People in the News

Clark Hill, Philadelphia, hired attorney Lisa S. Wren as a member in its banking and finance practice group. She had been a shareholder at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney.

Commercial real estate company Colliers International | Philadelphia, hired Jeff Algatt senior vice president -investment services in its Conshohocken office. He had been regional manager at Marcus & Millichap.

Mike Rowbotham was named vice president of strategy innovation for AmeriQuest Business Services in Cherry Hill. He had been vice president of information technology.

The PFM Group said Donald J. Bird joined PFM Asset Management L.L.C. as a senior managing consultant. He had been an investment officer at Outsourced CIO.

Rita's Italian Ice hired Robin Seward as chief marketing officer. She had been vice president of brand marketing at Arby's Restaurant Group Inc. in Atlanta.

Valley Green Bank, a division of Univest Bank & Trust Co., named Peter Bucci chief lending officer of Valley Green Bank. Bucci had been senior vice president of commercial lending. Also, Daniel Krewson, vice president of commercial lending, assumed the additional title of Center City market manager.

Entrepreneur Staci Bender Epstein announced the launch of her second company, Be Group, a Philadelphia talent-placement firm that specializes in recruiting and placing sales and marketing and communications professionals. She had been founder and principal of Slice Communications.

Capital One Bank, Philadelphia, hired Tom Savage as senior vice president and greater Philadelphia market executive for commercial banking. He was team leader for eight years at TD Bank's corporate banking group's south team, which spans from Maryland to Florida.

AmeriHealth Caritas, a Philadelphia provider of Medicaid managed care and other health-care solutions, has promoted Dino Kasdagly, vice president, payment integrity, to senior vice president, performance management.

Susan M. Gibson joined the Doylestown law firm Antheil Maslow & MacMinn L.L.P. as an associate a member of its litigation practice group. She had been an associate at Fox Rothschild.

Philadelphia's Wistar Institute, a nonprofit biomedical research institute with special expertise in cancer research and vaccine development, hired Dustin Shilling as senior associate, licensing and business development. He had been life science licensing officer for the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania's Penn Center for Innovation.

Keystone Property Group, a Philadelphia real estate developer, manager, and investor of office, industrial, and mixed-use properties, hired Thomas J. Sklow as vice president of development and leasing. He had been city manager and vice president at Liberty Property Trust.

Terry Mutchler, who served six years as the first executive director of the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records, joined Pepper Hamilton LLP., where she will lead the law firm's Transparency Practice within the  Media and Communications Practice Group. as of counsel.

Nick Speers was named director of financial reporting for AmeriQuest Business Services in Cherry Hill. He had been a senior manager at KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Howard, Brenner & Nass, a prominent asbestos and personal-injury law firm with offices in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, changed its name to Nass Cancelliere Brenner with the addition of Michael A. Cancelliere, Jr., as a partner.

The Pierson Advisory Group, founded by former Parsons Brinckerhoff president and CEO George J. Pierson, has opened in New Hope.

Raymond L. Baraldi Jr. was named vice president of medical affairs for Bryn Mawr Hospital, a part of Main Line Health. He served as acting chief medical officer and chief of radiology at Cooper Health System.

TD Bank promoted Shiron Shy to vice president, store manager of a branch in Ewing. Shy joined the bank in 2005 as a head teller, later served as an assistant manager, and most recently was sales and service manager.

The Lapin Group L.L.C., a Jenkintown firm that provides targeted and comprehensive fund-raising consulting and management services for U.S. and international nonprofits, hired Michael Gross as a consultant. He had been executive director of One New Jersey, Collingswood.

Laura Bishop Communications, a strategic communications firm in Sicklerville, hired Julie Bonette as account associate and Karen Forst as development and grants consultant. Bonette had been a subcontractor for the firm. Forst has been director of institutional giving at the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary.

Jeff Willoughby was promoted to director at Forensic Resolutions Inc., a Haddonfield forensic and investigative accounting firm. He had been senior associate.

Cozen O'Connor hired Ellen Canan Grady as a member in the corporate securities practice in its Philadelphia office. Grady was most recently corporate counsel with Safeguard Scientifics Inc.

- Mike Zebe