• Michael Corr, newly elected president of the Evanston Chamber of Commerce, will be introduced to chamber members, along with other new officers and Board members on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., at the Hilton Orrington Hotel. Corr is Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking, at First Bank & Trust.
•Thomas Kapfer, president and chief executive officer of Beaver-Visitec International, Inc., has been appointed to the Governing Council of Advocate Condell Medical Center. Kapfer joined Beaver-Visitec International at its launch in August of 2010. BVI is a global manufacturer, developer and marketer of ophthalmic and other specialty microsurgical products. Based in Waltham, Mass., BVI has offices in Lake Forest.
• Key Mortgage Services, Inc. announced that Dan Moran, a nationally recognized mortgage professional, has joined the company as vice president of sales. Previously a regional manager for Guaranteed Rate, Moran was named one of the 100 Most Influential Mortgage Executives by Mortgage Executive Magazine in 2013 and 2014.
• Midtronics, Inc. announced the recent addition of Jim Solari to its board of directors. Solari has served since 2011 as president of G&W Electric Company, based in Bolingbrook. Joining G&W as Vice President of Operations in 2005, Solari has led a dramatic period of sales and profit growth for the company, developing new custom solutions for the electric power industry.
• John Nelson, P.E., regional vice president, recently celebrated 15 years of service at Hanson Professional Services Inc.’s Chicago regional office. Nelson joined the company in 1999 as a civil engineer. Prior to joining the firm, he was a project manager for an engineering firm in Chicago.
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