Accounting

Crowe Chizek and Company LLC has announced the following new executives in its Oak Brook office: Fred Bauters, chief risk officer; Raj Chaudhary, executive-in-charge of market development and communications services; David Frank, executive-in-charge of health care services; Todd Richards, executive-in-charge of diversified financial services; and Mark Sarros, executive-in-charge of manufacturing and distribution services.

Banking/Finance

R. Hugh Magill has been named national director of trust services and chief fiduciary officer for Northern Trust Personal Financial Services.

Paula J. McCarthy has been promoted to vice president of member services for Corporate America Family Credit Union in Elgin.

Jerome Peraud has been promoted to chief information officer of Business Unit North America for LaSalle Bank Corporation.

Jason Welch has been promoted to vice president of commercial real estate for Leaders Bank in Oak Brook.

Community

Leonard Flood, director of finance for the village of Lombard, has announced his retirement after 16 years of service.

Construction

Tom Carrano joined IHC Construction in Elgin as a senior project manager with a concentration in building projects for both the public and private sectors.

Carey Lewis has joined Leopardo Construction in Hoffman Estates as an account executive. 

David A. Johnson has been named director of business development for Hard Hat Services in Naperville, while Robert A. Adams has been named senior project manager.

Education

Jill Wold has been appointed assistant vice president of instruction for Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove, while Cynthia Fisher has been named dean for communications, humanities and fine arts.

Mary Ellen Durbin, executive director of the People’s Resource Center in Wheaton, has received the Humanitas Award from St. Mary's College in Notre Dame, Ind.

Christine J. Sobek has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the College of Education at Michigan State University.

Health care

Deborah Hanna has been named the director of nursing at Fairview Baptist Home in Downers Grove.

Marketing

Karyn M. Palumbo has been named an account executive for Maclyn Group in Lisle.

Non-profit

Hospice of Northeastern Illinois has announced the latest appointments to its board of directors: Jeffrey Boundy, president of Cornerstone National Bank & Trust Company; James P. Etchingham, an associate judge in Cook County; Francisse Kurth, oncology services manager, Sherman Oaks Hospital; Jason Sciarro, chief operating officer, Centegra Health System; Mary Sheahen, owner of Wild Clover Day Spa; George Yapp, past president of Hospice.

Mary Ann Stephens, PR manager for the Ecker Center for Mental Health has been given the YWCA’s 2007 Racial Justice Award.

Tim Ayers, Andrew Blake, and Chip Rowland have been elected to the board of directors for Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans in Wheaton.

Public Relations

Cheryl Georgas has been named account supervisor for JSH&A Public Relations in Oakbrook Terrace.

Jennifer Navarro of GR-PR in Hinsdale has recently received two public relations awards. She was honored with a Skyline Merit Award from the Public Relations Society of America Chicago Chapter and the Golden Trumpet Award from the Publicity Club of Chicago.

Real Estate

Tri-Land Properties Inc. has named Mary Latimer has been named director of human resources for Tri-Land Properties Inc. in Westchester. 

Austin M. Dempsey has been named vice president of Batavia Enterprises, Inc.

Services

Michelle Ingram has joined True Helpers Special Events in Dundee as manager of the corporate events division.

Shawn Carlson has been named the executive director of the SciTech Hands on Museum.

Greg Parsons has been promoted to managing director of the Eaglewood Resort & Spa in Itasca.

——compiled by Mark Thomton