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SOUTH CENTRAL A PUBLICATION OF THE REPUBLIC FALL 2020 DESIGNED TO lasT Pollert Design Associates celebrates 30 years ALSO INSIDE OVERHEAD DOOR » CO. OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA 0 20 NO PERMIT IN COLUMBUS, ID PA AGE POST US ANDARD ST MARION-KAY D TE PRESOR » SPICES TR-35050423 YOUR BUSINESS EXPERTS Brad Davis Karl Kissinger Jonas Howell Chief Credit Officer SVP Business Services VP Business Services Jacob Evans Lea Goins David DeBolt AVP Commercial Loan Officer Treasury Management Officer AVP Business Services Denise Raymond Lace Lear Hayden Shuffet Administrative Assistant Administrative Assistant Portfolio Manager Contact us for all your Commercial Banking needs. www.centra.org/business-contact-us 800.232.3642 Federally Insured by NCUA. Equal Housing Opportunity. TR-35050424 FALL 2020 | The Business Connection 3 SOUTH CENTRAL A PUBLICATION OF THE REPUBLIC FALL 2020 MARION-KAY SPICES COMMENTS Comments should be sent to On the Move ON THE COVER Anna Perlich, The Republic, 6 2980 N. 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Prior to her work at CFC, she Electric, is the Associated Builders vice president, will was employed by Kenergy Corp., an and Contractors 2020 National Craft receive a Distin- electric distribution co-op in northern Professional of the Year. Cayton will guished Alumni Kentucky. Her primary roles there be honored during the Careers in Award from were in engineering, materials man- Construction Awards at the ABC Indiana University’s agement, contracting and procure- Convention in Nashville, Tennessee. O’Neill School of ment management. She earned an ABC presents the annual Craft Public and Environ- Executive MBA from Purdue Uni- CHRIS LOWERY Professional of the Year award to a mental Affairs. He versity and a Bachelor of Science in construction craft professional who is a former chancellor of Ivy Tech business management from Oakland excels in his or her field while also Community College — Columbus. City University. demonstrating a commitment to As an Indiana University alumnus, Jim Turner, who was CEO of Bar- safety, education and the merit shop Lowery has given back to the O’Neill tholomew County REMC for more philosophy. School by serving on the Distin- than 11 years, has retired. Since being Gaylor Electric has an office in Co- guished Alumni Council and by men- selected as the CEO in 2008, he has lumbus. With nearly 35 years of expe- toring students. He has supported been instrumental in developing rience, Cayton currently leads a crew the school’s Manufacturing Policy the REMC’s role as a top coopera- of 65 field supervisors and more than Initiative and demonstrated his dedi- tive in the industry. The co-op has 475 electrical craft professionals on cation to students through the Chris seen many accomplishments during a large data center project. He is also R. and Jerilyn W. Lowery Scholarship. Turner’s leadership, including nearly responsible for site-specific safety He is also a member of the Executive doubling in size and revenue. planning, new hire safety orienta- Council of the IU Alumni Association. n Rachel Chen has tion and daily toolbox talks. He also Before joining Ivy Tech, he led public been named a Lin- helped lead a company-wide safety policy and engagement efforts for dal sales manager campaign developed to promote Hillenbrand Inc. He has also worked based in Shanghai, safety hazard awareness last year. as the executive director of the As- China. She will be n Dr. Eric Fish has sociation of Indiana Counties, an aide responsible for de- been named the to former Indiana Gov. Robert D. Orr veloping new busi- new president and and an aide to then-Sen. Dan Quayle. ness opportunities CEO of Schneck and establishing a n Bartholomew Medical Center footprint for Lindal County REMC has RACHEL CHEN upon the retire- in China. After named Courtney ment of Warren graduating with Metzger as its Forgey on Aug. 31. an English major in 2010, Chen has new chief execu- Fish brings over 15 built up an in-depth knowledge of tive officer after a years of leader- the pharmaceutical industry in China, ERIC FISH nationwide search. ship experience at which will be one of the key market Metzger becomes Schneck, including segments that Lindal will be servic- the 79th female medical director of Schneck Ob- ing. She brings with her experience CEO to serve one stetrics & Gynecology, president of COURTNEY METZGER in sales and business development of the 941 na- the Schneck medical staff, chairman tionwide electric roles, from within the packaging of the board of managers for Inspire cooperatives. industry, working with a multi-na- Health Partners, vice president of tional pharmaceutical transportation medical affairs and chief medical Metzger, who previously worked as company and also with Bureau Ver- officer, and most recently, executive a consultant to electric cooperatives itas Consumer Product Service and vice president and chief operating at the National Rural Utility Cooper- trading company. officer. 6 The Business Connection | FALL 2020 Fish earned his medical degree at rate development for Cummins. completed the Executive Program in Indiana University School of Med- Marketing Strategy at The University The New Power Segment, which icine and completed his residency of Chicago Booth School of Business. includes Cummins’ electrified in obstetrics and gynecology at St. power and hydrogen portfolios, n Tony Vasquez, Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. He represents Cummins’ investment in Columbus native joined the medical staff at Schneck in future technologies to deliver value and owner of 2005 and founded Schneck Ob- Vasquez Photog- stetrics & Gynecology in 2006. He and prosperity for customers and raphy, is one of 40 is board certified by the American communities using materials and Hoosier artists who Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology technologies that have less im- have been selected and is a Fellow of the American pact on the planet. New Power has by the Indiana Arts College of Obstetrics & Gynecology. quickly grown for Cummins, and in Commission to In 2013, he received his master’s in the past five years the company has developed and acquired significant participate in the business administration from the TONY VASQUEZ third annual On- capabilities in electrified powertrains, University of Tennessee. Ramp accelerator battery design and assembly, battery program for early-career creative n Cummins has ap- management, fuel cell and hydrogen entrepreneurs. pointed Amy Davis generation. as vice president On-Ramp is a three-day course and president — Davis joined Cummins in 1994 and workshop accelerator for Indiana New Power Seg- has held numerous roles. Since 2015, creative entrepreneurs to foster ment. She replaces she has served as vice president of business skills, followed by a funded Thad Ewald, who in the filtration business, where she fellowship. According to new re- addition to his role achieved record revenues. Prior to search performed by the Indiana Arts as vice president, this, she served as president of the Commission and course leader Elaine Strategy and Cor- Cummins Northeast distributor, Grogan-Luttrull of Minerva Financial AMY DAVIS porate Develop- where she also oversaw significant Arts, individuals from the inaugural ment, also established and incubated revenues and profit increases. She cohort built business knowledge and the New Power Segment. Ewald will earned a bachelor’s degree from skills that were sustained for the year continue to lead strategy and corpo- Northwestern University and has following the workshop. IS HERE TO HELP! 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Prior to joining demonstrated leadership in career the Sprague Hotels team she was a and civic associations and has shown JEANETTE LINCOLN regional director of operations over- strong loyalty to DePauw University,” seeing multiple properties under the IHG, Marriott and according to organizers.

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