Profile of the Week Jim Shea Job: Vice president of marketing, DynaVox Systems LLC Age: 43 Favorite stock/mutual fund: Thermo Fisher Scientific (my previous employer) Someday I want to: See Notre Dame win a national championship. Interesting/useless facts about me: I play guitar and sing; I'm enjoying teaching my 8-year old, Jack. Favorite Movie: "The Shawshank Redemption" What inspires you? Seeing (and hearing) a person with a speech disability communicate using a DynaVox speech device. Person you'd most like to have dinner with: My wife, Katie. If she's busy, I'd settle for Condoleezza Rice. What do you like about Pittsburgh? Most people I meet are friendly and are very open to sharing ideas and introducing me to others.

People on the Move

Advertising

GBL hired Chuck Barkey, copywriter; Rob Bupp, art director; Melissa King, account executive; Greg Hope, production director; and Kim Schutzman, production designer.

Associations/Organizations

Paul King, director of environmental health and safety at Duquesne University, was re-elected board chair of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council for 2007.

Tommy Johnson, director of government affairs, CONSOL Energy, was elected president of the Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board. He is replacing Gregory Greenleaf, president of the Greenleaf Group LLC who will continue to be a board member.

The Allegheny Tax Society announced its 2006-07 officers. President: David Hoffman, Trosch & Co. LLP; vice president: Thomas L. Bakaitus Jr., Herbein & Co. Inc.; treasurer: Leonard H. Andrews, Sisterson & Co. LLP; corresponding secretary: Donald S. Johnston, Grossman Yanak & Ford LLP; and recording secretary: David Adams, Alcoa Inc.

Nora Barry Fischer, partner, Pietragallo Bosick & Gordon LLP and group leader of its litigation defense practice, was appointed to The Rivers Club board.

Western Pennsylvania Conservancy named Charles Williams as Upper Allegheny watershed manager, freshwater conservation program, and Eric Chapman, director of aquatic science.

Consulting

Cowden Associates Inc. hired Jeanne Michaud as a senior executive assistant.

Development Dimensions International hired Jazmine Espejo as a consultant for its Center for Applied Behavioral Research and Timothy Houston as senior technical consultant -- he will provide business intelligence development and data warehousing.

Infinity Concepts hired Kim Carter as its marketing director.

Trans Associates hired Laura Cooley as an associate designer, design services group, and promoted Terence Olesniewicz to engineering manager, design services group.

Education

Timothy P. Ryan of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott was named to the Saint Vincent College board. He is chief executive officer and a member of the firm's litigation division.

Health/Medicine

St. Clair Hospital appointed Michael J. Flanagan as senior vice president.

HealthSouth Harmarville Rehabilitation Hospital named Ken Anthony administrator and chief executive officer.

Stephanie Waite has joined West Penn Allegheny Health System's communications department and will serve as media contact for West Penn Hospital.

The Canonsburg General Hospital board appointed Prabha Bansal, Daniel H. Benckart, Bart A. Chess, Dean A. Healy, Amjad Jalil, Robert J. Keenan, Satish C. Muluk, Richard H. Maley and Michael J. Scheel to its medical staff. Dr. Bansal is a board-certified oncologist; Dr. Benckart, a board-certified thoracic surgeon; Dr. Chess, a board-certified vascular surgeon; Dr. Healy, a board-certified vascular surgeon; Dr. Jalil, a hematologist/oncologist; Dr. Keenan, a board-certified thoracic surgeon; Dr. Maley, a board certified thoracic surgeon; Dr. Muluk, board-certified thoracic surgeon; Dr. Scheel, board-certified orthopedic surgeon. Drs. Benckart, Chess, Healy, Keenan, Maley and Muluk will see patients in the hospital's ambulatory care department as well as Allegheny General Hospital.

Investment Services

Hefren-Tillotson promoted in its Pittsburgh office: Bernie Dougherty, senior vice president; Paul Kostyak, senior vice president; Jim Sadowski, vice president. Butler office: Brian Knapp, vice president. Wexford office: Bill Pisciuneri, first vice president; John Chamberland, vice president; Jim Ferrell, associate vice president.

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC appointed Debra Roey head of the retirement plans department.

Law

Friday Porta Cox & Ward established offices at 3220 West Liberty Ave., concentrating on personal injury, workers' compensation, insurance and Social Security litigation. The firm's principals are Peter D. Friday, Cynthia M. Porta-Clark, Brian D. Cox and James C. Ward.

Fox Rothschild hired new associates in its Pittsburgh office: Seth I. Corbin, tax and estates department, and Matthew S. Payne, litigation department.

Logistics

Pittsburgh Logistics Systems Inc. appointed John Terrill, general manager, freight solutions.

Museums

Carnegie Museum of Art appointed Rachel Delphia assistant curator of decorative arts.

Nonprofit

Community Design Center of Pittsburgh promoted Tara Merenda to RenPlanSM program director and Jason Vrabel to design fund program director and hired Cynthia Contie as RenPlanSM program coordinator and Andrea Lavin, design fund program coordinator.

Longwood at Home, an affiliate of Presbyterian SeniorCare, appointed Anna Scott as care coordinator.

Beginning with Books Center for Early Literacy named to its board: Michele Rone Cooper, vice president, Planning/ Marketing/ Healthy Communities, Pittsburgh Mercy Health System; Thomas K. Doaty, general credit manager, PPG Industries; Richard Gorman, owner, Mystery Lovers Bookshop; Barbara Johnson, associate dean and director of diversity initiatives, Carlow University; Richard Liebscher, director, IT Business Solutions, Eat 'n Park Hospitality Group Inc.; Raymond A. Miller, partner, Pepper Hamilton; Douglas L. Root, communications director, Heinz Endowments; Ed Sutton, owner and creative director, Lava New Media; Richard Zahren, retired.

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