Accounting

Yvonne Scott has joined Crowe Chizek and Company LLC as chief information officer. She will direct Crowe’s information services group out of its Oak Brook office. Crowe has also appointed the following: Daniel Gaffney, executive, risk consulting; Millicent Holmes, senior manager, tax; and Joseph Nketia, senior staff, assurance and financial advisory.

Associations

Bonnie Proctor, CEO of Challenger Lighting Co. Inc., Elgin, has been named the first woman chairman of the board of the Valley Industrial Association, a trade association for manufacturers in the Fox Valley area, while Richard Hoster, president of Smith and Richardson Mfg., Geneva, has been named vice chairman of the board.

Attorneys

Richard J. Jancasz, David L. Kane and Donald Mulack have joined the law firm Meltzer, Purtill & Stelle LLC, in Schaumburg, as associate attorneys.

Banking and Finance

Robert C. Greulich of Oak Brook-based Pinnacle Planning Group, LLC, has qualified for “Top of the Table” status of the Million Dollar Round Table—the premier association of finance professionals.

Geary Kornelik has joined AMCORE Bank in Wheaton as branch manager and officer; Cheryl Chalk has been promoted to retail market manager for AMCORE’s three Elgin branches; Martin Quantz has been promoted to officer of the south Elgin branch; Andrew Degman has been promoted to branch manger of AMCORE’s Schaumburg branch; Timothy Traynor has been appointed assistant vice president and insurance sales advisor at the Joliet office; and Todd Younger has been promoted to south suburban regional president.

Loren R. Miller, a 35-year veteran of corporate and institutional trust and asset management, has been named vice president, institutional business development at MB Financial Bank in Rosemont.

Jordan J. Layer, a financial professional with Oak Brook-based Pinnacle Planning Group, LLC, has attained membership in the Million Dollar Round Table, an international, independent association of more than 29,000 of the world’s best financial service professionals.

William Jochum has been appointed vice president of Citizens Financial Bank, in Darien.

Chambers

Bill Garlough, owner of Naperville-based My Chef Catering, has been elected to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce board of directors.

Elizabeth D’Onofrio has been named member advocate for the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Communications

Richard J. Jurek has been appointed as chief executive officer of in-house marketing and communications for Inland Communications, Inc., in Oak brook.

Construction

Steve DeGroote has been appointed vice president of operations for the Elk Grove Village office of Mortenson Construction.

Education

Mary Edith Butler has been named dean for communications and library services at Waubonsee Community College.

Fred R. McKenzie has been promoted to dean of the College of Professional Studies at Aurora University.

Michael Wilder has been appointed dean of the conservatory, arts and communication at Wheaton College.

Entertainment

Trevor Murakami has been promoted to general manager of the York Theatre in Elmhurst.

Health care

John Ruhl has been appointed vice president of marketing for Adventist Midwest Health, for its hospitals in Bolingbrook, Glendale Heights, Hinsdale and LaGrange.

Rick Mace has been appointed chief executive officer at Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital. He has 26 years of senior-level health care experience.

Paul Pyrcik has been named executive director of the Marianjoy foundation at Wheaton-based Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital, while Margaret Rumpsa is the new vice president of the Marianjoy medical group physician practice.

Kevin Rose has been named system vice president, strategic planning and business development for Joliet-based Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center.

Hospitality

Robert Habeeb, President and COO of Rosemont-based First Hospitality group, was honored as Hotelier of the Year at the HotelWorld Global hospitality & Design Awards.

Manufacturing

Dave Watermann, CEO of Hansen Plastics Corporation of Elgin, a manufacturer of precision-injected molded parts, has retired and will be succeeded by new president and CEO Roy Lilly.

Organizations

Daniel Betts has been named executive director of the Naperville Park District.

Non-profits

Charles McLimans has been appointed executive director of Loaves and Fishes Community Pantry, in Naperville.

Marketing

Deron Johnson has been promoted to vice president, public relations director for Rhea + Kaiser Marketing Communications, in Naperville.

Real Estate

Eric Mariani has been hired as an associate for The Staubach Company, a commercial real estate advisory firm, in Oakbrook Terrace.

Timothy Geiser has joined Itasca-based ML Realty Partners LLC, as director.

Jim Thompson has joined Northbrook-based Next Realty, LLC as development director.

Oak Brook-based Inland Western Retail Real Estate Trust, Inc. has appointed the following executives: Michael J. O’Hanlon, president and CEO; Steven P. Grimes, COO and CFO; Shane Garrison as CIO; and Niall Byrne as president of property management.

Services

Kevin Daugherty has joined The Sidwell Company, a GIS and cadastral mapping solutions provider, as GIS industry director.

Technology

Jeff Scheper has been named chief executive officer for Schaumburg-based Prescient Solutions, a virtual information technology services company, while James E. Lagattuta has been named president and chief financial officer. Tom Pettenon has joined Prescient as vice president, client service.