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Jay B. Rosenthal

has been named vice president of hospitality and

Nicolas Kurban

has been named vice president of food and beverage for the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City. Rosenthal had been executive vice president of the Harp Group. Kurban had been director of fine dining for Wynn Las Vegas Casino & Resort, Las Vegas.

Clayton J. Fitzhugh has been appointed vice president, chief human-resources officer of Catholic Health East, a Newtown Square-based hospital system. He had been senior vice president of human resources and operational performance at Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

DecisionOne Corp., Devon, has named Kathryn Alexander senior vice president of sales and marketing. She had been IBM relationship manager at Northrop Grumman Corp.

Diana Sherman has been named director of audit services at Conner & Associates P.C., Newtown. She had been the director of internal audit for ARI Insurance Cos. of Lawrenceville, N.J.

John Christen has been named managing director of Independence Capital Partners of Philadelphia. He was previously a senior vice president with RAIT Financial Trust.

Aqua America Inc. of Bryn Mawr announced the appointment of Kevin Brophy as director of investor relations. Brophy was previously corporate development director for Aqua Texas.

John Misko has been promoted to senior vice president and controller of QVC Inc., West Chester. He had been vice president of accounting and budgeting.

Marian Harrison-Uba has been appointed executive director of Mercy Volunteer Corps, a Merion nonprofit. She had been director of career services at Gwynedd-Mercy College.

Lane Miller has been promoted to vice president of human resources at Comcast-Spectacor, the Philadelphia sports and entertainment firm. She had been director of human resources for Global Spectrum, the arena-management unit of Comcast-Spectacor.

Frank Virgili was named corporate director of maintenance operations for ACTS Retirement-Life Communities Inc., a West Point developer and operator of 18 continuing-care communities. He had been director of maintenance systems.

Jeff Mazzola has been named manager of marketing and sales at South Jersey Energy Service Plus, a Folsom, N.J., provider of heating and air conditioning installation and service. He had been service supervisor.

At Charming Shoppes Inc., LuAnn Via has been named group division president in charge of its Lane Bryant and Cacique store brands. She had been president of Charming Shoppes' Catherines brand.

Christopher D. Marzullo has been named chief compliance officer of Brandywine Global Investment Management L.L.C., a Philadelphia subsidiary of Legg Mason Inc. He had been interim chief compliance officer for the last four months.

Mark R. Draper has been named chief operating officer of Ocean Power Technologies Inc., Pennington. He had been chief executive and director of its European subsidiary in Warwick, England.

Lloyd C. Russow has been named graduate dean of Philadelphia University. He had been associate dean of its School of Business Administration and an international-business professor.

Brian Bachrach has been named brand manager for the Peanut Chews brand of Just Born Inc., Bethlehem. He had been marketing manager for Mauna Loa, Really Nuts, and Payday brands at Hershey Inc.

Harry J. Alba Jr. has been promoted to executive vice president of sales and marketing at Dorland Healthcare Information, a privately held health-care media company in Philadelphia. He had been executive vice president of publishing sales.

Chartwell Investment Partners, Berwyn, has named both William Dougherty and Brian Ward as vice president, client services and marketing. Dougherty had been a regional manager at Schwab Institutional. Ward had been executive director and director of institutional consulting at UBS Financial Services.

Wyeth of Madison, N.J., has promoted Mary Katherine Wold to senior vice president of finance from senior vice president, tax and treasury.

Merck & Co. Inc., Whitehouse Station, N.J., has named Peter N. Kellogg executive vice president and chief financial officer to succeed Judy C. Lewent, who is retiring. Kellogg, who will join Merck on Aug. 14, currently holds the same titles at Biogen Idec Inc., Cambridge, Mass.

Kay Stepler has been named assistant vice president of medical management at the PMA Insurance Group, Blue Bell. She had been product manager of product integration at Crawford & Co.

American Water, Voorhees, has named Walter Lynch executive vice president of business operations. He had been president of its northeast region and New Jersey American Water.

Heather Weiss Frattone has been named associate dean for career planning and placement at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She had worked at the Philadelphia School District.

- Inquirer staff