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The Indiana Chamber partners with 25,000 members and investors – representing over four million Hoosiers – to achieve the mission of “cultivating a world-class environment which provides economic opportunity and prosperity.” Below are the latest announcements from some of these businesses.
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Indiana Statewide Certified Development Corporation: Jean Wojtowicz, Indiana Small Business Financing Leader, Named to National Hall of Fame Honoring SBA Lenders (Indianapolis)
Indiana’s Jean Wojtowicz (woe-tow-witz) is the newest member of the Hall of Fame for the National Association of Development Companies (NADCO). NADCO is the trade association of Certified Development Companies (CDC’s) delivering U.S. Small Business Administration 504 loans to small companies. Wojtowicz is founder and executive director of Indiana Statewide Certified Development Corporation. Her organization works with local bank [...]
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology: 99% Placement Rate, All-Time High Salaries for Class of ’22 Highlight Rose-Hulman’s Top ROI (Terre Haute)
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology’s strong value and return on investment is once again showcased by a 99% placement rate of the entire graduating Class of 2022, an all-time high $80,157 average starting salary, and $166,250 high accepted salary. Graduates were placed in 37 states and two foreign countries. “Employers continue to value the excellent qualities that Rose-Hulman graduates bring [...]
Taft: Completes Merger With Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss, Expanding Its Midwest Reach to Detroit (Indianapolis)
Effective Dec. 31, 2022, Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss, a Detroit-area firm with more than 120 attorneys representing over 25 practice areas, joined Taft. With this addition, Taft is now comprised of more than 800 attorneys in eight primary Midwest markets and the District of Columbia. First announced in September 2022, the combination of Jaffe and Taft will offer [...]
Quarles: Joins Forces With Paul, Plevin, Expands Into California (San Diego)
The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced on December 21 its combination with Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton LLP, a premier management-side labor and employment law firm in California, effective January 1, 2023. The expansion establishes Quarles’ presence in California – bringing its national footprint to more than 500 attorneys across 11 U.S. offices – and [...]
PNC Institutional Asset Management: Appoints John Shope as Indiana Managing Director (Indianapolis)
PNC Institutional Asset Management announced the appointment of John Shope to senior vice president and market managing director for Indiana. Based in Indianapolis, Shope will lead a team of experienced sales, implementation and relationship-management professionals at PNC Institutional Asset Management, which provides clients with Outsourced Chief Investment Officer services, liquidity and fixed income management, asset servicing, and retirement plan [...]
Community First Bank of Indiana: Is Indiana Small-Business Lender of the Year (Kokomo)
Indiana’s Small-Business Lender of the Year is Community First Bank of Indiana. The annual award is given by Indiana Statewide Certified Development Corporation, which works with local lenders to provide financing from the U.S. Small Business Administration 504 loan program. Community First Bank Indiana is based in Kokomo, with branches in Westfield, Noblesville and Indianapolis. Robb Blume is president [...]
Matrix Integration: Helps Enterprise-Level Corporations Move Past ‘Putting Out Fires’ to Implement Comprehensive, Long-Term IT Strategies (Jasper)
Most Companies Unable to Focus on 'IT' Disaster Protection Although all companies want their IT to run smoothly, this goal continues to become more difficult for most enterprises as they struggle to keep up with day-to-day IT operations, according to the expert engineers at Matrix Integration, a strategic IT infrastructure partner for more than 1,000 businesses and schools in [...]
Henriott: Launches Farm-to-Fork Risk Management Practice (Lafayette)
Henriott launches a Risk Management Practice dedicated to the unique risks the food, beverage, and agribusiness industries encounter across their farm-to-fork supply chain. There was a time when large scale product liability losses for bodily injury and illness were the food industry’s number one exposure. Today’s risk is amplified by genome sequencing, epidemiologic data, and social media. The regulatory [...]
Donovan CPAs and Lemler Group: Indianapolis-Based CPA Firms to Become One Entity Under the “Donovan CPAs” Moniker (Indianapolis)
Donovan CPAs is pleased to welcome the partners and staff of Indianapolis-based CPA firm, Lemler Group, LLC into the Donovan family. Lemler Group specializes in performing audits for affordable housing properties (HUD, RD, LIHTC) and not-for-profit organizations. As the surviving entity, Donovan CPAs is excited to expand their services offering to continue the impactful work that Lemler Group has [...]
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology: Launches Four-Year Combined Master’s and Bachelor’s Program for Civil Engineers (Terre Haute)
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is answering a surging demand for structural engineers in a unique and creative way with the latest addition to its Rose Squared (R2) program that will allow students to earn both a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and a Master of Civil Engineering specializing in Structures in just four years – and at no [...]
