SOUTH BEND – The accounting firm of Kruggel, Lawton & Company has announced that Erin Heldstab has been hired as marketing director. Heldstab will develop and oversee core marketing communication functions of the firm.

Heldstab has over nine years of marketing communication experience. A large part of her career was spent as manager of communication and events for The Chamber of Commerce of St. Joseph County. More recently, she served as marketing manager for Interlogic Outsourcing, Inc. (IOI) in Elkhart.

Heldstab received her bachelor’s degree in communication from Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Mich. This August she will complete studies for her master’s degree in integrated marketing communication from Golden Gate University, San Francisco. She is actively involved in the South Bend Young Professionals Network and sits on its Advisory Council. In addition, Heldstab recently became a member of the Association for Accounting Marketing.