Old Creamery Theatre names new board members

NEW HIRES

The Meth-Wick Community hired Amber Jedlicka (see photo) as home and health services operation director.

MMS Consultants hired Nathan Byers (see photo) as engineering technician and Walter Hurlbutt (see photo) as a land surveyor intern.

Vince Ellison (see photo) is now with Bergan Paulsen as chief operating officer.

Kyle Galloway (see photo) is with McGladrey LLP as an assurance manager in its Iowa City office.

PROMOTIONS and PARTNERSHIPS

Destinations Unlimited/Travel Leaders promoted Lisa Gilliatt (see photo) from vice president-group and leisure travel to president.

McGladrey LLP named Marty Tunning (see photo) to managing partner and Joe McCarragher (see photo) as development director. Both are in the Iowa City office. McGladrey also named Steve Schoenauer (see photo) as Eastern Iowa Market managing partner, in the Cedar Rapids office.

CERTIFICATIONS

Chad French (see photo), predictive maintenance analyst with Advanced Technology Solutions, has been certified by the Vibration Institute as a category II analyst.

BOARD MEMBERS

Old Creamery Theatre Company named to its board of trustees Ericka Bennett (see photo), Toyota Financial Services; Kimber Dowie Damhorst (see photo), Iowa SourceMedia Group; Heather Hubbs (see photo), KCRG-TV9; Ron Fielder (see photo), University of Iowa; Melodie Jurgens (see photo), Pearson; Nancy Kahle (see photo), Kahle Chiropractic; Kimberly Kudej (see photo), U.S. Department of Justice; Paulette Milewski (see photo), Kirkwood Community College; John Peterson (see photo), Amana Society; Jody Ruff (see photo), Xavier High School Foundation; Joseph E. Schmall (see photo), Bradley & Riley PC; John Slusher (see photo), retired CPA; and Mike Young (see photo), University of Iowa Community Credit Union.

Al Ruffalo, (see photo), RuffaloCODY, has joined the Bankers Trust board of directors.

Winnie Williams, retired from Fawn Creek Homes, was named president of the Camp Courageous board of directors for 2013-2014. Other elected officers were Margo Ahrendsen, farmer, as president-elect; Mary Van Houten, the Hotel at Kirkwood, secretary; and Randy Faulkner, Hawkeye Dry Ice and the Firehouse, treasurer. Re-elected to three-year terms were Jim Foels and Merlin Hulse, both farmers, and Bob Thoeni, retired, Bob's Pioneer Seed.

HONORS and RECOGNITION

Becker's Hospital Review named Ted Townsend, UnityPoint Health St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, to its 100 Leaders of Great Hospitals in America list.

Steve Short of Acme Tools was recognized as a certified tool specialist by the Evergreen Marketing Group.

AWARDS

Diamond V received the Celebration of Success President's Award from Kirkwood Community College Alumni and Friends.

Six builders in the Corridor received Builder Excellence Awards from the Greater Iowa City Area Home Builders Association. Recognized through Parade of Homes entries were McCreedy-Ruth Construction ($242,000-$350,000), home at 1412 Willow Brook Lane, Riverside; Mike Roberts Construction ($355,000-$420,000), home at 217 Cherry Lane, Tiffin; Baxter Construction Inc., ($425,000-$500,000), home at 2884 Ash Ct., Coralville; Gerard Homes ($510,000-$550,000), home at 2878 Ash Ct., Coralville; Arlington Homes ($555,000-$599,000), 701 Sherwood Dr., Iowa City; and Prime Ventures Construction ($600,000 and above), 1650 Redbud Circle, North Liberty.

The University of Iowa Children's Hospital ranked in the top 50 U.S. hospitals in seven specialties in U.S. News & World Report's 2013-2014 Best Children's Hospitals rankings. The specialties were cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, and pulmonology.

United Way of East Central Iowa received a four-star rating from Charity Navigator for the sixth consecutive year.

FORUMS AND WORKSHOPS

“Mid-Year Economic Update: How to Make Smarter Financial Decisions in 2013 and Beyond” will be presented by Jim Cahn, executive vice president and chief investment officer of Wealth Enhancement Group, 4 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, June 25, at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center, 7725 Kirkwood Blvd. SW, Cedar Rapids. To reserve a seat for the free event, call (888) 901-8899 or email events@wealthenhancment.com.

“Organizational Culture and Leadership Workshop,” designed for the not-for-profit sector, will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday, June 27, at the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation, 324 Third St. SE. For more information or to register, contact the Iowa State University Extension & Outreach Linn County office at (319) 377-9839 or go to http://bit.ly/NMAincentive.