Andrew Barnes has been named president of Pennsylvania College of Art & Design effective Jan. 13. Barnes is succeeding Audra Carter, who has been the Lancaster college’s interim president since April. A former trustee chair, she took over following the departure of Michael Molla. Barnes is currently dean of the arts, humanities, education and social […]
Megan Martin has been named COO and general counsel of the Commonwealth Foundation, a new role for the Harrisburg-based think tank. Martin worked most recently as general counsel for the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry. Her career has spanned all three branches of state government, including serving as parliamentarian of the Pennsylvania Senate and […]
Matt Buckwalter and Frank Horvath first met about a decade ago as fellow franchisees for One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning, Benjamin Franklin Plumbing and Mister Sparky Electric. Now, they are co-workers. Buckwalter’s Lancaster County-based company, Punctual Pros, has acquired Horvath’s — Horvath Home Services, which does business in Ocean and Monmouth counties in central New Jersey. The acquisition is the […]
MacKenna Leib has been named assistant controller at Boyer & Ritter, a new position for the Camp Hill-based accounting and advisory firm. Leib joined Boyer & Ritter in 2019 and has worked as a supervisor in the firm’s employee benefit plan and auto dealership groups. As assistant controller, she will help manage the firm’s finances […]
Partners Scott Christ, Brian Groff and Krista Showers retired effective Nov. 30 from Trout CPA, a Lancaster-based accounting and advisory firm. Groff joined Trout in 1993 after graduating from James Madison University in Virginia. He chaired the firm’s team development committee and its nonprofit practice group. Christ joined Trout in 2020 after the firm merged […]
Is a company still liable for a subsidiary’s legal problems even after the subsidiary is legally dissolved? That’s an issue being taken up by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in the context of asbestos class-action lawsuits filed against Dravo, a former shipbuilder and manufacturer based in Pittsburgh. The question is whether Dravo’s asbestos liabilities should pass to Carmeuse Lime Inc. […]
Robert Opferman has been named senior vice president and director of BSA/AML/OFAC for Mid Penn Bank, the chief operating subsidiary of Harrisburg-based Mid Penn Bancorp. Opferman worked most recently as director of risk for City of Boston Credit Union. Before that, he was director of fraud and BSA at Republic Bank for 14 years. He […]
Do you know who your owners are? It’s a question millions of businesses will have to answer by the end of the year under a federal law known as the Corporate Transparency Act. Enacted in 2021, the law requires corporations, LLCs, LPs and other business entities to report information about their owners and managers to […]
Eschbach Real Estate Holdings 2 LLC paid $732,500 for a 4,968 square-foot office property at 840 Sir Thomas Court in Harrisburg, according to Dauphin County deed records. The seller was Dawn Marie Realty Inc. The office is slated to become a second location for BTI Group, a Wormleysburg-based company specializing in applied behavioral services for […]
Brandi Jacob Waechter has been named chief HR officer at York-based Kinsley Enterprises. She succeeds Bill Yanavitch, who became the company’s first chief HR officer in 2019. He is planning to retire at the end of this year. Before joining Kinsley, Yanavitch was an executive for about 17 years at Glatfelter, a paper maker formerly based […]
York County-based South County Brewing is planning to take over the former Pressroom restaurant in downtown Lancaster. The spot at 26 W. King St. will be the third for South County. Founded in 2011, the brewery also has locations in Fawn Grove and York Township in York County. When is this happening: The roughly 22,000 square-foot venue […]
Jen Esser has been named managing partner of KPMG LLP’s Harrisburg office effective Nov. 1. She succeeds Carol Gauker, who is transitioning to a new role within the firm’s tax function. Esser has worked for KPMG since 1998 and has been a partner since 2016. In her new role, she is expected to guide the […]
East York RE LLC, a local real estate investor, paid $265,000 for a 3,690 square-foot office at 1225 E. Market St. in York, according to York County deed records. The seller was UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals. Casey Khuri and Robin Zellers of Lemoyne-based NAI CIR represented the seller.
Lemon Lime 1 LLC, a local investment group, paid $330,000 for a two-unit investment property at 231-233 E. Main St. in Hummelstown, according to Dauphin County deed records. The sellers were Thomas A. and Linda M. Farr. Amber Corbo of Lemoyne-based NAI CIR facilitated the transaction.
HHV Properties LLC paid $1.52 million for a 13,850 square-foot office building at 1007 Mumma Road in Wormleysburg, according to Cumberland County deed records. The seller was 1007 Mumma Realty LLC. The new owner plans to repurpose the property as a medical office, according to Lemoyne-based real estate firm NAI CIR. Daniel J. Alderman of […]
Dennis DiSabatino has been named senior vice president of sales and operations at Cargas, a Lancaster-based software company. He will oversee revenue and operations for the entire company and support product and service offerings that Cargas brings to market. DiSabatino joined Cargas in 2003 as a sales consultant, a role he held for eight years. […]
After extending negotiations for a month, WellSpan Health and UnitedHealthcare have reached a deal affecting patients in certain Medicaid and Medicare plans. The deal preserves in-network access to WellSpan providers for about 3,500 patients enrolled in Medicaid plans for children and in Medicare plans for people with special needs, according to WellSpan spokesperson Ryan Coyle. In-network coverage had been […]
Plenty of developers have likely wondered how cities and townships calculate the fees they charge for construction permits. Harrisburg-area developer Triple Crown Corp. took its questions all the way to Commonwealth Court, where it argued that fees charged by Lower Allen Township in Cumberland County for two apartment projects were unreasonable and unconstitutional. The case was […]