Accounting

Alice Sande joined Horovitz Rudoy & Roteman as an audit and assurance services team member.

Alpern Rosenthal promoted Gretchen Wyatt to tax manager, tax department.

Advertising

LarsonO'Brien Advertising, Public Relations and Interactive hired Christen Stroh and Nicole Oslosky as public relations account executives and Jesse Wisinski, interactive designer.

GatesmanMarmionDrake Inc. hired Lori Garvey as public relations account supervisor.

Architecture

Perkins Eastman hired Jill Goodwin as an interior designer; Donald Johnson, registered architect; and Rebecca Roche, intern architect.

Associations & Organizations

Robin Hyde joined CL Fund as loan administrator.

Allegheny Regional Asset District elected 2008 officers: chair, Dusty Elias Kirk; vice chair, Daniel J. Griffin; secretary, Constance Yarris; and treasurer, Stanley Parker.

Pittsburgh Legal Administrators Association elected 2008-2009 officers: president, Corrine E. McCartney, office manager, Houston Harbaugh; vice president/president-elect, Carol Feldman, human resource director, Goehring Rutter & Boehm; secretary, A. Michele Rihn, legal administrator, DiBella Geer McAllister Best; secretary-elect, Anne Parys, director of marketing, Rothman Gordon; treasurer, Gail P. Semonian, office administrator, Matis Baum Rizza & O'Conner; and treasurer-elect, Tracy Pape, office manager, Bernstein Law Firm.

Dr. David Geller, the Richard L. Simmons professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and co-director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Liver Cancer Center, was named president-elect of the Society of University Surgeons.

Banking & Finance

Michael DeNezza joined First National Bank as branch manager of its Latrobe and Unity Township offices.

Charles O. Moore joined F.N.B. Corp. as president and chief executive officer of Regency Finance Co. and its subsidiaries.

Consulting

4CTechnologies hired Jake Ropar, principal consultant, and promoted Christine Clouser, business development consultant.

Education

Sewickley Academy hired Tammy Ewin as director of community and media relations.

Energy

Christopher Pappas, president and chief operating officer, Nova Chemicals, was named to the board of directors of Allegheny Energy Inc.

Law

The Webb Law Firm said new associates are Bryan P. Clark, Emily A. Danchuk, Taressa J. Fenus, Adam J. Komorowski and John W. Zerr.

Thomas Thomas & Hafer hired Thomas Merrick, partner; Cynthia O'Donnell, associate; and Cindy Janicko, paralegal.

Rothman Gordon hired Diane Vogelsberger as office manager and Charles J. Vrscak Jr. as a paralegal.

Dickie McCamey & Chilcote re-elected Jeffrey T. Wiley managing director and chief operating officer.

Thorp Reed & Armstrong hired J. Mark Munson as senior counsel, trusts and estates practice. He focuses on estate planning, emphasizing tax planning, multigeneration wealth transfers, business succession and charitable gift planning, and estate and trust administration.

Logistics

PLS Logistics Services promoted Bob Janeda to vice president of human resources.

Lori Conway joined Keystone Dedicated Logistics as an account manager.

Manufacturing

United States Steel Corp. named Deborah A. Grabe general manager-business planning.

Mortgage

Union National named Jacquelyn Brinker manager of its Wexford office.

Nonprofit

The YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh hired Christian A. Willitts as vice president of finance.

FamilyLinks elected board officers: chair, Ralph J. Egerman, principal, NAI Pittsburgh Commercial; vice-chair, Joseph McHugh, senior attorney, FedEx Ground Package System Inc.; secretary, Mark G. Weitzman, senior disciplinary counsel, Office of Disciplinary Counsel; and treasurer, Leo Hannah, partner, Horovitz Rudoy & Roteman.

Professional Services

Bookminders promoted Sandy Dzera-Kyle and Pam Falkner to client relations managers.

PSI hired Ann Wagner as an administrative project manager.

Sales

Mitch Wagner was named director of purchasing by 84 Lumber Co.

Sports/Entertainment

Fire and Ice Allstars hired Maddie Mastic as the Allstar dance director.

Technology

Co-exprise Inc. hired John D. Benzinger as senior vice president and chief information officer.

Utilities

Pennsylvania American Water named Mark A. Smith superintendent of field operations, Northwest Pennsylvania districts.

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