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Blank Rome L.L.P. has hired Jed M. Silversmith as of counsel in the white-collar defense and investigations group in the firm's Philadelphia office. He joins the firm from the Southern Criminal Enforcement Section of the U.S. Department of Justice's Tax Division, where he served as a trial attorney prosecuting criminal tax cases in federal courts throughout the United States. He also is a former trial attorney for the Division of Enforcement at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Blank Rome L.L.P. has hired Jed M. Silversmith as of counsel in the white-collar defense and investigations group in the firm's Philadelphia office. He joins the firm from the Southern Criminal Enforcement Section of the U.S. Department of Justice's Tax Division, where he served as a trial attorney prosecuting criminal tax cases in federal courts throughout the United States. He also is a former trial attorney for the Division of Enforcement at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Stoneleigh Foundation, a Philadelphia nonprofit that seeks to improve the life outcomes of vulnerable and underserved youth, has named Ronnie L. Bloom executive director. Bloom served as program director and officer at the William Penn Foundation for 13 years.
Subaru of America Inc., Cherry Hill, has hired Diane Anton as manager of corporate communications. She has nearly 15 years of automotive-industry experience and had been a business communications specialist for BMW of North America L.L.C.
Gregory FCA, an Ardmore public-relations firm, has named Joseph Anthony a partner in the firm and promoted him to the newly created position of president, financial services.
TD Bank has named George J. Gaughan Jr. vice president, store manager, of a branch in Oaklyn. He had been a branch manager at Citizens Bank in Pittsburgh.
Saunders House has named Firas Saidi medical director and Charles Breish associate medical director. Saidi succeeds Bruce Silver, who served as medical director for more than 36 years. Saidi is board certified in internal medicine, specializing in geriatrics, and served as the medical director of the Lankenau Transitional Care Unit. Breish completed his residency at Temple University Hospital and completed his geriatric fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania Health System. He has been affiliated with Main Line Health since 2011.
Lovell Minnick Partners L.L.C., Radnor, an independent private equity firm providing buyout and growth capital to companies in the financial-services industry, has promoted Jason S. Barg and Trevor C. Rich to principal. Barg and Rich are members of the team that is completing the investment of Lovell Minnick Equity Partners III L.P. They have been involved with portfolio companies such as HD Vest Financial Services, Kanaly Trust, Keane, Matthews International and Capital Management.
Pennoni Associates, a Philadelphia engineering, design, and consulting firm, has promoted Elizabeth Norton to senior engineer in its Land Development Division, from project engineer.
Main Line Health has hired Howard Cutler vice president, payor strategies. He had been assistant vice president, managed care, at Tenet Healthcare Corp. in Philadelphia.
Bucks County Community College has named Clayton Railey 3d provost and dean of academic affairs. He had been dean of communications, arts and humanities, at Delaware County Community College.
Discovery Laboratories Inc., a specialty biotechnology company in Warrington, has hired Steve Simonson as vice president, clinical development, and Lawrence Weinstein as vice president, medical device development. Simonson was executive director in the molecule development group at Covance. Weinstein was president and chief operating officer for ALR Technologies.
Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy P.C., has appointed Louis N. Marks a shareholder in the corporate department of the firm's Philadelphia office. Marks was a partner at Archer & Greiner, Montgomery McCracken and Dechert.
Eileen Clark has been hired as vice president, HR client services, at Proxus, a Fort Washington provider of HR, payroll and time and labor services.
Colliers International in Philadelphia, a commercial real estate services provider, has hired William G. Luff Jr. as senior managing director-Philadelphia CBD Office Division. He was senior executive in charge of the Mid-Atlantic Region at Cushman & Wakefield.
MacElree Harvey Ltd., West Chester, has hired Andrew R. Silverman as an associate. He had been assistant national coordinating counsel for various Fortune 500 clients in defense of a variety of lawsuits.
CMF Associates, a Philadelphia provider of financial, operational, and human-capital solutions to private equity, middle-market, and small-cap public companies, said that Mike Mannella and Don Agee have joined as directors, and that Clare Creelman is now a principal in the firm's financial and operational consulting practice, and that Justin Carey is now a manager in the financial executive recruiting practice. Mannella was a partner and practice leader at Ernst & Young and Sandgate Consulting. Agee was a manager at PwC, and executive vice president at CastleRock Security. Creelman was a manager at PwC. Carey was distribution manager at Farmers Insurance.
Scribewise, a Philadelphia-based content-marketing and public-relations agency, hired Trish Sammer Johnston as a brand journalist, working with clients in technology, insurance, and lifestyle. She was a freelance journalist and business blogger, holding long-term assignments with SAP, Risk & Insurance magazine, and the Institute of Business Publications.
Play On, Philly!, an afterschool program that seeks to enrich the lives of Philadelphia youth by providing daily tuition-free musical instruction in underserved communities, has promoted Benton T. Fuller to executive director, from chief operating officer
CBRE Inc., a commercial real estate services and investment firm, has hired Ian Anderson as director of research and analysis for the Philadelphia region. He was director of research for Grosvenor.
- Mike Zebe
