VALPARAISO – Family Express has named Ruth Keefover as its Social Media Community Manager. She will be responsible for managing the daily functions of social media, which include Family Express’ social space, blogging, community development, as well as being connected with the broader social media world. Keefover is a life-long resident of Northwest Indiana. […]
SOUTH BEND – 1ST Source Bank will donate $50,000 to support entrepreneurship and venture development in Northwest Indiana. The donation to Elevate Ventures, an Indiana venture development organization, will help provide rigorous business analysis and advisory service to area entrepreneurs. The banks donation will be matched by $3 million in investments from the Indiana Economic
WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management will host 28 veterans in its Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for Veterans with Disabilities. Purdue is one of eight schools around the country using the boot camp to teach veterans how to start their own business. The program focuses on a self-study session; an on-campus residency program;
GARY – Wright Alcorn has been named vice president of operations at Methodist Hospitals in Gary. He has been interim vice president since February. He will be responsible for the Centers of Excellence, clinical ancillary departments and other area. Previously, he was with Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta and at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.
GARY – Methodist Hospitals in Gary has announced three new management appointments. Tim Diamond has been named chief information officer. He comes to the hospital from La Rabida Children’s Hospital in Chicago where he was chief information officer. Victor Garcia has been named director of critical care and emergency department. Previously he was at Methodist
SOUTH BEND – The Downtown South Bend Holiday Pop-Up Shops have been selected and the new shop are beginning the transformation of empty storefronts into stores willed with a variety of merchandise for the holidays. Pop-Up Shop participants do not selected their own space. They have the challenge of transforming what has been given to
SOUTH BEND – The Downtown South Bend Holiday Pop-Up Shop program this year will include a pop-up theater with the opening of Studio 217. The Acting Ensemble will perform a variety of events through December for all ages. It is located at 217 S. Michigan St.l The studio opens at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 10,
MISHAWAKA – The Michiana Chapter of the American Marketing Association will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, at the Windsor Park Conference Center in Mishawaka. Author and consultant Mark Hubbard will be the guest speaker and will talk on executive leadership and management. He is an independent consultant with more than 25 years of
GARY – Promet Energy Partners LLC, a wholesaler of natural gas and electric power, will open an office in Gary. Promet, based in Chicago, opened in 2004 and has become a major energy management company. Promet has $100 million in sales. Its major customer is ArcelorMittal in East Chicago and Burns Harbor.
MERRILLVILLE – Centier Bank has announced a 44 percent increase in its third quarter revenue to $72 million. President and CEO Mike Schrage said the bank has an active residential mortgage market in the quarter and that lower loan delinquencies helped the bank’s bottom line. Centier has assets of $2.13 billion. Schrage said Centier expects
