Achievements

| Friday, May 30, 2003

Eckhardt joins bank


Dennis Eckhardt has joined MidAmerica National Bank as senior vice president of commercial lending.


He has 22 years of banking experience throughout Iowa, including positions with Mercantile Bank, Old Kent Bank, Firstar Bank, Hawkeye Bancorporation and Banks of Iowa Inc. He most recently was chief financial officer with Midwest Pharmacy Services Corp.


Two named cardiac Fellows


Prakash Bontu, MD, FCCP, FACC, FACP, FSCAI, has been elected Fellow in The Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, and Eric Dippel, MD, FACC, has been elected Fellow in The American College of Cardiology.


Both are members of Cardiovascular Medicine PC, with Bontu in the Davenport East Rusholme and Muscatine locations, and Dippel in the Davenport East Rusholme and Clinton locations.


Volt promotes two


Volt Services Group has promoted Stacy Larson to account manager and Tricia Whipple to senior recruiter.


Larson will be responsible for customer service and business development in the Quad-Cities, while Whipple will help develop recruiting sources and employee relations.


Ruhl ranked nationally


Ruhl&Ruhl REALTORS, Davenport, has been ranked the 134th largest broker in the country by REAL Trends' Big Broker's Report.


Brokers were ranked by the number of residential transactions closed during the previous year. Ruhl closed 3,932 listings and/or sales during 2002, or almost 10.77 deals per day, averaging 18.81 transactions per associate.


Gray named CFO


Stephen Gray has been named chief financial officer for Adel Wholesalers Inc., Bettendorf.


Gray previously worked for McCarthy Improvement Co. for 29 years, most recently as vice president of operations.


Adel is a wholesaler of plumbing, heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and air-handling equipment.


Lane earns certification


Amy Lane, consumer loan officer for THE National Bank's Aledo office, has completed the Iowa Banker's Association consumer credit school in Ames.


The one-week program broadens officers' consumer credit knowledge and focuses on credit function, management, administration and customer relations.


Restaurants recognized


The Machine Shed restaurants have been named "Best Place to Eat When YOU Buy" by Midwest Living Magazine.


Captain's Table, Moline, also received honorable mention in the category "Best Place To Eat Seafood."


Heart of America Restaurants and Inns, Moline, owns seven Machine Shed restaurants in five states, including Iowa and Illinois.


Bell, Vinzant join American


Mike Bell has joined American Bank & Trust Co. as retail sales manager, and Amy Vinzant has joined the company as branch manager and retail sales assistant. Sherry Jessen also has been promoted to technology project manager and will manage the bank's information technology department and vendor relationships.


Gillespie promoted to VP


Sandra Gillespie has been promoted to vice president of logistics and planning at Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing North America.


She previously worked for 12 years at John Deere Harvester, Moline.


Gillespie is the first black woman and highest-ranking female executive at the Japanese transplant in Normal, Ill.


JA tourney raises $86K


This year, the Jim Victor Junior Achievement golf Classic raised an estimated $86,000 for area students with in-school JA programs, which involves more than 3,400 students.


The golf tournament also included a silent auction at its awards reception.


Chin earns certificate


Conway Chin, DO/NM/OMM, medical director of physical medicine and rehabilitation services at Genesis Medical Center, has earned certification in neuromusculoskeletal medicine and osteopathic manipulative medicine from the American Osteopathic Board of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine.


QUAD-CITY TIMES promotes 2


Darrin Sinnard has been named retention manager, a new post, for the QUAD-CITY TIMES, Davenport, and Joe Schaechter has been named circulation operations manager.


Sinnard is responsible for subscriber-retention efforts, database management and vendor-sales management, while Schaechter will oversee all home delivery, transportation and distribution center operations.


Eikenberry wins award


Patrick Eikenberry, Missman, Stanley & Associates, Rock Island, has received the Quad-Cities Area Leaders Under 40 award.


He is one of 11 Quad-Citians under 40 to be recognized for their professional accomplishments by the Black Hawk College Foundation.


Sebille retires from QCBT


Cathleen Sebille, senior account executive with Quad-City Bank & Trust, Bettendorf, retired April 30.


