Jim Spencer doesn’t blame business owners if they haven’t heard of the myriad programs offered by the U.S. Small Business Administration, where he serves as
Dr. Jaewon Ryu is stepping down as CEO of Risant Health, the parent organization of Danville-based health system Geisinger. Ryu, who led Geisinger before taking the helm at Risant, is moving on in order to focus on his family, according to Risant. Dale Maxwell, former CEO of Presbyterian Health Services, is filling in as interim CEO while Risant […]
Jennifer Kozak has been named chief human resources officer of Armstrong World Industries Inc. effective Sept. 9. The c-suite role has been vacant for about 18 months, according to an Armstrong spokesperson. In the interim, the job’s responsibilities have been split between Salena Coachman, vice president of talent sustainability and acquisition, and Kelly Strunk, vice […]
Mason Kasprack has joined McNees Government Relations as a member of the Harrisburg-based government affairs firm. Kasprack will support McNees GR clients through legislative monitoring, policy research and tracking committee activity at the Pennsylvania State Capitol. He worked previously in public affairs, supporting clients in the oil and gas industry and leading grassroots engagement initiatives. […]
Jim Eichelberger has joined Pennian Bank as senior vice president and commercial loan officer for the capital region, based at the bank’s loan production office in Camp Hill. Eichelberger brings more than 20 years of commercial banking and lending experience to the role. He worked most recently at Members 1st Federal Credit Union, where he […]
Lancaster County-based agricultural company The Wenger Group has acquired an Adams County turkey processing plant in a deal supported by $6 million in state funding. The deal is described by state officials as preventing a shutdown of the plant, one of the largest providers of organic turkey products east of the Mississippi River. It was previously owned […]
An unidentified tenant has leased First Logistics Center @ I-83, a roughly 708,000-square-foot warehouse along Interstate 83 in Manchester Township, York County. The property’s Chicago-based owner, First Industrial Realty Trust Inc., said yesterday the long-term lease is for the entire facility. Terms of the lease were not disclosed. A First Industrial spokesperson declined to identify the […]
Several forces are going to pressure hospital operating margins in Pennsylvania over the next few years, according to Roxanna Gapstur, president and CEO of WellSpan Health. Hospitals face shrinking Medicaid reimbursement, growing demand for charity care and an aging population burdened by chronic illness, she said yesterday morning at a conversation on healthcare hosted by the York […]
In 1998, Kanson Electronics Inc. moved from the Dover area to a recently shuttered clothing factory in Hohenwald, Tennessee, where town leaders were anxious to replace the plant’s lost manufacturing work. Nearly three decades later, company owner Arthur Filson Jr. is preparing to bring Kanson’s footprint back to York County. The manufacturer paid $275,000 for a […]
Bryan Warren has joined Saxton & Stump as vice president of strategic alliances and sales, a newly created role at the Lancaster-based law firm. Warren is expected to build a coordinated sales platform for the law firm and its seven affiliated companies, which include an HR consulting firm, an IP consulting firm and a specialty […]