Notable News

Public Policy Associates, Inc. has announced important changes in its leadership team. 

Douglas C. Drake has become PPA’s business development and marketing coordinator and has also assumed a role as senior policy adviser. He previously was director of the health, human services and philanthropy group.

Colleen Graber will serve as interim leader of the health, human services and philanthropy group.  She will continue as a project manager in PPA’s education, workforce and economic development group.

Public Policy Associates, Inc. is a leading state and national public policy consulting firm. 

Accident Fund Insurance Company of America has been selected as one of the Best Places to Work in Insurance for 2010 by Business Insurance. 

Business Insurance launched the Best Places to Work in Insurance program in 2009 to identify and recognize high-quality workplaces in the commercial insurance industry and honor them for creating workplaces that do a superior job of encouraging employees to thrive in a workplace they can love.

For more information about Accident Fund Insurance Company of America, visit www.accidentfund.com.

A.J. Boggs & Company, a Michigan-based software development firm, announces their lead consultant, Joseph Kunk, has been selected by Visual Studio Magazine as a columnist for their VB (Visual Basic) programming language column. 

Kunk’s monthly column is featured in both print and Web versions. As co-author of the recently released “Professional DevExpress ASP.Net Controls,” Kunk is rapidly becoming a popular technology expert.  

William R. Carlson of St. Johns has been named executive director of Select Registry™, Distinguished Inns of North America. In his new role, Carlson will oversee strategic planning and marketing initiatives that build upon the organization’s 40-year history as being a premier association.