PEOPLE ON THE MOVE Accounting

Schneider Downs Wealth Management Advisors hired Andrew M. Gracan as the business development regional manager for employee benefit advisory services.

		Profile of the Week David Jaffe Job: Partner, chair of emerging business practice, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis Age: 40 Ambitions: To do good and to do well. First job: Tagging bras and other undergarments at Jaffe's department store in Butler at age 9. Hardest job/why?: Being the father of three daughters. Do I need to say more? Biggest work challenge ever: Negotiating three separate acquisitions on behalf of three separate clients each of which had to be signed and announced publicly on the same day. It was a long weekend! Favorite stock/mutual fund: White Oak Growth Stock Fund. Away from work I: Actively support a number of causes in the Pittsburgh Jewish community, chase my kids, exercise and play golf (poorly). Dream vacation: Sailing around the Cape of Good Hope. Favorite book: "Leadership" by Rudolph W. Giuliani and "Guns, Germs, and Steel -- The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared Diamond. If I won the Lottery, I'd: Stop worrying so much -- I think.

Architecture

L. Robert Kimball & Associates named Lee Nageotte geotechnical operations manager, civil and environmental division.

Arts and Entertainment

The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh announced its executive board for the 2004-05 season. Chairman: Ronald J. Schiller, associate vice president of advancement and director, university development, Carnegie Mellon University; president: Jennifer M. Shepard, major gift officer, Carnegie Mellon University; vice president/treasurer: Andrew D. Sussman, Buchanan Ingersoll; secretary: Cordelia Jacobs. New board member for a three-year term is Ellen M. Sheppard, director of donor relations, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

Associations/Organizations

Funeral Consumers Alliance of Western Pennsylvania (formerly Pittsburgh Memorial Society) elected officers: Joe Falgione, president; Miriam Bisdee, vice president; Frank Ashbaugh, secretary; and Bob Osborn, treasurer. June Anderson was elected to a three-year term as trustee and Tris B. Ozark was named office manager.

Pittsburgh Social Venture Partners elected its 2004 board: John Kuntz, chair; Jeanette Thomas, vice chair; John Brown, treasurer; and Susan Kaminski, secretary. David D'Appolonia and Robert Lang were elected committee representatives.

Rhoda Shear Neft has been elected to serve as co-chairman of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession.

Dr. Leo R. McCafferty was named vice chair of the administrative commission for the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.

Attorney Cynthia M. Maleski was elected national trustee and member of the board of the First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association.

Banking, Financial

Northwest Savings Bank appointed Leo A. Grandovic manager of its Sewickley office.

Fidelity Bank promoted Chad P. Coblitz to controller.

Julie Caponi, assistant controller, Alcoa, was named to serve as a director on the board of First Commonwealth Bank, First Commonwealth Financial Advisors, First Commonwealth Insurance Agency and First Commonwealth Trust Co.

Clubs

John W. Powell, partner, Meyer Unkovic & Scott, has been elected president of the Pittsburgh Tax Club.

Education

Laura Lee, faculty member in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Architecture, has been appointed head of the school, effective July 1. Lee succeeds Vivian Loftness, who will step down when her term ends this month and return to the school's faculty.

Engineering

SAI Consulting Engineers Inc. hired Thomas W. Brado, project manager, and Terry Miller, project engineer.

Health and Medicine

Dr. Samir N. Wadhvania joined the Department of Medicine at Monongahela Valley Hospital and Regional Cancer Center. He specializes in internal medicine.

Marcia Hoover joined Butler Memorial Hospital as director of medical records.

Hotels

The Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel named Tom Hemer director of sales and marketing.

Insurance Brokerage

Frances Horn was promoted to vice president, human resources, and compliance manager at Hilb Rogal & Hobbs.

Law

Dickie McCamey & Chilcote hired Gary P. Connelly and Joan P. Mancing as associates. Connelly concentrates on litigation, particularly transportation, and Mancing concentrates on trademark law, technology, commercial transactions law, securities regulation and copyright law, emphasizing mergers and acquisitions.

Edgar Snyder & Associates appointed Lisa G. Rosen communications director.

Robert A. Vescio joined Tucker Arensberg's Government Relations Practice Group as a government affairs specialist.

Manufacturing

Wabtec Corp. elected three directors to three-year terms. They are: William E. Kassling, chairman, Wabtec; Robert J. Brooks, who served in various executive positions with the company since 1990; and James P. Miscoll, former vice chairman of Bank of America.

United States Steel Corp. appointed Karl F. Csensich general manager-raw materials.

