NEWSMAKERS

PEOPLE: promotions, appointments and hires

ARCHITECTURE/ ENGINEERING

Barton Associates Inc. of York named Bob Weidner and George Bailey principals. They had been principals with Steelton- based IEQ Engineering Inc., which merged with Barton. Weidner is a professional engineer and will be director of operations for the Harrisburg- area office.

Crabtree, Rohrbaugh & Associates Inc. of Upper Allen Township named David L. Strieker educational planner and client advocate. He was an assistant school superintendant for 22 years and a superintendent for 14 years. Lawrence P. Levato was named an architect and senior project manager. He has nine years of public education design experience in Maryland. Kathryn J. Garman was named an interior design project manager. She will assist the interior design director. Richard C. Quinn was named a green building liaison and senior project manager. Maureen McClelland was named a registered architect. She will provide construction administration for Maryland projects. Harry J. Pettoni was named a senior project manager. He has more than 19 years of professional architectural and construction experience. Brian Kilgus was named a construction administration manager. He has 10 years of experience and will work on western Pennsylvania projects. James Parrish was named a building information modeling and computer-assisted drafting manager.

LSC Design Inc. of York named D wight E. HaIdeman its quality assurance and quality control manager. He has 35 years of architecture experience, most recently as director of quality with Gilbert Architects.

ASSOCIATIONS

Mid Atlantic BX of Harrisburg named Kimberly C. Tauriello advertising manager. She has more than 20 years of experience and a bachelor's degree in mass communications with a minor in marketing from Bloomsburg University. Aaron M. Leighow was named quality assurance manager. He was the advertising associate. He has more than Ave years of corporate business development and advertising experience.

The Lancaster County Association for Human Resource Management elected Christina Myers president, Ed Krow first vice president, Karen Sheehe second vice president, Jim Weischedel treasurer and Michelle Stauffer secretary. Kathy Home was named immediate past president. Harold Ford III, Laura Bailey Gallagher, Jeff Lamp, Melissa Newswanger, Robert Bleecher, Elizabeth Guthrie, Jude Krady and Beth Tice were elected to the board.

BANKING/FINANCE

Shippensburg-based Orrstown Bank named Crystal Stine a corporate communications and public relations officer. She has been with the bank for four years and has a BA in English and an MA in liberal studies from Villanova University.

GOVERNMENT

Gov. Ed Rendell named Mark J. Wilson of Lancaster County to the Advisory Committee on Probation and Edward Mascharka III of Erie County to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. Trane Overton of Philadelphia was named a student representative on Shippensburg University's Council of Trustees.

NONPROFITS

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Pennsylvania named Bentley C. Smith to its board. He is a chain operations manager with the McDonald's division of Coca-Cola Co. He has a BS in general management and accounting from Purdue University's Krannert School of Business.

REAL ESTATE

Manor Township -based Prudential HomeSale Services Group named Catalina Araiza a sales associate in its Camp Hill office, Rochelle Burkholder an associate in the Wyomissing office and Blake Ulli an associate in the Lebanon office. UhI is a Pennsylvania Air National Guard lieutenant commander. He has an MBA from Colorado State University.

TECHNOLOGY

GetMyHomesValue.com and affiliate ProspectMX named Michael Frey CEO. He was chief operating officer of Garber Scale and Calibration Inc. and president and chief operations officer of Union National Community Bank He has a BBA in marketing and economics from the University of Notre Dame. Bill Stouffer was named a software engineer with Prospect MX. He was president and CEO of a Web development Arm. He has a BS in computer science from Penn State University. Lauren Horn was named a digital4 public relations specialist. She also will manage PMX's marketing and promotion. She was a publicist. She has a BS in business administration with emphases on marketing from MiIlersville University. Bill Trovato and Cayden Ryan were named link builders. Trovato has a BS in business administration with a concentration in marketing from MiIlersville. Ryan will assist with blogging, Web forums and wild worlds.

UTILITIES

Adams Electric Cooperative elected Jay E. Grove president, Glenn Bange I vice president, Thomas Knaub treasurer and S. Eugene Herritt | secretary. Grove, Thomas R. Harbaugh and Judith J. Queitzsch were elected board members. Grove owns and operates Gro-Lan Farms partnership near Shippensburg. Prior to retirement, Harbaugh was employed by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency and owned Home Town Realty in East Berlin. He has a bachelor's degree in general studies from Mount St. Mary's University and is a graduate of the Waynesboro Business School. Queitzsch has a bachelor's degree in English literature from Penn State University.

LOBBYISTS

Bravo Group of Harrisburg named JeffreyR. Peters a senior adviser. Prior to retirement, he was director of government affairs and media relations with Sunoco Inc. He is a graduate of Brown University.

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