People in the News

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Community|ret||ret||tab|

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Cathy Rippe joined the Springfield Family YMCA as director of membership services. Prior to the YMCA, Rippe worked at the Springfield News-Leader as national major sales manager and spent 15 years with KOLR 10 as general sales manager.|ret||ret||tab|

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Finance|ret||ret||tab|

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Elizabeth Frisch joined Great South-ern Bank in the position of assistant vice president of commercial lending. Frisch has 20 years of commercial lending experience. |ret||ret||tab|

Prior to joining Great Southern Bank, Frisch was employed as senior vice president/ credit manager with Santa Lucia Bank in Atascadero, Calif. Her new responsibilities at Great Southern Bank include originating and servicing commercial loans. |ret||ret||tab|

Health Care|ret||ret||tab|

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The Medical Consult-ing Group announced two staff additions:|ret||ret||tab|

Chris Mahen joined the Medical Consulting Group as a consultant. Mahen was in the ophthalmology industry for 10 years with a background of experience in business management, refractive surgery centers, opticals, recruitment and clinical training. Mahen also speaks across the nation and presents at practices and workshops on improving customer service, refractive volume marketing and business management. |ret||ret||tab|

Jennifer Meyer joins the Medical Consulting Group as the director of client services. Meyer's background includes ex-perience in sales and marketing, business management and recruiting. Mey-er's new duties include heading the client services department as well as serving as a liaison between clients, vendors and organizational departments. |ret||ret||tab|

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Lodging|ret||ret||tab|

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Residence Inn Springfield announced two staff additions:|ret||ret||tab|

Michael Kapoulis joined the staff of the Residence Inn Springfield as general manager. Ka-poulis has served as general manager for the Hampton Inn & Suites in Springdale, Ark., and the Courtyard by Marriott in Springfield.|ret||ret||tab|

Cindy Reed joined the Residence Inn Springfield as director of sales. Reed has been with John Q. Hammons Hotels Inc. for 14 years, previously working as the director of catering, director of sales and sales manager for the Holiday Inn Springfield North and the Holiday Inn Springfield University Plaza Hotel. |ret||ret||tab|

Brian Sims joined Courtyard by Marriott at the Springfield Airport as general manager. Sims came to Courtyard by Marriott from the Em-bassy Suites in Charleston, W. Va., where he served as assistant general manager of rooms. In addition to managing the hotel, Sims also has responsibility as manager of "The Cafe," a restaurant located on the property of the Courtyard. Sims has more than 12 years of experience in the hospitality industry.|ret||ret||tab|

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Awards & Achievements|ret||ret||tab|

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James B. Anderson, president of the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce, was named to a six-year term on the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission by Gov. Bob Holden. [[In-content Ad]]