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Posted on Thu, Nov. 19, 2009

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agriculture

David Spears has been named chief marketing officer at Mid Kansas Cooperative Association in Moundridge.

aviation

The National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University has announced the following new hires. Andrea Bowers, research engineer; Brijesh Kumar, research scientist, composites and advanced materials lab; Carla Friend and Robert Friess, research technicians, aging-aircraft lab; and Jane Hatfield, technical writer, full-scale structural test lab.

banking

Jason Carlson has joined Meritrust Credit Union as a teller II at its Tyler branch.

education

Mark Schmelzle, a CPA from Valley Center, has been recognized as a 2009 Distinguished Alumni and Outstanding Recent Graduate by Emporia State University.

Evelyn Hume has been named dean of Friends University's Graduate School.

environmental

Bob Helsel has joined ISI Environmental Services as a project manger.

financial

Kale Kroupa has joined AXA Advisors as a financial professional in the Wichita district office.

health care

Dustin Martin has joined the practice of Lentz Eye Care & Associates. Martin is certified in the treatment and management of ocular diseases.

law

The following members of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers have been recognized as Super Lawyers for 2009 in the family law category for Missouri and Kansas: Stephen Blaylock of the law office of Stephen Blaylock; Sheila Floodman of Floodman, Wagle and West; Charles Harris of Kaplan, McMillan and Harris; Don Lambdin of Lambdin, Soderberg and Lambdin; T. Lynn Ward of Ward Law Offices, LLC; and T. Michael Wilson, of Stinson, Lasswell and Wilson.

James Goering of Foulston Siefkin has been inducted into the Litigation Counsel of America.

Doug Longhofer has joined the law office of Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer.

Kimberly Bonifas, Shannon Braun and Ryan Peck of the law offices of Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy have been included in the 2009 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers as Rising Stars.

nonprofit

Sam Abdul-Kader, database administrator for Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters, has received the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification from Smarter Solutions in Austin.

organizations

Mark Jenkins of Pioneer Balloon has been elected to serve on the Incentive Marketing Association board.

real estate

Norman McPhail and Jerry Vadnais, associates from the East Harry office of J.P. Weigand & Sons, have each earned the Accredited Buyer Representative designation.

Brenda Hagar has joined the Belle Plaine office of J.P. Weigand & Sons as a residential real estate sales associate.

Janette Heckart, an associated from the east office of J.P. Weigand & Sons, has earned the Accredited Buyer Representative designation.

Nena Ingermanson has joined the east office of Prudential Dinning-Beard as a sales associate.

services

Ed Crawford, of Handyman Matters of Wichita, has completed the Kansas Department of Health & Environment Lead Safe Work Practices in Kansas training to become a Certified Renovator. This allows him to remodel homes built before 1978.

technology

Sean Stoy has joined Alliance Monitoring Technologies as a sales representative. Stoy is based in Kansas City, Mo., and handles sales in eastern Kansas, southeastern Nebraska, Missouri and southern Iowa.

People You Should Know, compiled by Peggy Smith, reports new hires, promotions and accomplishments. Items for the column can be mailed to The Eagle Business Team, P.O. Box 820, Wichita, KS 67201; faxed to 316-268-6438; or e-mailed to psmith@wichitaeagle.com. E-mailed photos must be in JPEG format.