Movers & Shakers - Cook County
The Illinois Landscape Contractors Association elected Arlington Heights resident Matt Synnestvedt of Synnestvedt & Associates, Northbrook, president of its board of directors. Joining the board are: Steve Brodt, Western DuPage Landscaping, Naperville; Tim Caldwell, The Savanna Group Inc., North Aurora; and Charlie Keppel, The Care of Trees, Wheeling. Re-elected as a director was Ed Gomez, Paradise Landscape Design Ltd., Hampshire. Continuing directors include: Robert Bertog, Bertog Landscape, Wheeling; Steve Fiore, Rocco Fiore & Sons Inc., Libertyville; Brenda McMahon, St. Charles; and Dave Story, Bartlett Tree Experts Inc., Northbrook. Other officers are: vice president, Tyler Smith, Tyler's Landscaping Service Inc., Rockford; secretary/treasurer, Dan Wanzung, American Gardens Inc., Elmhurst; immediate past president, Eric Moore, Moore Landscapers Inc., Northbrook.
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc., Northbrook, announce the addition of Kevin A. Michols to its interdisciplinary staff. Michols has 26 years of experience in structural performance evaluation; rehabilitation and retrofit design; failure investigation; and construction troubleshooting. He previously served as vice president for CTLGroup, Skokie.
The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors elected Ellen S. Turf, Arlington Heights, chief executive officer, and Mark Berg, Wheaton, Midwest chairman of its national board for 2007-08.
Richard J. Malcolm joined Integrated Parking Solutions Inc., Arlington Heights, as vice president, chief technology officer. Malcolm previously served as a fellow of technical staff with the disruptive technology group in the cellular network infrastructure business of Motorola Inc.
Chicago-based Alliant Credit Union hired Joe A. McGowean as director of marketing and member communications.
Yvonne Ahrens of Hoffman Estates, Hedy Holleran of Morton Grove and Susan Sullivan of Schaumburg have become consultants with Tastefully Simple, a national direct-sales company that features easy-to-prepare gourmet products.
Patrick Mullin joined Des Plaines Office Equipment, Elk Grove Village, as an account executive, responsible for identifying new sales opportunities in the South and West Loops of Chicago and proposing document management solutions to assist client companies in cutting costs and improving productivity and document quality.
With more than 20 years of risk management experience, Irene Weiss joined Tave Risk Management, Northbrook, as an account executive.