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Rep: Mary Anne Poatsy
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Healthcare Design Magazine voted Robert N. Mayer one of 2012's eight "Most Influential People in Healthcare Design" for his leadership as president of the Hulda B. & Maurice L. Rothschild Foundation.

Marc Poulin was appointed CEO of Sobey's, one of two national grocery chains in all of Canada. In his new capacity, Poulin will also serve on the board of directors of Empire Co. Ltd. He has led the company's operations in Québec since 2001, most recently as president of IGA Operations Business Unit, Sobey's Inc.

Mark Reilly joined Verisight as director to lead the executive compensation group. Most recently, Reilly was a founding partner with Chicago-based 3C Consulting. Previously, he managed his own venture capital fund, MKR Investments LLC, and held executive compensation consulting positions with Sibson Consulting, the Hay Group and Frederic W. Cook & Co.

Richard Damisch was at the NU vs. Indiana football game last falland ran into Nancy Rotering, Rob Rotering, Greg Kameika, Gerry Komlofske and Ed Wilson '84.

Patrick Grismer spent three years as a consultant at Pricewaterhouse Coopers; three years in various finance and strategy roles at Disney, leaving as vice president of strategic planning and new business development for Disneyland; and ten years in various finance and strategy roles at Yum Brands, the world's largest restaurant company, with over 37,000 KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell retail locations in over 100 countries. He currently is chief financial officer at Yum Brands' headquarters in Louisville.

Cheryl Dancey Balough contributed a chapter called "Trademarks, Marketing, and Advertising" to the newly published book, Internet Law for the Business Lawyer, Second Edition. The chapter focuses on legal issues that can arise from a business' online marketing efforts, and includes a section on various federal regulations that business lawyers should be aware of as they assist their clients with best practices for their Internet-based transactions. Cheryl and her law partner, husband Richard, have also launched a free app for iPad and iPhone to help employers and individuals determine whether they have a trade secret or a valid non-compete agreement. You can access both the app and the book through Cheryl's website www.balough.com.

Rob Ahrensdorf is looking into entrepreneurial ventures now that he and his spouse are empty nesters. Stay tuned to this column for more exciting work news.

Julie (Hechtman) Sall has been a marketing consultant for more than 18 years, after working at Lotus and MathSoft. She has done project-based work with big and small companies, but finds that most of her time goes toward her many volunteer activities. Over the years, she's been PTO president at the elementary, middle and high school levels, and a couple years ago became co-president of the Newton Schools Foundation, a private fundraising entity for Newton Public Schools. Of the programs that she runs, one of her favorites is Newton Inspires, which invites Newtonians to share their passion and ideas during a night of education and community. Speakers at these events have included Tom Ashbrook, Ty Burr, Anita Diamant and William Landay, along with 14 others, with about 500 community members attending. It is a wonderful evening of giving back. If you live in Newton, Mass., or are just visiting, you are welcome to come! Contact Julie at Julie@sall.net.

Henry and Gretchen Reed are empty nesters. Gretchen started a new job about a year ago as senior director of professional development for the National Association for Business Officers of America. Members of NBOA run independent K-12 schools throughout North America. Henry continues with his consulting practice and is hoping to get his golf game back in shape now that his weekends are free.

Andy Birol's business took off again. Within three years, his general business-growth practice has begun to thrive, along with his emerging specialty of helping non-energy companies develop growth strategies to serve the Marcellus Shale. In 2012, he helped a dozen clients grow their firms, gave nearly 30 speeches, wrote columns for three Western Pennsylvania publications and was included as an expert in the University of Pittsburgh's Marcellus supply-chain study.

Steve Knoop was named CEO of Healy Family Holdings Inc. From the press release: "Knoop assumes the position with a focus on expanding growth and sustaining financial soundness across the Healy Family Holdings portfolio of businesses."