Lewis & Knopf, CPA, P.C., announced the promotions of Ashish Kapoor, Kenneth W. Rappuhn, II, and Brittany Sepanak. All three professionals are taking on new responsibilities as managers. Prior to their promotions, Kapoor served as a senior staff accountant in the firm’s tax department, Rappuhn served as a senior staff accountant and Sepanak served as an accounting associate on the Small Business Services team.
Lottie Ferguson, chief resiliency officer for the City of Flint, and Roy Lash, lead planner for the City of Flint, were recognized by Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL) in its list of Top 100 Local Government Influencers. To see the full list, click here.
Effective Jan. 1, Alaina Wiens is now the Chief Marketing & Communications Officer for the Flint & Genesee Group. She previously served as executive director of Explore Flint & Genesee and marketing director of the Flint & Genesee Group.
Kettering University has named Jennifer Umberger as its new vice president of Marketing and Communications, effective Feb. 1. Umberger comes to Kettering from Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania (formerly Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania), where she served as the associate vice president of Marketing and Communications and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer. She also was a strategic lead in partnership with Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education.
Additionally, Kettering University named Dr. Scott E. Grasman dean of the College of Engineering in December 2022, following a six-month interim appointment. Previously, Grasman served for five years as a professor and department head of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology and the prior 10 years in the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology.