REAL ESTATE
Ron Croushore, owner and chief executive officer, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services The Preferred Realty in Pittsburgh, was installed as the 2015 president of the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors.
BANKING, FINANCE
Deborah Graver joined Signature Financial Planning as a partner.
Hefren-Tillotson Inc. appointed Grant Fleming to financial advisor.
William S. Bennett joined Huntington Bank's Pittsburgh region as senior vice president, private banking.
LEGAL
Dickie McCamey & Chilcote P.C. announced the following associates were elected shareholders: Josalyn L. Allen, Derek M. Brondou, Melissa B. Catello, Piero P. Cozza, Bryan J. Lynn and Katie M. Mills.
Anthony J. Judice, Genevieve A. Pecharka and Bridget K. Sasson joined Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote P.C.'s real estate practice group as associates.
C. Leon Sherman joined Burns White LLC as Of Counsel to its Pittsburgh office.
HEALTH CARE
Mark Zacur, vice president and general manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific, was named to St. Clair Hospital's board of directors.
OTHER
Stephen Rennekamp, owner, Energy Swing Windows in Murrysville, was elected to the National Federation of Independent Business' state leadership council.
Matthew Hansen, Steven Watson and Douglas Lieb advanced to the level of associate at IKM Inc.
Pennsylvania American Water named Jay Lucas, engineering manager; and Herman Rossi, senior project manager; both for the company's Western Pennsylvania service areas.
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens hired Mary Kathryn Poole as director of programming and operations, Let's Move Pittsburgh.
Phil Garuccio was named divisional vice president for 84 Lumber Co.'s Central Division.
Joseph Fiumara joined 84 Lumber Co. as a manager trainee, North Versailles store.
Mark Ingersoll was named divisional vice president for 84 Lumber Co.'s Southeast Division.
AWARDS
K&L Gates LLP was recognized as one of the 10 strongest U.S. law firm brands, ranking eighth among firms with the highest brand equity in legal market research company Acritas' “US Law Firm Brand Index 2015.”
Chris Vendilli, owner, ProFromGo Internet Marketing, received a public relations/marketing award from Google for his participation in the Google Business View program.
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