FM Stone Commercial, a local commercial real estate services firm, and its parent company, The Tiedemann Group, are proud to announce the hiring of a new marketing director at the corporate headquarters in downtown Elkhart. Melissa Hiner was named Marketing and Creative Director. The Tiedemann Group is an an organization of interrelated companies providing an array of real estate and construction services throughout the Midwest. In addition to FM Stone Commercial, the Tiedemann Group of companies includes FM Stone Construction, FM Stone Appraisal, Eastpoint Business Centre, Lexington Business Centre, Tiedemann Realty Services and Tiedemann Wines.

As Marketing and Creative Director Melissa develops and implements marketing concepts and creative direction to strengthen and grow the business objectives of The Tiedemann Group. She has over 19 years experience as a writer, editor and graphic designer and over 11 years experience in commercial real estate marketing. Melissa earned a bachelor of science degree in magazine journalism from Ball State University and is a resident of South Bend.