Personnel Moves
office chair Banking and Finance" F.N.B. Corp. announced that
Robert V. New Jr., president and chief executive officer, will assume additionalduties as president and chief executive officer of First NationalBank. New announced the creation of an executive managementcommittee to run the corporation's four functional groups: Vincent J. Delie serves as president of the banking group; Louise Lowrey serves as the technology and support group executive; Gary Guerrieri, chief credit officer, serves as the lending support andspecialized lending group executive; and Brian Lilly, chief financial officer, serves as director of corporateservices.Accounting" Alpern Rosenthal welcomed
James E. McIntire as an accounting and audit shareholder." Sue Tonarelli joined Bookminders as a bookminder.Legal"
David J. Rosenberg, a partner in the Pittsburgh office of Weber Gallagher SimpsonStapleton Fires & Newby LLP, was selected as a fellow of theAcademy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County.
" Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC announced that Greg Miller is a member of the firm's labor and employment executive committeeand Mike Dever is a member of the firm's intellectual property executivecommittee."
Richard H. Galloway was elected vice president of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute'sboard of directors. He is a partner in the law firm,QuatriniRaffertyGalloway PC."
John G. Wall, a member of the Pittsburgh office of Burns, White & Hickton LLC,was elected to the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County." The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania announced that
Gary G. Gentile, a partner in Goldberg, Gruener, Gentile, Horoho and Avalli, wasnamed chair of the communications committee of the disciplinaryboard.Advertising, public relations" WordWrite Communications hired Natalie Farinacci as its summer intern." Brunner hired
Jonathon Esack and
Joshua Line as visual developers." Brady Communications hired
Daniela Husarova as associate creative director and
Aya Matsuo as a graphic designer.Health care
Louis A. Baverso was named chief information officer at Magee-Womens Hospital ofUPMC.Technology
At FASTTAC, formerly FAST-CAT, Larry A. Krueger joined the firm as vice president of sales and Peter R. Theis as vice president of product management.
Nonprofits"
Rose Kelly, a physiotherapist who specializes in neurological rehabilitation,and Thomas M. Von Lehman, managing director of The Meridian Group, were elected to theBoard of Directors of Family Resources." The Children's Home of Pittsburgh & Lemieux Family Center hired
Ranisa Davison as a birth parent counselor for the organization's adoptionprogram and appointed to the administrative staff of its pediatricspecialty hospital: Pat Hoolahan, admissions case manager; and
Michelle Jamison, discharge case manager." United Methodist Foundation of Western Pennsylvania Board ofDirectors elected as officers: Chair Robert E. Harper, Springer, Bush and Perry P.C.; First Vice Chair Susan W. Wesmiller, director of nursing education, UPMC Presbyterian; Second ViceChair N. James Sekel, Duckworth Haggerty Sekel Group, Merrill Lynch; Secretary The Rev. Donald G. Scandrol, superintendent of the Pittsburgh district, The United MethodistChurch; Treasurer Thomas H. Heisey, vice president, Mellon Working Capital Solutions; and AssistantTreasurer Sara Mercer, principal, Law Offices of Sara Mercer.Other"
Elena Zunic was appointed surety practice leader in the Pittsburgh office ofMarsh Inc." Bach Choir of Pittsburgh appointed Paul J. Tellers chair of its board of directors. Tellers is director of planningat WTW Architects."
Jennifer Callery, an attorney with Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, was namedvice president of the board of directors of PreservationPittsburgh." The International Court of Master Sommeliers recognized Danny L. Van Wie as a certified sommelier. He works as a server and wine sommelierat The Capital Grille." The Pittsburgh Section of the American Society of HighwayEngineers elected as officers: President Richard Bogovich; First Vice President
Paul Messineo Jr., Pennoni Associates Inc.; Second Vice President David Cooper, Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson; Secretary James Weaver Jr., Zell Engineers Inc.; Treasurer Gerald Pitzer, GAI Consultants; Immediate Past President
Daniel Patterson, Mackin Engineering Co.; and regional director,
Gerald Pitzer, GAI Consultants. Elected as board members:
Sarah Cunningham, Quality Engineering Solutions Inc.;
Paul Joyce and
John Lepri, both HDR Inc.;
Ty Murcko, McCormick Taylor Inc.;
John Nemmer, PennDOT District 11-0;
Benjamin Reitz, URS;
John Tricini, Michael Baker Jr.; Ron Todorowski, PennDOT District 11-0;
Darryl Brogan, Hatch Mott MacDonald;
John Lundgren, DMJM Harris; Lynn Manion, ACTA; and
Bill Sofis, Sofis Co. Inc." Jeff McGraw of The Callos Companies, Pittsburgh, was elected to the board ofdirectors of NPA, TheWorldwide Recruiting Network.Awards
" Dr. Andrew F. Stewart, professor and chief, division of endocrinology and metabolism,department of medicine, University of Pittsburgh School ofMedicine, delivered The Endocrine Society's 2008 Gerald D. AurbachAward Lecture, "The PTHrP Story : A Bedside-to-Bench Paradigm forTranslational Research, "in recognition of his outstandingcontributions to endocrinology research.
" Anita Ostrowski, assistant vice president, Western central station, VectorSecurity, won the 2008 Central StationManager of the Year Award atthe ESX conference.
" Lawrence J. Lennon, president of Lennon, Smith, Souleret Engineering Inc., was namedEngineer of the Year by thePittsburgh Post, Society of AmericanMilitary Engineers.
New business" New independent consultants with Tastefully Simple Inc. are:
Emily Broyles of Cuddy at emilygwen26@hotmail.com; Alison Piccolino of Duquesne at alisonpic@live.com; Michelle Torma of Pittsburgh at mmtklt13@aol.com; and Mary Mengel of Springdale at mengel5050@verizon.net.
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