Biz Buzz – Duluth News Tribune

Roazen previously practiced as an urgent care physician at CityMD of Park Slope in Brooklyn, N.Y., and an emergency medicine physician at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre, N.Y. She earned her medical degree from University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis and completed her residency in emergency medicine at New york Medical College's Metropolitan Program in New York.

DSGW Architects in Duluth promoted architect and associate Ryan Turner to the role of principal. Turner is a registered architect and holds accreditations in Evidence-Based Design and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. He has 20 years of experience in healthcare architecture.

Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank hired Katie Hagglund as marketing and special events coordinator. Hagglund has a bachelor's degree in mass communication and a master's in advocacy and political leadership.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Hanft Fride law firm in Duluth announced several attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America 2017. Attorneys were: William Burns, Jennifer Carey, John Kelly and Cheryl Prince. Both Burns and Carey were named to the real estate law list Burns for the 29th consecutive year and Carey for the fifth consecutive year. Kelly was chosen for the 21st consecutive year for his work in defending legal malpractice claims, and Prince was named to the family law list for the fifth consecutive year.

Cloquet Area Chamber of Commerce gave several awards to area individuals and businesses that have made significant contributions to the local state and national economies during the chamber's annual meeting and banquet in Black Bear Casino Resort's Otter Creek Event Center in February.

Large Business of the Year Award went to Upper Lakes Foods and was accepted on behalf of the company by Mitch Ryan, ULF multi-unit account executive.

Brent's Heating and Cooling of Carlton was presented with the Small Business of the Year Award. Mitch Minardi of BHC management accepted the award.

Volunteer of the Year Award was presented to Judd Selland, franchisee of Taco John's/Steak Escape in Cloquet and Hibbing. In the past year, Selland served on the chamber's golf-outing and public policy committees. He also sponsored the Young Life Lunch at Cloquet High School, and is past chair and treasurer of the board.

Heritage Window and Door of Superior received two national awards from Renewal By Andersen for excellence in the field of window replacement including the Green Diamond Award for Home Owner Satisfaction for the second consecutive year and Retailer of the Year for City and Rural Markets. Heritage was recognized for remarkable growth in 2016 coupled with standout homeowner satisfaction ratings.

Century 21 Real Estate honored sales associate Jodi Olson with the Century 21 President's Producer Award for having earned the Century 21 Centurion Award and Century 21 Quality Service Pinnacle Producer Award in the same calendar year.

To earn the President's Producer Award, Olson earned $225,000 in sales production in one year. She earned the Quality Service Pinnacle Producer Award by earning a score of 95 percent or better for 30 percent of her customer surveys for two consecutive years.

CERTIFICATIONS AND ACCREDITATIONS

Consulting, Management and Realty Associates in Duluth announced realtor Chad Watczak earned the Graduate Realtor Institute designation. Watczak earned the designation by attending specific series of intensive instruction covering a variety of subjects including professional standards, legal issues, sales and marketing, finance and risk reduction, technology and social media.

NEW BUSINESS/RELOCATIONS

Chad Behling launched ControlBright, an online LED lighting market company based in Hermantown, at controlbright.com. The tech startup provides a cloud-controlled management platform for LED lighting. ControlBright's is headquartered at 5019 Airport Road, phone number is (888) 929-9936 and email is info@controlbright.com.

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