• Andrew Edmonds has been named staff officer at Huntington Mortgage Co. Mr. Edmonds is a mortgage sales representative for the Northern Kentucky territory. He joined Huntington National Bank in 1996 as a personal banker, then transferred to Huntington Mortgage in 1998.

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        • Ronald Long has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer of Health Alliance.

        • Nancy Strickley has joined Hospice of Northern Kentucky as social worker, Boone, Carroll, Northern Grant, and Gallatin Counties.

        • John C. Bradburne has been appointed chairman and chief executive officer at Fluor Fernald; Jamie Jameson, president; and Dennis Carr as chief operating officer.

        • James Korcykoski has joined Western-Southern Financial Group as vice president and chief technology officer, Western-Southern Life. Mr. Korcykoski was a principal and senior consulting information technology architect for IBM Global Services. He graduated from Ohio University with a bachelor's degree in electrical and computer engineering.

        • Jennifer Star has joined Columbus Life Insurance Co. as assistant vice president, communication and recognition.

        • The following have joined Coldwell Banker West Shell as real estate sales associates: LaRica Matthews, Montgomery; Debbie McGuire, Northeast; Courtne' Brass, Western Hills; Trina Ringdon, Hyde Park; and Brian McCoy, Crestview Hills. Joining as sales associates are: Steven Brossart, Wyoming; Dustin Cahill, Crestview Hills; and Dianne Taylor, Western Hills.

        • Jack E. Sapitro has been named vice president at Fifth Third Bank. Named assistant vice presidents are Timothy Brown, Lisa Henn and Mark Fee. Sara A. Nuefeldt named assistant cashier.

        • G. Lynn Bradley has joined Accountemps as staffing manager.

        • Daniel R. Groneck has been named regional president of Firstar Bank's Northern Kentucky operations. Mr. Groneck will be responsible for 15 branches in Boone, Kenton and Campbell Counties. He has more than 30 years of experience in banking. Most recently he was senior vice president and regional manager for commercial real estate.

        • The following have been promoted or hired in the position of senior academic advisors at the University of Cincinnati: Paula W. Breslin; Barbara A. Bucey; Carlos V. Edwards; Nicole M. Grant; Molly E. Maher; Denise Robinette; Sherry L. Spokas and Vicky A. Vanwinkle.

        • Paul X. Fox has been named president/sales manager of the Campbell County office of Sibcy Cline Realtors. The following have joined as specialized real estate sales associates: Carla L. Bernau, Fairfield; Susan C. Fulton, Eastgate; Jill McBride, Milford; Roger O.C. Norman, West Chester; and Gabriela Schrenk, Blue Ash. Joining as residential real estate specialists are: Joe Kleier, Florence; Stacy Wurster, Western Hills; and Bill Sporing, Northwest.

        • Barry Y. Dixon, director of the OKI region at Burgess & Niple, has been appointed secretary of the firm's board of managers for the 2001-2002 term.

        • David W. Adams has been named managing director of Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati.

        • James M. Shumate has joined CDS Associates Inc. — Engineers, Architects, Planners, Surveyors as project manager, civil engineering group in Florence; Gary L. Heitkamp, engineer, general engineering group; and Matthew T. Wiseman, senior technician, general engineering group.

        • Charles W. Dickhut has joined BBC&M Engineering Inc. as project engineer. Mr. Dickhut will be managing geotechnical engineering, construction observation and materials testing projects in areas including commercial, retail, industrial, state, federal and residential. He has more than six years geological engineering experience. He received a master's degree in geological engineering from the University of Idaho and a bachelor's degree in geological engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.

        • Jennifer McKinley and Molly Stocker have been named senior account executives at The Benchmark Group, an advertising agency.

        • Kimberly Enis Sullivan has joined People Working Cooperatively as communications manager.

        • John M. Simmons III has joined Leyman Lift Gates as southeast regional manager of the Cincinnati-based manufacturer of vehicle productivity solutions.

        • David Minich has been named director of government services for the Cincinnati office of the regional accounting and consulting firm Plattenburg & Associates Inc.

        • Cheri J. Scott-Geraci has been appointed vice president, corporate trust for Huntington's Private Financial Group. Ms. Scott-Geraci is responsible for administration and sales of corporate trust services, including taxable and tax-exempt financings in southern Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. She has more than 20 years experience with Chase Manhattan and Firstar. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati.

        • The following have joined Thompson Hine LLP as associates: Erin D. Borcherding, Erin M. Manahan, and Kimberly D. Wilcoxon.

        • Jack Post has joined Jeff Wyler Fairfield as assistant sales manager for Volvo; Arif Samad, Nissan sales manager; and William Adkins, used car sales man ager. Tim Mattingly has joined Jeff Wyler Florence as service manager.

        • David McGinnis has been named vice president of TechSoft Systems Inc.

        • Dr. Carol Rankin has been appointed vice president for the division of information resources for Xavier University.

        • Lisa Wilson has been named director of special events and client services for Kentucky Speedway.

        • Angie Pepiot has been appointed technical writer for Cintech Solutions, and Bill Scholtes, application and Web developer..

        • James Fairbanks has been named artistic administrator for the Cincinnati Opera. Mr. Fairbanks was associate artistic administrator for The Washington Opera. He has more than 15 years of management experience in the opera industry. He earned a graduate degree in stage direction for opera, with distinction from Indiana University. He also holds a bachelor of music in piano performance from Louisiana State University.

Awards & honors         • Petermann Bus Co. of Golf Manor received the Safety Award from the Ohio Casualty Insurance Group.

        • The Health Alliance received an Employer Partner Award from Cincinnati Works.

        • For the sixth consecutive year, National Research Corp. has named The Christ Hospital a Consumer Choice Award winner.

        • Dan Druffel Inc. Landscaping has received its 10th Ohio Beautification Award from the Ohio Nursery & Landscape Association for residential work involving a stone wall and landscaping.

        • Pilot Do-It Center in Alexandria, Bellevue and Fort Mitchell, has been named Supplier of the Year by the Remodelers Committee of the Home Builders Association of Northern Kentucky.

        • Teresa Malott, director of education of the Sylvan Learning Center in West Chester, has been named Sylvan's Director of Education of the Year.

New businesses

        • Robert Gray Edmiston has opened his own law office — Robert Gray Edmiston Attorney at Law, LLC at 105 E. Fourth St., fourth floor. Mr. Edmiston has been with the law firm of Katz, Greenberger & Norton for 18 years.

Relocations

        • Hammond Communications Group, formerly Paradigm Communications Group, has moved its Cincinnati office from 5158 Fishwick Drive to Eden Park, 2230 Park Ave., suite 201, Cincinnati, 45206.

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