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Claire Peters has been named CEO of Ahold Delhaize USA, the parent of Carlisle-based grocery chain The Giant Co., effective Sept. 8, subject to shareholder and regulatory approval. She succeeds Jerry Fleeman Jr., who is leaving to become CEO of discount retailer Dollar General.  Peters worked most recently as vice president of Amazon‘s grocery business, which blends […]

Lancaster-area commercial loan professional Joshua Druce has launched a new consulting venture called Janus Capital that aims to connect would-be borrowers with financing. It grew out of his experience after he left a lending role last year with Finanta, a Lancaster-based nonprofit lender. Druce reached out to both banks and former customers in Central Pennsylvania. It was the […]

Connor Thomson has joined the real estate group in the Radnor office of Harrisburg-based law firm McNees Wallace & Nurick. Thomson advises developers, residential builders and community associations on governing document preparation and amendment, statutory compliance and community projects including age-restricted communities and master association developments. He worked most recently as an associate at a […]

Maximilian Duke has been named president and CEO of Pennon, the nonprofit parent of regional public media broadcaster WITF, effective July 20. He will succeed Tom Baldrige, a former Lancaster Chamber leader who took the helm at Pennon in late 2025 after the resignation of previous chief Ron Hetrick. Baldrige has been serving in an interim capacity. Duke is […]

Mark Kessler has joined Mid Penn Bank as senior vice president and regional director of private banking, based at the bank’s Malvern administrative center. Kessler will lead private banking efforts throughout the region, providing customized banking and lending solutions for high-net-worth individuals and families. He reports to Jordan Space, president of the private bank and […]

Naomi Shreiner has been named vice president of the primary care service line at Penn State Health, a newly established role designed to strengthen and coordinate primary care across the Dauphin County-based health system. Shreiner will lead strategy, operations and performance for adult primary care, working with physician leaders to expand access and improve outcomes […]

Sara Arndt has been promoted to senior vice president of success and operations at Saxton & Stump, a Lancaster-based law firm. She had been vice president of success and operations. Arndt will continue to partner with firm leadership and practice group leaders as the firm advances a multi-year transformation strategy focused on artificial intelligence, technology […]

Lisa Ritt has been named director of facilities at Community Progress Council, a York-based nonprofit. Ritt will lead strategic planning and day-to-day management of CPC’s more than 20 locations throughout York County. She brings more than 20 years of experience in facilities management across commercial and multi-site environments. She has held leadership roles overseeing facilities […]

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 to about 400 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in southern Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. Hurd, who has more than 20 years of nonprofit tech experience, worked most recently as […]

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 […]