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44 • NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA BUSINESS JOURNAL • SEPTEMBER 2003
Kuykens
Pavlick
Killeen
Woelkers
Bartoletti
Bibak
Nogles
Dickson
Davis
Lipson
Woodruff
Arthur
Gorman
Prebich
Fertig
Sitoski
Kaczmarek
AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION
Helen Lavelle was unanimously elected governor
of District II in the American Advertising Federation
(AAF) for a second consecutive term. District II, the
premier district of the AAF, is comprised of advertising
agencies, media companies and corporate
clients from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland and Washington, D.C. She is
creative director of Lavelle Murray Advertising,
Scranton, which she co-founded nearly 20 years
ago. As governor, Lavelle will guide and direct the
advertising industry through economic challenges,
legislative issues and relevant industry initiatives,
while continuing to develop best practices and
solutions to major industry challenges. In addition
to the National Student Advertising Competition,
Lavelle has championed achieving diversity in the
advertising and marketing industries. Lavelle has
been recognized repeatedly for her own creative
excellence, contributing to her Scranton-based
agency receiving countless ADDY awards, communication
arts awards, and industry marketing honors.
Lavelle was recently awarded the Northeast
Pennsylvania Business Journal’s Outstanding
Women in Business Award.
AVENTIS PASTEUR
Luc Kuykens, M.D., was appointed vice president
of regulatory affairs North America for
Aventis Pasteur, Swiftwater. He is also responsible
for optimizing regulatory affairs efforts globally. He
serves as the key point person in communications
with the Food and Drug Administration. He also
coordinates the activities of the many departments
involved in the submission of
Investigational New Drug Applications/Biologics
License Applications and ongoing submissions to
those files. Previously, Kuykens served as director,
worldwide regulatory affairs, vaccines & biologicals
with Merck and previously as director, regulatory
affairs-Europe. His career also includes increasing
roles of responsibility in the medical and public
health fields in Africa and the Caribbean. He has
authored and co-authored a number of articles
and papers in industry publications, including the
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
and the Leprosy Review. Aventis Pasteur Inc. is a
subsidiary of Aventis Pasteur SA. It provides the
broadest range of human vaccines and biologicals
commercially available from any single U.S. vaccine
company and is a leading supplier of vaccines
to protect against influenza, diphtheria,
tetanus, pertussis, polio, Japanese encephalitis,
yellow fever, Haemophilus influenzae type b disease,
meningitis, rabies, and typhoid fever.
BARRY ISETT & ASSOCIATES
The northeastern Pennsylvania office of the full
service engineering and surveying firm, Barry Isett
& Associates (BIA), has relocated to in the Broad
Street Business Exchange, Suite 114, 100 West
Broad Street, Hazleton. Gregg Pavlick, who has
been with the company since 1998, was named
project manager to develop and oversee projects
throughout northeast Pennsylvania. Vice president
Terry DeGroot, PE is the principal in charge of the
Hazleton office.
BRUSH VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Sandra Hutchinson was named CEO of the
Brush Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce. She
has been with the chamber since 1998. In her
new position, she makes plans to keep relationships
healthy with government officials at all levels
by continuing the current agenda and encouraging
a more effective coalition to address problems
that affect the businesses in the region and
continue her active roll on all of the committees
motivating the volunteers towards the goals of this
chamber. The Brush Valley Regional Chamber of
Commerce serves Shamokin, Coal Township,
Kulpmont, Mount Carmel, Ralpho Township,
Elysburg, Trevorton, and Paxinos.
FOCUS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
The directors and board of trustees of Focus
Central Pennsylvania welcomed their new president,
Kate Fairweather. Since 1999, she has been
associated with Lafarge Road Marking in
Montgomery, most recently as sales manager for
the New Parts, Service and Repair department.
Focus Central Pennsylvania serves as a regional
economic development marketing alliance dedicated
to promoting Central Pennsylvania as the premier
place for new business investment and the
creation of family-sustaining jobs.Focus Central
Pennsylvania members include the Clinton County
Economic Partnership, Danville Area Chamber of
Commerce, Mifflin County Industrial Development
Corporation, Susquehanna Industrial Development
Corporation, Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of
Commerce, PPL Electric Utilities, and SEDA-COG.
