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Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine has hired Carrie Collins as chief advancement officer, effective Aug. 10. Recently, Collins had served as vice president for institutional advancement at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
has hired
Carrie Collins
as chief advancement officer, effective Aug. 10. Recently, Collins had served as vice president for institutional advancement at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.
Odia Kagan, an attorney who focuses on technology transactions, privacy, and data security, has joined Ballard Spahr as of counsel in Philadelphia. She teaches cybersecurity and privacy regulation at Drexel University's Kline School of Law and is a former first lieutenant in the Israeli Defense Forces. Before joining the firm, Kagan practiced at law firms in Philadelphia and Israel and was an associate at Pepper Hamilton.
FlowMetric Inc., a Doylestown provider of flow cytometry, the process of tagging and identifying different types of cells as part of making drugs, and cell sorting services, has hired Floyd E. Fox as chief scientific officer. Fox, an immunologist by training, had been associate vice president, clinical pharmacology and drug disposition, at Eli Lilly & Co. (ImClone Systems).
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel L.L.P., Philadelphia, has hired Derek S. Green as of counsel in the firm's litigation department. Green, now a candidate for Philadelphia City Council, is a former special counsel to City Councilwoman Marian B. Tasco and also served as counsel to the Philadelphia Gas Commission chair and the Committees on Finance and Public Health and Human Services.
Beth Graber has been hired as executive director of the Insurance Society of Philadelphia, a 114-year-old nonprofit association. She had been director of corporate insurance and risk management at Keystone Foods.
Firstrust Bank has promoted John Held from senior vice president, mortgage operations, to executive vice president.
Kivanc Caglar has been named a senior supervising traffic engineer in the Philadelphia office of Parsons Brinckerhoff, a global engineering and professional-services organization. He had been director of transportation at KMJ Consulting Inc., Ardmore, where he managed several traffic-engineering projects on behalf of the Philadelphia Department of Streets.
The drugstore chain Rite Aid Corp. of Camp Hill has hired Paul Zikmund as group vice president of risk and controls. He had been director of global ethics and compliance at Bunge, a leading global agribusiness and food company based in White Plains, N.Y.
Michael Connolly has been named a shareholder at McAndrews Law Offices, Berwyn. He had been a cofounding partner at Connolly, Jacobson & John in Doylestown.
TD Bank promoted Michelle L. Benitez to vice president, store manager of its Bensalem-Hulmeville branch from store sales and service manager.
Tony Krause has been appointed to director of relationship management at Ascensus, Dresher, from director of strategic partners.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has appointed Christopher D. Maher, president and CEO of OceanFirst Bank and its parent company, OceanFirst Financial Corp., to its Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council (CDIAC). The CDIAC is a 12-member council composed of representatives from commercial banks, thrift institutions, and credit unions.
Derek Johnston and Larry Carlin have been hired as equity research analysts and will support research of small- and mid-capitalization stocks for Conestoga Capital Advisors L.L.C., Wayne. Johnston had been a co-portfolio manager at 300 North Capital, Pasadena, Calif. Carlin had been an equity analyst with Columbia Partners in suburban Philadelphia.
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Philadelphia, has hired Kenneth L. Racowski as counsel in the firm's litigation section. Racowski was the chair of Wilson Elser's Philadelphia commercial and business litigation practice.
Hopeworks 'N Camden, a Camden nonprofit using education, technology, and entrepreneurship to partner with young men and women as they identify and earn a sustainable future, has hired Valerie Buickerood as development director. Buickerood had served as the manager of donor and corporate relations at Isles Inc., Trenton.
Buchanan Public Relations L.L.C., a Philadelphia public relations, digital, and crisis communications agency, has hired Laura Bulman as account coordinator. Bulman previously interned at another Philadelphia agency.
Cashman & Associates, a Philadelphia strategic communications, brand management, and special events agency, has promoted Laura Krebs Miller to vice president from public relations director.
Devine + Partners L.L.C., Philadelphia, has promoted Brianna Taylor to account supervisor from senior account executive. - Mike Zebe