ACCOUNTING/CONSULTING
Timothy Taylor, a CPA with Markovitz Dugan & Associates, has been elected vice chair of the quality enhancement committee of the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.
Cummings/Riter, a Pittsburgh-based consulting firm, has expanded its practice to include human resources consulting.
John Guna has joined Horovitz, Rudoy & Roteman as a member of its business valuation service team.
BANKING & FINANCE
Charles Nettrour and William Windisch have been elected as director of Fidelity Bancorp.
National City Bank of Pennsylvania has appointed William Nicholson senior vice president and manager of the special assets department in Pennsylvania.
Melissa Campbell has been appointed vice president in loss control services for Altegra Credit Co.
J. Kenneth Moritz, former owner and CEO of Max Hats Ltd. of Creighton, has joined Stonewood Capital Management Ltd.
ADVERTISING/PUBLIC RELATIONS
Kenneth DiBucci has been appointed director of client services with Levy Industrial.
TECHNOLOGY
Larry Hampshire has been promoted to president and CEO of the National Business Network, an Internet service provider that trades as localconnect.
NuRelm E-Business Software has promoted Michael Yandura to business manager. Adam Bujanowski has been hired as market strategist and Byron Frank has joined as senior software manager. Bill Klasnic was hired as alliance partnership director, Lori Payne Elliot has joined as training specialist and Beth Harhai was hired as business development manager.
iMeet Inc. hired C. Scott Walters as director of client development.
ARCHITECTURE
Steven Franckhauser has joined architecture and engineering firm Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates as general counsel
BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS
Bryan Cox has joined Associations Book Distributors International Inc. as director of finance and information technology.
Ryan Cieslak has been promoted to sales and marketing manager by Corporate Accommodations Inc.
LAW
Arthur Stroyd, a litigation partner of Reed Smith LLP, has been named to the House of Delegates of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
The Webb Law Firm has elected Lester Fortney and Kent Baldauf as directors. Julie Meder and Randall Notzen were elected vice presidents.
James Traficante has been named an associate at Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote. He concentrates his practice in toxic tort law.
HEALTH CARE
John Miles has been appointed to the board of directors of Respironics Inc. He is chairman and CEO of DENTSPLY International, a York manufacturer of dental products.
Russell Scheller has been appointed director of operations for Richland Emergency Medical Services.
Lisa Kwasniewski has been named clinical manager of Ohio Valley General Hospital’s obstetrics and gynecology unit. Denise Abernathy has been named clinical manager of the hospital’s critical care suite.
INSURANCE
Bradley Huckestein has been promoted to vice president and head of Pittsburgh Marsh Advantage America.
