People on the move

		Profile of the Week Amy Ross • Job: Government affairs consultant and principal, GSP Consulting • Age: 26 • Ambition: To help GSP continue to grow both in Pittsburgh and in other markets across the nation. • First job: I worked in the snack stand at the pool at Fox Chapel Golf Club. • Hardest job/why?: My current job, because it's a challenge to both grow the company and keep it running efficiently. • Biggest work challenge ever: Structuring the operations of a fast-growing company while maintaining a fun office atmosphere. • Favorite stock/mutual fund: Bridgeway Ultra-Small Company. • Away from work I: Spend time with friends, play with my pet bunny, Bacon, watch movies, and travel when I can. • Dream vacation: A month traveling around Australia and New Zealand. • If I won the Lottery, I'd: Give my dad enough money to retire and start his woodworking business. Then I'd design and build a house and take my dream vacation.

Architecture

KSBA Architects hired Shamal Subhash Lad as an intern architect.

Desmone & Associates Architects hired Rebecca M. Schwartz as project architect.

Associations/Organizations

The Building Owners and Managers Association elected new officers: President, James F. Ayers, J.J. Gumberg Co.; vice president, William J. Dignon, CB Richard Ellis; treasurer, Eve M. Bursic, Soffer Organization.

Professional Underwriters of Trooper, Pennsylvania promoted Linda Nicholls to associate underwriter and hired Denise Mayer as senior underwriter, textbook insurance program, managing Pennsylvania and Midwest territories.

Banking, Finance

Susan Carnali-Crofford joined Gateway Bank as manager and business development officer for the Robinson region.

National City Bank of Pennsylvania appointed Kyle J. Annonio to assistant vice president and branch manager for the Seven Fields office.

Sky Financial Group Inc. appointed Matthew Bizyak manager of its Centre City Office and Kenneth Fulkerson manager of its Monroeville office.

Communications/Design

Agnew Moyer Smith Communication Planning and Design hired Jacquelyn Murray as an editorial assistant.

Consulting

Skelly and Loy promoted Terry W. Schmidt to vice president, civil engineering and mine drainage services, and Frank R. Kirby to assistant vice president, mining services.

Energy

NiSource Inc. announced that, effective July 1, President Robert C. Skaggs Jr. will assume the additional responsibilities of chief executive officer. Skaggs will succeed Gary L. Neale, who will retire June 30 as CEO, but will continue to serve as chairman of the board.

Engineering

Herbert Rowland & Grubic Inc. hired Richard D. Barnett as regional environmental service group manager for its Butler County office.

Exhibit

Czarnowski Exhibit Services Inc. hired Mike Orlosky, senior account executive, and Laurie Hazi, account manager.

Insurance

Stewart Title Guaranty Co. hired Regis Krol as Western Pennsylvania agency manager.

Law

Lourdes Sanchez Ridge has joined Thorp Reed & Armstrong as senior counsel. She is a member of the commercial and corporate litigation practice group.

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham hired Matthew A. Tunnell as a government affairs consultant in the Harrisburg office.

Lewis & Sargent hired John Palchak as an associate.

Manufacturing

Cattron Group International appointed John F. Paul as president and CEO of Cattron Group Inc.

Nonprofit

Kim Love was named director of the creative connections program at SharpVisions Inc.

The Bradley board of trustees named Daniel P. Hunt as chief executive officer. Hunt succeeds Walter Goedeke, who retired after 17 years. Goedeke will continue serving in a consulting role.

Robert Kennedy joined the housing and real estate development team of Mon Valley Initiative as a senior real estate developer.

Restaurants

Brian Torchia has joined Ruth's Chris Steak House as manager, banquet coordinator.

Real Estate

Vale Vista Associates, a division of General Industries, named Mark D. Caskey director of real estate development. In addition, he is director of marketing for General Industries.

Technology

Oxford Technical hired Frank Civitate as business development manager and promoted Rob Auth to account executive, information technology division.

TR Communications (formerly TR Services Inc.) promoted Al Catanzarite to director of business development.

Elsewhere

Pittsburgh native David Nobs, general manager of Rogers & Cowan, was elected to serve on the board of directors of The Giving Back Fund in Los Angeles. The fund is a national public charity specializing in helping celebrities increase the impact of their charitable giving.

