Nicole Sirak recently joined Easter Seals-Goodwill as a community partnership officer. Sirak has raised more than $10 million for organizations such as the American Red Cross and OXFAM America. A graduate of the University of Montana, Sirak recently moved to Idaho after six years in the Balkans working for the American Red Cross and as a program officer for the Balkan Trust for Democracy.

In her new role, Sirak will work to involve the community in Easter Seals-Goodwill’s programs that help people of all abilities find meaningful work, as well as a Child Development Center early education program for children with and without disabilities.

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Idaho Sen. Larry Craig welcomes Adam Ringlstetter of Meridian to work as an intern in his Washington, D.C., office this fall. Ringlstetter has been paired with permanent staff members who specialize in his areas of education, interest and talent.Ringlstetter will gain firsthand experience working in an office and learn about day-to-day operations of the Senate.

Ringlstetter will graduate in 2007 from Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa with a degree in political science.

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Kathleen Haase has joined Idaho Commerce & Labor as the new film specialist in the Idaho Film Bureau. Haase spent 15 years in the Hollywood film industry involved with movies such as “Die Hard 2” with Bruce Willis and Academy Award winner “Affliction” with James Coburn.

Haase, whose job was created by the Legislature last winter, will promote Idaho to a film industry that has become increasingly focused on the tax and other incentives more and more states offer to attract productions. She began her career in 1990 as an assistant to producer Lawrence Gordon when he was making “Die Hard 2.” She worked as a producer and production executive in Los Angeles on “Affliction” and “Detroit Rock City.” She was among the founders of Cherry Road Films in Hollywood, which made “Southland Tales,” and co-founded Appaloosa Pictures with Idaho native Heather Rae.