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		Profile of the Week Stanford E. White •  Job: Senior mortgage loan consultant, Citizens Bank •  Age: 54 •  Ambition: To be as good a man as my grandfather. •  First Job: Hot dog vendor at Forbes field. •  Hardest job/why: Caregiver to terminally ill parent -- no explanation necessary. •  Biggest work challenge: Finding the most effective method of informing the public that home ownership is simple if you dedicate yourself and follow the rules. •  Favorite stock/mutual fund: The Royal Bank of Scotland. •  Away from work I: Enjoy working out and listening to music. •  Dream vacation: Time spent relaxing, re-charging and working out. •  Favorite books: "Makes Me Wanna Holler" by Nathan McCall and "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu. •  If I won the lottery, I'd: Spend a lot of time educating people about financial literacy.

Advertising

Mike Lockwood joined Ad 1 Partners as marketing director.

Associations/Organizations

The Allegheny County Bar Association announces its officers for 2005-2006. President: Robert V. Racunas; president-elect: Hon. Kim Berkeley Clark; secretary: Eric R. I. Cottle; treasurer: R. Damien Schorr; assistant secretary-treasurer: James W. Creenan; immediate past-president: James W. Carroll, Jr.; young lawyers division liaisons: Hal D. Coffey and Chad A. Wissinger. Also three new members of the board of governors were named: Samuel W. Braver, James E. Mahood and Mark D. Shepard.

Patricia (Soforic) Gerstner was elected president of the Pennsylvania Health Information Management Association (PHIMA).

The National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) has awarded a new chapter charter to NAPO Pittsburgh. NAPO Pittsburgh's board members are President: Patty Kreamer, owner, Kreamer Connect Inc.; vice president: Leslie McKee, owner, McKee Organizing Services Inc.; secretary: Jody Adams, owner, In Its Place; treasurer: Donna Rossa, owner, Space Solutions; director at large: Ann Tomer, owner, Living Spaces; director of professional development: Jill Revitsky, owner, Discovery Organizing Inc.; director of membership: Connie Fortune, owner, Fortunately Organized; director of marketing: Vickie Dellaquila, owner, Organization Rules Inc.; and director of communications and technology: Lynn Staab, owner, Organized Spaces.

Banking, Finance

Northwest Savings Bank named Jeannie Gilkey manager of the Valencia office.

Maunee George and Barney A. Tempalski have joined Dollar Bank as residential mortgage consultants.

Communications

One Planet Corp. appointed Robert Bishop director of business development.

William B. Petersen was appointed vice president and general counsel for Verizon's operations in Pennsylvania and Delaware.

Consulting

Ryan & Co. Inc. promoted Dennis Kolumber to senior manager and leader of the sales and use tax practice for the Pittsburgh office.

Compass HR Solutions LLC announced the additions of Bill Thomas, vice president, and Moira A. Singer, solutions provider.

Education

The Allegheny Intermediate Unit (AIU) announced that Michelle Lubetsky was hired as an education specialist for the Educational Services and Support Division, and Matt Freedman joined the staff of the math and science collaborative as a secondary math coordinator.

Community College of Allegheny County named four administrators to serve as deans of academic affairs at each of its campuses: Nicholas Akinkuoye, Boyce Campus; Mary Frances Archey, South Campus; John Glenn Jr., North Campus; and Allysen Todd, Allegheny Campus.

Health and Medicine

The following individuals were elected to the board of trustees at Monongahela Valley Hospital: R. Carlyn Belczyk, partner, Guthrie, Belczyk & Associates; Charles Muia, owner/operator, Muia's Studio; and Dana Caruso Shirreffs, president, Jaycee Foods Inc. Belczyk also was elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of Mon-Vale Health Resources Inc., parent corporation of Monongahela Valley Hospital.

Butler Memorial appointed Steven Pietruszynski, M.D., to its staff. He joined the practice of Lucien Diagnostic Imaging.

