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Cigna Corp., the Philadelphia insurance company, named John M. Partridge to its board. He is chief operating officer of Visa Inc., Foster City, Calif., and was interim president of Visa U.S.A. Inc.

Cigna Corp.

, the Philadelphia insurance company, named

John M. Partridge

to its board. He is chief operating officer of Visa Inc., Foster City, Calif., and was interim president of Visa U.S.A. Inc.

Foamex International Inc., a Media producer of products made from polyurethane foam, elected Brandon Baer and Sarah Johnson to the company's board. Baer is a senior vice president of D.E. Shaw & Co. L.P., New York, and a member of the D.E. Shaw group's credit-related opportunities unit. Johnson is a vice president of D.E. Shaw and a member of the D.E. Shaw group's credit-related opportunities unit.

The National Liberty Museum, a nonprofit Philadelphia educational organization that works to defuse violence and bigotry, named the following officers and members to its board:

Douglas O. Tozour, president and chief executive officer of Tozour-Trane, King of Prussia, is president.

Brian E. Daggett, chief financial officer and partner of Kistler-Tiffany Advisors, Berwyn, is vice president.

Brian Effron, president of Healthcare Administrative Partners L.L.C., Media, is vice president.

Sherrie Savett Rovner, managing principal and chairwoman of the securities litigation department at the law firm of Berger & Montague P.C., Philadelphia, is vice president.

Michael Azeez and Ronald L. Caplan were named to the board. Azeez is chief executive of Unitel Management, Egg Harbor Township, N.J., and Caplan is founder, president, and chief executive of Philadelphia Management Corp., Philadelphia.

The City Avenue Special Services District, Philadelphia, named Matthew Shure chairman. He is president and chief executive of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Bernie Prazenica, president and general manager of WPVI TV/DT, is vice chairman. Susan McKee, owner of Walls & Windows, is secretary. Michael Woodward, president of Woodward Properties Inc., Philadelphia, is treasurer.

The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, a not-for-profit business-advocacy organization, appointed the following members to its board:

Jonathan C. Adams is managing partner at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy L.L.P., Philadelphia.

Dennis Bianchi is president and general manager at NBC10, Bala Cynwyd.

Emily L. Bittenbender is managing partner at Bittenbender Construction L.P., Philadelphia.

Christopher L. Bruner is managing partner at Ernst & Young L.L.P., Philadelphia.

Kevin J. Cafferky is corporate controller of the Philadelphia OIC, Philadelphia.

Michael C. Carbone is greater Philadelphia metro market president of TD Bank N.A., Cherry Hill.

Debbie Mossa is vice president, general manager - Philadelphia Region of McDonald's USA L.L.C., Plymouth Meeting.

Harold T. Epps is president of PRWT Services Inc., Philadelphia.

Anne Ewers is president and chief executive officer of the Kimmel Center Inc., Philadelphia.

T. Roderick Henkels is president and chief executive officer of Henkels & McCoy Inc., Blue Bell.

Alan C. Kessler is a partner and executive committee member at Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen L.L.P., Philadelphia.

Lynn Laverty Elsenhans is president and chief executive of Sunoco Inc., Philadelphia.

Sharmain Matlock-Turner is president of the Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition, Philadelphia.

Eric L. Mayberry is president and publisher of Metro Philadelphia Newspaper, Philadelphia.

F. William McNabb 3d is president and chief executive of the Vanguard Group Inc., Malvern.

John M. McNeil is president and chief executive of Cancer Treatment Centers of America Inc., Philadelphia.

Jill Michal is president and chief executive officer of the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Keith Moore is vice president of Lockheed Martin Corp., Philadelphia.

Hank Mullany is senior vice president and president of the northeast division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Ewing.

Ivory V. Nelson is president of Lincoln University.

David M. Pernock is senior vice president, U.S., pharmaceuticals/vaccines - Philadelphia for GlaxoSmithKline P.L.C.

Timothy C. Scheve is president and chief executive of Janney Montgomery Scott L.L.C., Philadelphia.

Brian P. Tierney is president and chief executive of Philadelphia Media Holdings L.L.C., Philadelphia.

Phil Dunford is vice president and general manager for the Boeing Co., Philadelphia.

Jane Scaccettim is chairwoman of Temple University Health System, Philadelphia.

BioNJ, Trenton, New Jersey's trade association for bioscience companies, elected the following officers and members to its board of trustees.

Geert Cauwenbergh, chairman and chief executive of RHEI Pharmaceuticals Inc., Plainsboro, and managing director of Phases 123 L.L.C., Fürth, Germany, is chairman.

Lisa N. Drakeman, chief executive of Genmab Inc., Princeton, is vice chairwoman.

Anthony Marucci, president and chief executive of Celldex Therapeutics Inc., Phillipsburg, is treasurer.

Sol J. Barer, chairman and chief executive of Celgene Corp., Summit, is secretary.

Elected as members-at-large were: Laurie Smaldone Alsup, chief executive of Phytomedics Inc., Jamesburg; Roger Berlin, chief executive of Arno Therapeutics Inc., Fairfield; John Johnson, chief executive of ImClone Systems Inc., New York and Branchburg; Christopher J. Schaber, president and chief executive of DOR BioPharma Inc., Ewing.

The Philadelphia Human Resources Planning Society, a professional association, elected its 2009 board:

Chet Zoltak, vice president of talent acquisition and management for AmerisourceBergen Corp., Chesterbrook, is president.

Marcia O'Connor, president of The O'Connor Group, King of Prussia, is vice president of committees.

Adam Berman, a manager in Kreischer Miller's Human Capital Resources group, Horsham, is vice president of operations.

Barbara Lee Davidson, an independent HR and organizational development leader based in Philadelphia, is chairwoman of the programming committee.

Eileen Clark and Frank Powell are membership co-chairs. Clark is vice president of business development for Aon Consulting, Philadelphia. Powell is vice president of business development for Lee Hecht Harrison L.L.C., Berwyn.

Paul Jeffers and Richard Marcus are co-chairs of the Leadership Forum. Jeffers is a vice president at Advanta Corp., Horsham. Marcus is a consulting psychologist in Wayne, Pa.

Shelley Potente, vice president, client services consultant for Right Management, Berwyn, is community connections chair.

Blaine LeRoy, vice president of sales and a senior consultant for Growth River, Mendham, N.J., is community connections chairman.

Robin Rodin and Shawn Hayashi are public relations co-chairs. Rodin is principal of The Rodin Group, Bryn Mawr. Hayashi is chief learning officer of The Professional Development Group, Lansdale.

AIA Philadelphia, a chapter of the American Institute of Architects, a professional association, named the following officers for 2008-09.

Don M. Jones, principal at EwingCole Inc., Philadelphia, is president.

Mario Zacharjasz, principal, PZS Architects, Philadelphia, is president-elect.

Julie E. Hoffman, an associate at RDLA, Philadelphia, is treasurer.

Chapter directors:

Claudia Cueto is principal partner at cuetoKEARNEYdesign, Swarthmore.

Robert C. Kelly is president and design principal at KCBA Architects, Philadelphia.

Keith C.H. Mock is principal at Ballinger, Philadelphia.

Maureen A. Ward is senior director of facilities planning and space management for the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia.

Kit Bryant is principal at spg3, Philadelphia.

Jeffrey C. Lew is associate at Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Philadelphia.

Betsy Masters is president of Elizabeth C. Masters Architects, Philadelphia.

Jim Rowe is principal at Agoos/Lovera Architects Ltd., Philadelphia.

- Mike Zebe