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Emma T. Lucas-Darby
Job: Associate dean and director of the School for Social Change and professor, Department of Social Work, Carlow University
Age: Not old enough to retire, but old enough to be a proud Nana.
Favorite stock/mutual fund: Davis NY Venture
Someday I want to: Write a book about the contributions of African-American women to Pittsburgh's history.
Interesting/useless facts about me: I like visiting New York and walking through the neighborhoods around Harlem.
Favorite Movies: "Imitation of Life" and "Crash"
What inspires you? A challenge -- I accept difficult situations, turn them into learning opportunities and then move on. Of course, I give thanks to God for giving me the strength to overcome.
Person you'd most like to have dinner with: Jennifer Hudson, Michelle Obama and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
What do you like about Pittsburgh? Views of the city and surrounding communities from high elevations throughout the city.
People on the Move
Accounting
Maher Duessel promoted Elizabeth Cuthbert to senior accountant and hired Kristen Connors, Nicole Ray, Greg Longwell and Ashley Cyphers as staff accountants.
Schneider Downs Wealth Managements Advisors LP appointed Scott Ellis to investment adviser and Karen Werley to account specialist.
Carbis Walker LLP announced that Jaime K. Davis joined as a senior associate, automotive dealer services team.
Karla Winsheimer has joined Hill, Barth and King LLC as a staff accountant.
Kline, Keppel & Koryak P.C. said Tina Karas has joined as a bookkeeper.
Advertising
Fitting Group hired Logan Vandall as an account coordinator.
Associations/Organizations
Joe Moon, vice president and operations manager in the civil and environmental division of L. Robert Kimball & Associates, was appointed to the Sewage Management and Treatment Task Force advisory committee.
Heritage Valley Health System said that Rick Beaver, vice president, quality, was named to the Pittsburgh Airport Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors.
David Duffus, principal, Parente Randolph Accounting & Consulting, was chosen to serve on the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Economic Damages Task Force.
The Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board hired Audrey Bode as project manager and Vera Krofcheck as mobility and work force development specialist. In addition, officers appointed to the board: Vice President: Marlene Gary Hogan, director of the Education and Community Resource Center, WQED Multimedia; secretary: Henry Sobah, vice president of Pre-Sales Support and Corporate Training, Innovative Systems Inc.; treasurer: Terence Kiliany, chief financial officer, Sauer Inc.
The Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Society of Appraisers elected officers. President: Kelly Carrier of Strategic Valuation Group; vice-president: Chuck Laverty of Carbis Walker LLP; membership chair: Robert Clark of Industrial Appraisal Co.; secretary Marcia Rosenthal of Marcia Rosenthal Fine Arts; and treasurer Donald Ickert of Bates, Barksdale, Ickert & Co. Other members of the board include Dave Pieton, Tom Smith, Lorraine Smith, Ed Butcher and Dale Perelman.
Three Rivers Advertising Specialty Association announced its board of directors for 2007: President: Peter Hawk, ASAP Promotions; vice president: Mary Beach, Leeds; treasurer: Bruce Reissaus, Advertising Specialties Alliance; secretary: Trina Tucker, Ashworth & Callaway; Membership: Tom Leahy, Marketing Motivators/Golf Plus, and Eddie Grimes, Good Advertising Co.; education: Pat O'Hara, WC Bunting; marketing: Howard Booth, Proforma Graphic Communications; past president: Dana Zezzo, CPS Keystone Line; and executive director: Patti Ward.
Banking, Finance
Parkvale Bank elected Chris Trombetta vice president; Kevin McCarthy, senior assistant vice president; Traci Bycura, senior assistant vice president and promoted her to accounting manager; James E. Mastroianni, assistant vice president, coinciding with his new position as branch administrator.
Donald J. Huber, Robert F. Kastelic and Oliver D. Keefer were elected directors of Fidelity Bancorp Inc. for a three-year term.
Consulting
KU Resources Inc. hired Nicholas Palumbo and Leanne Fitch in its Duquesne office.
