced the following changes to its board of directors for 2014-2015: Tom Petersen, ITC Midwest, board chairman; Kent Mattison, Benchmark Inc., vice chairman; Quinn Pettifer, The Gazette Co., secretary; and Casey Drew, City of Cedar Rapids, treasurer. Additional members are Brittney Clarke, Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust; Rod Dooley, Rockwell Collins; Amy Hubbell, Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance; Marcia Hughes, Cedar Rapids Community School District; Pam Oldham, Mercy Medical Center; Jon Oswood, Schneider Electric; Paul Pelletier, Direct Campaign Solutions, and Leah Rodenberg, Alliant Energy. Named to the board of trustees for 2014-2015 are Steve Pace, Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, chairman; John Bickell and Gary Streit, also of Shuttleworth & Ingersoll; Community volunteers Kathy Eno, Nancy Evans and Dick Johnson; Deborah Lindberg-Gertsen, Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust; Joel Schmidt, Alliant Energy; and Mick Starcevich, Kirkwood Community College.

KUDOS

Realtor Stefan Doerrfeld (see photo) of Coldwell Banker Hedges Realty, Cedar Rapids, was nationally honored as one of REALTOR Magazine's '30 Under 30, Class of 2014.”

LearningRx Cedar Rapids Brain Training Center received the 2014 Customer Service award at the company's national convention in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Heery International of Iowa City, OPN Architects of Cedar Rapids and Shive-Hattery Architecture-Engineering, Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, have been named to the Top 300 architecture firms list by Architectural Record.

Crystal Group of Hiawatha was recognized by Boeing for its role in providing video and data storage system units aboard the U.S. Navy's P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.

Mercy Medical Center and Mercy Physician Services have achieved Stage 6 on the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model from HIMSS Analytics. The designation recognizes that Mercy has made significant advancements in IT capabilities.