Lila Prezioso was hired as marketing and media efforts consultant at Pittsburgh Brewing Co.

Ben Mirabile joined Jenmar Corp. as a sales engineer.

Respironics Inc. appointed Mylle Mangum, chief executive officer, to its board.

Marketing

Ben Carnes was appointed manager of Interactive Media, Quest Fore.

Scott Pipitone Design hired Jennifer Gliptis as marketing coordinator.

Nonprofit

Named to the board of The National Center for Converging Technology Research were Richard J. Krauland, MBA, and Stephen P. Phillips, CPA, and Dr. Timothy V. Kelly, D. Sc., as executive director.

Leo A. Hannah, partner-in-charge, assurance services team, Horovitz Rudoy & Roteman, was appointed to the board of FamilyLinks.

Retail

Courtney Hooper joined 84 Lumber Co. as an inventory manager.

Elsewhere

Newell area native and former Point Park College student Anthony McCune was named marketing specialist for Incept Corp. in Canton, Ohio.

Awards/Honors

Susan M. Brimo-Cox, principal/owner of Brimo-Cox Communications L.L.C., received nine awards in the 2004 Communications Contest sponsored by the Pennsylvania Press Club.

Tammy Hughes, an assistant professor of school psychology in the School of Education, received a Creative Teaching Award at Duquesne University. Hughes was selected for her innovation in creating an improved way for school psychologists to write their reports and evaluations.

COMPANY NEWS Leases

Riverhead Training Inc. signed a 5,710-square-foot lease for office space in the Regional Enterprise Tower. Michael K. Siegle of Grant Street Associates represented Riverhead.

Business Notes

Au Bon Pain remodeled its six Pittsburgh cafes.

Crytzer Communication, a marketing communication company, launched its Web site at www.crytzercommunication.com.

New Business/ New Offices

Ten United moved to One Gateway Center, Suite 1900, 420 Fort Duquesne Blvd., Pittsburgh. Call 412-471-5300.

Contracts

The COMM Group, recently acquired by ISR Solutions, has been awarded an $850,000 contract at the University of Pittsburgh's Bio Medical Science Tower III to provide and install structured cabling and a new fire alarm system.

Mascaro received three contract awards, including a PennDOT contract to construct the Hickory Street Bridge replacement structure in Warren, Warren County; a PennDOT contract as subcontractor to Avalotis Painting Co. for the repainting of the Fort Duquesne Bridge; an Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, contract for design and construction in support of the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Mission. Mascaro teamed with Baker and Associates, Coraopolis.

Dividends

NSD Bancorp Inc. declared a quarterly cash dividend of 22 cents per common share, payable June 30 to shareholders of record June 16.

North Pittsburgh Systems Inc. declared a quarterly common stock dividend of 18 cents per share, payable July 15 to shareholders of record July 1.

Emclaire Financial Corp., Emlenton, Venango County, declared a quarterly cash dividend of 23 cents a share, payable June 18 to shareholders of record June 1.

Slippery Rock Financial Corp. declared a cash dividend of 15 cents per share, payable June 30 to holders of record June 11.

Duquesne Light Holdings declared a quarterly dividend of 25 cents per share on its common stock, payable July 1 to holders of record June 10.

WesBanco Inc. declared a second-quarter dividend of 25 cents per share on its common stock, payable July 1 to shareholders of record June 11.

Bankruptcies

Blarney Stone Personal Care, Inc., c/o James M. Edwards, P.O. Box 266, Nanty Glo, Cambria County. Chapter 11.

Rebecca Tambellini Rt. 8, Inc., 602 Willruth Drive, Allison Park. Chapter 11.

Joji Babu Inc., dba Jabby Joe's fdba Monte Cello's of Robinson, 6080 Steubenville Pike, McKees Rocks. Chapter 11.

Custom Design Builders Inc., 16 N. Jefferson Ave., Suite No. 2, Canonsburg. Chapter 11.

Rebecca Tambellini Station Square Inc., 225 W. Station Square Drive, Pittsburgh. Chapter 11.

CI-AD Industries Inc., 822 Anderson St., New Kensington. Chapter 7.

Financial Management Services Inc., 3500 Brooktree Road, Suite 300, Wexford. Chapter 7.

Financial Management Advisory Services Inc., 3500 Brooktree Road, Suite 300, Wexford. Chapter 7.

Pops Enterprises Inc. dba Schwartz's Bagel, 635 East End Ave., Pittsburgh. Chapter 7.

C-S Enterprises Garage Doors Inc., 133 Cemetery Road, Slippery Rock. Chapter 7.

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