GRANGE NATIONAL BANK
Thomas A. McCullough, president and CEO of
Grange National Bank, Tunkhannock, announced the
promotion of Joseph I. Killeen from vice president to
senior vice president. Grange National Bank operates
12 full-service banking offices in five counties.
LANDMARK COMMUNITY BANK
Paul C. Woelkers was named to the board of
directors of Landmark Community Bank, headquartered
in Pittston. He is president of
Lackawanna Mobile X-ray and US Mobile Health
Services Inc., Dunmore, and vice president of
Carolina Diagnostic Services Inc., Piedmont, SC.
He currently serves on the following boards:
Northeastern PA Long Term Care Association,
Serving Seniors of Lackawanna County and
Lackawanna County Drug and Alcohol Treatment
Services and is an annual host for a day at St.
Francis of Assisi Kitchen, Scranton.
LUZERNE NATIONAL BANK
Luzerne National Bank, Luzerne, announced the
following appointments:
Denise S. Bartoletti was named chief credit officer
and will assist in establishing Luzerne National
Bank’s strategic lending goals, objectives and credit
policies. Bartoletti has been active in the banking
industry since 1986 and was one of Luzerne
National’s commercial loan officers.
Michael J. Bibak was named chief lending officer
and will be responsible for lending functions of
Luzerne National Bank. He will also lead the
bank’s business development function. Bibak has
been involved in banking for 16 years.
Scott Nogles was named chief financial officer and
became a member of senior management. He will
be responsible for the financial leadership of Luzerne
National Bank and will be responsible for cash management
functions, financial reporting and new product
analysis. Nogles has been active in banking and
finance for 10 years with several community banks
and is also a certified public accountant.
MCCORMACK MORTGAGE SERVICES INC.
Walter Sarafinko joined the mortgage services
team of McCormack Mortgage Services Inc., Clarks
Summit. He is responsible for new business development,
sales management, and training of a team
of mortgage originators. Sarafinko brings over 17
years of banking experience to this position, most
recently serving as vice president and Community
Banking Division manager for a local financial
institution. He is on the board of directors of the
Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce and
serves on the Ambassadors Committee.
METZ & ASSOCIATES LTD.
James Dickson was promoted to divisional vice
president of Metz and Associates Ltd. His most
recent position with Metz and Associates was that
of eastern regional vice president. In his new position,
Dickson will assume responsibility for all college/university
and business dining operations at
Metz and Associates. Dickson is a 30-year veteran
of the foodservice industry. His experience is
extensive and includes serving as vice president of
educational services for Sodexho-Marriott
Corporation, resident district manager at the Wood
Company, senior food service director at ARA
Services and district manager at Custom
Management Corporation.
Kathy Gonzalez assumed the position of divisional
director for healthcare services at Metz and
Associates Ltd., where she focuses her talents and
energy on dining management matters in the
healthcare industry. Her previous position with
Metz and Associates was the director of corporate
nutrition services. She also remains involved in
overseeing Metz and Associates’ team of dietitians
and in developing company-wide nutritional education
programs. She is a registered dietician with
over 20 years of experience. Gonzalez previously
held positions as consultant for Home Health
Services and corporate dietitian for Emery Medical
Management Company both located in Pittsburgh.
Toby Horner was named divisional director for
school dining services where he is responsible for
kindergarten through grade 12 dining operations.
His previous position at Metz and Associates was
district manager, where he serviced accounts
including healthcare and business and industry as
well as school districts. He has 26 years of experience
in the food service industry.
MICHAEL BAXTER & ASSOCIATES
John H. Davis joined the staff of Michael Baxter
and Associates Commercial Real Estate,
Tannersville, as a commercial specialist. His background
is in marketing and customer service.
PARENTE RANDOLPH PC
Jeffrey P. Lipson joined Parente Randolph PC as
chief information officer. Lipson is responsible for
modernizing information technology within the
organization, increasing services for the staff and
leading various information technology initiatives.
He brings over 10 years of management experience
in information technology to the firm and
has extensive experience in small to mid-sized
entrepreneurial organizations, most recently with
Shepherd Technologies.
