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Rachel Farzin has been named advocate supervisor for the Dauphin County Court Appointed Special Advocate Program, or CASA. Farzin will oversee community volunteers who represent the best interests of foster children in the child welfare system. She was a founding CASA board member and fundraising chair for the organization. Her addition to the nonprofit brings […]

Quandel Construction Group has promoted two executives. The Harrisburg-based company has named Sarah Knehr as COO and executive vice president, while Nicholas Bagdonis has been named vice president of Quandel Energy Solutions and strategic projects. Knehr, a former high school intern at Quandel, has risen through the company from assistant project manager to project executive. […]

Peter Wisniewski has been hired as director of investor relations for Investment Real Estate Group of Companies, a York-based self-storage operator. Wisniewski has over 10 years of expertise in financial strategy and cross-sector collaboration. Most recently he worked as a development manager, where he streamlined operations and cultivated relationships within the real estate industry. His […]

Jose Lopez has been named to the board of Ephrata National Bank. He is a new addition to the board, according to a spokesperson for the Ephrata-based bank. Lopez worked most recently as president and CEO of the Lancaster-based social services nonprofit Spanish American Civic Association and its affordable-housing arm, SACA Development Corp.  An Army veteran and Lancaster native, […]

Mark Kandrysawtz has been promoted to senior vice president and chief innovation officer at York-based health system WellSpan Health. He was previously vice president and chief innovation officer. Kandrysawtz leads innovative solutions that reimagine healthcare to allow for faster adaptation, scale and, ultimately, impact for consumers and patients. He is credited with helping WellSpan position […]

Harrisburg-based insurance agency URL Insurance Group has promoted eight staff members. Matt Allina has been promoted to life markets manager. He joined URL as a life markets specialist in 2004. He was the life markets final expense manager for several years and will now use his knowledge of all life insurance products to drive growth […]

Jeff Balestrini has been hired chief consumer lending officer for Members 1st Federal Credit Union, an Enola-based lender, effective March 10. He succeeds Jeff Ernst, who retired last year after more than three years in the role, according to a credit union spokesperson. Balestrini worked most recently as chief lending officer at Service 1st Federal Credit […]

Doug Barton has been hired as the first-ever CFO for Saxton & Stump, a Lancaster-based law firm. Barton worked most recently as director of financial planning and analysis at Harrisburg-based Orrstown Bank, which merged last year with York-based Codorus Valley Bancorp.  Over his nearly four-decade career, Barton also has worked for accounting firms Baker Tilly and Beard & Co., as […]