Movers and shakers
Joseph Hudetz, president of System 27 Corp. and developer of English Rows Victorian Village in Naperville, was honored with the Award of Excellence in Business at the Illinois State Crime Commission's 12th annual awards dinner.
Northern Illinois Mortgage Corp., Algonquin, announced that owner Matt Voss earned the Lending Integrity Seal of Approval from the National Association of Mortgage Brokers.
Ron Ewing is the new broker/owner of RE/MAX Horizon in Elgin. He acquired the franchise from long-time broker/owner Dan Gillman.
Andrew J. Franklin of Sugar Grove joined Lighthouse Financial Group Inc., Aurora, as student guidance counselor. Franklin will assist students through the college planning and athletic scholarship application process for the Lighthouse College Planning and Athletic Scholarship division.
Fran Bolson, president of the Woodfield Chicago Northwest Convention Bureau, was nominated for the board of directors for the Destination Marketing Association International.
Lia sophia announced top honors for local advisers Angela Kohut of Arlington Heights; April Peterson of Glenview; Lisa Modrzejewski of Palatine; and Elena Kotecki of Palatine in its Excellent Beginnings program.
Naperville resident Markus May joined the Chicago-based law firm of Eckhart Kolak LLC, where he will continue representing companies and individuals buying, selling, forming and operating businesses.
Kevin D. Nelson, a registered Professional Engineer, celebrated 25 years of service with Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, consulting engineers. Nelson is currently the senior manager of the Highways and Bridges Group in the firm's Aurora office.
Trapani Construction Co. Inc., Arlington Heights, promoted David Cartwright to president. Cartwright, who will oversee all operations of the family owned corporation, joined the company in 1980, as a sales representative.
Kathi Brown Wright re-joined Transcap Trade Finance, Northbrook, as vice president of marketing.
Leaders Bank, Oak Brook, appointed Kristin E. Zell vice president, treasury management for its new Naperville branch opening mid-2008. Zell will be responsible for maintaining and developing treasury management banking relationships.
Carl H. Viard of Citi Institutional Consulting's Barrington office was awarded the designation of Senior Institutional Consultant by Consulting Group. Viard joined Citi Institutional Consulting in 1997, and has more than 20 years of investment experience.
Miner Enterprises Inc., Geneva, named Bill O'Donnell director in international sales, assuming marketing and sales responsibility for some of Minder's key international territories including Russia, India, South America and Australia, while retaining certain North American accounts.
Edward Thompson has joined the Gurnee office of Amcore Bank as a vice president and workout specialist, to work in the special assets division overseeing assigned non-performing commercial loans and facilitating bank recovery.
Yorkville executive Brenton Wadsworth was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree by Aurora University at its 115th annual commencement exercises on May 4 in Aurora. Wadsworth, a 1952 graduate of the University of Illinois, started his own golf course construction firm, Wadsworth Golf Construction Co. in 1958.
Kathleen Caldwell, president of Caldwell Consulting Group LLC, Woodstock, was nominated for a national award of $50,000 from the Michael R. Losey endowed research fund to facilitate human resources research.
Children's Memorial Foundation appointed Alice Archabal vice president, development and chief operating officer. Archabal will oversee the daily fundraising operation and support systems for the foundation, the philanthropy arm of Children's Memorial Hospital.
WexTrade Financial LLC, a subsidiary of WexTrust Capital, named Todd Hanson, director of training and education, to lead the instruction of the training curriculum.
Darcie Brazel, an executive nursing leader at Advocate Christ Medical Center and Advocate Help Children's Hospital, Oak Lawn, was selected regional winner of Nursing Spectrum's 2008 Nursing Excellence Award in the category of "Advancing and Leading the Profession."
Realtor Colleen Runyon was named sales manager for GSH Development, developers of The Hamptons of Hinsdale, a low-maintenance, luxury community of 93 condominiums and 26 townhomes in Hinsdale.
Scott Kinzelberg joined Grubb & Ellis Co. as vice president. Kinzelberg previously served with Chicago based Development Solutions Inc.
Carol Ferrans, professor and associate dean for research at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing was presented with the Distinguished Researcher Award from the Oncology Nursing Society.
Alan Kozikowski, professor of medical chemistry and pharmacognosy and director of the drug discovery program at the University of Illinois at Chicago, was one of four international scientists to receive the third annual Novel Approaches to Drug Discovery for Alzheimer's Disease award.