Banking and Finance
⢠Rhoan Hernandez, vice president real estate services for First National Bank, was appointed to the Pennsylvania Bankers Association's lending advisory committee.
Accounting
⢠Goff Backa Alfera & Co. LLC promoted Lauri A. Lisanti to senior consultant.
Legal
⢠Elected to the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's board of directors were: President, Richard H. Galloway, partner in Galloway Monzo P.C.; vice president, Jane Roach Maughan; secretary, Paul C. Troy; treasurer, Sara A. Austin; and assistant treasurer, Penina K. Lieber.
⢠Richard H. Taylor joined Thorp Reed & Armstrong LLP in the firm's commercial & corporate litigation practice group as senior counsel. His practice has emphasized insurance coverage and asbestos matters.
Technology
⢠Plextronics Inc. hired Michael Woolston as vice president of operations and Don Hodo as quality manager.
Other
⢠Robert Kocent was appointed executive administrator for the Baptist Homes. Alvin Allison assumed the new corporate position of chief operating officer for both Baptist Homes and Providence Point.
Awards
⢠George Lykos, Bayer Corp. chief legal officer, was named a Legend in Law by the Burton Awards for Legal Achievement.
⢠Semifinalists, winning $50 U.S. savings bonds in the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank's creative writing contest for high school students were Gabriella DiNardo and Amy Dgien, both Baldwin High School. They wrote about budgeting for school expenses.
