TINA (CICCHETTI) DONIKOWSKI has been appointed to the Board of Directors for TopBuild Corp., the lead purchaser, installer and distributor of insulation products. Donikowski retired from General Electric in 2015 after serving for 38 years in a variety of leadership positions, most recently as vice president, Propulsion Business and vice president, Global Locomotive Business. ELAINE (VEY) LAYLAND VMC has been named the new patient safety officer for West Boca Medical Center. In her new role, Layland will oversee all patient safety initiatives to improve the overall quality of the patient experience.
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ELIZABETH (GATESMAN) OCHS VMC has joined Allwein Carpet One in Annville, Pa. as a certified designer and flooring consultant. She recently completed the certification process to achieve her Certified Flooring and Flooring Design Consultant designations. ROBERT J. WARD, P.E. was hired as the manager of Design/Build and Business Development at McKamish, Inc. He is a LEED Green associate and is president of the Engineers Society of Western Pennsylvania. Ward worked for Astorino/Cannon Design for more than 30 years as a project engineer, project manager, HVAC department head, senior vice president and most recently, president of engineering.
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NICHOLAS L. DORSCH has been named vice president of industrial products for Elliot Group. Dorsch will lead the company’s industrial steam turbine line and its power generation group. He most recently was senior director of operations for Gardner Denver’s Nash Division in Bentleyville, Pa. where he previously served as senior global director of product and
business strategy and director of global operations.
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COL. ROBERT D. FORSTEN is moving on from his command of the 62nd Medical Brigade, comprised of 1,100 soldiers. Forsten, commissioned in 1990 from Gannon, served as the Army brigade commander for two years. During those two years, the brigade participated in numerous exercises, deployed several units to worldwide operations and spearheaded the Expert Field Medical Badge competitions on Joint Base LewisMcChord in Lewis, Wash. WILLIAM “BILL” G. PETIT, PE ‘90M was appointed by Governor Tom Wolf as a representative to the ErieWestern Pennsylvania Port Authority Board. Petit was a member of the Port Authority advisory board for several years. He currently serves as a vice president and office director for Urban’s Erie location. RICK S. RICE has been hired as the location manager for Catawba Brewing Company’s Palmetto Brewing Tasting Room in Charleston, S.C. Rice was managing two properties for iHeart Media and was an on-air personality in the Asheville, N.C. and Greenville, S.C. areas.
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CHARLES D. BAUSCHARD has been hired as the City of New Bern, N.C.’s new director of public utilities. Bauschard oversees a utilities department that supplies electric to more than 21,400 residential and commercial customers and water to more than 35,000 customers in the areas of New Bern, Trent Woods and Hwy. 70 E. toward Havelock. ANNE (WEISER) COONEY has been appointed to Summit Materials, Inc.’s Board of Directors as an independent director. Cooney is president of the Process Industries and Drives Division of Siemens Industry, Inc., based in Alpharetta, Ga.
MARK E. MUENZER was promoted to community development director for the city of Menlo Park, Calif. He oversees the city’s Planning and Building Divisions and leads the city’s efforts to create a new mixed-use village for Facebook Inc.
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TROY E. BINGHAM, M.B.A. is the new ambassador for Generation NEXT Franchise Brands’ Reis & Irvy and its expansion within the new market in Australia. The company will be licensing its robotic frozen yogurt vending technology and franchise concept to Bingham. He has extensive experience in international business development and global management, consulting across the areas of franchising, tourism, modular housing, distribution channels, sporting organizations, customer loyalty, payment and incentive programs. Bingham was an accountant with Price Waterhouse. SEAN D. DUGAN has been appointed as vice president, corporate human resources officer, with Erie Insurance. Dugan most recently served as the vice president of Talent Acquisition and Community Outreach since 2014. His leadership career at ERIE began in 2004 in the Corporate Training and Development department. In 2010, Dugan was named vice president of Corporate Training and Development before being named vice president of recruiting in 2012. In his new role he will have oversight of the Talent Acquisition, Community Outreach, Diversity & Inclusion, Human Resources Business Partners and Employee Relations, Talent Management and Strategic Workforce Planning teams. JAMES C. RODDY hosted the podcast, “October Surprise,” created for citizens in Pennsylvania’s new 16th Congressional District, focusing on the race between incumbent Mike Kelly and challenger Ron DiNicola. The podcast provided insights on #GUPOSSIBILITIES 31