“People on the Move” appears in every edition of The Business Ledger. Information on area business people who have been hired promoted, honored, elected or otherwise recognized should be sent to Mark Thomton, news editor, The Business Ledger, 1260 Iroquois Ave., Suite 200, Naperville, Ill. 60563. Black-and-white or color photos may also be sent but will be returned only upon request and if accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope. Information also can be sent via e-mail to mthomton@thebusinessledger.com.

Accounting

Crowe Chizek and Company LLC in Oak Brook has announced the following executive promotions: Phillip Andrews, performance; Leonard Cyranek, assurance and financial advisory; James Hannan, risk consulting; William Hoving, financial institutions and assurance and financial advisory; Martin Joseph, tax; Greg LeMond, financial institutions and risk consulting; Arlene Manahan, risk consulting; Douglas Ochab, risk consulting; Melissa Reinbold, financial institutions and tax; and Steven Schumacher, assurance and financial advisory.

Brian Anderson and John Winquist have been promoted to managers at Oak Brook-based Wolf and Company LLC, while John Schabes, Stacy LeTourneau, and Anthony Magnafici have been promoted to senior accountants.

Banking/Finance

Steve Nowak has been named vice president, commercial banking for MB Financial in St. Charles, while William Wing, Jr. has been named vice president of operations with the Business Systems Department and Deborah Mui has been promoted to assistant vice president, merchant banking solutions in Rosemont.

Michael Ribet has been named managing director of Focus Capital Advisors in Downers Grove.

Debbie Phillips has been promoted to vice president of loan operations for Community Bank-Wheaton/Glen Ellyn, while Jonathan Fischer has been promoted to assistant vice president.

Mike Walther has joined the private wealth management firm of Balasa Dinverno and Foltz LLC in Itasca.

Rick Wills has been named managing director of Northern Trust’s Naperville Financial Center.

Peg Arnold has joined Suburban Bank & Trust as vice president/training development in Elmhurst, while Stacia Perkins has been named vice president and general auditor.

Chambers

The Plainfield Chamber of Commerce has announced its executive board: Michelle Palya, Bank of Shorewood, chairman of the board; Steve Martin, Beacon Financial Planning Services, Ltd., vice chairman of the board; Sherry Lohr, john greene, Realtor, corporate secretary; and Dennis Marty, Healthy Alternatives, corporate treasurer.

Consulting

Jeannie Walters, executive vice president of Vox, Inc., an Oak Park-based customer experience consulting firm, has been inducted into the Leadership Illinois program.

Education

James Winterstein, D.C., president of National University of Health Sciences in Lombard, has received the Academic of the Year Award from the American Chiropractic Association.

Organizations

Sarah Anderson of Sarah Anderson Interiors of Wheaton has been elected membership director of the American Society of Interior Designers-Illinois Chapter, while Joyce Hooks of Joyce Hooks Interiors in Hinsdale has been elected financial director.

Marketing

Nicholas Brichetto has been promoted to interactive media manager for Martopia.

Non-Profits

Lambert Smith, president and owner of Stone Cliff Productions, Inc., has been elected corporate secretary to the board of directors of Serenity House Foundation, Inc., in Addison. 

Jack A. Lloyd, regional president for Harris northwest suburbs, has been named a trustee of the Northwest Community Healthcare Foundation in Arlington Heights. 

Real Estate

Charles E. Wiercinski, executive vice president and sales manager for McLennan Commercial Properties, Inc, has been named the 2007 NICAR Realtor of the Year.

Sales

Suzanne Murphy has been named business sales manager of Zezan Data Center in Naperville.

Services

John W. Donovan has been named chief financial officer of FP Mailing Solutions in Addison.

Rochelle (Shelley) Boersma has been named vice president of Midwest operations for U.S. Cellular, where she will manage sales, finance, operations and engineering for Illinois and Indiana.

Adam Briel has joined the hospitality sales department of United Feather and Down in Des Plaines.

George A. Chivari has been named chief operation officer of Quantum Foods LLC in Bolingbrook.

——compiled by Mark Thomton