People on the Move

		Profile of the Week Darcel Madkins •  Job: Executive Director, UMOJA African Arts Company • Age: 36 • Favorite stock/mutual fund: Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) • Someday I want to: Travel to Africa and China with my family. • Interesting/useless facts about me: I enjoy working and collaborating with nonprofit organizations, which services the community. • Favorite movie: "The Color Purple" • What inspires you? My children • Person you'd most like to have dinner with: My father, who passed away when I was nine. • What do you like about Pittsburgh? That my husband and I can build a foundation for our children.

Architectural

Burt Hill hired new employees in its Butler office: Greg Jarold, contract administrator, legal department; Sarahann Bordick, technical specialist for plumbing and fire protection; and Diane Bookwalter, electrical engineer.

Associations/Organizations

Marc J. Navarre, president and chief executive officer, All-Clad Metalcrafters LLC, was elected to the board of the International Housewares Association (IHA). He begins his three-year term Oct. 1.

Kathy DiLorenzo was installed as president-elect of the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA). She is currently vice president of National Reporter Relations for VITAC's parent company, Merrill Corp.

Tom Waseleski, editorial page editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, has been elected secretary of the National Conference of Editorial Writers.

Heidi A. Sherman, of Thomas M. Mulroy and Assoc., P.C., has been appointed as a mediator to the United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania Alternative Dispute Resolution program. She was also recently elected to a one-year term on the Mediation Council of Western Pennsylvania Board of Directors.

Banking, Finance

Merchants National Bank announced the hiring of Ed Wielgus as senior vice president, chief lending officer.

Consulting

Walker Benefits, Inc. has accepted Scott Stone as a new owner. He is chief information officer for Carbis Walker LLP.

Document Management/IT

Herman Millstine recently joined Lord's International as general manager of operations.

Education

Lea E. Anderson, shareholder, Goehring Rutter & Boehm, was named to the West Virginia University College of Law Visiting Committee.

Robert T. Harper, shareholder, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney's Pittsburgh office, joined the University of Pittsburgh School of Law's Board of Visitors. He serves as co-chair of the Health Care Section.

The University of Pittsburgh's Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute for NanoScience and Engineering has added 13 affiliated faculty. The institute's NanoScale Fabrication and Characterization Facility, to be located in Benedum Hall, will open Sept. 29. School of Arts and Sciences: Lillian Chong, assistant professor, Chemistry; David Earl, assistant professor, Chemistry; Nathaniel Rosi, assistant professor, Chemistry; Alex Star, assistant professor, Chemistry; Michael Trakselis, assistant professor, Chemistry. School of Engineering: Daniel Cole, assistant professor, Mechanical Engineering; Jennifer Gray, assistant professor, Materials Science; Guangyong Li, assistant professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Jason Monnell, research associate, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Ravi Shankar, assistant professor, Industrial Engineering; Lisa Weiland, assistant professor, Mechanical Engineering; Minhee Yun, assistant professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering. School of Medicine; and Joanne Yeh, associate professor, Structural Biology.

Health and Medicine

Phoenix Rehabilitation and Health Services Inc. hired Melissa A. Opst as facility director/physical therapist.

Manufacturing

Tube City IMS Corp. promoted Hideyuki Nishizawa to senior vice president, International Trade, Tube City Division, Chicago office; Scott Clark, district manager - Ohio Region, Hudson, Ohio, office; Michael T. Eller has joined as director of financial analysis, Glassport office; and Mark A. Wagner joined the IMS Division as a project engineer, Horsham, Pa., office.

Marketing

Melanie Querry joins ONas director of sales.

Nonprofit

Diana Bucco was named president of the Forbes Funds.

KidsVoice announced the following officers and board of directors for 2006-07. President: Judy Cheteyan, ABDI, Inc.; vice-president: Ruth Anne Papa; secretary: Mike Lynch, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham, LLP; treasurer: Ed Kabala, Fox Rothschild, LLP; assistant treasurer: Bill Guttman, Carnegie Mellon University.

Other board members are: Debra Dermody, Reed Smith, LLP; Devon George; Brenda Gregg, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh; Rebecca Hebert, Family Resources; David Herring, University of Pittsburgh Law School; Buddy Hobart, Solutions 21; Cynthia Pierce Liefeld, Ph.D.; Jay Panzarella, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, P.C.; Chuck Pascarella, Pascarella & Wiker,

LLP; Matthew T. Phillips, Cohen & Grigsby, P.C.; Will Thompkins, The

Pittsburgh Project; and Jeffrey Scott Upperman, M.D., Children's Hospital of Los Angeles.

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