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F&M Bank Announces Leadership Changes and Retirements of Rex Rice, EVP & Chief Lending Officer and Benét Rupp, EVP & Chief Administrative Officer

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024
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ARCHBOLD, Ohio, Jan. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- F&M Bank (“F&M”), an Archbold, Ohio based bank owned by Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: FMAO) today announced the retirements of Rex Rice, EVP & Chief Lending Officer and Benét Rupp, EVP & Chief Administrative Officer.

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  • ARCHBOLD, Ohio, Jan. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- F&M Bank (“F&M”), an Archbold, Ohio based bank owned by Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: FMAO) today announced the retirements of Rex Rice, EVP & Chief Lending Officer and Benét Rupp, EVP & Chief Administrative Officer.
  • Rex began with the bank in 1981 and has served in a variety of leadership capacities.
  • As Chief Administrative Officer, Mr. Carsey will lead F&M’s deposit and loan operations, digital banking, and customer care functions.
  • Ms. Cover joined the Bank in 2009 and has held a variety of leadership positions within the bank’s marketing function.

Westinghouse Appoints Lou Martinez Sancho as Chief Technology Officer

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Monday, January 29, 2024
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Westinghouse Electric Company announced today the appointment of Lou Martinez Sancho as Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of R&D and Innovation.

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  • Westinghouse Electric Company announced today the appointment of Lou Martinez Sancho as Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of R&D and Innovation.
  • In this role, Martinez Sancho will lead the company’s global research and development portfolio and advance the company’s innovative product and services technology strategy.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240129140784/en/
    Westinghouse announced today the appointment of Lou Martinez Sancho as Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of R&D and Innovation.
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    “For decades, Westinghouse has pioneered ideas that have shaped tomorrow’s energy future,” said Patrick Fragman, Westinghouse President and Chief Executive Officer.

DNA Nanobots Closes Pre-seed Investment Round to Grow BioPharma Partner Program

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024
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DNA Nanobots, a leader in the design and delivery of DNA nanoparticles engineered for targeted therapeutics, announced today that it has closed its pre-seed funding round.

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  • DNA Nanobots, a leader in the design and delivery of DNA nanoparticles engineered for targeted therapeutics, announced today that it has closed its pre-seed funding round.
  • The investment enables DNA Nanobots to launch its BioPharma Partner Program to streamline its end-to-end custom biopharma solutions from design to development for preclinical and animal studies for improved delivery of a wide range of therapeutics.
  • The company invites BioPharma companies interested in enhancing their drug development pipeline to partner and launched a new portal to start discussions at https://dnananobots.com/BPP .
  • To facilitate these partnerships, DNA Nanobots licensed a portfolio of DNA nanostructure (DNA origami) technologies from The Ohio State University and maintains an active collaboration with OSU Professor and DNA Nanobots co-founder, Carlos Castro, Ph.D. Pre-seed investment enabled hiring senior scientists from OSU and full laboratory setup.

Medix Infusion Announces the Appointment of Pavlos Pavlidis, Jr., President and Chief Operating Officer

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Monday, January 29, 2024
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ADDISON, Texas, Jan. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- As Medix Infusion's new President and COO, Pav will lead and scale the company's multi-state business operations including Nursing, Pharmacy, Procurement, Business Insights and other operational departments that support the Company's 40 locations across 5 states. Since the end of 2020 Medix has grown nearly 600%, expanded manufacturer partnerships and established itself as a leader in infusion care. "Pav brings decades of leadership and operations experience in specialty pharmacy, biotechnology, and patient support services, as well as exceptional physician and patient advocacy focus. Execution without compromising, our team culture will be essential as Medix looks to continue to grow as a national leader, and Pav has an impressive history of developing efficiencies while developing, coaching, and successfully impacting organizational culture. We are delighted to have someone of Pav's caliber and reputation join our mission, and we look forward to his contributions in the next phase of the Company's growth," said CEO Gus de Avillez.

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  • Medix Infusion, a leader in the infusion industry, announced that Pavlos "Pav" Pavlidis has been appointed Medix's new President and Chief Operating Officer.
  • Since the end of 2020 Medix has grown nearly 600%, expanded manufacturer partnerships and established itself as a leader in infusion care.
  • Prior to joining Medix Infusion, Pav served as Chief Operating Officer at Biologics by McKesson.
  • Pav had many other notable leadership roles, including President & Chief Operating Officer at AppianRx, VP at UnitedHealth Group, Sr. Director at Biogen, VP and General Manager at Medco.

Former Administrative Patent Judge and Associate Solicitor Kristi L.R. Sawert, Ph.D., Joins Fish & Richardson, Expanding Post-Grant Practice and Life Science Focus

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Monday, January 22, 2024
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Today former U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board Administrative Patent Judge and Associate Solicitor Kristi L.R.

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  • Today former U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board Administrative Patent Judge and Associate Solicitor Kristi L.R.
  • As a principal, Dr. Sawert will focus her experience on representing life sciences clients, particularly in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.
  • “Kristi brings a rare and valuable combination of law firm and government experience to Fish,” said John Adkisson, Fish president & chief executive officer.
  • “During my tenure as an administrative patent judge, I had the opportunity to see firsthand the impressive professionalism, preparedness, and skill of Fish attorneys,” said Sawert.

