Local business notes News-Chronicle Terry Lardinois has been named executive vice president and chief operating officer of Greenleaf Wayside Bank. He was also named to the board of directors. Lardinois had been owner and president of Neighborhood State Bank in Seymour and Nichols for 20 years and will oversee Greenleaf Wayside Bank's expansion into Wrightstown later this year. SM Advisors of Green Bay has added Tim Splittgerber as a partner in the business planning firm. Splittgerber most recently was the partner-in-charge for a regional office of a large national accounting firm. Dr. Daniel E. Tache has received his credentials in the field of dental sleep medicine and will work with physicians for patients who have obstructive sleep apnea. Tach practices in Green Bay and Manitowoc. Insurance Associates of Green Bay has added Graham Ness and John Keller as account executives. Ness has been in the insurance and financial services industry since 1998, most recently with Thrivent Financial. Keller most recently was assistant superintendent for business with the Howard-Suamico School District. Coldwell Banker The Real Estate Group Inc. has announced that Sue and Dan Frost, Dave Wilda, Julie Aslin and Vicki Hoida have all passed the Graduate Realtors Institute examination. Dr. Sherri Brey has joined the staff of Riverside Animal Hospital. Her focus is small animals with special interests in internal medicine and dermatology. Van's Heating and Air Conditioning of De Pere has joined the VenVest Master's Alliance task force. The alliance works to create a composite manual for a uniform method of doing business, from service to pricing. Tom Yunt has been elected president and chief operating officer of Woodward Communications Inc., succeeding Craig Trongaard. Woodward owns five radio stations in the Green Bay-Appleton area. Lee Schmidt of Green Bay has been hired as creative director at Stephan & Brady Inc., a public relations firm with offices in Chicago and Madison. Pyramid Creative Group, a marketing communications firm in Little Chute, has hired Thomas Burzynswki as an account executive for the Green Bay-Appleton area. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The Packerland Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants has named its board of directors for the 2003-2004 year. They are president Tom LeMense, vice president-administration Diane Paque, secretary Mildred Watermolen, treasurer Rick DeJardin, meeting director and newsletter director Melissa Wegner, attendance director Stan Noel, vice president-communications Margaret Gibbons, program booklet director Winnie Gremmer, public relations director Alison Hendrickson, vice president-education Bob Hieronimczak, director-manuscripts Jodi Miller-Larson, speakers' director Al Ehlers, vice president-membership Sheryl Huhn, member retention director David Wilson and delegate to Mid-America Council Dennis Dionne. Patent Search International of Maryland has named Jeff Hitzler of Green Bay as its new search services representative for the area. Lamers Bus Lines was awarded an outstanding rating with a perfect score in a recent inspection by Consolidated Safety Services Inc., the Military Traffic Management Command's safety inspection contractor. The score indicates that Lamers is performing to standards maintaining compliance with Department of Defense directives and hazardous materials regulations.