Local business notes News-Chronicle Ben Laundrie has been named assistant vice president and branch manager for First National Bank in Ashwaubenon. Laundrie will also be responsible for business development in the Green Bay market for the Manitowoc-based bank. Laundrie most recently was with Johnson Bank (formerly Capital Bank) as a commercial lender. Schneider National of Ashwaubenon has received the Chrysler Group Gold Award for 2002 as one of five winners in the truckload category. Schneider was recognized for hauling nearly 160,000 loads in 2002 with a nearly perfect on-time rate and for its participation in the group's diversity supplier development program. Baylake Bank has added Jim Gannon and Chris Thelen to its Green Bay staff. Gannon will be a commercial lender based at the bank's I-43 Financial Center. He has spent 10 years in commercial lending, most recently at Associated Bank. Thelen will be an investment advisor with Baylake Investments and will work out of Baylake's Ashwaubenon office. He had been an advisor with Edward Jones. Christopher Cahlamer, a graduate of St. Norbert College, has been added as an associate to the law firm of Godfrey and Kahn. He will work out of the Milwaukee office on business and securities. Bret Salcheider has been named Center Executive for the West Side YMCA. He will coordinate all aspects of the center. He had spent three years as health and fitness director at the Metro Milwaukee YMCA. Coldwell Banker The Real Estate Group has added Jim Griffin to its Green Bay location. Griffin has 27 years of sales and management experience, most recently at Good Humor/Breyers. Lee Connellee Jr. has joined De Pere's Performa Inc. He is a senior planner, architect and project manager with 28 years experience. The Kiwanis Club of Green Bay has elected the following officers for 2003-2004: Jerry Tilton, president; George O'Hearn, vice president; Pat Olejniczak, secretary; and Rick Satterlee, treasurer. Two Green Bay residents have been recognized for 50 years of service to the Wisconsin Institute of CPAs. They are Leroy J. Bruechert, managing partner at Evans & Race, and Herbert W. Holler, former vice president of finance at F. Hurlbut Co. Jeff Yanda, who operates a Kirby distributorship in Green Bay, recently received 48 Kirby home care systems from the company in its Challenge of Champions campaign. The promotion awards distributors prizes and trips for reaching business goals. Sheryl Asman, senior account executive for The Karma Group, has been elected to a two-year term on the Green Bay Advertising Federation board of directors.