Quinn named managing editor of IBJ

A former Graphic Printing Company employee has been promoted to a new role.

Samm Quinn, who started her career with The Commercial Review, has been named managing editor of Indianapolis Business Journal.

Quinn served as The CR’s city reporter in 2013 and 2014 before departing to take a role at The Daily Reporter (Greenfield).

As managing editor of the Indianapolis Business Journal, Quinn’s duties will include editing stories for the print edition and working with reporters on investigative stories and enterprise packages. She takes over the role from Greg Weaver, who is now editor of the Indiana Lawyer.

A Franklin College graduate, she spent four years at The Daily Reporter before moving to the Indianapolis Business Journal. In 2021, she was named assistant print editor, which put her in charge of coordinating print features and special publications, including Women of Influence, Forefront and Indiana 100.

While at The Commercial Review, Quinn earned a third-place award from Hoosier State Press Association for best news coverage with no deadline pressure. She also contributed to the paper’s first win for general excellence in its history in 2014.

Training scheduled

ServSafe training is held at John Jay Center for Learning in Portland.

The next session is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29. 

Another session is set for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday Nov. 26.

The certification course is open to all food service employees and emphasizes safe food- and beverage-handling practices to minimize the risk of food-borne illnesses.

For more information, or to register, call (260) 729-5525.

Job fairs set

The U.S. Postal Service is hosting job fairs this week.

Job fairs are set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m Thursday, Oct. 24, for the following offices that are hiring rural carriers:

•Winchester — 130 N. Meridian St.

•Hagerstown — 10 W. Main St.

•Richmond — 400 N. A. St.

•Berne — 215 W. Main St.

The job fairs are designed to provide information and answer questions about open positions. Applications are accepted online only at usps.com/careers.

Drives continue

First Financial Bank will host a food drive from Oct. 7 through 25.

Bank branches will accept canned and non-perishable boxed food donations in bins at:

•Portland — 112 N. Meridian St.

•Hartford City — 101 W. Washington St.

The items donated will be distributed to local organizations.

Last year, First Financial Bank associates and volunteers donated over 6,600 food items throughout its four states of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois.

Grants available

Indiana Grown announced last week that $25,000 in grant funding is available for members interested in exhibiting at trade shows.

Grants are available for $5,000, $3,000 and $1,000 and can be used to reimburse the costs of booth space rental, booth design, building, shipping and installation and other trade show expenses. To be eligible, Indiana Grown members must have a commercially ready product with existing sales and be a small business as defined by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

“These tradeshow grants are vital for small and large Indiana Grown businesses to compete on a national, or even global level,” said Indiana Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch in a press release. “Indiana Grown members and their exceptional products are able to enter new markets thanks to some of the costs saved by these tradeshow grants.”

For more information, visit indianagrown.org.

Promoting access

Dollar General announced last week that it is partnering with Bayer to improve access to fresh produce for kindergarten through 12th-grade students and their families.

Through the partnership children and families will be offered coupons for fresh produce, vitamins and over-the-counter medications at Dollar General.

"At Dollar General, we're committed to breaking down barriers to affordable food access, particularly in communities overlooked or underserved by others," said Dollar General vice/president Allen Warch in a press release. "Our partnership with Bayer and the IFPA isn't just a collaboration, it's a shared passion to extend our reach beyond the store aisles and into the classrooms, ensuring every child has access to nutritious produce and vital vitamin supplements beyond the school walls. We believe nurturing the next generation's health is the most genuine service we can offer."

MOU signed

Ports of Indiana and the Indiana State Department of Agriculture signed a memorandum of understanding recently in an effort to increase collaboration, expand agricultural trade and create new container shipping opportunities for Indiana.

The memorandum lays out details for working together to encourage and support the expansion of agricultural exports at the state’s ports, investigate opportunities to develop new shipping container facilities to serve the agriculture and hardwood industries and connect agricultural stakeholders with Indiana’s ports to explore new shipping opportunities.

“ISDA has helped position Indiana agriculture as a global leader in innovation and commercialization for food and fuel production, and our ports play a critical role in connecting our ag industry with world markets,” said Jody Peacock, CEO for the Ports of Indiana, in a press release. “Our organizations and our industries are inextricably linked, and we have several shared objectives and opportunities for collaboration that can create future growth for our state and our agricultural communities.”

Leader appointed

CVS Health on Friday announced the appointment of David Joyner as its president and CEO.

Joyner was previously an executive vice president for CVS Health. He has 37 years of experience in the health care and pharmacy industry, having started his career at Aetna.

He takes over for Karen Lynch, who recently stepped down from the role of president and CEO.

“The Board believes this is the right time to make a change, and we are confident that David is the right person to lead our company for the benefit of all stakeholders, including customers, employees, patients, and shareholders,” said CVS Health board chair Roger Farah in a press release. “To build on our position of strength, we believe David and his deep understanding of our integrated business can help us more directly address the challenges our industry faces, more rapidly advance the operational improvements our company requires, and fully realize the value we can uniquely create.”

Session set

Indiana Chamber of Commerce will host a forklift training session from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024.

Trainer Bobbi K. Samples, owner of The Safety Firm, will lead the session. The Safety Firm is an OSHA safety and health training company dedicated to providing training designed to help companies obtain, maintain and exceed OSHA compliance standards.

For more information, visit indianachamber.com.