Tonya Sulia Goodman has joined Saxton & Stump as a senior counsel in the Lancaster-based law firm’s Pittsburgh office. Goodman worked most recently as deputy criminal chief in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Pennsylvania, where she supervised 34 attorneys and four paralegals and oversaw prosecutions involving white-collar and violent crime, child […]
Ron Hetrick stepped down effective yesterday as president and CEO of Pennon, the Harrisburg-area nonprofit created to oversee regional public media outlet WITF and Lancaster County news publisher LNP Media Group. Pennon board chair Leigh Horner is filling the leadership role while the nonprofit searches for an interim president and CEO. “For a quarter century, Ron Hetrick has been […]
Spring Grove-based papermaker Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC has found a buyer for an Ohio plant it closed over the summer. Pixelle has agreed to sell the plant in Chillicothe, Ohio, to U.S. Medical Glove Co., an Illinois-based company that makes medical gloves. In a news release, Pixelle said it expects $5.5 million in net proceeds from the sale […]
Angie Williams has been named chief human resources officer at Finanta, Lancaster-based nonprofit lender. She worked most recently as HR director for the School District of Lancaster, where she spent more than a decade. Williams has a bachelor’s degree in business administration, with a concentration in HR, from Central Penn College and an MBA from […]
Robert Muth has been named artificial intelligence officer at Members 1st Federal Credit Union. The new title is in addition to Muth’s existing role as senior vice president of infrastructe and operations. As the credit union’s AI officer, Muth will oversee efforts to leverage technology in ways that strengthen the credit union’s relationship-based approach to […]
One of the West Shore’s largest apartment complexes has changed hands. York-based property manager The Apartment Gallery has acquired The Overlook, a 288-unit complex at 150 Erford Ave. in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County. “Multifamily is always a stable investment opportunity, especially in high barrier- to-entry markets like Central Pennsylvania with good workforce fundamentals,” said Mike Maxwell, […]
Officials in York hope state funding can help them revive two city landmarks — a dilapidated church and a downtown post office that has been mostly vacant for more than a decade. Economic development agencies in York are seeking $4 million for the Post Office and $3 million for the church through a competitive state […]
Abe Ibrahim has joined Mid Penn Bank as first senior vice president and regional president of the bank’s central Philadelphia region, overseeing the bank’s growth in a market it has targeted for expansion. He will be based in Philadelphia and report to Scott Micklewright, president of commercial and consumer banking and chief revenue officer. Ibrahim […]
Geisinger and the former Evangelical Community Hospital have agreed to pay $28.5 million to settle claims they forged a secret agreement not to poach each other’s workers, allegedly stifling competition in the labor market and depressing wages. Danville-based Geisinger, now owned by Kaiser Permanente, is paying $19 million, while Lewisburg-based Evangelical, now part of WellSpan Health, is paying $9.5 […]
Karen Hanlon has been named president of Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health. She succeeds David Holmberg, who is retaining his title as CEO. Hanlon has been the health system’s COO since 2018 and will keep that title. She joined Highmark’s finance division in 1997 after a stint with accounting firm KPMG Peat Marwick. She rose within the division and was […]
Developers are applying for state funds to upgrade some of the capital region’s largest underused buildings. They include an idled steel mill in Steelton and two vacant office towers in downtown Harrisburg — former state offices at 333 Market St. and the former federal building at 228 Walnut St. The state funds would come through […]
Column by Richard Randall Nothing defines your culture, or you as a leader, more than the way you treat people.
Ashley Zinn has been named senior vice president and chief people officer for WellSpan Health, the regional health system based in York. She succeeds Aaron Gillingham, who left earlier this year. Zinn worked most recently as vice president of human resources for WellSpan and has worked on a range of HR-related initiatives, including workforce planning and talent […]
Chuck Meehan has been named chief creative officer at Pavone Group, a Harrisburg-based marketing agency. The position had been vacant for about seven years, according to a company spokesperson. Meehan worked most recently for a creative studio he founded called Unlikely Story, whose clients included Sydney Beer, Ryder and Texas A&M’s technology and innovation campus, called Texas A&M Rellis. […]
Federal funds subsidizing flights to rural and small-town airports are poised to run dry thanks to the shutdown of the federal government. But a subsidized carrier serving Lancaster Airport plans to keep flying anyway. Unless the government reopens and funding is restored by Sunday, Oct. 12, airlines will be free on Monday to discontinue subsidized flights, known […]
Brian Floyd has joined Mid Penn Bancorp subsidiary MPB Insurance and Risk Management as vice president and employee benefits producer. He will be based in Harrisburg at the bank’s administrative office, reporting to Matt Snavely, managing director of MPB Insurance and Risk Management. Floyd brings more than 20 years of experience in insurance benefits consulting […]
Lancaster city residents voiced cautious optimism about proposed rules regulating data centers within the borders of one of the region’s most populous municipalities. But they worried the new zoning regime would be too late to govern data center proposals already on the table for the city. “I’m very happy to see the direction we’re heading […]
After dodging the auction block in July, the former Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg is once again facing a sheriff’s sale. The sale is scheduled for the morning of Oct. 16, according to legal filings and the Dauphin County sheriff’s office. The sheriff’s office initially scheduled a sale in July. But it was postponed. At the […]