BANKING AND FINANCE
• Blaine Aikin, president and chief executive officer of fiduciary360, was named to the national Best Practices Task Force created by the Financial Planning Association.
• Thomas Bills joined the Monroeville office of Gardner & Associates, Ameriprise Financial Services Inc., as an associate financial adviser.
• Scott Fremer joined Schneider Downs Wealth Management Advisors as director of retirement plan sales for the retirement advisers practice in Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and New York.
• Audrey Wallace, assistant vice president and commercial loan officer for S&T Bank, Indiana, Pa., was recognized as an honor student at the Pennsylvania Bankers Association School of Commercial Lending.
Legal• At The Cook Law Group, Kevin M. Miller and Michael A. Katz joined as equity partners and Arthur K. Engle joined the firm. Miller's case experience is in consumer protection, fraud, insurance bad faith, privacy law compliance and litigation. Katz specializes in civil litigation, insurance coverage, labor law and privacy law compliance. Engle specializes in civil litigation, zoning law and privacy law compliance.
Advertising, public relations• Jeff Jones joined Euro RSCG Worldwide PR as an account executive.
• GatesmanMarmionDrake Inc. hired Frank Catanzano as public relations director and Shannon Baker as public relations supervisor.
• LarsonO'Brien Marketing Group added Natalie Beneviat and Allison O'Konski as public relations account executives.
Education• Davis & Elkins College named Emerson Wickwire interim chief financial officer.
• Point Park University elected to its board of trustees: Chair Nancy Duckrey Washington, vice chairman of the August Wilson Center for African American Culture and serves on the executive committee of the Multi-Cultural Arts Initiative; Vice Chair Charles A. Gomulka, president and chief executive officer of Russell, Rea, Zappala & Gomulka Holdings Inc.; Secretary-Treasurer David S. Duncan, chairman and chief executive officer of Duncan Financial Group LLC; Dennis L. Astorino, chief executive officer of Dennis L. Astorino Architects; state Rep. Paul Costa; and Todd C. Moules, president of Pennsylvania banking for National City Corp.
• Strassburger, McKenna, Gutnick & Gefsky announced that Jason G. Wehrle was appointed to the Seneca Valley School Board. Wehrle resides in Cranberry with his wife and two children. In addition, firm members Alan T. Shuckrow and Harry F. Kunselman are members of the North Allegheny and Upper St. Clair school boards, respectively. SMGG is a full service law firm of 31 attorneys serving business, government and individual clients throughout Western Pennsylvania.
• Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary hired Keith Evans as director of admissions and financial aid.
Health care• Westarm Physical Therapy of Lower Burrell hired Debra L. Manzi as a staff physical therapist specializing in women's special care with an interest in pediatrics and vestibular and balance disorders. She will work primarily out of the Leechburg / Kiski Area facility.
• St. Barnabas Health System Employees of the Month for August are: Dawn Miller, an accounts payable clerk for the system; Diane Snyder, a secretary in the social services and rehabilitation departments at the nursing home; and Gina Wojcik, a personal care assistant for Valencia Woods.
NonprofitsMarcy L. Zajdel was named manager of program development for The Challenge Program Inc.
Other• Chris McConneha was promoted to manager at Wireless Zone of Ross.
• James Tuffy joined IntegraCare Corp. at The Pines of Mount Lebanon as executive director.
• Robert J. "Buc" Cawley was elected chairman of the Insurance Agents & Brokers Service Group.
• Henderson Brothers Inc. added as customer service representatives Darlene A. Billick, in its large commercial division, and Erin R. Bowman in its employee benefits division.
• John Meser accepted the position of special testing department manager with Professional Service Industries Inc. in its Pittsburgh operations office.
New businessSweet Sound Studio, offering music-making classes for infants, toddlers and preschool children and their parents or caregivers, is opening at 4100 Library Road, Castle Shannon. The center is operated by Courtney Heath; curriculum is the Music Together early childhood music program. Free demonstration classes offered in late August and in September. 412-595-7681.
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