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DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 05-22-06 A 19 CDB 5/18/2006 3:38 PM Page 1 May 22, 2006 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 19 PEOPLE CONSTRUCTION Thomas Madden, retired executive IN THE SPOTLIGHT vice president and CFO, Ingram Mi- cro Inc., Santa Ana, Calif.; and David The Bank of Birmingham, Weiss, former executive vice presi- scheduled to open in June, has dent and CFO, Beazer Homes USA, At- named four senior vice presidents: lanta, to the board of directors, Cham- Bari Livsey, Peggy Shields, Linda pion Enterprises Inc., Auburn Hills. Alvey and Cynthia Harkaway. Also, William Griffiths, president and Livsey was a CEO, elected chairman of the board. vice president/ Derron Sanders to vice president of area retail business operations, White Construc- leader and tion, Detroit, and continuing as man- business aging member of White Development banking Group L.L.C., Detroit. relationship manager with FINANCE Key Bank in Kevin Kiefer to marketing manager, Ann Arbor. Rehman Robson, Troy, from senior Shields, who marketing analyst, Saflok, Troy; Cheri Livsey has more than Reid to proposal coordinator, from se- 30 years of nior marketing specialist, Varnum, banking Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett L.L.P., experience, Grand Rapids; Michael McKinney II to was an staff associate, small business depart- assistant vice ment, from staff accountant, Eagle president/ Crest Management Corp., Ypsilanti; Khalilah Tolbert to staff associate, tax banking center department, from tax accountant, O/E manager for Systems Inc., Troy; and Allison Brown Fifth Third Bank to recruiting consultant, Rehmann in Bloomfield Recruiting, Troy, from benefits spe- Hills. cialist, Regency Insurance Group, Shields Alvey was East Lansing. regional lending HEALTH CARE manager with Kenneth Casey to chief of neuro- Charter One surgery, Detroit Receiving Hospital, Mortgage in Detroit, from surgical director of the Brighton. neurosurgical intensive care unit, Al- Harkaway was legheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. president and Also, Stephen Guthrie to medical di- CEO of rector of wound care and hyberbaric Southfield- medicine from attending plastic sur- based Angels’ geon and medical director of the Alvey Place, a home wound healing and hyberbaric medi- for people with cine unit, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, New York City. developmental disabilities, Lynn Fisher to and vice director of founda- president of tion grants, Bar- bara Ann Kar- corporate/ manos Cancer foundation Institute, Detroit, relations for from director of Gleaners government, cor- Community porate and foun- Food Bank. dation relations, Harkaway In 2005, Bank American Center...Southfield’s New Center of It All. Cranbrook Educa- of Birmingham was approved to tional Communi- operate by the Federal Deposit Fisher ty, Bloomfield Insurance Corp. and by the state of Hills. Michigan to organize as a community-based bank, meaning it The excitement about INDUSTRY GROUPS will be locally operated and owned by shareholders in the community. American Center is ramping up... tant, Bethlehem, Pa. Eric White to senior vice president of North American manufacturing, Ca- as the “Countdown to Completion” dence Innovation L.L.C., Sterling Heights, from president, Collins & Aikman U.S. and Mexico plastics divi- for the new I-696 Exit ramp begins! sion, Troy. TRANSPORTATION Greg Pawelski to director of human With the construction of a new exit from I-696 Pool Wenzell resources, Con-Way Transportation providing direct freeway access, all signs point Services Inc., Ann Arbor, from service Ken Pool to executive director of center manager, large freight assem- member services, Michigan Business to American Center as Southfield’s premier bly center, Con-Way Southern Ex- and Professional Association and the Michigan Food & Beverage Associa- press, Shreveport, La. high-rise corporate location: tion, Warren, from part owner, facilia- tor and trainer, Project Innovations Inc., Farmington Hills. Also, Bill Wen- PEOPLE GUIDELINES zell to director of membership from Announcements are limited to • Optimal strategic location quality systems manager, Focus: management positions. Nonprofit HOPE, Detroit. and industry group board • Landmark prestige appointments can be found at INFO/TECHNOLOGY www.crainsdetroit.com. 