Laurie Kappes has been promoted to manager in Business Systems Administration at CoreLink Administrative Solutions, Fargo, effective January 1. She had been a team leader in Business Systems Administration at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota.

Kappes will oversee team leaders and analysts who are responsible to develop and maintain the CoreLink claims processing systems for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in North Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming.

She received an applied associate of science degree in accounting from North Dakota State College of Science, Wahpeton, and joined BCBSND in 1983. Kappes had been team leader in BCBSND Business Systems Administration prior to her recent promotion.