Sorrell elected Chamber board chair

Randy Sorrell elected 2010 Chamber board chair
For Current in Carmel

Randy Sorrell has been elected the 42nd Board Chair of the Carmel Chamber of Commerce. Sorrell is President and founder of Surroundings by Natureworks+, a 17-year-old Carmel-based landscape and home improvement firm, and 2004 Carmel Chamber Applause winner as business of the year.  
 
Sorrell is a past president of the Carmel Rotary Club and Habitat for Humanity of Hamilton County. A member of numerous not-for-profit organizations, Randy lives in Carmel with his wife of 26 years and his two daughters. A graduate of Ball State University, he began his career in employee benefits at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas. That led to Sorrell’s first entrepreneurial success – Superior Benefits – that was acquired by a national company.
 
Susan Ziel, a partner with Krieg DeVault and Carmel resident, was elected to the board. Also a registered nurse, Ziel chairs her firm’s Life Sciences Industry Group and is a Core Member of the Health Care Practice Group. Ziel also serves on the Advisory Board of the University of Michigan School of Public Health’s Center of Health, Law and Ethics and is an adjunct faculty member with the Indiana School of Nursing. She is a graduate of Madonna University School of Nursing, the University of  Michigan School of Public Health and the University of South Carolina Law School.  
 
Officers for 2010 in addition to Sorrell are Dr. Lynda Smirz, Clarian North Medical Center, Chair-elect; William Redman, First Merchants Bank, Treasurer; Gary Everling, St. Vincent Carmel Hospital, Secretary; and Jeff Salsbery, Salsbery Brothers Landscaping, Past Chair.