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BRIAN W. BOLASH, JR., ESQ. has been appointed senior vice president and general counsel for Erie Indemnity Co. and its affiliated companies of the Erie Insurance Group. Bolash previously served as vice president, corporate secretary and senior counsel. In his current position, Bolash will serve as the company’s chief legal officer, overseeing the company’s Law Division, Internal Audit and Corporate Legal Department. Bolash will also continue to serve as ERIE’s corporate secretary and has joined the company’s executive council. As corporate secretary, Bolash serves as a key liaison to the Board of Directors and manages board operations.
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ROBERT “BOB” A. LOWRY has been named head of Retail Banking at Rocky Mountain Bank. Lowry joins the team from Wells Fargo, where he most recently served as senior vice president, business acquisition manager. Lowry has spent 20 years in banking. His background includes experience in retail, small business and commercial banking, wealth management, credit and risk analysis and operations. DANIEL A. ZARECKY has been appointed the newest CEO of Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital. Zarecky was previously the CEO of Strategic Behavioral Health, an organization that oversees two psychiatric hospitals in Colorado.
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BRAD K. GLEASON has been named the inaugural director of entrepreneurial operations at Gannon
New Titles from your Gannon Family FRANK GARLAND assistant professor of communication and the arts “Three Rivers Stadium: A Confluence of Champions” The History Press Garland joined the Association of Gentleman Pittsburgh Journalists – some of the most preeminent authors and sports historians of Western Pennsylvania – in writing a history of Pittsburgh’s iconic Three Rivers Stadium. Erected on the city’s Northside in 1970, Three Rivers Stadium was Pittsburgh’s home of champions for three decades. Join local sportswriters as they recall the roaring crowds, rocking stands and greatest moments of Three Rivers Stadium. AARON KERR, PH.D. associate professor of philosophy “Encounters in Thought: Beyond Instrumental Reason” Wipf and Stock Publishers Thinking is a dynamic process resulting from practices of integration. Thought encounters in openness, wonder, receptivity and contemplation confer upon us intellectual work that is uniquely our own. Digital patterns, however, distract us from these creative encounters. Our intellectual searching is weakened and fragmented by frenetic consumption of information. We miss out on reason’s innate pull toward integration and concrete reality. This book is an invitation to enter into openness, wonder, receptivity and contemplation with deeper understanding and intentionality. 28
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University’s Center for Business Ingenuity. In this newly created position, Gleason will oversee and coordinate Gannon’s business development initiatives. In addition, he will lead operations and guide companies to resources in the Beehive Network, including mentoring and incubation opportunities in the Erie Technology Incubator. Gleason will also help to grow academic-industry collaborations for new business and product development in The Hatchery, which will be located in the university’s Institute for Health and Cyber Knowledge, or I-HACK.
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SEAN D. DUGAN has been promoted to senior vice president of Human Resources for the Erie Insurance Group. Dugan will oversee teams for Talent Acquisition, Community Outreach, Diversity and Inclusion, Human Resources, Business Partners and Employee Relations, and Talent Management and Strategic Workforce Planning. In addition, he will oversee the company’s Learning and Development team and Workforce of the Future. Dugan most recently worked as corporate human resources officer for Erie Insurance. His prior leadership roles include vice president of Talent Acquisition and Community Outreach, vice president of Recruiting, and vice president of Corporate Training and Development. LAURA (STROZEWSKI) RUST GLOSS has been hired as director of Procurement for the Syracuse Research Corp. Inc., a research and development company focused on defense, environment and intelligence and is based in Syracuse, N.Y. In this role, she will be responsible for leading SRC’s procurement process and supply chain management. Gloss has more than 26 years of procurement and supply chain management experience across various industries. She joins SRC from Moog, Inc., where she worked as the supply chain manager of Space and Defense Group.
