2 join Owens-Illinois as vice presidents

12/7/2004

Stephen P. Malia has joined glass-container manufacturer Owens-Illinois Inc. as senior vice president and chief human resources officer and Philip J. Rubin has joined the company as vice president, global integration and transformation.

Brooks Insurance Agency, Toledo, has promoted Debra G. Schaefer to vice president and corporate secretary from vice president.

Northwest Title Agency of Ohio & Michigan Inc. has promoted Michael Kajfasz to vice president and Toledo area manager from vice president, sales and marketing.

The Toledo Board of Realtors elected Sally Wylie, Danberry Co., president; Douglas Wright, Sperry Van Ness Investek, president-elect; and Ray Henderson, REMAX Preferred Associates, treasurer. The board also named Christopher Hall, Danberry Co., 2004 Realtor of the Year.

N-Viro International Corp., Toledo, has elected Joseph H. Scheib, chief financial officer of Broad Street Software Group Inc., Edenton, N.C., to the board of directors.

SSOE Inc., architects and engineers, Toledo, has named Daniel J. Bauerschmidt, Mike Duffey, and Mike Eschenbrenner associates of the firm.

Andy Reichert of Goody's Truck Parts & Equipment, Toledo, has been named to the board of International Truck Parts Association.

Manor Care Inc. has elected two new board members: Mary Taylor Behrens, a former senior executive of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. and president of Newfane Advisors Inc. consulting firm, and Richard Tuttle, co-founder of Prospect Partners LLC equity firm in Chicago. The Toledo firm also said that Joseph Lemieux, former chairman of Owens-Illinois Inc., will retire from the board Feb. 28.

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