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 […]
Ephrata National Bank in Lancaster County has promoted two staff members: Matthew McKinney and Tyler Trettin. McKinney, a financial adviser, adds AVP to his title. McKinney joined ENB in 2016 and has held several roles, including document imaging specialist, sales assistant, and most recently, financial adviser. In hs newly elevated role, he will continue to […]
Column by Martin Fedorko Across Central Pennsylvania, new companies are being launched every day. From labs in State College to
Pure Water Technology, a Lancaster-area company that supplies equipment providing drinking water, ice and coffee, moved about a month ago to a larger, newly constructed headquarters at 1140 Corporate Blvd. in West Hempfield Township. The total investment in the land and construction for the 24,000-square-foot building was about $5.7 million, according to John Burkholder, the […]
Penn State Health, the regional health system based in Derry Township, Dauphin County, has promoted two executives. Kyle Snyder has been named president and COO, while Tracy Moyer has been named vice president and CFO. Snyder succeeds Deborah Addo, who is retiring. Snyder had been president of Penn State’s Holy Spirit and Hampden medical centers […]
As state workers prepare to exit Harrisburg’s tallest office tower, a developer is hatching plans to rip out the cubicles. Harristown Development Corp. wants to put 81 apartments in a portion of the 22-story office building, which is at 333 Market St. The city’s planning commission signed off on the $23 million project at a […]
Jessica Kosoff and Nathan Fry have joined the ownership group at Funk Construction, a Lebanon-based contractor. The company’s existing owners are brothers Ken and Dave Funk. Kosoff, who has worked at Funk since 2004, is the company’s vice president of construction. She worked previously at CRSS, a Jacobs Engineering Company, Alexander Constructors and Barclay White Skanska. […]
Patricia Zwergel has been named CFO of G&S Foods LLC, a Hanover-area snack food manufacturer. Zwergel was previously president and CEO of The Warrell Corp., a candy maker in Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County, that was acquired earlier this year by Wolfgang Confectioners in Loganville. Before joining Warrell, Zwergel held financial leadership roles at York-area manufacturers Graham Engineering Corp. and York […]