Gov. Bob Taft has appointed three local business owners to his newly formed Small Business Advisory Council: Bruce Jentner of Jentner Financial Group of Bath; Kevin Jones of Permold in Medina; and Jane Olszeski Tortola of Hartville Foods Inc. The three join 19 other owners from around Ohio to help advise the state on how it can help small businesses succeed.
Stanley Buda, chairman of Hitchcock Fleming and Associates in Akron, retired in January.
Charles Fritz has been appointed president and CEO of VMI Americas Inc., a Stow-based supplier of machinery for the rubber and tire industries.
SS&G Financial Services has added the following to its Akron staff: Megan Arrowood as general office assistant; Robert Newkirk as associate, small business department; and Paul Woznick as seasonal associate, accounting and auditing department.
PolySort Inc., Akron, has appointed Donna Shelley as marketing director; John I. Braver as national sales director; and Jennifer Jacobs as marketing coordinator.
Cohen & Co., Akron, has promoted Tim McEldowney to partner in the accounting & auditing department.
Dean Foods has promoted Steve Paasch, vice president of sales for milk and ice cream for Reiter Dairy of Akron, to executive vice president of sales and marketing for the northeast region.
Kelli Scott has joined Castle Mortgage Corp. of Uniontown as an account executive.
Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, Akron, has hired attorneys Amy Elizabeth George and Louis F. Wagner.
Diversa Inc., a Kent advertising agency, has promoted Mark Galit to art director. Holly Schweitzer joins the company as media director, and Jason Knight as graphic designer.
Frederick Worrell has been named partner at Wingfield, Bennett & Baer Inc., an Akron-based advertising firm.
New officers were elected to lead the three committees of the Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study this year. Village of Doylestown Mayor Earl Kerr was elected chairman and city of Hudson Mayor John Krum was elected vice chairman.
Martha Wacher, a principal of Akron-based Spector & Saulino/S&S Business Services Inc., has been elected to serve on the Akron Advisory Board for the Arthritis Foundation.
Spector & Saulino/S&S Business Services Inc. has hired David Hillyer and Lesley Donahue as staff accountants.
David K. McCarthy has been promoted to director of Rea & Associates Inc., a Medina accounting firm.
Jordan M. Small has been named Akron district manager, customer service and sales, for the United States Postal Service.
Brockman, Coats, Gedelian & Co., Akron, has added the following: Robin Arrington as administrative assistant; Doug Hale as senior staff assistant; Jan Wilkinson as tax processor and Ken Martin, as programmer/analyst.
Brouse McDowell, Akron, has elected Lisa Novosat-Gradert and Karen L. Greco as principals in the firm.
Advanced Network Solutions, Akron, has hired Sarah Goodrich as a sales representative.
PASCO, of Hudson, has promoted Dennis E. Duffield to vice president, automated trucking systems operations, and John J. Zohoranacky to vice president, technology group.
URS Greiner Woodward Clyde, an Akron architectural and construction management firm, has promoted James L. Swartz and Eric W. Smith to vice president.
Cindy S. Johnson has been appointed to complete the unexpired term of Raymond J. Kapper on the Summit County Children Services Board of Trustees.
Denise Hornak has been appointed production manager at Smiley/Hanchulak Inc., an Akron advertising firm.
Eric Scott Kemeliotis has joined Zajac Communications Inc., Akron, as a graphic designer.
