Business Notes for Oct. 23, 2022

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

Jared T. Favero has joined the Brady Preston Gronlund law firm in Cedar Rapids as an associate attorney.

Dainen VanGorkom, Joe Beadle, Elizabeth Lantzer and Joni Evans now are with Skogman Realty as Realtors.

Promotions

Hills Bank has promoted Nate Paulus to credit underwriting officer.

Kudos

TrueNorth Cos. was as a Top Workplace in the nation, earning six 2022 Top Workplaces Culture Excellence Awards, from Energage — in innovation, employee appreciation, work-life flexibility, employee well-being, professional development and leadership.

Nick Timm of Bosch Financial has been named to the NAIFA Adviser Today's Four Under 40 for 2022.

Clif White, UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital safety and regulatory compliance manager, was honored as a 2022 Iowa Hospital Association Hospital Hero, for employees who have acted courageously in a crisis or who have served their hospitals and communities.

Carmen Kleinsmith, senior vice president and chief nurse executive at UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital, was named the 2022 Iowa Organization of Nurse Leaders’ Outstanding Nurse Executive. IONL is an affiliate group of the Iowa Hospital Association.

OPN Architects received Excellence in Design awards from the American Institute of Architects Central States for its work on the Marion Fire Station and the Linn County Public Health building.

Insights and sessions

NewBoCo will hold its annual meeting 4:15 to 6:30 p.m., Nov. 15, at the Olympic South Side Theater, 1202 Third St. SE, Cedar Rapids. Find more information at newbo.co/annualmeeting.

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,” 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 next installment of the “Gazette Spotlight on …” series of recorded interviews also is available to view at business.thegazette.com. This group of interviews 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.