Business Notes for the week of June 10

NEW HIRES

Tami Zumbach (see photo) has joined Hills Bank and Trust Co. as a real estate loan officer at the Cedar Rapids Southwest branch.

Adam Scheer (see photo) has joined Hall & Hall Engineers as a civil engineer. He is a graduate of the University of Iowa.

Matthew Felling has been appointed complex general manager of the Doubletree by Hilton at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids. Felling most recently was general manager of the Embassy Suites St. Louis Downtown.

Kurt S. Nilsson has joined Terracon's Cedar Rapids office as the environmental department manager. He has more than 23 years experience.

Lauren Cilek (see photo) was hired by Shive-Hattery in Iowa City as an architectural designer.

Community Savings Bank named Nate Vriezelaar (see photo) as vice president of commercial lending for Linn County. Vriezelaar has more than 10 years of commercial finance experience.

Financial Advisor Todd Barker has joined the Seifert Trovas Group in the Merrill Lynch Cedar Rapids office. Barker joined Merrill Lynch in 2011.

PROMOTIONS

Infinity Contact has promoted Ken Leffler (see photo) to senior sales manager from sales manager and Eric Olmstead (see photo) and Rob Roggeveen (see photo) to assistant sales managers.

AWARDS

Melissa Emerson (see photo), an assurance associate with CliftonLarsonAllen in Cedar Rapids, has been honored with a Certificate of Excellence and the Capstone Award given by the Iowa Society of Certified Public Accountants.

The Cedar Rapids charter chapter of the American Business Women's Association named Wanda Johnson (see photo) of At Your Service Corridor Community as Woman of the Year and Rose Slaymaker (see photo) of Nemec Marketing as Top 10 Candidate.

Hogan Capital Management Inc. was awarded Firm of the Year and an award for Top Five Firms (for firms with 4 to 8 partners). The awards were presented at the HK Financial Services annual conference.

For the 29th consecutive year, Shive-Hattery has earned a spot on the Engineering News Record Top 500 Design Firms list. Shive-Hattery was ranked number 232, jumping 20 spots from number 257 in 2010.

Environmental Excellence awards will be presented by Gov. Terry Branstad June 28 at the Wallace Building in Des Moines. Kirkwood Community College and Quaker Foods and Snacks, a division of PepsiCo, both of Cedar Rapids, will receive the Environmental Excellence Award. Special recognition in Waste Management will go to Kirkwood Community College and in Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy to the Buchanan County Conservation Board in Hazleton and Trees Forever in Marion.

RECOGNITION

Cedar Rapids-based Central Iowa Power Cooperative's work for its employees' long-term financial security led to the company being featured in the Harvard Business Review Study Survey.

SEMINARS

“Financial Strategies Educational Series: Social Security Supplemental Retirement Income” will be discussed at the Marion Public Library, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Tuesday. There is no charge.

MEETINGS/NETWORKING

Cedar Rapids Job Seeker Support Group will meet 6 to 7:30 p.m., Monday, at the Cedar Rapids Public Library, 2600 Edgewood Rd. SW.

“A CAD Collaboration Event,” with concurrent design activity involving 3D models and data, 2D drawings, simulation, change management and real-time notification, will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, at the Shores Event Center, 700 16th St. NE, Cedar Rapids.

Impact CR's “Big Wig Lunch Talk” with Marilee Fowler, Cedar Rapids Area Convention & Vistors Bureau president and CEO, will be noon to 1 p.m., Wednesday, in the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance boardroom, 424 First Ave. NE. Register at www.cedarrapids.org.

A Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance's PM Exchange will be held 5 to 7 p.m., June 21, at Cedar Rapids Smile Ceneter, 1260 Third Ave. SE. Call (319) 362-7334.

A jobs lab will held from 9 a.m. to noon, June 18, at the Cedar Rapids Public Library, 2600 Edgewood Rd. SW.

“Professional Development Academy: How to Present Yourself” will be presented 8 to 9:30 a.m., June 19, in the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance boardroom, 424 First Ave. NE. Register at www.cedarrapids.org.