People in the News

Charles F. Miller

has been hired as executive vice president, chief lending officer, at

First Savings

, Perkasie. He was executive vice president, chief lending officer and credit officer at St. Edmond's Federal Savings Bank, Philadelphia.

Electronic Ink, a Philadelphia design consultancy, hired Raegan Hoeft as a senior researcher. She was an adjunct professor of psychology at the College of New Jersey.

SEI, Oaks, hired S. Douglas Pugliese as director of business development for the company's Private Wealth Management business segment. He was executive managing director and principal of the Northeast region for a valuation consulting and financial advisory firm.

Rachel Ellis was hired as director of marketing at Paul Davis Restoration, Hainesport. Ellis was a customer-service representative for a commercial insurance agency.

Wouch, Maloney & Co. L.L.P., Horsham, hired Samantha McGrath as accounting and audit manager. She previously worked at Shechtman Marks in Philadelphia as an accounting and audit manager.

Pep Boys-Manny, Moe & Jack, the Philadelphia automotive aftermarket service and retail chain, appointed Thomas J. Carey to the newly created position of senior vice president-chief customer officer. He had been senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Orchard Supply Hardware.

Sheree Sachs McGowan was hired as a mortgage loan officer for Fulton Mortgage Co. She held the same post at Princeton Mortgage Corp.

The Chelsea named Francesca Santoro as general manager for Cape Resorts Group's signature boutique hotel on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City. Santoro previously was vice president of business development and external affairs for Cape Resorts Group.

Paige Salvador was hired as development associate at the Alice Paul Institute, a nonprofit Mount Laurel organization that educates the public about New Jersey suffragist Alice Stokes Paul. She was executive director of the Vascular Birthmarks Foundation and founder and president of Graceful Co., New York.

Urban Engineers Inc., a Philadelphia provider of planning, design and construction services, promoted Thomas E. Mitchell to director of national construction consulting services from project manager.

IGI Laboratories Inc., a Buena, N.J., maker of products for drug and cosmetics firms, hired Jason Grenfell-Gardner as president and chief executive officer. He had been senior vice president of sales and marketing for West-Ward Pharmaceuticals, the U.S. subsidiary of Hikma Pharmaceuticals.

Chestnut Hill Business Improvement District hired Laurie Wightman as retail recruiter. She was sponsorship-sales executive at WXPN.

ESIS Inc., a risk-management services company and member of Ace Group, Philadelphia, promoted Lee W. Farrow as senior vice president, client services and business development. He had been senior vice president of Ace Life Sciences, a division of Ace USA.

Ace USA, the Philadelphia-based retail operating division of Ace Group, named Caroline Clouser executive vice president, medical risk & life sciences. In this expanded role, she will oversee the underwriting, marketing and operations for Ace USA's Medical Risk business, with the added responsibility for the Life Sciences division.

- Mike Zebe