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Accounting

Schneider Downs Corporate Finance LP appointed Tricia Warrick managing director.

KPMG Pittsburgh promoted Adam M. Bergamasco, Maria J. Ferguson and Amy E. Fisher, senior associates; William J. Blose, senior manager; and Julie Duvall, senior administrative assistant, audit; Bradley C. Conrad and Thomas A. Donaldson III, senior associates; Patricia Boshuizen, advisory managing director; Dawna M. Fisher, senior manager; and Timothy C. Coulehan, manager, IT advisory; Robert August Doddato, senior associate, FRM; Heather L. Buches, senior administrative assistant, SALT; and Stephanie A. Cantrell, senior associate, IARCS.

Associations & Organizations

Joseph A. Macerelli, shareholder, Grogan Graffam, was installed as president of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute. Mr. Macerelli chairs the professional liability practice group and has been a member of the firm's board since 1986.

Consulting

MarketSphere Consulting promoted Franchesca Gannan and Prasanna Ramakrishnan to solution architects and hired Christopher Schultz as a senior consultant.

AM Health and Safety Inc. hired Raffie Sessa as vice president of safety and industrial hygiene services.

Sandra Pappa has joined Buck Consultants as a principal in its Pittsburgh office.

Foundations

The Birmingham Foundation elected new officers: chairman, Terrence L. Wirginis; vice chairman, grants, Mihai Marcu; vice chairman, grants, Carey A. Harris; secretary, Mark S. Bibro; treasurer, H. Don Gordon; chairman emeritus, Floyd R. Ganassi; and chairman emeritus, Daniel A. Goetz.

Health & Medicine

Family Hospice and Palliative Care's new medical directors are Elizabeth Weinstein, M.D., palliative fellow at the University of Pittsburgh; Mamta Bhatnagar, M.D., palliative medicine faculty at UPMC; and Tamara Sacks, M.D., palliative medicine faculty at UPMC.

Allegheny General Hospital said John Hyland, M.D., joined its radiation oncology medical staff.

Insurance

Marsh USA Inc. hired in its Pittsburgh office Jennifer Drye, consultant assistant, risk consulting practice; Robert Formosa, sales initiator; Kristin Katawczik, risk analyst, casualty practice; Katrina Kobelak, client representative, property and international practice; Michelle McMurray, client representative, risk management property practice; Rachel Playso, administrative assistant; Richie Reeder, risk analyst, property practice; and Jody Welch, insurance assistant surety practice.

Debbie Haseleu was named personal lines territory manager for the Pittsburgh marketing area for Grange Insurance.

Aflac promoted Bradley Kauffman to district sales coordinator.

Law

Dickie McCamey & Chilcote hired as associates in its Pittsburgh office Michael P. Flynn, Gregory C. Michaels, Brian P. Scanlon, Vaughn K. Schultz and Eric A. Stroud.

Kate Cromie joined the Pittsburgh office of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott as marketing manager.

The Cook Law Group hired William T. Krzton, partner, and Bradley Reitz, junior partner.

Rebecca A. Winge joined Houston Harbaugh as a senior associate in its estate planning and wealth management department.

Babst Calland Clements & Zomnir added associates Rachel E. Brown, Timothy S. Bytner and Mark K. Dausch.

Manufacturing

Tube City IMS Corp. said Tom Montagino joined as vice president of safety.

Nonprofit

Melanie R. Brown was hired as a program officer in The Heinz Endowments' education section.

The YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh appointed Richard Perallo vice president of facilities and properties.

Sara A. Chandler, associate, Babst Calland Clements & Zomnir, was elected to Dollar Energy Fund's 2007-08 board.

Commonwealth Adoptions International Inc. promoted Eric Rogers to executive marketing and business development director.

Professional Services

Deloitte & Touche USA promoted to partners in the Pittsburgh office Jay Goul, Todd Hjerpe and Gregg Schmidtetter, audit and enterprise risk services, and promoted Linda Bond to director.

Bookminders hired Jessica Minkus, Beth Kane, Cheryl Angus, Holly Vareha, Jennifer Kuenzel as bookminders; and Jennifer Baldwin, senior administrative assistant.

Manpower hired Deena M. Dominick as a permanent placement consultant/recruiter at its Pittsburgh East-Monroeville office.

Real Estate

Burns & Scalo Real Estate Services appointed James Burke to its brokerage services group.

Technology

Samantha Rouse was promoted to senior vice president of product and services at Four Rivers Software Systems Inc.

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