Holcim US Partners with Ohio State and GTI Energy to Bring Cost-Effective Carbon Capture Technology to Scale

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Thursday, January 18, 2024
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Unique partners The Ohio State University, GTI Energy and Holcim US are joining forces to design, build and test a cost-effective membrane carbon capture technology, funded in part by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) with cost share contributions from Holcim.

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  • Unique partners The Ohio State University, GTI Energy and Holcim US are joining forces to design, build and test a cost-effective membrane carbon capture technology, funded in part by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) with cost share contributions from Holcim.
  • Groundbreaking membrane technology from Ohio State will be employed in the project, targeting the capture of 95-99 percent of CO2 from cement kiln gas with a purity exceeding 95 percent and lower energy demand.
  • “We are excited to demonstrate Ohio State’s highly selective membrane technology for carbon dioxide capture from a cement plant,” said Yang Han, Ohio State College of Engineering research scientist.
  • The Ohio State membrane technology stands out as a promising solution to reduce energy consumption and costs in the carbon capture process.

CFP Board Announces Client Impact Research Initiative in Support of 2022-2026 Strategic Priorities

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CFP Board today announced the release of the draft framework of its Client Impact Study, the first peer-reviewed academic research study to track and report on the actual impact of holistic financial planning on clients.

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  • WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CFP Board today announced the release of the draft framework of its Client Impact Study, the first peer-reviewed academic research study to track and report on the actual impact of holistic financial planning on clients.
  • "Americans turn to CFP® professionals for holistic competent and ethical financial planning," said CFP Board CEO Kevin R. Keller, CAE .
  • "This study will help us quantify the impact financial planning has on clients and society, and we look forward to receiving feedback on the study's proposed framework."
  • CFP Board will host a webinar on Tuesday, Jan. 30, at 1:00 pm ET, in which the research team will introduce this study and discuss the framework that will be used to evaluate client outcomes.

Farm Heterogeneity and Leveraging Federal Crop Insurance for Conservation Practice Adoption

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024
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MILWAUKEE, Jan. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Many studies have considered the relationship between crop insurance and individual conservation practices. A new study considers the relationship between crop insurance and a broad set of conservation practices, as well as developing a unique approach to use survey data to measure the environmental impact of nitrogen that also accounts for a producers' yield goals. The research is one step forward in conducting analysis that looks at the broader set of production and conservation practices on farms, as well as actual environmental impacts.

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  • MILWAUKEE, Jan. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Many studies have considered the relationship between crop insurance and individual conservation practices.
  • In the new article " Farm Heterogeneity and Leveraging Federal Crop Insurance for Conservation Practice Adoption " featured in the Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy, Jennifer Ifft from Kansas State University and Margaret Jodlowski from The Ohio State University, dig into if farm that use crop insurance have different conservation practices and more or less nitrogen use, relative to other farms.
  • The authors say, "Many current and proposed policies aim to use the Federal crop insurance program to leverage adoption of conservation practices.
  • However, our analysis also suggests that farms that more intensively use crop insurance may be more responsive to financial incentives, which could accelerate adoption."

Tim Czartoski Appointed as CEO of Genesis Innovation Group

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Monday, January 22, 2024
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Genesis Innovation Group (GIG), a leader in medical device innovation, is excited to announce the appointment of Tim Czartoski as Chief Executive Officer effective April 1, 2024, and serving in an advisory role until that time.

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  • GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Genesis Innovation Group (GIG), a leader in medical device innovation, is excited to announce the appointment of Tim Czartoski as Chief Executive Officer effective April 1, 2024, and serving in an advisory role until that time.
  • Tim is passionate about developing people and delivering meaningful innovation for customers and patients.
  • Genesis has enjoyed meaningful success in its short tenure as an innovation organization.
  • Genesis seeks to continue this legacy of success and expand its footprint in the medical device innovation space through an enhanced leadership team and a refocused strategy centered around innovation and partnership.

Churchill Stateside Group Announces a New VP of Originations for the Midwest Region

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Friday, January 19, 2024
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CLEARWATER, Fla., Jan. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Churchill Stateside Group, LLC (CSG), a real estate and renewable energy financial services company, is pleased to announce that Ben Goates has been hired as Vice President of Originations for the Midwest market. Ben's tenured experience spans 20 years in banking, multifamily brokerage, community development lending and investment, and real estate consulting. His work in the affordable housing industry, primarily in low-income housing tax credits, will provide additional growth to Churchill's mission and operation.

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  • Ben's tenured experience spans 20 years in banking, multifamily brokerage, community development lending and investment, and real estate consulting.
  • His work in the affordable housing industry, primarily in low-income housing tax credits, will provide additional growth to Churchill's mission and operation.
  • "Churchill Stateside Group's reputation in the industry is top notch and I am humbled to join this powerhouse team.
  • Ben's knowledge of the market is second to none and we are excited for Ben to be on the team.