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Lancaster New Era, Pa., business people column(Lancaster New Era (PA) (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Dec. 8--Housing Development Corp. has hired Diane Cake, James Duff and Sonny Zittrer to management positions. Cake has been named compliance manager. Cake, of Hershey, most recently was compliance specialist for M&L Compliance. Before that, she worked for Pennrose Properties. Duff has been named senior development manager. Duff, of Pittstown, N.J., previously owned Paragon Real Estate Development. He holds a bachelor's degree from New York University and an MBA from St. John's University. Zittrer has been named marketing and communications manager. Zittrer, of Elizabethtown, previously was vice president of urban opportunities for the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce. She is a Muhlenberg College graduate. THE PENNSYLVANIA BANKERS ASSOCIATION has appointed Douglas Byers to its Deposit Advisory Committee for a two-year term. Byers, of Manheim, is vice president of treasury management and not-for-profit manager at Graystone Bank. CARGAS SYSTEMS has promoted Jon Clemens to vice president of sales and marketing. Clemens, of Leola, joined Cargas in 1999, serving most recently as senior solutions strategist. He holds a bachelor's degree from Bluffton University and a doctorate from University of Cincinnati. HAIR DIRECT has promoted Melissa McConnell to customer service manager. McConnell, of Falmouth, was hired by the Bainbridge firm five years ago, most recently working as a customer service representative. She has more than 13 years of experience in the hair-replacement industry. McConnell is a graduate of Empire Beauty School. The Manheim Township Public Library has hired Katrina S. Anderson as its executive director. Anderson, of Quarryville, currently works as executive director of the Quarryville Library. She will begin her new position Dec. 31. She holds a master's degree in library science from Drexel University and a bachelor's degree from Knox College. THE SUSQUEHANNA ASSOCIATION for the Blind and Vision Impaired has elected Stevens VanDuzer chairman of its board of directors. VanDuzer, of Lancaster, is senior vice president for commercial real estate lending at Susquehanna Bank and a Cornell University graduate. He formerly was board treasurer. Also elected to new positions on the board of directors were: Treasurer, Peter Wengrenovich, senior vice president at Murray Risk Management & Insurance; member at large, Sandra Murphy, a self-employed consultant; director emeritus, Pauline Abel, a self-employed music teacher; secretary, Davis P. Smith IV, financial adviser at Morgan Stanley; and member, Paul Trunk, senior vice president at Berk-Tek. BRUBACHER EXCAVATING INC. has elected Jack Kreischer chairman of its board of directors and Tripp Davis a director, the first outside directors named to the board in the firm's 36-year history. Kreischer, of Doylestown, is the retired founder of Kreischer Miller, a Horsham certified public accounting firm. He is a Syracuse University graduate. Davis, of Huntingdon Valley, is president and owner of L.D. Davis Industries, a Huntingdon Valley firm that makes and distributes industrial adhesives. He holds an MBA from Penn State University. DAY SEVEN MINISTRIES has hired Dan Keefer as community relations director. Keefer, of Carlisle, formerly was a pastor at Carlisle Brethren in Christ Church. He holds a bachelor's degree from Wilfrid Laurier University and is pursuing a master's degree at Lancaster Bible College & Graduate School. CLOISTER WASH & LUBE has promoted former Denver resident Joseph W. Danver to site manager of its Sinking Spring location. Danver, of Kutztown, joined Cloister in 2002, serving most recently as assistant site manager. A graduate of Cocalico High School, he attended Northampton Area Community College. LANCASTER GENERAL has hired Kim A. Payne as manager of public relations. Payne, of Hershey, had worked for PinnacleHealth System in Harrisburg since 1993, becoming senior public relations representative. Before that, he was director of community and media relations at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center. He is a graduate of Point Park University. AMERICAN HOME BANK has promoted Paul E. Fazzini and Yana J. Peifer in its joint venture development division. Fazzini has been named senior vice president. A Lancaster resident and California University of Pennsylvania graduate, he joined the bank in 2002 as vice president of mortgage lending. Peifer has been named assistant vice president. A Lancaster resident and Catawba College graduate, she joined the bank in 2004 in wholesale lending, later becoming an account executive. MANORCARE-LANCASTER has promoted Kristi Reese to admissions director. Reese, of Lancaster, joined ManorCare-Lancaster in March as admissions coordinator. Before that, she worked for Springettsbury Township as community development coordinator. Reese is a Millersville University graduate. CERTIFICATION: --Loretta J. Brubaker, a staff accountant for White, Rudy & Co. LLP, has earned her certified public accountant license from the state Board of Accountancy. A graduate of Elizabethtown College, Brubaker joined the firm more than three years ago. --Lancaster native Woody Ritchey will become chief executive officer of the newly formed NextPoint Networks in Gaithersburg, Md. Ritchey, of Golden, Colo., is chief executive officer of Reef Point Systems, which is merging with NexTone Communications to form NextPoint. He will be relocating to Gaithersburg in January, when the merger takes effect. Ritchey spent the past 18 months with Reef Point. He has 25 years of experience in the telecom industry, including serving as president and general manager of INVISIX, a Cisco-Motorola joint venture. A Lancaster Catholic High School and Millersville University graduate, Ritchey is the son of Emalene and the late Eugene Ritchey of Mount Joy. To see more of the Lancaster New Era, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.lancasteronline.com/newera. Copyright (c) 2007, Lancaster New Era, Pa. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email [email protected], call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA. |