LIMELIGHTS, CAREER PATHS

REALTY

Klacik Real Estate announced Michelle Merando has recently joined the company as a real-estate agent.Merando attended ETI Technical College for her real estate training. She also attended Youngstown State University for organizational communication, where she studied advertising and marketing. She is a Boardman High School graduate. Currently, she is a senior education consultant with Sephora inside J.C. Penney.

FINANCE

Merrill Lynch recently announced Natalie Lariccia of Merrill Lynch’s Canfield office has earned the Certified 401K Professional designation offered by The Retirement Advisor University at UCLA Anderson School of Management Executive Education. Lariccia, a resident of Canfield, received a bachelor’s degree from Ohio University and joined Merrill Lynch in 2001. Lariccia is in the Canfield Merrill Lynch office.

CHIROPRACTIC

Dr. Michael C. Lyons of Advanced Chiropractic and Rehab Inc. has completed the certification required to become a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician. This certification, through the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians, required the doctor to attend a minimum of 100 hours of a 120-hour postgraduate program and successfully pass a comprehensive written examination. It will further aid the doctor in the prevention and treatment of athletic injuries by enhancing his diagnostic skills and patient case.

BANKING

Consumers National Bank has received the Top Community Bank Lender Award from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Cleveland District Office. The award recognizes the bank’s outstanding performance making SBA 7(a) and SBA Express loans during SBA fiscal year 2016, ranking first among community banks in the 28 northern Ohio counties served by the Cleveland SBA Office. Over the 2016 fiscal year, Consumers National Bank lent $4.3 million to small businesses through 19 SBA loans. The bank ranked 5th in dollars and 10th in volume out of all banks in the SBA’s Cleveland District.