Veteran Healthcare Lawyer Joins Barnes & Thornburg

SOUTH BEND – Robert A. Wade, who has counseled healthcare institutions for more than 25 years, has joined Barnes & Thornburg LLP’s South Bend office as a partner in the Healthcare Department. Wade represents large health systems, hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, physician groups, physicians and other medical providers on a variety of legal issues. “We […]

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Around the Region

ACCOUNTING Eileen E. Brassil, CPA, a partner at Legacy Professionals LLP in Schererville, has been appointed to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Employee Benefit Plans Expert Panel. The panel serves the needs of AICPA members by monitoring and advising on industry developments, trends and opportunities. AGRICULTURE Chester Inc. has hired Kent Wamsley

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Kevin Hand of Zounds Hearing

Entrepreneurial Excellence

Winners of the annual Northwest Indiana E-Day Awards It’s a daunting task to select the special individuals who receive Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards. Each year, the Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center (NW-ISBDC) asks a 10-member steering committee to sift through countless nominees and identify the best of the best. The process has been going on

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Hosting Visitors is Good Business

Communities bank on economic impact of tourism Indiana is known for Hoosier hospitality. And hospitality is paying off big time for local communities, where visitor spending has a huge economic impact. The multibillion-dollar hospitality industry is one of the fastest growing business sectors worldwide. It encompasses a range of businesses centered on customer service. Indianapolis

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Port of Indinaa Burns Harbor

The Port Connection

Healthy investments flow from Port of Indiana’s water connections. Rick Heimann chuckled to himself while pointing to a mountainous pile of scrap metal near the entrance of his massive workplace, the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor. He recalled a snide comment from a visitor who suggested that piles of scrap metal “junk” are not the best

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Rick Dekker

CEO works to empower customers, local students and his community. The vacuum technology industry is not something that the average person thinks about on a daily basis. Rick Dekker, CEO of Dekker Vacuum Technologies Inc., is the first to agree with that statement. “We receive calls daily about vacuum cleaner repair,” laughs Dekker, “but we

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