GSP Consulting hired Jennifer Sinfelt in its economic architecture practice, Pittsburgh office.
Anson Whaley has joined Trans Associates as a marketing coordinator.
Education
Wayne R. Zanardelli, retired executive vice president and CFO, Sarcom Enterprise Education Services and Charles Snyder, wealth strategist, National City, were elected to the board of trustees of The Early Learning Institute.
Engineering
Herbert, Rowland & Grubic Inc. hired Karla Schroeder as a landscape architect in its Cranberry office.
Health/Medicine
Janice McSherry, attorney at GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, was promoted to vice president and associate general counsel, legal operations.
Providence Pharmacy, the in-house pharmacy at Concordia Lutheran Ministries, promoted Rich Zabinski to a pharmacy director.
Margaret Hardt DiCuccio was appointed director of Critical Care Services at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.
Thomas G. Gleason, M.D., was named director of the new Center for Thoracic Aortic Disease of the UPMC Heart, Lung and Esophageal Surgery Institute and appointed associate professor of cardiac surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Judith W. Dogin, M.D., was named senior medical director for Community Care Behavioral Health.
Law
Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl LLC named Manning (Jim) J. O'Connor II to its management committee. Alisa N. Carr and David J. DelFiandra were named partners. Mr. O'Connor is an experienced trial attorney with special emphasis in the areas of commercial disputes, employment issues, and healthcare litigation. Ms. Carr is a member of the litigation and employment practice groups. Her practice includes litigation, arbitration and mediation before federal and state courts, administrative and regulatory agencies and private arbitrators. Mr. DelFiandra is a member of the estate planning and administration, taxation and employment groups.
Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir P.C. announced that Richard J. Antonelli has joined as a shareholder in the employment and labor services group and Stephen A. Antonelli as an associate in the employment and labor services group and the litigation services group.
Pepper Hamilton LLP announced that Nina M. Gussack, chair of its pharmaceutical and medical litigation and counseling practice, was elected chair of the executive committee, the firm's governing body. She assumes the position from Barry M. Abelson, senior corporate and securities partner, who has chaired the executive committee since 1995, and who will continue his full-time practice of law.
Houston Harbaugh P.C. elected its 2007 Executive Committee: Sara Davis Buss, Bradley J. Franc and Alex W. Thomson.
Edgar Snyder & Associates appointed Bernard Kuzma human resources manager.
Manufacturing
Donald E. Evans was named vice president, global marketing, sales and development, carbon materials and chemicals for Koppers Inc., a subsidiary of Koppers Holdings Inc.
Nonprofit
The Center for Victims of Violence and Crime and Pittsburgh Mediation Center are merging. The board and executive committee includes: Chair: Kelley M. Lynch, chief financial officer, Taggart Global; vice chair: Kathleen Colwell, vice president, Health Services Systems, Highmark Blue Cross, Blue Shield; secretary: Lynn Griffin, SWPA regional director, Department of the Auditor General; and treasurer: Robert Kollar, director, master of accountancy program and assistant professor of accounting, Duquesne University, School of Business, and shareholder, Kuhleman Kollar and Associates, CPAs. Members: Claire Capristo, deputy administrator, Common Pleas Court, Allegheny County; Anna Doering, vice president of development and alumni relations, Chatham College; Cindy Goodman-Leib, school coordinator, Everybody Wins, a program of Beginning with Books, Center for Early Literacy; Jennifer Jefferies Murrell, director, Community Operations, YouthWorks Inc.
Linda Siminerio, director, Diabetes Institute/UPMC, joined the board of Neurofibromatosis Clinics Association.
Recreation
The newly elected officers of the board of directors at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium: Chair: Gary R. Claus; vice chair: Beverlynn Elliott; secretary: F. Brooks Robinson Jr.; treasurer: Edward J. Goncz. In addition, Frank Cartieri was promoted to chief operating officer and Jackie Vincunas to chief financial officer.
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First Published March 5, 2007 12:00 am
