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Teresa Swenson was named administrative vice president of musculoskeletal services at Penn State Health effective Dec. 16. Swenson will oversee strategic initiatives for the musculoskeletal service line alongside physician leader Dr. April Armstrong, chair of the orthopedics and rehabilitation department at Penn State Health. Swenson will collaborate with hospitals and medical groups in the regional […]

Regional accounting and advisory firm Boyer & Ritter promoted nine staff members, including two new managers, two new supervisors and five new senior associates. James Farano and Geneka Zechman were promoted to manager. Farano, who joined Boyer & Ritter in 2019, provides accounting and auditing services for government clients. He has an associate degree in […]

Christopher Conner, a former chief judge for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, has joined Saxton & Stump as a shareholder and co-chair of the law firm’s investigation and criminal defense group and its appellate and post-trial advocacy group. He also will help clients as a mediator for Saxton & Stump affiliate Optimal […]

Accounting and advisory firm Brown Plus promoted nine team members effective Jan. 1. Kyle Bushong was promoted to audit manager. He has more than seven years of public accounting experience providing audit services to governmental entities, school-related entities and nonprofit organizations. He has a bachelor’s degree in accounting and an MBA from Shippensburg University. He […]

Kathryn Maza Courtney has been promoted to senior counsel at Saxton & Stump, a Lancaster-based law firm, effective Jan. 1. Courtney contributes to the firm’s healthcare litigation, appellate and post-trial advocacy, and investigations and criminal defense groups. Before joining Saxton & Stump, she worked at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP. Before moving into […]

Robert Firely joined Trout CPA as a partner effective Jan. 6. Firely was most recently a senior vice president at M&A advisory firm Murphy McCormack Capital Advisors.  Before that, he was CFO and chief administrative officer for Triose, a healthcare-focused logistics company in Berks County. He has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Penn State and has […]

Orrstown Bank has added a pair of leaders from a Maryland bank to lead operations and technology. Ben Colvard has been named chief operations officer at Orrstown, while Chris Orr has been named chief information officer. Orr worked most recently as chief digital officer for Sandy Spring Bank in Olney, Maryland, an institution with assets of about […]

Lancaster-based law firm Barley Snyder has named new leaders for its business and employment practice groups. Partner Daniel Desmond has been named chair of the business practice group, succeeding Jeremy Frey. Desmond has been the group’s vice chair since 2024 and has more than a decade of experience. He also chairs the law firm’s PA […]

Stephen Nieli has been named executive director of the High Family Office, which provides services to the High family and other shareholders in High-related entities. Nieli is succeeding Dean Glick, who worked for various High companies over 38 years. In addition to his new role at the family office, Nieli has been elected president of ., a […]