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 GRAND RAPIDS, MI, January 31, 2012 — Law Weathers is pleased to announce that Chris Matthysse has been elected as a Shareholder of the firm. Chris is a member of the firm’s estate planning practice group, and specializes in trusts, estate planning, estate and gift taxation, probate, will and trust contests and elder law.
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 Wyoming, Michigan, January 31, 2012 – Metro Health Hospital announced today that Ellen Bristol has been promoted to the position of director of internal communications.
Formerly the hospital’s communications manager, Bristol will now add internal communications to her responsibilities. In addition to her roles with media relations and as spokeswoman, she will work with Metro Health’s executive team and provide executive ghostwriting, speechwriting and other internal communications efforts. She will also provide communications support for Pennant Health Alliance, a joint effort with Saint Mary’s Health Care, Mercy Health Partners and the University of Michigan Health Services, to support and improve the delivery of local health care for affiliate hospitals, medical groups and the Michigan communities they serve.
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 Grand Rapids - The Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce has named Cindy Locklin, President & CEO of Busy Bea’s Services, Inc. as Ambassador of the Year for 2011.
The Ambassador of the Year award is presented annually to an individual who provides exemplary service to the chamber. Volunteering as the organization's customer service liaisons, ambassadors help with welcoming new members, membership retention and aiding Chamber staff at various events and programs.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 31, 2012 – The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FSB) and the U. S. Department of State’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs (ECA) has announced that a Fulbright Specialist Grant Candidacy has been awarded to Davenport University Professor of Management Dr. Jack D. Cichy, CM.
Dr. Cichy was recommended by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) Specialist Peer Review Committee and approved as a Fulbright Specialist candidate. A long-time faculty member in Davenport University’s Donald W. Maine College of Business, he joined the ranks of notable scholars in the prestigious Fulbright Specialist Program by being awarded a Specialist Candidacy in Sustainable Development. Fulbright Specialist award recipients are selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement. Dr. Cichy will be one of about 400 select United States university faculty and professionals with the potential to travel abroad through the program.
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 Grand Rapids, MI (January 31, 2012) – Continuing its efforts to aid growing West Michigan companies and recruit new employers to the area, officials from The Right Place, Inc. announced today the hiring of former City of Wyoming Downtown Development Authority Director Megan Sall as its newest Business Development Manager. Sall, a noted economic development professional, was hired in January. She will actively represent the Right Place to businesses located in West Michigan or who are interested in locating in West Michigan.
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 GRAND RAPIDS, MI, January 26, 2012 – Echelbarger, Himebaugh, Tamm & Co. PC (EHTC), recently welcomed Alex J. Host to the firm. He is a Staff Accountant working in the accounting and auditing areas.
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 ST. LOUIS, January 25, 2012 – Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated is pleased to announce that Kyle Travis has been named Financial Advisor in the firm’s Grand Rapids, Michigan office, located at 5181 Cascade Road SE. He can be reached by calling (616) 224-1559.
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