Tina M. Schmitz of Kenosha has been named chief financial officer for United Communications Corp., parent company of the Kenosha News.

She will start Aug. 16, succeeding Ron Montemurro, who will be retiring from UCC after 31 years.

Schmitz will be leaving her role as vice president of finance/CFO of YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee to return to work in Kenosha where she had previously served as CFO of Kenosha Area Business Alliance and prior to that as CFO of Kenosha Unified School District.

A Carthage College graduate in business administration and accounting, she also holds a master’s degree in leadership from Capella University. She serves on the boards of United Way of Kenosha and Tempo Kenosha.

Montemurro will work with Schmitz through a brief period of transition, working limited hours in September.

After his retirement from UCC, Montemurro will become CFO of VigeoMedia.