Business Notes for Jan. 15, 2023

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.

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New hires

Logan Lewis recently joined Hills Bank as a trust officer in the Hills office.

Jason Sanders has joined the MercyCare Community Physicians team as a nurse practitioner at MercyCare Tama.

Luke Johnson recently joined Hills Bank as a security engineer officer in the Hills office.

Tony Roetlin recently joined Hills Bank as senior vice president and chief financial officer in the Hills office.

Promotions

Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman has added Alexandria M. Ransom as a partner, effective Jan. 1. Ransom joined the firm in 2017 and is a member of its estate planning and private wealth practice group.

Christi Smeed has been promoted to development services manager at the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation.

Roy Leaf was named a shareholder in the law firm of Nyemaster Goode.

Ethan Olson was named a shareholder in the law firm of Nyemaster Goode.

John Hammar was promoted to first vice president, accounting, at QCR Holdings, the parent company of Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust. He previously served as vice resident, assistant treasurer.

Tyler Clark was promoted to vice president, specialty finance group, at Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust. He previously served as assistant vice president.

Brooke McLaughlin was promoted to vice president, commercial real estate, at Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust. She previously served as assistant vice president.

Cathy Lopez was promoted to assistant vice president, human resources at QCR Holdings, parent company of Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust. She previously served as a human resources officer.

Andrew Messerschmidt was promoted to assistant vice president, trust, at Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust. He previously served as an investment officer.

Mitch Dellamuth was promoted to ssistant vice president, trust, at Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust. He previously served as an investment officer.

Dawn Barrett was promoted to officer, specialty finance group, at Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust. She also serves as an administrative associate.

Hailey Rutherfurd was promoted to Officer, Retail at Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust. She also serves as Union Relationship Manager.

Lindsay Reisner was promoted to officer, credit, at Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust. She also serves as commercial loan support manager.

Insights and sessions

The Gazette Business Breakfast panel’s third-quarter discussion, “A Small Business’ Tool Kit for 2023: Lessons we’ve learned and challenges — and opportunities — for which we can be prepared,” now is online at https://bit.ly/3eD04Wv. Panelists are Paul Andreasen, founder and owner, Saucy Focaccia; Sydney Rieckhoff, CEO, Almost Famous Popcorn; and Kymberly Stevenson, Targeted Small Business Development Program manager, Iowa Economic Development Authority. The discussion series was sponsored by BerganKDV.

The final 2022 installment of the “Gazette Spotlight on …” series of recorded interviews also is available to view at business.thegazette.com. This group recognizes businesses and organizations for their focus on growth. Interviewed are Luke Bishop of BAE Systems; Matt Swift of Big Grove; Sarah Nelson of Comm-Unity Crisis Service; and Drew Martel of Foundation 2. Also, the Better Business Bureau Cedar Rapids office joined The Gazette in speaking with Marc Meyer of Inteconnex. The series was sponsored by TrueNorth Cos.