Tucson chamber promotes Banzhaf
The Tucson Metro Chamber promoted Lori Banzhaf to executive vice president.
She will oversee membership sales, advertising and sponsorships and events.
Banzhaf joined the chamber in June 2011 as vice president of business development after a career as director of major gifts and planned giving for the Tucson Medical Center Foundation. She was also president and founder of Monsoon Marketing.
Banzhaf is a member of the Western Association of Chamber Executives and is co-chair, with her husband, Steve, of the 2015 Heart & Stroke Ball.
Freedman is president, Almeroth
is CFO at Pima Medical Institute
Pima Medical Institute (PMI), a private postsecondary education and training school, promoted Fred Freedman to president and appointed him to the company’s board of directors. In addition, Richard Almeroth was promoted to chief financial officer and appointed to the board.
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Liby Lentz, corporate director of human resources, and Michael Niggl, corporate director of financial aid, have each been appointed as a director to the PMI board and promoted to vice president.
Freedman has worked at PMI for 14 years, serving as a campus director and director of operations. He was named chief operating officer in 2008, a post he will retain as president. He will be responsible for the fiscal and operational management of 13 ground campuses and an online campus. He has more than 30 years of experience in the private vocational school industry.
Almeroth joined PMI in 2010 and was named controller in 2011. He will manage, direct and administer all aspects of the company’s more than $125 million annual revenue budget.
Lentz has more than 20 years at PMI; Niggl is a 23-year employee there.
Sales veteran Winter to lead Dove Mt. office of Long Realty
Long Realty, a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate, has promoted associate broker David Winter to full-time branch manager of its Dove Mountain office.
Winter brings more than 30 years of experience in retail and real estate management. Most recently he was the sales manager for the company’s River Campbell office.
Local Farmers Insurance district selects Angyang as new adviser
The Southern Arizona District Office of Farmers Insurance Group has appointed Angyang Jiang as its newest adviser to Tucson.
Angyang, who speaks Mandarin, holds property/casualty and life/health insurance licenses.
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