Richard B. Woodruff II joined Parente Randolph as
human resources manager. He is responsible for
employee relations, compensation and benefits,
staffing and recruiting and human resources
administration. Woodruff has more than five years
of progressive human resources experience and
over 10 years of business experience. As one of
only two human resource professionals retained
by Bertelsmann of Fort Washington during its corporate
acquisition of CDNOW, Woodruff directed a
full range of divisional and corporate human
resources activities and programs for a 100-person
technology client group. He provided consultation
to executives, senior management, legal
and human resource departments in many locations
throughout the United States.
J. Robert Arthur, CPA, joined Parente Randolph
and will serve as its director of international services.
A senior level tax executive, Arthur brings a
diversified background and significant experience
and expertise in global tax planning and analysis.
In this position Arthur will help companies establish
efficient corporate structures, navigate the
U.S. tax anti-deferral subpart F rules, improve foreign
tax credit utilization, enhance tax savings on
qualifying export sales, reduce foreign taxes,
determine whether they have permanent establishments
and identify their withholding tax obligations.
Arthur was a senior manager in practice at
KPMG LLP prior to joining Parente.
PENNSTAR BANK
James T. Gorman joined Pennstar Bank,
Scranton, as senior vice president and regional
lending manager for Luzerne County. He plays a
leadership role in Luzerne County and works with
the local business development board to increase
market penetration and direct the daily commercial
banking activities within the region. Gorman brings
over 20 years experience in lending to Pennstar
Bank including corporate investment banking, capital
markets and merger and acquisition financing.
Scott P. Prebich was promoted to community
banking officer in Pennstar Bank’s small business
lending department. He is responsible for developing
and servicing a portfolio of small business
loans, assisting the branch network with developing
new business and servicing the bank’s existing
small business loan customers. He most recently
served as a loan analyst in the credit administration
area prior to his promotion.
PHASEONE
Josie Fertig joined PhaseOne, Sunbury, as a
graphic designer. She formerly was employed at
Power/Warner Communications Group Inc, in
Winchester, Va. Her responsibilities include creative
design and electronic layout of documents
and imagery/illustration creation and manipulation.
PNC BANK
Elizabeth K. Sitoski was promoted to vice president
at PNC Bank, Northeast PA. Sitoski is the sector
sales manager for the Hazleton-Mountain sector of
the RCB and is based out of the Hazleton Broad
Street office. She is responsible for the management
of the sales activities of the four Hazleton offices,
Freeland, Conyngham and Blakeslee offices. She
joined the bank as a teller in the Hazleton Broad
Street office in 1979, advanced to head teller in
1982, where she served until entering the management
training program in 1992.
TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT
Frank Kaczmarek is director of the Systems
Integration Directorate at Tobyhanna Army Depot.
As an industrial operations manager, he is responsible
for the fabrication and systems integration in
support of the depot mission. Kaczmarek temporarily
served in this position since June 2002.
Previously, he was the chief of the directorate’s
systems overhaul and fabrication division. He
began his depot career in October 1978 as a
sheet metal mechanic, earning various promotions
over the years. In 1989, he became a sheet metal
mechanic supervisor. He received the Army
Achievement Medal in 2000 for the scheduling,
planning and execution of the fiscal year 2000
mobile depot maintenance (MDM) mission.
UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON
University of Scranton President Scott R. Pilarz,
S.J., has announced 16 faculty promotions,
including tenure decisions, which go into effect at
the beginning of the 2003-04 academic year.
The following faculty will be promoted to professor
effective this fall: Michael O. Mensah, Ph.D.,
accounting; Daniel S. Townsend, Ph.D., biology;
Rose Sebastianelli, Ph.D., operations and information
management; Nabil Tamimi, Ph.D.,operations
and information management; Sharon
Meagher, Ph.D., philosophy; Robert A. Spalletta,
Ph.D., physics, and Steven Dougherty, Ph.D.,
mathematics. The following will be promoted to
associate professor and granted tenure
beginning in the fall: Scott Bader-Saye, Ph.D.,
theology; Ann Pang-White, Ph.D., philosophy,
and Elizabeth Jacob, Ph.D., counseling/human
services. The following will be promoted to associate
professor beginning in the fall: Narda Tafuri,
M.A., library, and Richard Larsen, M.F.A.,
English. Tenure for the following faculty members
will become effective in the fall: Ronald Deitrick,
Ph.D., exercise science and sport; Timothy J.
Hobbs, Ph.D., education; Barbara Cozza, Ph.D.,
education, and Carol L. Reinson, Ph.D.,
occupational therapy.