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People You Should Know (Feb. 1, 2018)

Automotive

Coleen Suffield, owner of South Seneca Car Care, received a tribute from the Kansas House of Representatives for “Decades of Service to the South Wichita Community.”

Wichita resident and Safelite AutoGlass technician, Jeremy Woolever, represented Safelite’s Southwest region at the biannual Best of Belron Competition in Nashville, Tenn.

Banking

Credit Union of America has announced the following promotions: Paul Meissner, chief financial officer, to risk/compliance officer; Eileen Phelps to senior vice president chief operations officer; Ernest Warren to senior vice president chief lending officer; Tim Dunham to assistant vice president of consumer loan operations; Matt Schenk to assistant vice president of information technology; Glenda Burkett to corporate giving, communications, and marketing compliance director.

Aaron Veatch has been selected to succeed Tom Veatch as CFO of Emprise Bank’s holding company, Emprise Financial Corporation.

Business

Former Kroger executive Bob Moeder has assumed the role of interim general manager of the Kansas State Fair.

Education

Butler Community College professors Nathan Swink, psychology, and Darren Bentley, biology, have been honored for their exemplary work in teaching at the community college level.

Health Care

Matthew Stephenson has been named executive director at Life Care Center of Wichita.

Law

Scott Sanders with McDonald Tinker PA has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the 23rd edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the practice of civil litigation.

Klenda Austerman has hired Sam Jones as an associate.

Nonprofits

Wichita Habitat for Humanity has added six new members to its board of directors: Dan Goebel, Star Lumber & Supply; Teketa Harding, Capitol Federal; Pamaline King-Burns, World Refuge Ministries and Sedgwick County Government; Eileen McNichol, Sedgwick County Government; Susan Pool, IMA Wealth; and Brad White, Textron Aviation. It also elected the following as officers: Chris Howell, UMB Bank, chair; Chuck Bullock, Quantum Credit Union, vice chair; Tama Basto, Conco Construction, secretary; and Matt Haase, BKD LLP, treasurer.

Rainbows United has added Dr. Josh Umbehr of AtlasMD to its 2018 board of directors.

Organizations

The Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce has named Jonathan Long as its director of community advancement.

Visit Wichita has hired Lindsay Gulley as a convention sales manager.

This story was originally published February 1, 2018 at 5:00 AM with the headline "People You Should Know (Feb. 1, 2018)."

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