Business Notes: New hires, promotions, seminars

New Hires

Jason Glass (see photo) joined Four Oaks in Cedar Rapids as its chief people officer. Glass was previously the human resources manager at Whirlpool Corp. in Amana.

Promotions

Aaron Plein (see photo) was promoted to vice president, branch manager and service delivery, for the Dupaco Community Credit Union's Cedar Rapids branch located on First Avenue. Plein had worked as vice president, branch manager of Dupaco's Manchester office.

East-West School of Integrative Healing Arts and Massage College in North Liberty promoted Candace Kiekhaefer (see photo) to associate director and director of education.

Central Iowa Power Cooperative promoted Louie Ervin (see photo) to assistant vice president, utility operations. Ervin most recently served as manager-transmission planning and tariffs.

Board Members

Dr. Carmen Clemenson of Cedar Rapids was sworn in as secretary for the 2012-2013 Iowa Chiropractic Society board of directors and will serve a one-year term. Clemenson practices at Clemenson Chiropractic in Marion.

At its annual meeting, First Community Trust shareholders elected the following directors from the Corridor to serve for the ensuing year: Barry Stump (see photo), Cedar Rapids; Brian Sabel (see photo), Cedar Rapids; and Dean Borg (see photo), Mount Vernon.

Awards

Eastern Iowa businesses honored at the Goodwill of the Heartland annual awards ceremony in April were Suburban Extended Stay Hotel in Coralville and Hiawatha Care Center in Hiawatha. Procter & Gamble in Iowa City was named the 2011 Contract Partner.

Eastern Iowa winners at the American Council of Engineering Companies of Iowa's Engineering Excellence Awards 56th annual conference were:

• Transportation Category, Grand Place Award, East Post Road Bridge replacement - Shoemaker & Haaland Professional Engineers, Coralville, city of Cedar Rapids, Public Works Department;
• Honor Award, Kirkwood Community College main campus entrance roundabout - Anderson-Bogert Engineers & Surveyors Inc., Cedar Rapids, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids;
• Engineering Achievement Award, University of Iowa commuter parking lot 75 expansion with transit shelter - Shive-Hattery Inc., Iowa City, University of Iowa, Iowa City;
• Water & Wastewater Category, Honor Award, Atkins Water Treatment Plant - Snyder & Associates Inc., Cedar Rapids, city of Atkins;
• Buildings & Systems Category, Grand Place Award, Chemistry Facilities, Hach Hall - Henneman Engineering Inc., Iowa City, Iowa State University, facilities planning and management;
• Special Projects Category, Engineering Achievement Award, First Avenue Corridor Recovery and Protection - HR Green Inc., Cedar Rapids, city of Coralville.

Advertising work created by J.W. Morton and Associates on behalf of St. Luke's Hospital won three gold awards and one bronze award in the 2012 Aster Awards. The work was created by Connie Collins, Kim Ketelsen, Kevin Northway and Kris Sullens. It also won a Service Advertising Merit Award in the Healthcare Advertising Awards, sponsored by Healthcare Marketing Report newspaper.

WDG Communications Inc. and Rockwell Collins, both in Cedar Rapids, were honored with a Gold 2012 Communicator Award of Excellence in the print category for Volume 16, Issue 4 Rockwell Collins Horizons employee magazine.

Seminars

“Evaluating Your Estate Plan: A Workshop for Farm Families” will be held 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., June 22, at the Linn County Extension Office, Suite 140, 3279 Seventh Ave., Marion. Kelvin Leibold, Iowa State University Extension farm and agribusiness management specialist, also will speak. Cost is $50, including lunch. To register, call (319) 377-9839.

More

Statco DSI, a California-based engineering and fabricating company, has named Adfinity Marketing Group in Cedar Rapids as its agency of record.