Jacques E. Chelly, M.D., Ph.D., professor and vice chairman of clinical research for the department of anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and director of orthopaedic anesthesia and the acute interventional perioperative pain service, UPMC Presbyterian-Shadyside hospital, was named president of the newly formed Orthopedic Anesthesia, Pain and Rehabilitation Society (OAPRS).

Law

Blumling & Gusky hired E. Richard Ogrodowski to join its Admiralty & Maritime Practice Group and the Construction & Surety Industry Practice Group. Ogrodowski concentrates his practice in the areas of maritime and admiralty litigation, as well as construction and commercial litigation.

Morgan Lewis & Bockius hired new associates to its Pittsburgh office. Nicholas A. Bonarrigo and Ryan W. Hopkins, business and finance practice area; and Stephanie R. Reiss and Elizabeth Stroyd Windsor, labor and employment practice area.

Manufacturing

Koppers Inc. appointed Heath Huschak corporate safety manager.

Marketing

Communifax Corp. announced that George Kalantzis rejoined its company in the IT Department, Jane McGuire and Steve Scheuerle joined the data analysis department, and George Snyder joined the quality assurance department.

Media

Empower MediaMarketing said Ken Lazar, Laura Lovins and Rhonda McLeod have joined as senior market managers. Lovins is based at the agency's headquarters in Cincinnati, while Lazar and McLeod will be in regional offices in Pittsburgh and Houston, respectively.

Nonprofit

POWER (Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early Recovery) named new board members: Ernestine Harris, GlaxoSmithKline; Stephen Paschall, Esq., Lovett Bookman Harmon Marks; Kymberly Seabrooks, Three Rivers Youth; and David B. Yates, National City.

The Alzheimer's Association announced that Dianne Duursma, special events manager, and Angela Grimm, regional director, have joined the staff in the Pittsburgh office of the Greater Pennsylvania chapter.

Lorraine Zwergel joined Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership as the office manager.

Coro Center for Civic Leadership appointed Selena Schmidt director of leadership development and Ryan Walsh was named fellows program director.

Pittsburgh Business Group on Health (PBGH) named officers to its board: President: Donna Frisch, manager, corporate health benefits, H.J. Heinz Co.; vice president: Richard Smereczniak, director of total compensation, Carnegie Mellon University; secretary: Cheryl Melinchak, lead human resources consultant, Westinghouse Electric Co.; and treasurer: Myra Kilgore, benefits specialist, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott.

Bethlehem Haven hired Marcia Snowden as director of residential programs; Moira Aulbach, director of development and public relations; and Kristin Brown, development assistant.

Technology

Enkompas Technology Solutions hired Adam Oakley and John Castracane as NOC engineers.

Peter J. Van Peenen joined Tollgrade Communications Inc. as vice president, cable marketing and sales.

Tele-Tracking Technologies Inc. hired Joseph P. Gentile as vice president, sales.

Company News

Awards/Honors

The Pittsburgh Airport Area Chamber of Commerce named Robert Terwilliger program manager, PBS&J's aviation division in Pittsburgh, its corporate business person of the year. Terwilliger is serving his second term on the chamber board and is executive committee first vice chair.

Guardian Protection Services was recognized by the Federal Protective Service, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, for its continuous support of the agency's security needs and requirements, including support during emergency situations. During the 2004 flooding in Pittsburgh, Guardian assisted the Department of Homeland Security and the FPS by securing the temporary location of a local police department along with collection of case evidence after that department was forced to evacuate its permanent building.

Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Swissvale, was honored by Citizens for Global Solutions for his leadership in Congress on issues of international significance.

Verizon Wireless was recognized for Highest Call Quality Performance Among Wireless Cell Phone Users in J.D. Power's Mid-Atlantic region, which includes Pittsburgh, in the J.D. Power and Associates 2005 Wireless Call Quality Performance Study.

Making a Difference/Doing Good

The new Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar, 850 Chippewa Towne Centre Drive, is contributing $570 raised during its Aug. 6 grand opening Very Important Neighbor party to The Blackhawk Foundation. Invited lunch and dinner guests were encouraged to make a $5 donation to the organization.

