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Bill Brunner of Suamico has been named an agent for Country Insurance & Financial Services in De Pere. Brunner earned a masterÕs degree in business administration from the University of West Georgia, Carrollton, in 1976.
DMInteractive, a leading Green Bay interactive agency, has recently added to its sales team. Susan Ray has been hired as the Director of Business Development. She brings with her over 20 years of experience in the IT and web-related industry. Carol Turkow will focus on web and online marketing services. She has a strong background in client services and brings 15 years of experience within Northeast Wisconsin technology companies. Dan Rafferty will lend his eight years of solution experience focusing on assisting clients with their application development project needs.
Maplewood Meats recently won several national awards at the American Cured Meat Championships held in Grand Rapids, Mich., at the convention of the American Association of Meat Processors. It received national grand champion awards in southern-style pulled pork, Texas-style beef brisket, hickory smoked bacon and natural casing wieners. It also received national reserve grand champion in skinless wieners; national champion in hickory smoked ham and national reserve champion in ring bologna and andouille sausage.
Bank One recently selected Scott Ozark as vice president and business banking relationship manager in the Fox Valley. He is responsible for advising businesses in Northeast Wisconsin on growth and financial management strategies and for delivering the full suite of Bank One business services. He began his career as a commercial credit analyst nine years ago at Associated Bank in Green Bay.
ABR Employment Services of Green Bay has promoted Jim McNett to chief executive officer. McNett has been ABRÕs operations manager for the past six years.
The Selmer Co. recently added Tom G. Tennessen of Kaukauna to its firm as a project manager and estimator. He had been employed by The Christman Co. of Lansing, Mich.
Baylake Bank recently announced that Julie Baranek was appointed supervisor of their Ledgeview Financial Center, as Maria Van Den Busch, formerly of that location, has accepted the role of the Ashwaubenon Financial Center supervisor. Baranek has more than eight years of financial center experience, and is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Green Bay. Van Den Busch graduated from St. Norbert College, where she still volunteers as a career services mentor and writes for the collegeÕs alumni magazine.
J. Kiedinger Advertising of Green Bay will handle the account of Redwood Capital Bank in Eureka, Calif. The California bank found Kiedinger through CEO John DalbyÕs writing in KiedingerÕs ÒWisdom on WednesdayÓ online newsletter, available at www.theadguru.com.
Burnham Richards Advertising has won three Telly Awards, a competition honoring outstanding local, regional and national television advertising. The agency won a Silver award for its work on the Twin Cities Marathon and two finalist trophies for advertising for Time Warner Cable.
Christopher J. Pahl has joined the firm of Metzler and Hager S.C. as an associate attorney concentrating in business, corporate, estate and tax law and real estate. He is a 2004 graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School and is also a certified public accountant.