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Architecture

Arturo Benitez has joined Dahlquist & Lutzow Architects Ltd. as job captain. Benitez will work on a variety of projects including a field house addition and an interior renovation project for Ridgewood High School in Norridge School District 234.

Banking

Karl Hershberger has been promoted to first vice president, division manager at MB Financial Bank.

Design

Patrick Schab has been promoted to creative director at Gerard Design in Warrenville. He was formerly one of the agency’s senior designers. Irina Balabanska has joined the firm as senior designer. She will partner with another Gerard designer on the Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare account.

Foundations

June Keibler and Rich Guerard have joined the Conservation Foundation as members of the board of trustees as a result of their previous affiliation with the Fox Valley Land Foundation, which merged with The Conservation Foundation in October. Each will serve three year terms.

Health Care

Rick Wright has been named CEO of Adventist LaGrange Memorial Hospital. With more than 27 years of senior health care experience, Wright was previously senior vice president at Gordon Hospital, also an Adventist hospital, in Calhoun, Ga.

Marketing

Brian Knier has been named director of strategic development for Oakbrook Terrace-based marketing and communications agency David James Group. He will also serve as the director of marketing for a DJG client, the Society of Women Engineers.

Office Furniture

Paul Klobucher has been named president of Bloomingdale-based Thomas Interior Systems, a full-service office planning and furnishings firm, succeeding his father, Tom Klobucher, the firm’s past president and founder, who will assume the role of chief executive officer, responsible for continuing to develop the company’s strategies, mission and vision.

Systems

Mark A. Shapiro, a 25-year veteran of the consumer packaged goods industry, has been named president and chief executive officer of Gladson Interactive, a provider of shelf management data and online product images and information. He succeeds Mike Spindler.