Business leaders: Who's doing what in the greater Ann Arbor area

The following is a list of achievements by businesses and individuals in the Ann Arbor area:

PEOPLE

• Marc Rueter, principal architect at Rueter Associates Architects in Ann Arbor, has been certified as a Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design Accredited Professional by the U.S. Green Building Council.

• Fingerle Lumber Co. credit manager Jean Jervis was elected international president of Credit Professionals International, an organization of those working in the field of finance: lenders, collectors, credit reporters and credit counselors. Members volunteer to provide credit education in school classrooms and other organizations.

• Senior Helpers in Ann Arbor has hired two new managers: Paula Smith is the new community relations director and Sheila Doeden is the new client service manager.

• Erika Taylor is joining Legacy Land Conservancy. She will take charge of operations and finance for the Conservancy.

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, in partnership with the Cultural Alliance of Southeastern Michigan, has developed a program to help arts and cultural organizations in the region raise operating funds. The online giving challenge, “Community Foundation Challenge - Arts and Culture,” will launch Aug. 18.

• Contracting Resources Inc., a Brighton-based, design-build and construction management company has been named construction manager for the Hyundai Dynamometer project. Located on the Hyundai-Kia America Technical Center campus in Superior Township, the project includes site work, foundations, concrete, steel building erection, and mechanical/electrical work for the new 1,800-square-foot mapping facility. The new sfacility will test performance and horsepower for automobiles. DiClemente Siegel Design Inc. is the architect.
The management company has also been named construction manager for the Charyl Stockwell Academy project. The contract award consists of a new 28,000-square-foot educational facility to be located in Brighton. Charyl Stockwell is an elementary and middle school serving kindergarten through eighth grade.
Contracting Resources also recently completed the 36,000-square-foot Phase III expansion of the Lourdes Wing for Professed Dominican Sisters, the Pier Giorgio Frassati Center for the Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. The final phase of the Motherhouse in Ann Arbor, will increase the size of the facility to approximately 110,000 square feet and includes a multi-purpose conference center, a 115-seat Aquinas Lecture Hall, the Visitation Guest Residence, a gymnasium and additional parking.