She has been with the bank since 1993 and has more than 30 years of experience in the industry. Sebille also was an active volunteer with Junior Achievement of the Quad-Cities and Run with Carl.


Additionally, Scott Frost has joined the bank as assistant vice president of commercial banking.


He has more than six years of banking experience, most recently with US Bank, Davenport.


Attorneys attend summit


Members of Duffy Law Office, Davenport, recently attended the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorney's educational Spring Summit in Las Vegas.


Attorney Dennis Duffy and staff members Janet Wendel, Michelle Thompson, Myrna Tharp and Connie Lannan attended the conference, which included topics on long-term care and Medicaid planning, trust administration, ethics and charitable trust planning.


Brooke joins law firm


Scott Brooke has joined Stanley, Lande & Hunter PC, Davenport, as an associate.


Stanley, Lande & Hunter is a full-service law firm with 21 lawyers in Davenport, Muscatine and Wilton, Iowa.


Coleman new Genesis CEO


Andrea Coleman has been named Genesis Medical Center's first female CEO since 1970. She also will serve as a Genesis Health System vice president.


Coleman has 25 years of health-care experience, including CEO within the Seattle-based Sisters of Providence Health System and San Jose, Calif.-based Health Dimensions Inc. She also was vice president with the Virginia-based Inova Health System and most recently was vice president of relationship management for Premier Inc., a national health-care alliance.


Leo Bressanelli, Genesis Health System president and CEO, also has been elected to the board of officers and trustees of the Iowa Hospital Association, or IHA, for a three-year term.


He has served as Genesis' president and CEO since 1994 and is a Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives.


Wangeline hits milestone


Kenneth Wangeline, a professional driver for Roadway Express, has logged 3 million miles for the company without a preventable accident.


He accomplished this feat in 24 years, according to the


company.


Weis, Grenier honored


Elizabeth Weis, FIC, has been named the top life producer for April in the Thomas J. Hosmanek Agency of Modern Woodmen of America, Rock Island, for selling life insurance.


Weis is a district representative in the James Schoeck District, located at 310 1/2 18th St., Rock Island.


Additionally, Douglas Grenier, FICF, LUTCF, Bettendorf, has been named April's Agent of the Month for selling life insurance and annuities.


Stenzel joins board


Al Stenzel has joined the BankORION board of directors, as well as the board of its parent company, Orion


Bancorporation Inc.


Stenzel, who lives in Osco, is president of Stenzel Auction Service, Cambridge. He has been with the company for 30 years and is a retiree of John Deere Harvester.


Schwind named manager


Matt Schwind has been named assistant manager of the Bettendorf Ruhl&Ruhl REALTORS office.


Schwind has been with the agency for 10 years and has won the Customer Satisfaction Award, as well as the bronze, silver, gold and platinum awards for the real-estate agency.


Schwind also is a past member of the Greater Davenport Board of Realtors' program committee, PR committee and professional standards committee.


QCIC hires Mangan


Dave Mangan has joined Quad-City Investment Center, located within Quad City Bank & Trust, as an investment services representative.


Mangan offers securities through Linsco/Private Ledger, a registered broker dealer. He has more than 16 years of experience in the banking industry, most recently with Edward Jones.


Sedona announces changes


The Sedona Group, Moline, has named Sue Honsey, CPA, director of finance and chief financial officer, and Vickie Eilers division manager of its industrial staffing division.


Honsey will manage the finance and accounting departments, while Eilers has worked with Sedona's industrial sector for 13 years.


The company also has announced that Jennifer Sharer, technical account manager, and Holly Yates, community involvement committee chair, have received the Employment Law Accreditation Certification from the American Staffing Association.


MWA promotes two


Modern Woodmen of America, or MWA, Rock Island, has promoted Denis Prior, Davenport, to assistant national secretary, and Michele Youngquist, Eldridge, to issue department manager.


Prior will serve as assistant to the chief administrative officer and act as office manager. Youngquist will oversee the issue department's responsibilities.


Gengler, Seres retire


Cynthia Gengler retired April 30 after 30 years of service. She was the project manager for Deere & Co.'s world headquarters in Moline.