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McCarthy 248.784.6514 president, human resources, Visteon are welcome, but we cannot Corp., Van Buren Township, from in- guarantee they will be used. dependent human-resources consul- DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 05-22-06 A 20 CDB 5/18/2006 3:40 PM Page 1 Page 20 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS May 22, 2006 CALENDAR TUESDAY or www.inforummichigan.org. Emergency Preparedness Workshop. 7 ling Inn Banquet & Conference Center, a.m.-noon. ESD: The Engineering Soci- Sterling Heights. $30. Contact: Sterling WOMEN OF POWER TO SPEAK MAY 23 ety of Detroit and Crain’s Detroit Busi- Heights Area Chamber of Commerce, Rebirth of the Riverfront. Inforum An- ness. Join experts in this “hands-on” (586) 731-5400, or www.suscc.com. AT ANCAKES OLITICS Africa: The Next Economic Frontier. nual Meeting. Noon-1:30 p.m. Dave event where you will have the opportu- P & P 7:30-9:30 a.m., American Nigerian Eco- Bing of the Bing Group; Dwight Belyue nity to outline your own emergency re- The Pancakes & Politics speaker nomic Council. Detroit Mayor Kwame of Belmar Development; George Jack- sponse plan. Marriott Centerpoint, THURSDAY series plays host to Southeast Kilpatrick, American Nigerian Eco- son of the Detroit Economic Growth Pontiac. $75 members, $95 others, $142 Michigan’s Women of Power May nomic Council 2005 Man of the Year. Corp.; and Faye Nelson of the River- for nonmembers to attend and join MAY 25 25 in Detroit. Hilton Gardens Hotel, Detroit. $30 in- front Conservancy. GM Wintergar- ESD at a 50 percent discount. Contact: dividuals, $300 corporate table, $500 “Connect Four” Networking Event. 6-9 Prominent local women who are den, Renaissance Center, Detroit. $35 Nancy Strodl, (248) 353-0735, Ext. 4152, scheduled to appear during the corporate sponsor. Contact: (313) 340- [email protected]; or www.esd.org. p.m. CreateDetroit. Bill Ludwig, chief 2008, or [email protected]. members, $45 guests, $350 reserved creative officer, Campbell-Ewald. The forum include: Detroit Police Chief table for 10. Contact: (313) 578-3230 or Hub, 1344 Broadway, Detroit. $20. Ella Bully- [email protected]. Contact: Eric Cedo, (313) 717-2365, or Cummings, Inside the Entrepreneurial Experience. WEDNESDAY [email protected]. Charter One 7:30-9:30 a.m. Inforum. Joan Moore, MAY 24 Bank president president, Ann Arbor Consulting Detroit Economic Club. Noon-1:30 p.m. and CEO Dick DeVos, gubernatorial candidate. Group; Kelly Rossman-McKinney, pres- 2006 Sterling Heights Business Expo, SUNDAY Sandra Pierce, ident and CEO, Rossman Group; and Burton Manor, Livonia. $35 members, Sterling Heights Area Chamber of Skillman Mary Anne Levois, CEO, ISCG. $50 nonmembers. Contact: Jessica Commerce and city of Sterling MAY 28 Foundation Atheneum Hotel, Detroit. $25 mem- Wayland, (313) 963-8547, jwayland@ Heights. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Speaker: Michi- President and gan Attorney General Mike Cox. Ster- Black Empowerment Expo 06. 7 a.m.- bers, $35 guests. Contact: (877) 633-3500 econclub.org or www.econ club.org. CEO Carol Goss, city of Bully-Cummings Detroit general legal counsel Sharon McPhail, Strategic Staffing Solutions Inc. President and CEO Cynthia Pasky and University of Michigan President Mary Pierce Sue Coleman. The Pancakes & Politics breakfast series is co-sponsored by The Michigan Chronicle and Crain’s Detroit Business, WWJ 950 AM, and CBS/UPN Detroit’s “Michigan Matters” program. Other sponsors include DaimlerChrysler; Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn L.L.C.; UHY Advisors Inc.; Brogan & Partners; HAP; the United Auto Workers; Inheritance Investment Group; and Ilitch Holdings Inc. The forum is 7:30-9 a.m. at the Detroit Athletic Club, 241 Madison Ave., Detroit. Tickets are $50. For tickets or more information, call (877) 979-5500. — Joanne Scharich 1:30 p.m. The International Detroit Black Expo Inc. George Fraser, chair- man and CEO, FraserNet Inc. Charles H. Wright Museum of African Ameri- can History, Detroit. $10 in advance general admission. Contact: (313) 961- 2525 or www.DetroitBlackExpo.com. COMING EVENTS Annual Sales and Marketing Summit. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. May 31. eWomenNet- work. Sandra Yancey, founder and CEO, eWomenNetwork. Also includes a panel discussion and networking op- portunities. The Community House, Birmingham. $50 members, $60 guests. Contact: Diane Dorcey, (810) 220-5704 or (810) 423-2687, or www.eWomenNetwork.com. Outsourcing Relationship Manage- ment Forum. 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. June 6. The University of Michigan William Davidson Institute and Janeeva. Fo- rum and networking on managing What makes Ron smile? outsourcing relationships. 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