Grants/Loans

Tickets for Kids Foundation was awarded a $5,000 grant from the Robert and Mary Weisbrod Foundation. 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.

New Business/ New Offices

First Commonwealth Bank, a subsidiary of First Commonwealth Financial Corp., opened a full-service branch in the Village at Pittsburgh Mills in Frazer.

Carol Harris Staffing opened a branch at 252 Pillow St., Butler, and relocated its Monroeville office to 2703 Mosside Blvd., the former Northwood Realty building.

Corrosion Fluid Products Corp. opened a branch office and repair facility in Robinson.

Dividends

Commercial National Financial Corp. declared a quarterly dividend of 20 cents per share, payable Sept. 3 to shareholders of record Aug. 26.

North Pittsburgh Systems Inc. declared a quarterly common stock dividend of 19 cents per share, payable Oct. 14 to shareholders of record Oct. 3.

Allegheny Valley Bancorp Inc. declared a quarterly cash dividend of 50 cents per share, payable Sept. 15 to shareholders of record Sept. 2.

Emclaire Financial Corp. declared a quarterly cash dividend of 25 cents per share, payable Sept. 23 to shareholders of record Sept. 1.

F.N.B. Corp. declared a quarterly cash dividend of 23 cents per share on its common stock, payable Sept. 15 to shareholders of record Sept. 1.

Business Notes

Pennsylvania Electric Coil Ltd. installed a $1.6 million automated electric form coil process.

Columbus and Pittsburgh-based Schneider Downs & Co. Inc. is merging with BKR Longanbach Giusti, a 26-year-old accounting firm based in Columbus. The transaction, expected to be completed after due diligence in August, will expand Schneider Downs' Columbus office with the addition of 22 professionals, including five shareholders. The combined group will be known as Schneider Downs.

Northwest Bancorp Inc. said it would repurchase up to 5 percent, or about 1 million shares, of its common stock. The company has about 51 million shares outstanding.

Contracts

Wizzard Software and its subsidiary MedivoxRX Technologies signed a one-year distribution agreement for the Rex-The Talking Prescription Bottle Systems with Cardinal Health Inc.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission retained Parsons Brinckerhoff to design a five-mile toll road extension. Called the Southern Beltway, the extension will connect Pittsburgh International Airport to I-79 and the Mon Fayette Expressway in the Monongahela River Valley with a toll road. The project includes a four-lane toll road as part of three design sections, stretching from U.S. Route 22 to Interstate 79, including a new interchange with Route 50 and a full interchange with I-79.

Burns & Scalo Roofing has a 227,000-square-foot roofing contract for Wal-Mart, Vienna, W.Va.

P.J. Dick Small Projects Group was awarded three new branch banks for PNC, including offices at the new Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills, Frazer; Seven Fields Towne Center, Adams; and Greengate Mall, Greensburg.

Cuddy Roofing Co. has a 33,812-square-foot roofing contract for Hillman Library, University of Pittsburgh, Oakland. Architect is Celli-Flynn Brennan.

Adonix announced that Finlandia Cheese Inc. selected the Adonix X3 Distribution suite to streamline and manage its distribution and financial operations and improve overall access to management information.

Bankruptcies

• Pittsburgh Coatings Corp., 8105 Perry Highway, Pittsburgh. Chapter 11.

• Oakwood Packaging Co. LLC, 400 Technology Drive, Coal Center. Chapter 11.

• Post Construction Co. Inc., 2 S Lafeyette St., New Castle. Chapter 11.

• Ethan Inc., 807 Center Ave., Pittsburgh. Chapter 7.

• C.R. Gregory Inc. c/o Walter A. Gregory, CPA, 60 Terence Drive, Suite 201, Pittsburgh. Chapter 7.

• Select Personell Group Inc., 4550 McKnight Road. Chapter 7.

• Rex T. Smith Plumbing Co., 7538 University Drive, Moorpark, Calif. Chapter 7.

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