Area business happenings

Names and Faces

Robert Peccia and Associates recently announced several staff changes.

Tim Rusdal was promoted to Site Development Division manager. He holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from North Dakota State University and joined the firm in 2001. He previously worked for several construction and engineering firms.

Craig Jenneskens was promoted to assistant manager of the Water Division, where he has worked since joining the firm in 1994. He holds a master's degree in environmental engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Carroll College.

Brad Koenig was promoted to assistant manager of the Wastewater Division. He has been involved in the firm's design of wastewater projects across the state since 1996.

Neal Bell recently joined the firm after graduating from Montana State University with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. While in college, he worked for the MSU/Montana Department of Transportation Design Unit as well as the U.S. Forest Service during three summers.

Jon Saunders has been promoted to general manager of KRTV/KXLH in Great Falls/Helena. He started his career with Cordillera Communications in 1999 in the sales department of KXLF in Butte, then moved to a company station in Arizona. He was most recently sales manager at KTVQ. Saunders attended Capital High and graduated from Carroll College in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in accounting.

Brent Larson recently joined the Helena office of WWC Engineering as a draftsman. He has five years of CADD experience in various engineering departments, most recently with the offshore crane manufacturer National Oilwell. He attended Hennepin Technical College in Minnesota for an AAS degree in architectural drafting.

The St. Peter's Hospital Assocation, a volunteer organization formed in 1921 to support the hospital, recently elected officers for the coming year. Arlene Mathews will continue to serve as president. New vice president is Betty Brown; Helen Bunkowske will be secretary; and Jim McIntyre will continue as treasurer.

Rick Gorenflo has been named vice president of finance and chief financial officer of New West Health Services. He comes from Mount Airy, Md., where he consulted the insurance industry through his firm MHC Consulting. He was previously senior vice president fo Mid Atlantic Medicare Services in Rockville, Md., and director of finance for The Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley, Inc. He holds a degree in business administration/accounting and finance from Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio.

Doug Kraft, a Helena native and most recently Wells Fargo's business banking manager in Billings, is retiring after 33 years with the company. He joined the firm in Helena in 1974 and moved to Billings in the late 1990s.

Laura M. (Meg) Lewis, an agent for New York Life Insurance Co., has been Certified in Long-Term Care (CLTC) by the Corporation for Long-Term Care Certification after passing a seven-part course and exam and meeting several other standards. She has been a New York Life agent since 2005.

Recognition

Robert Peccia and Associates, along with Sanders County and the Plains Airport Board, were recently presented the Airport of the Year Award from the Montana Department of Transportation at the department's recent Aviation Conference. The newly constructed Penn Stohr Field was opened last fall.