People on the move

People on the move

Rob Pachura has been named a partner with Clifton Gunderson, a public accounting and consulting firm in Oak Brook.

Nick Kukulski has joined Downers Grove-based O’Malley & Associates, a financial services firm, as an investment and financial specialist.

John Littrell has been named senior vice president, asset-based lending of First Chicago Bank & Trust in Itasca; Andrew Bennett, James Low and Joseph Ach have each been named vice president, asset-based lending; and Christine Kiessling has been named commercial banking assistant.

Arvid Johnson has been named dean of River Forest-based Dominican University’s Brennan School of Business.

Marlo A. Sikich has joined Engineering Resource Associates, Inc. in Warrenville as an engineering technician, while Lillian B. Prince has joined the firm as a project engineer.

Thomas Balsamo is observing his 30th anniversary of crafting portraiture from his studio, Portraits by Thomas, in Barrington.

Meghan Moreno has been named executive director of the Edward Foundation in Naperville, the development and fundraising arm of Edward Hospital & Health Services.

William Luehrs, chief human resources officer, Evanston Northwest Healthcare, has been elected chairperson of the Human Resources Management Association of Chicago.

Mitch Palmer has been named president of the Chicago Southland Association of Health Underwriters.

Greg Parsons, general manager of Eaglewood Resort & Spa in Itasca and chair of the board of directors of the DuPage Convention & Visitors Bureau, has been named vice president of Benchmark Hospitality International in Houston. Benchmark is the parent company of Eaglewood. John Billings has joined Eaglewood as executive chef and assistant food and beverage coordinator.

Christine Turner has been named vice president of Human Resource Management Systems, LLC, in Naperville.

Bruce Leon, president of Tandem HR in Oak Brook, has been named a finalist for the Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” Award in the 2008 Midwest regional program.

Andreas Reger has been named managing director at Pollmann North America, Inc, in Romeoville.

Greg Taylor has been named torsional product manager for industrial manufacturer Lovejoy, Inc. of Downers Grove.

Kathryn Humecki, chair of The Professional Women’s Network of Park Forest and president of Kathryn Humecki and Associates, Ltd., in Olympia Fields, has been recognized at the Treasurer’s Office Smart Woman Smart Money conference with the Woman on the Rise award.

Kathy Melone has joined Fox Valley Volunteer Hospice in Geneva as development director, while the board of directors at FVVH has elected three new board members: William Arnold of American Electric Power River Operation; Kristen Johnson of Batavia Enterprises, Inc.; and Patricia Spiroff, marketing director, Niche Restaurant, LLC.

The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence, based in Naperville, has Stephen C. Rogers, president of the plumbing products division of Elkay Manufacturing Company in Oak Brook, to its board of directors.

Todd Thibodeaux has been named the president-elect and CEO of Oakbrook Terrace-based The Computing Technology Industry Association.

Posted on Monday, July 14, 2008 (Archive on Sunday, July 20, 2008)
Posted by jstoltz Contributed by jstoltz

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