BUSINESS PEOPLE
Current Deputy City Manager Bryan Heck has accepted an offer to be Springfield’s next city manager, Springfield city commissioners announced recently.
Heck was one of three internal and 18 external applicants to the job, which opened when City Manager Jim Bodenmiller announced his retirement in August. Heck will take office next year following Bodenmiller’s departure in January.
“Bryan has the experience in public administration and vision for the future that we feel is the best fit to help lead Springfield in a positive direction,” said Springfield Mayor Warren Copeland.
City Commission extended the offer to Heck following its regular commission meeting Dec. 4. The commission is expected to vote on Heck’s appointment at its next regular meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the City Hall Forum, 76 E. High St.
Heck is a lifelong resident of Clark County and a graduate of Wittenberg University.
As Henny Penny finishes another strong year, the equipment manufacturer is announcing changes to its executive leadership team. The company’s continued growth has challenged leadership to accelerate the pace of scaling the business while executing day-to-day and staying focused on the longterm vision of being a People First organization that builds the world’s most premium commercial foodservice equipment.
To help address the challenge, Rob Connelly, Henny Penny CEO, is promoting two proven leaders, Steve Maggard and Carolyn Wall ,to executive vice president.
Maggard previously served as senior VP of operations and has been with Henny Penny since 1982. In his new role as executive vice president, Maggard is responsible for global day-to-day operations, including engineering, new product development, parts, production (in Eaton, Ohio, and Suzhou, China), quality assurance and supply chain.
Wall previously served as chief people officer and has been with Henny Penny since 2008. In her new role as executive vice president, Wall will manage global day-today responsibilities for the company’s support functions, including brand, finance, human resources, IT, legal and product management.
Michelle Niedermier has been named the new director of Montgomery County Job and Family Services ( JFS). Currently serving as Lucas County JFS director, Niedermier will begin her new role with Montgomery County on Monday.
Niedermier will be responsible for leading the daily operations of JFS, which includes Family Assistance, Child Support Enforcement, Children Services, and Support Services and Operations. Assistant County Administrator Tom Kelley will continue to oversee all human services departments: Job and Family Services, Human Services Planning and Development, Family and Children First, Homeless and Housing Initiatives, the Office of Ex-Offender Reentry, and the Stillwater Center.
Niedermier has served as Lucas County JFS director since September 2016. She began her career with Lucas County in 2005 as fiscal manager. Prior to her work with Lucas County, Niedermier served as the executive director for Seneca Habitat for Humanity and the village administrator for the Village of Monroeville and held other positions in Seneca County government in Tiffin, Ohio.
Niedermier holds a master’s degree in organization development (executive program) from Bowling Green State University, with an emphasis on large scale change initiatives and human resources. She also holds a bachelor of arts in political science from Cleveland State University, with an emphasis on public administration.
Edward Jones financial adviser Ron Solada recently announced that a second financial adviser, his son, Andy Solada, joined his office in Kettering on Dec. 10.
“I am really looking forward to working with my dad and his team,” said Andy. “I’ll have all the advantages of working with experienced investment professionals while getting to know local investors. This will be a tremendous opportunity to increase my investment knowledge and hone my customer service skills.”
Ron said, “Edward Jones prides itself on providing the best service possible to those investors who choose to do business with us. Andy will help provide the high level of service investors in our community have come to expect from us as well as extend our services to new investors.”
The branch office is at 580 Lincoln Park Blvd., Suite 133, Kettering. The telephone number is 937-293-7473.
Edward Jones, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in St. Louis, provides financial services in the U.S. and, through its affiliate, in Canada.
Former assistant deputy chief management officer for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, David Tillotson III, was recently appointed as the director of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
A member of the Senior Executive Service since 2002, Tillotson replaces Jack Hudson, who retired on Oct. 5 after serving as director for nearly eight years.
At the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Tillotson will manage nearly 1 million square feet of exhibit space with more than 350 aerospace vehicles and missiles, and thousands of other artifacts. He will also provide technical and professional guidance to the U.S. Air Force Heritage Program, which includes more than 2,400 aerospace vehicles and over 46,000 other artifacts, on loan to nearly 780 domestic and international military heritage activities, civilian museums, cities, municipalities and veterans’ organizations.
Tillotson, who began his new assignment on Nov. 25, said he was truly humbled yet extremely excited to lead the Air Force’s national museum.
Tillotson was commissioned upon graduation from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1975. His assignments included ground theater air control system units with Tactical Air Command and U.S. Air Forces in Europe.
Following assignments in operations, Tillotson moved to the Air Force acquisition corps, where he initially served as the deputy mission area director, Information Dominance, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition. Later he was assigned to Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., as chief of experimentation with the Integrated Command and Control System Program Office and was responsible for the Air Force’s Joint Expeditionary Experiment series. Eventually, he became the system program director for the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Integration Program Office.
After his retirement from active duty, Tillotson served as director in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Warfighting Integration, and as deputy chief information officer, HQ U.S. Air Force, before becoming the first Air Force deputy chief management officer for the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force.
For more information, visit www.nationalmuseum.af.mil.
Kelly Wilkinson, a certified nurse midwife (CNM), is joining the Center for Women’s Health and Wellness. Wilkinson received her bachelor’s of nursing from Mount Carmel College of Nursing. She received her master’s of science in nursing and nurse-midwifery from Frontier Nursing University.
Center for Women’s Health and Wellness is at 7450 Mason Montgomery Road, Suite 201, in Mason and also includes Charles Hageman, M.D.; Ronald Hirth, M.D.; Stacy Hudepohl, CNM; Charissa Newton, CNM; Amy Renshaw, M.D.; and Rhonda Washington, M.D. The practice is accepting new patients and can be reached by calling 513-770-2797.