Company News

Business Notes

VigilantMinds Inc. announced its affiliation with Carnegie Mellon University's CyLab in a partnership to enhance cyber security for home users and enterprises.

Core Compliance Group Inc. announced that it has attained certification from the Pennsylvania Department of General Services as both a woman and minority-owned business enterprise. The firm is affiliated with Core Environmental Services Inc., with offices in Allison Park and Morgantown, W.Va.

A collection of mining maps, photos, and other archival materials compiled over more than 140 years of operations have been donated by Consol Energy Inc. to the University of Pittsburgh Library System. The Consol Energy Mining Archives, most of which date from the 1890s through the first half of the 20th century, include more than 8,000 individual map sheets, as well as publications, engineering and survey records, and photographs of mining activities at mines once operated by Consolidation Coal Co., a Consol Energy subsidiary. The earliest map dates to 1854, and the entire collection represents Consol Energy's former mining operations in Allegheny, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland counties. While most archival collections are used for historical purposes, the Consol Energy collection is actively used by geologists, municipal officials, industry representatives, developers, students, and other interested parties.

Meyer Unkovic & Scott recently joined Cornell University's BR Legal Service Program. Joel M. Helmrich, Esq., coordinates the firm's participation in the program. Corporate and tax attorneys David R. High, Carl F. Staiger and Brian J. Golias and intellectual property lawyers David G. Oberdick and Chiara F. Orsini provide direct supervision on the individual projects.

New Business/ New Offices

Dave Speer, a Pittsburgh native, opened his third Batteries Plus location at 3841 William Penn Highway, Monroeville.

Contracts

RMR Machine Vision Technologies has signed an agreement with Lombard, Ill.-based Fork Standards Inc. to be its authorized representative and solution provider for the eastern United States. Under terms of the agreement, RMR will market FSI's family of machine vision systems powered by software from German based NeuroCheck GmbH.

VAI, a subsidiary of VA Technologie AG, was awarded a contract for the turnkey delivery of a high capacity long rolling mill for Qatar Steel Co. Ltd., in Mesaieed, Qatar.

Dividends

Consol Energy Inc. declared a regular quarterly dividend of 14 cents per share, payable May 27 to shareholders of record May 9.

WVS Financial Corp. declared a regular quarterly dividend of 16 cash on its common stock, payable May 19 to the stockholders of record May 9.

Bankruptcies

Eles Bros. Inc., 801 Kroll Drive, Pittsburgh. Chapter 11.

DeSimone's Personal Care Home Inc., P.O. Box 1561, Beaver Falls. Chapter 11.

Fotoshop Squirrel Hill Inc., 5836 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh. Chapter 11.

Lemington Home for the Aged d/b/a Lemington Center, 1625 Lincoln Ave., Pittsburgh.

Len Con Inc. aka The Old Winery Works aka The Whinery aka Guitar & Cadillacs, 3017 Jacks Run Road. Chapter 11.

J.R.W. Construction Inc., 577 McMichael Road, Pittsburgh. Chapter 7.

Williams Security Co., P.O. Box 86001, Pittsburgh. Chapter 7.

GMJBJC Gabriella's market dba Gabriella's Market, c/o North Park Clubhouse, 3501 Ranalli Drive, Gibsonia. Chapter 7.

Marscio Corporation aka Marsico Corp., 3960 Route 8, Allison Park. Chapter 7.

Grants/Loans

Tickets for Kids Foundation has been awarded a $5,000 grant from Charles M. Morris Charitable Trust. The grant supports Tickets for Kids' mission to enrich the lives of some of the most forgotten children and families in our area by including them in cultural, recreational and educational events they would otherwise not be able to attend.

The Riverlife Task Force received a $100,000 grant from the NiSource Charitable Foundation to advance the design and development of the South Shore Riverfront Park, a large green space that will be part of Three Rivers Park, a grand urban-scale riverfront park that extends nearly 10 miles around the central business district on the Monongahela, Allegheny and Ohio rivers.

Awards/Honors

Jack D'Amico, CEO of AD-EASE Communications, Inc., was named recipient of the Pittsburgh Radio and Television Club's allied agency "Lifetime Outstanding Achievement" award.

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