The Entrepreneurs Center
(TEC), now in its 21st year, announced the addition of five new members of the Board of Directors. They are:
Russ Gottesman, CEO, CommuterAds
Craig Jennings, president, Spintech, LLC
Greg Meredith , practice leader, Brixey & Meyer
Chris Pomfret, retired president, Treble One, LLC
Gayle Rominger, president, Rominger Consulting
The five new board members join existing board members: Shelley Dickstein, city manager, city of Dayton; Thomas Frericks Jr., Sunbelt Business Advisors; Caroline H. Gentry, partner, Porter, Wright Morris & Arthur LLP; Robert Hickey, associate vice president of public affairs, Wright State University; Brian Kohr, president and CEO, CSafe Global; Antonette Lucente, president, Blue Gill Consulting Group LLC; Kevin Robie, vice president-portfolio management, Soin International LLC; David D. Schoeff, retired, Teradata; and Joe Tuss, county administrator, Montgomery County.
TEC is a leader in facilitating technology commercialization by enabling access to all the resources of the Region Entrepreneurship Eco-System in helping to create successful technology-based entrepreneurial businesses. TEC maintains its hub operation at 714 E. Monument Ave., in downtown Dayton.
Mohamed T. Kaidi,
P.E., was presented with his Professional Engineering License at a Statehouse ceremony hosted by the State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers & Surveyors and the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE).
Kaidi, a graduate of Vandalia Butler High School, earned his bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Wright State University. Today, he is an electrical reliability engineer for Cargill.
Kaidi is a member of the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers, the state’s leading organization advocating for engineers. OSPE, a state affiliate of the National Society of Professional Engineers, was established in 1878 to promote the ethical conduct of practicing professional engineers, high standards for engineering education, and to advance public safety and welfare.
For more information about engineering in Ohio, call OSPE at 1-800-654-9481 (223-1144 in Columbus).
Henny Penny,
the leading global designer and manufacturer of premium cooking, holding, and display equipment, has restructured and redefined key roles across its Executive Leadership Team.
The organizational changes include:
Steve Maggard, formerly senior vice president of Global Customer Experience, is now senior vice president of operations.
Ryan Kutter, formerly vice president strategic accounts and support, is now vice president of global customer experience.
Jeff Kincer, formerly senior vice president innovation and operations, is now senior vice president of global infrastructure.
Carolyn Wall, formerly chief financial officer and interim vice president of Human Resources, is now chief people officer.
Brian Prenger, formerly treasurer, has an expanded role as vice president of finance.
Alex Morgan, formerly director of brand strategy, is now vice president of brand.
Chris Trout, vice president of strategy, will continue this role with new support and oversight for Wood Stone located in Bellingham, Washington.
Brian Wright will continue to serve as veneral counsel, with an expanded role as vice president of innovation.
The Rotary Club of Beavercreek added two new members when the new city manager in Beavercreek, and
president and owner of the McCullough Group, were unanimously approved on March 21, 2017.
Landrum became Beavercreek’s City Manager in January. He is a native of the Miami Valley, having graduated from Miamisburg High School. He later graduated from Wright State University with a degree in communications and sociology.
After a 15-year career with Montgomery County, he became the assistant county administrator in Butler County, and most recently, was the Township Administrator for Delphi Township.
McCullough is president of The McCullough Group, a coaching and advisory service in Beavercreek. Although he was born in Columbus, he graduated from high school in Georgia, and he later earned a bachelor’s degree in business from Georgia State University.
He worked for nearly 20 years in Georgia before relocating to the Miami Valley.
Jr. Pete Landrum, McCullough, Steve
Huber Heights Councilman
has been appointed to the National League of Cities (NLC) 2017 Community and Economic Development (CED) federal advocacy committee. This committee has the lead responsibility for developing NLC’s federal policy positions on issues involving housing, community and economic development, land use, recreation and parks, historic preservation and international competitiveness. The appointment was announced by NLC
Richard E. Shaw
President Matt Zone.
As a committee member, Shaw will play a key role in shaping NLC’s policy positions and advocate on behalf of America’s cities and towns before Congress, with the new administration and at home.
The leadership of this year’s committee will consist of Chair Gerri Schroder, councilmember, Henderson, Nevada; and Vice Chairs Gyna Bivens, councilmember, Fort Worth, Texas; and Johnnie Warren, councilmember, Oakwood Village, Ohio.