Business Notes roundup for the week of May 1

NEW HIRES

L. Craig Nierman (see photo) joined Phelan, Tucker, Mullen, Walker, Tucker & Gelman, LLP, Iowa City, as a partner. Nicholas Kilburg

(see photo) joined the firm as an associate.

The Catherine McAuley Center hired Lisa Klees (see photo) as finance manager and Tracy Ekstrom

(see photo) as support services coordinator.

Sarah Halbrook

(see photo), formerly with Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust, joined Indian Creek Nature Center as its director of development.

GreatAmerica Financial Services hired: Conrad Keezer (see photo) as credit analyst; Renae Kinney (see photo) as assistant controller; and Hannah Keast

(see photo) as invoicing specialist.

John Szewc

(see photo), a licensed Realtor, joined IAHomes.

PROMOTIONS

Hills Bank and Trust Co. promoted Angela Langstraat (see photo) to treasury management officer in its Washington office; Kelli Bowers (see photo) to mortgage processing officer in its Coralville office; and Shani Morgan

(see photo) to first vice president, retirement plan services, in its North Liberty office.

Rinderknecht Associates Inc., Cedar Rapids, promoted Bob Stokes (see photo) to vice president of operations; Joe Fay (see photo) to senior vice president of operations; and Shane Baker

(see photo) to vice president of estimating.

UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's Hospital promoted Angela Ulferts

(see photo) to 3 West supervisor.

Indian Creek Nature Center promoted Nancy Lackner (see photo) to membership and development coordinator; and Lindsey Flannery

(see photo) to marketing and development manager.

Chris Neal

(see photo) was promoted to senior vice president, operations, at First Federal Credit Union.

BOARD MEMBERS

First Federal Credit Union elected Mike Pickering (see photo), Swisher, of SMC Corp. as chairman of its board of directors. Judy Vondracek (see photo) of the U.S. Postal Service, was elected to First Federal's board, and Tony Kendall

(see photo), Swisher, of Clever Devices, was re-elected to the board.

Jeffrey Johnston

(see photo) of Premier Investments of Iowa Inc. has been appointed to serve on the board of directors for the Alzheimer's Association-East Central Iowa Chapter effective this summer.

Dave Wright of Dave Wright Auto, Hiawatha, was elected to a three-year term on the Iowa Automobile Dealers Association board of directors.

CERTIFICATION

Dr. Hannah Anderson

(see photo) of Back In Line Family Chiropractic and Wellness in Hiawatha, earned certification in pediatric and prenatal care from the Academy of Chiropractic Family Practice and the International Chiropractic Pediatrics Association.

KUDOS

CEC, Hiawatha, received the BICSI Presidential Eagle Award for its BICSI authorized training facility.

MEETINGS

Siva Yam, president of the US-China Chamber of Commerce, will give the keynote address, 'The Current State of Trade with Asia: Where do things go from here?” May 17 at the Cedar Rapids Country Club. The presentation is in conjunction with the International Traders of Iowa-Eastern Iowa Chapter meeting, with registration at 11:30 a.m. For more information and to register, go to www.iowatraders.org. The deadline is May 15.

NETWORKING

Small Business Lunch Roundtable, a SCORE-sponsored networking opportunity, will be held Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. at Granite City Food & Brewery, 4755 First Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids. To register, go to http://bit.ly/2gcxcUr, or contact crworkshops@scorevolunteer.org or (319) 294-5022 for more information.

Career Fair

The CorridorWORKS Career Fair will be held Tuesday, May 16, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Kirkwood Regional Center, the University of Iowa, 2301 E. Oakdale Blvd., Coralville. Employers can register online by Friday, May 12, at http://bit.ly/516companyreg.