SOUTHEAST: Robert L. Habush of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. received the Leaders in the Law “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Wisconsin Law Journal. • Rick Schlesinger is the Milwaukee Brewers chief operating officer. • James Blackwood of R.A. Smith National obtains Wisconsin professional engineer registration. • RF Technologies promotes Paul Larson to vice president of product development. • Godfrey & Kahn S.C. adds Brian Spahn to its Litigation Practice Group. • ActionCOACH names Jim Palzewicz BrandCOACH of the year at its Americas Conference Awards ceremony. • Bryan Laabs of Clifton Gunderson earns the Certified Construction Industry Financial Professional designation from the Institute of Certified Construction Industry Financial Professionals Inc. • Tom Langer of The Langer Group will present two management seminars at ShowPower Indianapolis 2011. • William Schenkelberg joins Clifton Gunderson as its national State and Local Tax (SALT) director. • Cannella Response Television hires Anthony Besasie as president. • Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. names Ricky C. Benjamin partner. • The Professional Landcare Network presents Chris Kujawa of Kujawa Enterprises Inc. with a 2010 Lifetime Leadership Award. • Dave Riley of Riley Construction has been elected president of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Wisconsin’s Board of Directors. • North Shore Bank promotes Dale Livingston to vice president of consumer lending. • Findorff promotes Nadine Ferreira to project manager. • Alliance Laundry Systems promotes Michael Schoeb to chief executive officer. • Midland Packaging & Display names Richard Klesmit Jr. field sales manager. • James Walrath joins Zetley Law Offices S.C. • Schenck AccuRate hires John Schooff as CAD administrator.


NORTHEAST: Ericka Krumrie will practice law at Hermes Law Ltd. • Jim Jansen joins First National Bank – Northeast’s board of directors. • Associated Bank taps Dan Hatfield and Shawn Bullock to launch and oversee the Bank’s first loan production office in Indianapolis. • DiRenzo & Bomier adds Todd Slagter to its practice. • William “Billy” Falk is now assistant director of alumni and student programs at St. Norbert College. • Andy Rinke, an instructor at Fox Valley Technical College, has earned “World Class Technician” recognition from General Motors. • Performance Welding and Performance Sheet Metal hires Travis Thoreen as quality engineer and Patrick Van Dehy as chief operating officer.


SOUTHWEST: The Greater Madison Convention & Visitors Bureau promotes Katrin Madayag-Ard to organizational research manager and Diane Morgenthaler to vice president of marketing and strategic planning. • Karen Gefvert is the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation’s director of governmental relations. • Alliant Energy Corporation’s board of directors elects Patricia Kampling as president and chief operating officer. • The Alliance of Madison’s newly elected members include: Bill Jollie, Kyle Reading and Mary Kay Brooks. • Murphy Associates names Judi Murphy senior vice president. • Emily Bradley of First Business Financial Services receives the WI-ACE President’s Award. • Lindsay, Stone & Briggs appoints Lisa Smith as senior account executive. • The AAF-Madison awards Rick Stone of Lindsay, Stone & Briggs a 2011 Silver Medal Award. • Department of Commerce Secretary Paul Jadin appoints Thomas G. Nardelli as division administrator for the Safety & Buildings Division. • CustomCall Data Systems CEO and co-founder Frank Peregrine was named to Billing and OSS World’s Best in Leadership list.


NORTHWEST: Great Northern Corp. names Marty Maher vice president and general manager of its Chippewa Falls facility. • Extrusion Dies Industries names Sam G. Iuliano director of technical sales. • TMA+Peritus hires: John Bowman, as account supervisor; Bob Marshall, as graphic designer; Stephen Mortimore, as Web developer; and Jonathan Yankovich, as Web developer. • Merchant & Gould appoints Jeffrey Ward as partner. • Tim O’Brien, Pete Reinhardt and Deanne Koll of Bakke Norman Law Firm were recognized in the December 2010 issue of Wisconsin Super Lawyers & Rising Stars magazine.