MANUFACTURING
Steven Tyler was promoted to business manager of the newly created Fire Protections Systems Group at Beachwood-based Tremco Inc.
The Milbourn Pressworks Co. hired Victoria Kreitzer as corporate account executive.
Ron Bercaw joined Keithley Instruments Inc. in the newly created position of director of operations.
The Western Reserve Group hired Ray Papale as manager of national sales and new business development.
Alloy Engineering hired Gerald Pierman as sales and marketing manager.
ADVERTISING/PUBLIC RELATIONS
Rosemary Rood-Tutt, chair of the Ursuline College public relations department, received her public relations accreditation from the Universal Accreditation Board.
Integrated Marketing Communications hired Wendy Jones as creative coordinator.
HEALTH CARE
Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center hired Paige Bronson as a clinical fellow and speech-language pathologist.
Patricia Kennedy-Scott joined Kaiser Permanente as president of the Ohio region.
Medical Mutual promoted Keith Kukla to director of market research and sales administration.
Ioanna Giatis joined John P. Sevastos, D.O. & Associates at Highland Medical Clinic.
BANKING/FINANCE
Second National Bank hired Stephen Abraham as assistant vice president, commercial lending officer, at the Beachwood Banking Center.
Unizan Bank, National Association, promoted Bob Blackburn to executive vice president, Technology and Operations.
Fifth Third Bank of Northeastern Ohio promoted Anthony Cosentio to senior vice president and CFO, Dana Peters to banking center manager of the Beachwood Place Banking Center, Kelly Goff to banking center manager of the Brunswick Bank Mart, Kathleen Kasson to manager of the Medina Banking Center and Vicki Seufer to vice president of the Concord Township Banking Center. It also hired Sheree Daugherty as manager of the Richmond Heights Fifth Third Bank Mart, Dale Guthman as assistant vice president of public funds and Kevin Johnson as manager of the Fifth Third Bank Mart in Strongsville.
ACCOUNTING/CONSULTING
Barnes Wendling Inc. promoted Kevin Krencisz and Sheri Kilarsky to supervisors and Georgianna Ata to advanced staff in its Cleveland office. It also promoted Michael Essenmacher to senior CPA in its Elyria office.
John Crane and Scott Ziska joined the Brennan Financial Group’s Cleveland office as a registered representative with New England Securities Corp., Boston.
Jonathon Goldston, Frank Johanek, Jacob Orosz, Keith Stephen and Brian Zarembski joined Gale Financial Group.
John Morgan joined Hartland & Co. as consultant working with pension plans, foundations and endowment clients.
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co. hired Cindy Darwal in the newly created position of quality assurance auditor and Linda Habinak and Jeffrey Shapiro as attorneys in its Cleveland office.
SS&G Investment Services, the investment and insurance division of SS&G Financial Services, hired Carina Diamond as associate director and COO.
LakeWest Group promoted Lisa Curia to manager, Craig Niess to senior consultant and Julie McCoy to human resources manager.
The James B. Oswald Co. hired Cynthia Carson as client services representative, Donald Engle as vice president of business development for the Property and Casualty Division, Jennifer Morgan as a client manager for the middle market division and Emily Stephens as client manager responsible for retirement plans.
REAL ESTATE/CONSTRUCTION
Fortney & Weygandt Inc. hired David Ipson and Mark Santiago as project management team members.
Marous Brothers Construction hired Patrick Preisel as project manager and Dave Roberts and Ken Weinberg as project engineers.
INSTITUTIONS/ASSOCIATIONS
The Printing Industries Association Inc. hired David Carr as vice president.
Carolyn Polanski joined the Greater Cleveland Better Business Bureau as director of communications and marketing.
John Bonfiglio of Skoda, Minotti & Co. was named to the 2003 Class of the Cleveland Bridge Builders leadership program.
Gov. Bob Taft appointed Eugene Weiss to the Ohio Athletic Commission; Anthony Calabrese, III, to the Barber Board; Jeffrey Riddell and Jane Norton to the Lorain County Community College Board of Trustees; Rebecca LeBron to the Ohio Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy and Athletic Trainers Board; and Debra Berger Abel to the Board of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology.