Richard Seres also retired effective April 30 after 23 years of service. He was a supply management specialist with Deere's world headquarters.


Tri-City adds three


Roger Killion, William "Alan" Leming and Kevin Thompson have been hired as solutions consultants for Tri-City Communications, a division of Tri-City Electric Co., Davenport.


In their new roles, they will promote the multiple divisions of Tri-City Electric, specializing in telephone systems, voice-mail systems and other business communication services.


Stolk earns IAR award


Dennis Stolk of the Greater Davenport Board of Realtors has received the Diamond Individual Achievement Award from the Iowa Association of Realtors for more than $5 million in sales.


Crippen gets Ryder honor


David Crippen, service team leader with Ryder System Inc., has been nationally recognized by the Miami-based transportation company with its Maintenance Excellence Award for outstanding customer service and safety performance in 2002. This is the second year Crippen has received the honor.


Gusse gets license


Joseph Gusse of Joseph Architectural Group PC, Rock Island, has received his architectural license in North Dakota and Wisconsin.


His license also has been renewed in Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota.


Hart joins QCBT


David Hart has joined Quad City Bank & Trust, Bettendorf, as vice president of credit administration.


In his new role, Hart will supervise loan operations and credit administration activity, including the bank's credit analysis and loan-quality functions.


He most recently served as commissioned senior examiner for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.


Lass named manager


Cathryn Lass has been named business manager of the Quad-Cities Public Television station, or WQPT.


The station also has announced a partnership with Genesis Health System to provide forums on women's health issues.


Riekeman gets promotion


Guy Riekeman, D.O., president of Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport, has been promoted to chancellor of the Palmer University System. The current chancellor, Michael, Crawford, will retire June 30.


Riekeman will oversee Palmer and its two colleges in California and Florida and other parts of the university system, including the Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research, Palmer Institute of Professional Advancement and Palmer Foundation of Chiropractic History.


Cravero awarded license


Joseph Cravero has received his real-estate brokers license from the Illinois Office of Banks and Real Estate.


He plans to open a Quad-Cities real-estate firm, Quint-City Real Estate, at the National City Bank Building in Moline. Cravero also is a Rock Island attorney and a broker for Sunbelt Business Brokers of the Quad-Cities.


Hart named vice chair


Thom Hart, president of the Quad-City Development Group, has been named vice chairman of the Iowa Department of Transportation Commission, while Barbara MacGregor of Mason City has been unanimously elected chairwoman.


NAPM elects board


The National Association of Purchasing Managers, or NAPM's, Quad-Cities chapter has elected its board of directors for 2003-2004: Kevin Nolan, president, KONE Inc.; Dougal Nelson, immediate past president, Isabel Bloom; Jeff Garbin, first vice president of membership and marketing, Deere & Co.; Jim Klotz, second vice president of VP programs, Allsteel; Milt Shaw, third vice president of administration, Deere & Co.; Nancy Ferkel, secretary, Royal Neighbors of America; and Beth Stone, treasurer, Deere & Co.


Ferkel also received the NAPM Quad-Cities Excellence Award for Service and Volunteerism at the organization's annual business meeting May 6.


Meade named new director


Erik Meade has been promoted to managing director of the Quad-Cities office of Henry Russell Bruce, a marketing communications, research, advertising, public relations and brand-identity firm, based in Cedar Rapids.


In his new role, Meade is responsible for managing the Davenport office, clients and staff. He also will continue his previous role as account supervisor, developing client-brand communications programs for HRB clients.


Four receive glass training


Galesburg, Ill.-based First Glass employees Tim Cramer, Jared Bruening, Alberto Hernandez Jr. and Ben Wolf recently attended the Auto Glass TechTraining seminar in Des Moines.


The four-day course was presented by the Performance Achievement Group, an Automotive Service education certified training provider.


Additionally, Steve Cramer, Carol Cramer, Bruening, Janaan Funke, John Pfohl, Angela Radeke and Beth Trisillia attended the CSR Strategies seminar in Galesburg, a one-day course on customer service also presented by the Performance Achievement Group.


Jerry's, Katy's receive awards


The Moline Preservation Society has recognized Jerry's Market and Katy's Import Foods for remaining family-owned over the years.


