People in the News

The

Wistar Institute

, a nonprofit Philadelphia biomedical-research organization, hired

G. Alan Stiles

as chief operating officer. He was chief operating officer and senior vice president for Independent Fiduciary Services.

Hilton Worldwide, McLean, Va., appointed Kevin T. Murnane as general manager of the DoubleTree by Hilton Philadelphia Center City on the Avenue of the Arts. Most recently, Murnane was general manager of the 399-room DoubleTree by Hilton New York City-Financial District, which he opened in 2010.

Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia promoted Bo Koelle to vice president of advertising sales from senior director of advertising sales.

Daleco Resources Corp., a mining and drilling company in West Chester, named Michael D. Parrish chief executive officer and a member of its board of directors. Parrish had been chairman and CEO of Environmental Infrastructure Holdings Corp.

Rajant Corp., a Malvern company that makes wireless mobile-communications networks used by the U.S. military, mining companies, emergency personnel and other customers, hired William King as vice president, oil and gas, and Terry Wason as vice president of business development, oil and gas-Canada. King was business development manager/sales manager, Western Hemisphere, for Hydratight. Watson was business development manager, strategy and alliances, and the international channel manager, CEE, Central and South East Asia, for Smart Technologies, Alberta.

TAGSYS, a King of Prussia provider of radio-frequency-identification systems, named Tony Dublino director of U.S. sales for retail and apparel and Chad Tripp director of field applications engineering. Dublino was director of international sales at Hi-G-Tek. Tripp was associate vice president, lender processing services.

ESIS Inc., a Philadelphia risk management services company and member of the ACE Group, promoted Lee W. Farrow to senior vice president, client services and business development. He was senior vice president of ACE Life Sciences, a division of ACE USA.

Kate Curtin was promoted to operations manager for Stewart Title Guaranty Co., from assistant vice president.

Electronic Ink, an Philadelphia design consultancy, hired Michel Reid as director of innovation strategy. He was director of strategy and planning at Blue Diesel.

Mercury Media, a Philadelphia direct response media agency, hired Kate Kalevich as director of client services. Kalevich was an account supervisor at Bid4Spots.com.

Villanova University named Alfonso Ortega to the newly created position of associate vice president for research and graduate programs. Ortega is the James R. Birle professor of energy technology in the department of mechanical engineering and the associate dean for graduate studies and research in the College of Engineering.

Pennoni Associates, a Philadelphia engineering, design, and consulting firm, hired Joe Viscuso as vice president and office director for the firm's West Chester location. He will also manage the firm's work in the Marcellus Shale industry. Viscuso was vice president and commercial sector lead for Stantec.

James M. Caldwel was promoted to dean of student affairs at Salus University from associate vice president of academic affairs.

The Ralston Center, a Philadelphia nonprofit founded in 1817 that serves the needs of the elderly, hired Joseph A. Lukach as chief executive officer. He was the CEO for the Center for Autism in Philadelphia.

Darleen Moran was promoted to manager of 3rd Fed Bank's Cross Keys branch from assistant manager.
- Mike Zebe