Audra Hurd has been named chief technology officer for Penn-Mar Human Services. It is a new position for the nonprofit, which provides services and support
Thanks to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, state lawmakers now face two deadlines: one to pass a budget and one to figure out whether and how to regulate and tax skill games. Skill games — slot-like devices said to require some element of skill in order to win — have been operating in legal limbo for […]
Stacie Blake is resigning from her role as CEO of YWCA Lancaster effective in December. The nonprofit has formed a search committee, led by board members Dr. Gretchel Hathaway and Karen King, to find Blake’s successor. Blake has led YWCA Lancaster since September 2019. Under her leadership, the nonprofit launched the Center for Racial and Gender Equity […]
Mark Weber has been named president of Pennsylvania Chamber Insurance, a for-profit brokerage subsidiary of the Harrisburg-based Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry The position had been vacant for several years, according to a chamber spokesperson. The company, known as PCI, was led most recently by a pair of COOs who are no longer with the […]
Tom Beachler, president of Kreider Farms, is retiring this month after a career of more than 45 years at the Penn Township, Lancaster County-based dairy and egg producer. The company has not yet named a successor. But Beachler’s son, Ben, was named COO of Kreider Farms last year, according to a company spokesperson. Tom Beachler joined […]
A real estate affiliate of Lancaster-based housing nonprofit Community Basics Inc. paid $1.5 million for a former medical office building at 3045 Marietta Ave. in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, according to county deed records. The nonprofit aims to convert the roughly 15,710-square-foot building into 16 affordable units for people with disabilities experiencing homelessness. David […]
When John Weinlader was learning to swing a golf club, simulators generated plenty of information that helped him hone his approach and figure out if he was making progress. Tennis, not so much. “I had no way of knowing if I was improving,” Weinlader said. After he and his brother sold their two Lancaster-area companies […]
Wasif Jamal has been named chief information officer of WellSpan Health, a regional health system based in York. He succeeds Hal Baker, who retired. Jamal brings more than 15 years of experience to his role at WellSpan, which has been pioneering a raft of healthcare technologies over the years. He worked most recently as global […]
Harrisburg nonprofit Wildheart is gearing up to break ground next month on a $3.3 million mixed-use project that will bring nine affordable apartments to Allison Hill, one of the state capital’s poorest neighborhoods. The nonprofit is laying plans for a similar project nearby — and just landed $200,000 in state grants as a kickstart. Wildheart is one […]
Serhant Capital Hill PA LLC leased approximately 3,600 square feet of office space at 4231 Trindle Road in Camp Hill. The lease marks the national residential brokerage firm’s first office in Central Pennsylvania. Campbell Commercial Partners represented the landlord. Mesha’s Ethnic Wear leased 3,200 square feet of warehouse space at 1591 S. 19th St. in […]