Mark Schlegel of Kingman has been named a fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.
Matt Melillo has been named general manager of Cessna Aircraft's new ServiceDirect maintenance option.
banking
Emprise Bank has announced these new hires and promotions: Brandon Wiederholt, customer service manager; Ashley Kerr , treasury management support associate II; Nichole Williams , item processing representative II; and Casey Johnson , consumer loan processor.
financial
Mike Isaacs has been appointed president of LendingTools.com and will continue to serve as CFO. Mike Richert has been promoted from customer support officer to product delivery officer. Kay O'Connell has been promoted from product implementation coordinator to customer support manager at LendingTools.com.
health care
Jill Bosley has been named director of development for Via Christi Children's Miracle Network.
Cristi Wilson has joined ProviDRS Care Network as a care management nurse.
Cheryl Giles has joined the Flint Hills Community Health Center in Emporia. Giles' placement was handled by the Kansas Recruitment Center.
John Robichaux, a physician with the Wichita Clinic, has achieved recertification by the American Board of Dermatology.
Jane Ross, a nurse at Galichia Heart Hospital, has successfully completed the examination for national certification in pediatric emergency nursing.
insurance
Brad Woody, an agent with American Family Insurance, has been named the Monthly Outstanding Salesman.
manufacturing
Molly Taiclet has been promoted to division controller at Bunting Magnetics in Newton.
Robert Turner has been promoted to financial director of Magnet Applications.
marketing
Kristi Verbeckmoes has been named physician marketing services coordinator at Wichita Clinic.
NONPROFIT
John Whitmer has joined the staff of Exploration Place as sales and special events manager.
Roger Mericle, CornerBank's community bank president, has been awarded one of the 12 Volunteer of the Year awards from the Wichita YMCA. Mericle received the Community Development Volunteer of the Year award.
organizations
The Financial Planning Association of Kansas has announced its board of directors for 2010: Richard Coe, Coe Financial Services, chairman/past president; Rene Cordell, Cordell & Associates, president; Victor Schimming, FSC Securities, secretary/treasurer and sponsorships chair; Richard Stumpf, Financial Benefits, director, president-elect and Roadmap to Success; Richard Campbell, Juhnke, Campbell & Associates, director and government relations and ethics chair; Russell Hall, AIG Financial Advisors, director and membership chair; Bruce Brinkman, Allen, Gibbs & Houlik, director and programs chair; Shane Prill, Raymond James & Associates, director and public/chapter relations chair; Brent Buller, Wells Fargo, director and programs vice chair; Blake Allen, Kennedy & Coe, director and sponsorships vice chair; and Deanna Yates, Ameriprise Financial Services, director and membership vice chair.
The National Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors-Wichita has announced its newest members: Cale Brown , New England Financial; Jonathan Cross ; Robert Davis, American Family Insurance; Joseph Heptig, Bankers Life; Cloyd Kerr, Bankers Life; Brandon Paulseen, Paulseen Financial Group; and Erick VonMerveldt, New England Financial.
real estate
Leeanna Davis and Debbie Hudson have joined Keller Williams Signature Partners Market Center at the Waterfront as sales associates.
Lajuana Dyke and John Metz have joined the East Harry office of J.P. Weigand & Sons as residential real estate sales associates.
Steve Harkins has joined Coldwell Banker Plaza Real Estate West as a sales associate.
Doris Harrison has joined Coldwell Banker Plaza Real Estate East new homes division as a sales associate.
retail
Meggan Delling has been named manager of Maurices in NewMarket Square.
sales
Brian Sladek, former manager, and John Olson, sales consultant, at Saturn of Wichita have relocated to the Scholfield Hyundai West dealership at Central and Tyler Road.
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