LIMELIGHTS, CAREER PATHS

NAMED

Polka Dot Powerhouse has announced Sandra Barger as its managing director of the Mahoning Valley Polka Dot Powerhouse Chapter.

Polka Dot Powerhouse is a rapidly-growing, closely connected family of professional women from throughout the world.

The Polka Dot Sisterhood brings together women from all walks of life; age, race, background, location and industry.

Registration is open and available at: www.polkadotpowerhouse.com. Locate the Mahoning Valley Chapter to register.

HONORED

Youngstown Business and Professional Women will honor Rebecca L. Keck, Students Motivated by the Arts, SMARTS, executive director as its 2016 Woman of the Year at its National Business Women’s Week celebration in October. Keck has a long and distinguished career focused on helping our community and its youth.

SMARTS, of downtown Youngstown, is a community-based art school which seeks to motivate students to succeed in all areas of life by teaching them the discipline and focus that creating art takes. Future SMARTS classes will be offered in visual arts, music, dance, theater and creative writing.

TOP RATING

Sunrise Inn Restaurant in downtown Warren has been rated as the best pizza shop in Trumbull County by Cleveland.com.

Cleveland.com went to Yelp to identify “The best pizza shop in each of Ohio’s 88 counties” and awarded Trumbull County’s prize to the Sunrise Inn at 510 East Market St. in downtown Warren.

In Mahoning County, Cornersburg Pizza at 3518 Canfield Road took the top rating.

In Columbiana County, Mary’s Pizza Shop located at 3011/2 N. Beaver St. in Lisbon took the top rating.

PROMOTED

Ben Stoffer has been promoted to regional vice president for Medical Mutual of Ohio’s new Canton, Youngstown and Southeast region. His position was created in a reorganization of the company’s sales division.

Stoffer is responsible for retaining and growing business with groups of all sizes and market segments in the 20-county region that includes Southeast Ohio.