PEORIA MAGAZINE October 2023

Laurie Shanderson , PhD, FACHE. Banks will perform the duties of chancellor while a search moves forward to permanently fill the position. No other positions are affected by the transition and students will not experience any changes in their programming or course work.

BUSINESS NEWS

HIRES AND RETIRES The board of directors of the Center for Youth and Family Solutions (CYFS) announced that Patrick Phelan has been appointed to serve as the agency’s CEO. He succeeds co-founder and CEO Trish Fox , who retired at the end of September. CYFS is a comprehensive, nationally accredited human service organization serving youth and families in central Illinois and eastern Iowa. IN BRIEF

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

N. Wisconsin Ave., Peoria. He is a grad uate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine-Rockford who specializes in family medicine, obstetrics, addiction medicine and obesity medicine. He is accepting new patients. To schedule an appointment, call 309-680-7600. ELECTIONS AND SELECTIONS Ron Budzinski of Peoria has been elected to join the Illinois Central Col lege Board of Trustees. He fills the seat of retired board member Bettsey Barhorst and will serve in the role until the next election in April 2025. Budzinski has a career background in both architecture and criminal justice. Amy Paul , project manager at Central States Marketing , has joined the Pedi atric Resource Center ’s (PRC) Commu nity Board. In addition, Dr. Shilpa Hari is now a physician with PRC. The com munity service program provides direct services to suspected child victims of physical abuse, sexual abuse and ne glect, and is a service of the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria . MOVING UP THE LADDER Two members of the East Peoria Fire Department have been promoted. Lt. Christopher Rieker has risen to the rank of assistant chief, and firefighter Mat thew Foster is now a lieutenant. Rieker has been a member of the department since 2000 and has served as a lieutenant since 2016. Foster has been a member of the fire department since 2008. Methodist College has appointed Kay la Banks , PhD, RN, NEA-BC, as interim chancellor following the resignation of

The OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Med ical Center Hypertension Center has been awarded the American Heart As sociation ’s Hypertension Practice Cen ter Certification, in recognition of the organization’s commitment to following research-based-treatment guidelines to care for people with complex or diffi cult-to-treat high blood pressure.

H Wayne Wilson , the long time host of At Issue on WTVP PBS , announced his retirement from the program at the end of August. Wilson created

During its 17th annual Passage to India event in August, Easterseals Cen tral Illinois presented its Banyan Tree Award to Sanjay Poonen , president and CEO of Cohesity , a

and has hosted the pub lic affairs interview program for 35 years while also writing, narrating and producing documentaries and other content for public media. At Issue will return with a new host, Mark Welp , on Oct. 5. The show will have a new look, new set and feature special reports and content from Phil Luciano . At Issue airs Thursday nights at 8 p.m. on WTVP HD 47.1.

company dedicated to unlocking the value in organizational data. The annual award recognizes a lifetime of accomplishments, significant achieve ments and exemplary contributions toward global economic prosperity, cross-cultural collaboration and in ternational goodwill. The Peoria City/County Health De partment ’s Special Supplemental Nu trition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program has received a Gold Breastfeeding Award of Excel lence from the Midwest Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). FNS recognized outstanding WIC agencies in the Midwest for the work they have done to strengthen breastfeeding pro grams in their communities. G. Douglas Stephens of Stephens Fiddes McGill and Associates, PC , of Peoria has been certified as a life member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Sherry Thomas has joined CityLink as its new director of finance. She comes to the public transit organization with more than 22 years of ex perience in public sector

finance. Her responsibilities will include leading the finance/accounting team, evaluating existing fiscal practices, producing financial reports and state ments, overseeing and coordinating audits, managing tax information and calculations, and overseeing cash man agement, investments and forecasting. Dr. John Mihelcic has joined Heartland Health Services ’ East Bluff office, 2321

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