The awards were presented May 21 at Butterworth Center. Jerry's is owned by Tony and Rhonda Ceurvorst and features groceries, deli items and Swedish foods. Katy's is owned by Arthur Bodenbender and features imported European goods, cookies, rusk, coffee cakes, sausage and liver sausage.


Scott named NAI manager


Steve Scott, CCIM, has been named regional director for NAI Ruhl & Ruhl Commercial Co.'s retail council.


Scott currently is vice president of retail for NAI and specializes in commercial real-estate brokerage services. In his new role, Scott will coordinate NAI's retail brokers throughout the Midwest.


Triumph adds Schillig


Juanita Schillig has joined Triumph Staffing Solutions as an account executive.


Triumph Staffing Solutions is a division of Triumph Consulting and Advanced Accounting Personnel, Bettendorf.


O'Neill to lead Q-C bank


Carrie O'Neill has been named National City community bank president for the Quad-Cities.


She previously was vice president of community lending for National City in Illinois and has served as assistant vice president, credit analyst, operations officer and teller supervisor with National City and its predecessor, First of America.


IHS earns high ranking


Trinity Regional Health System's parent organization, Iowa Health System, has been ranked 59th out of the top 100 integrated health-care networks in the country by Verispan, a Chicago-based research firm.


Verispan's rating system profiles each of the top 100 networks based on eight success factors: outpatient utilization, integrated technology, hospital utilization, financial stability, services and access, contract capabilities, physicians and integration. This year, Verispan also looked at the details and stages of integration in different areas, including consolidated services, information systems and disease-management programs.


Results were published in Modern Healthcare and Healthcare Financial Management magazines.


Wells Fargo donates $2.9M


In 2002, Wells Fargo & Co. donated $2.9 million to Iowa organizations. Nationwide, the company donated more than $82.3 million to more than 12,000 nonprofit organizations last year, a 25 percent increase over 2001 figures.


The company invests 2 percent of its after-tax profits back into the community.


Wells Fargo also announced the results of its annual volunteer survey, which showed that Iowa employees volunteered more than 113,000 hours last year.


Downing design selected


Bettendorf's Rivermont Collegiate College Preparatory School addition, designed by Downing Architects PC, Bettendorf, has been selected to appear in Learning by Design magazine, published by the National School Boards Association.


The Rivermont design, which cost $4.5 million and was completed in August 2001, was among 112 projects selected nationwide and the only one in Iowa. The project included a two-level, 28,000-square-foot addition of classrooms for the lower grades along with a cafeteria, kitchen, media center, auditorium and skylit central hall.


Suburban gains award


Suburban Construction, Davenport, has received the 2002 Dealer of the Year Award from Republic Doors & Windows, Chicago, for its purchasing volume and customer service.


Republic supplies vinyl windows and doors, and Suburban is a home-improvement company.


Mel Foster adds Realtors


Mel Foster Co. has added 15 new Realtors to its team: Joe Troncao, Renee Chesnut and Andy Lenaghan have joined the company's Kimberly Road office in Davenport; Jon Tingley, Bob Allmondinger and Dave Grothe have joined the Spruce Hills office in Bettendorf; Larry Galle has joined the Geneseo office; Diane Ousley, Kathy Olson, Dave Baker, Gina Schafer and Kevin Gibbs have joined the Rock Island office; Chandler Burns has joined the Moline office; and Rick Schwarz and Sara Broyles have joined the I-74 office.


Johnny's wins AAA award


Johnny's Italian Steakhouse, Moline, has received the AAA Triple Diamond Award.


Johnny's is located at 1300 River Dr. on John Deere Commons.


KJWW promotes seven, is ranked nationally


KJWW Engineering Consultants, Rock Island, has promoted Paul Parry to principal, and Jim Edward, John McGonegle, Jeff Pratt, Lee VanOpdorp, Brian Wegerer and Tim Wray to associates.


Additionally, the company has been ranked 346th in Engineering News-Record magazine's top 500 design firms in the country. Rankings were based on annual revenue totals for architectural and engineering design firms. KJWW was ranked 393rd last year.