MERRILLVILLE – NiSource, the parent company for Northern Indiana Public Service Co., has announced the appointment of Sigmund Cornelius to its board of directors. Cornelius is the former chief financial officer at ConocoPhillips. He replaces Dennis Foster, who chose not to stand for re-election because of e-mail he had sent to David Hardy, the former […]
Memorial appoints director of major gifts
SOUTH BEND – Jeff Dougherty has been named Memorial Health Foundation’s director of major gifts. He worked for four years as a corporate giving officer at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, where he oversaw corporate sponsorships and coordinated the hospital’s fundraising efforts with the Children’s Miracle Network.
Two promoted at Gibson Insurance
SOUTH BEND – Gibson Insurance Group of South Bend has announced two promotions. Sarah Aldape has been named senior service specialist in the business and private client group, and Jenny Wenger has been name sales specialist in the business and private client group. Aldape is responsible for servicing personal insurance accounts, focusing on auto, homeowners, […]
Ivy Tech North Central gets new chancellor
SOUTH BEND – Tom Coley has been name chancellor for Ivy Tech Community College’s North Central region, based in South Bend. The region also includes campuses in Goshen and Warsaw. Most recently, Coley was president of Scott Community College in Sioux City, Iowa. He is a native of Florida and graduated from Moorhead State University […]
NWI business execs talk about opportunity
By Rick A. Richards PORTAGE – The sustainability of economic development for the future in Northwest Indiana was examined by the Northwest Indiana Quality of Life Council recently at Woodland Park in Portage. Mark Maassel, president and CEO of the Northwest Indiana Forum, talked of the “three legged stool” of economic development – innovation, business […]
AROUND THE REGION
A lot has happened in Northwest Indiana in the past three months–here is a bit of what has transpired in the region. ACCOUNTING McMahon & Associates, a certified public accounting firm in Munster, has passed a peer review on its accounting and auditing practice. BANKING/INVESTING Michele Banes has been named assistant vice president of client […]
Andrew Fox
Great opportunities for freight along the South Shore tracks. by Rick A. Richards As a kid growing up in Berkeley, Calif., Andrew Fox had a unique set of babysitters – switch crews for the Southern Pacific Railroad, whose freight yard abutted his dad’s steel warehouse business. Fox would accompany his dad, Charlie, to the office […]
Buy American
And while you’re at it, Buy Northwest Indiana. The recent Great Recession has revealed the strong impact the global economy has on the United States, and more specifically our region’s economy. Within the past five years, many companies within the office-products industry have increased their private-label brand items that are primarily manufactured outside the United […]
Lake Area United Way names board
GRIFFITH – New officers and members have been elected to Lake Area United Way’s 2011 board of trustees. Heading the board is Daniel Lowery, vice president of academic affairs at Calumet College. Other officers are Michael Davis, retired from NIPSCO, vice chairman; and Kay Nelson, director of environmental affairs for the Northwest Indiana […]
PEDCO names new executive director
PORTAGE – The Portage Economic Development Corp. has announced the hiring of Bert Cook as executive director. He is a native Portage, graduated from Portage High School and is a graduate of Purdue University North Central with a degree in business management. For the past five years Cook worked for the Greater LaPorte Economic Development […]
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