People on the move

		Profile of the Week Len Brush •  Job: CIO and vice president, information technology services, Access Data Corp. •  Age: Between 1 and 100 •  Ambitions: Working 'til the greater of the two ages above. Feeling the floor beneath my feet when I get out of bed in the morning. Being a better person tomorrow than I am today. Living long enough to share in the joy of my granddaughter's liver transplant •  First job: Bagging groceries in a supermarket at 65 cents an hour ( You may need help to figure out how long ago that was. A hint: At 4 percent inflation per year, that would be about $10.40 per hour today.) No wonder I was living so high, way back then. •  Hardest career job/why?: Helping to develop and test military weapons. Even though I tried to ignore it, those weapons would eventually kill people. •  Hardest life job/why?: Being a father of five. I was 23 when our first was born and I knew absolutely nothing about being a parent. •  Biggest work challenge ever: Upgrading all my skills, over and over again. Like Samson, every time my skills became long and full, some "Delilah" would come along and cut them and me down. •  Favorite stock/mutual fund: The stocks that my wife owns. And I am really partial to my TIAA-CREF portfolio. •  Away from work I: Spend all my time with my bride of many years and some fair amount of time movie-going with my bride. •  Dream vacation: Finishing my quest to see baseball games in every major league ballpark in the U.S and Canada. •  Favorite book(s): "Huckleberry Finn," "In Cold Blood" and "The Greatest Generation." •  If I won the Lottery, I'd: Give it to my two favorite charities: (1) My loving bride, Elizabeth; and (2) the many victims of Katrina.

Accounting

Francesco A. Tirone was named a partner at Henry Rossi & Co.

Advertising

Katie Kuppelweiser joined Elisco Advertising as an account executive.

Associations/Organizations

Robert Imperata, executive vice president, Greater Pittsburgh Convention and Visitors Bureau, was elected vice chair of the PaSAE board of directors.

Contractors

Limbach Facility Services announced changes among its branch management team. Mike Balistreri is branch manager and vice president, Pittsburgh branch; Craig Sasseer, branch manager and vice president, Washington, D.C., branch; and Jay Sharp, branch and sales manager, Columbus branch.

Distributors

Mermon/Keystone Corp. named Lou Grenci district manager for the Butler branch and the satellite facilities in New Castle, Delaware and McConnellsburg; Pam Doelze was appointed operations manager, New Castle branch, and Dan Gillen was named general sales manager, New Castle.

Education

Dr. Dane S. Claussen, associate professor and director of graduate programs, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, and faculty development coordinator, Point Park University, was appointed editor of Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, a quarterly scholarly journal published by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

Environmental

Max Environmental Technologies Inc. named Henry A. Springer Jr. vice president of compliance and engineering.

Graphic Design

KMA Design named Jason Engbarth a project director and John Chaykowsky a senior graphic designer.

Health and Medicine

Butler Medical Providers, operated by Butler Health System, appointed Dr. Alison M. Fecher to the staff of Butler Memorial Hospital.

Highland Hospital announced the addition of Dr. Rachel Fasson Esposito to its medical staff.

Hotels

Deborah L. Cygrymus was named director of revenue management, Westin Convention Center Hotel.

Law

Joanne M. La Rose has joined the Pittsburgh office of LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae as an associate in the litigation group.

Raphael Ramsden & Behers hired Aaron Asher as an associate.

Christopher J. Hall joined Sporrer Cook as an associate.

Reed Smith announced the promotion of 27 of its attorneys to partner, effective Jan. 1. Fourteen of the new partners are litigators, the remaining 13 are business and regulatory attorneys. New litigation partners include Sherri A. Affrunti, Princeton; Christin L. Bassett, Charles L. Becker, Reetu Dandora Maryellen Feehery, William J. McDonough and Tracy Weiss, Philadelphia; Ranjit Dhindsa, Coventry, U.K.; Charles H. Dougherty, Jeremy D. Feinstein, John M. McIntyre, Pittsburgh; Joseph P. Pohl, Pittsburgh; John G. Harris, Wilmington; and Junga P. Kim, Los Angeles.

New partners working in business and regulatory include Derek J. Baker, Philadelphia; Kenneth Barr, Christine E. Bloomquist, Scot T. Hasselman, Washington, D.C.; Michael Calvert and Alison J. Dennis, London; Daniel A. Cody, Garth A. Osterman and Todd Toral, San Francisco.; Christi Davis, Pittsburgh; Robert M. Diamond, Falls Church, Va.; Dale Freeman, San Francisco; and Antone P. Manha, New York.

Louis C. Long joined Pietragallo Bosick & Gordon as a partner. He is a member of the litigation defense practice group.

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott announced that attorney Edward C. Flynn joined the litigation division as a member and Cory Hirsch joined as an associate in the employee benefits group, both in the Pittsburgh office. Joining the Southpointe office is Sam H. Jessee as an associate in the litigation division.

Marketing

Communifax Corp. hired Ken Eck as a senior account manager and Marcy Reid as a quality assurance analyst/software engineer.

Media

Frank Collins, Jacqui Gray and Jeff Mercer joined FSN Pittsburgh's advertising sales and marketing departments.

Nonprofit

The Spina Bifida Association of Western Pennsylvania named Andrea D. Fairman director of services.

Adam Golomb, director of marketing, Eat 'n Park Hospitality Group, was appointed to the Every Child Inc. board of directors.

Woodlands Foundation Inc. named Shawn J. Haag of Ohio Township and Susan C. Williams of Fox Chapel as new directors.

Pittsburgh Opera elected two new members to the board for three-year terms: Kenneth B. Dunn, dean of CMU's Tepper School of Business, and Douglas Millar, president and owner of Travelers' Service Company.

Murry S. Gerber was named chairman of the African American Chamber of Commerce of Western Pennsylvania Presidential Roundtable.

James L. Cook III, of Sporrer Cook, was named secretary of the Downtown Pittsburgh board for the American Heart Association's Young Leadership Division.

Woodlands Foundation named Shelby Emmonds its program manager.

Beth A. Slagle, partner, Meyer Unkovic & Scott, was elected to the board of Dress for Success Pittsburgh.

Best Buddies International, with local offices in the South Side, named Megan L. Carbaugh program manager, and Jeffrey A. Kash, program supervisor.

Professional Services

Pat Naughton joined US Asset Management as managing director, institutional asset management sales.

Technology

Lucas Systems Inc. hired Rick Temple as a customer support specialist.

Elsewhere

Orlando, Fla.-based American Management Services promoted Gary Antonino to vice president and director of field services. He is originally from Pittsburgh and frequently travels to the area since Pennsylvania remains one of his sales territories.

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