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Happy New Year!

#ScrantonChamber See what we have been up to this month on behalf of our members and community!

Share your #ChamberMoments with us on social media. We’ll spread the word and you could be featured in Momentum! @ScrantonChamber won two Happie Awards from Happenings Magazine. We were voted best business association and Leadership Lackawanna was recognized as the best non-credit training/ professional development program.

@ScrantonChamber recently recognized Nibbles and Bits on its 30th anniversary. After purchasing the business, current owner Maggie Calpin Hemak moved it from Dunmore to its present home in the Petersburg section of Scranton.

@ScrantonChamber hosted its Holiday Business Card Exchange at Adezzo and Marquis Art and Frame. The event welcomed more than 100 members and guests and included a collection for Toys for Tots.

Representatives from McNees, Wallace and Nurick hosted a Business Breakfast Briefing (B3) at the Hilton Scranton and Conference Center. The B3s are designed to give business owners the chance to learn new skills to improve profit, growth and staff management in an informal setting.

@ScrantonChamber, along with Scranton Tomorrow and the Junior League of Scranton, recently opened the doors of the MetroTech Center (former Globe Store) in celebration of the holiday season. A special First Friday event was held, featuring windows decorated by Paul Blackledge and Josh Mast of POSH.

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins hosted Chamber Night at the Mohegan Sun Arena where members and their families got to watch the Pens play. Pictured is Ericka Bruckner of Summit University with her family.

“Supporting small business does so much more than you would think — it benefits the entire community. They are the heart of Scranton,” said Maggie Calpin Hemak, owner of Nibbles and Bits. Hemak was the featured speaker at the December Women’s Network Luncheon, held at the Hilton Scranton and Conference Center, and sponsored by Peoples Security Bank and Trust.

Leadership Lackawanna hosted its annual Mix, Mingle, Jingle holiday fundraiser at Ale Mary’s in Scranton. The event included a best holiday cookie contest, which was won by Aaron Yoder of Market Street Sweets for his coconut s’mores cookie.

Lackawanna County deputy sheriff Ryan DeLuccie brought a specially-trained bomb detecting dog, Kato, to @ScrantonChamber for a demonstration for Tomorrow’s Leaders Today.

@ScrantonChamber participated in “Using Technology and Online Tools to Boost Your Small Business” with U.S. Rep. Tom Marino (PA-10).

The event featured representatives from PayPal, Microsoft and Google and gave small business owners tips on how to use social media to grow their business.

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COMPLETE HEALTH DENTISTRY OF NEPA Honesdale, PA (570) 253-5000 Member since 2015 According to their company promise, Honesdale-based Complete Health Dentistry of NEPA’s number one goal is to improve the lives of those they serve. By taking a more holistic approach to dentistry and committing to a practice-wide elimination of dental mercury, Dr. Michael Rogers hopes that every one of his patients understands how oral and bodily health go together. We recently spoke to Dr. Rogers and his wife and practice manager, April, about their business and their unique approach to oral health.

What makes your practice unique in the field of dentistry?

What’s it like being a patient in your office?

Dr. Michael Rogers (DR): We are committed to making sure that our patients’ teeth and gums get the best care possible in our office but, for us, that’s just the beginning. We understand that your mouth is a window into the health of the rest of your body. By thinking about the whole person, we can provide an early diagnosis of health problems and preventive care.

April Rogers (AR): Our practice is part of a unique non-profit group called Partners in Complete Health. That means we are doing everything in our power to ensure health and wellness for all. We offer everything from dental procedures to wellness counseling to help you achieve complete health for life.

What types of services do you provide patients?

(DR): We keep up with the latest in technology and cutting-edge procedures so our patients can have all of their dental work performed in our office. For instance, many patients have been diagnosed with sleep apnea but find they are unable to wear the recommended C-Pap device.

We offer custom-made special sleep appliances for those unable to wear the traditional C-Pap. This fits in with the mouth-body connection that we advocate, as sleep apnea is so much more than just snoring and keeping those around you awake. It turns out there are a frightening number of serious medical conditions directly related to lack of sleep and lack of tissue oxygenation.

(DR): Your health needs are very specific to you. We will help you achieve lasting results through our customized treatment plan. As we communicate clearly “WE TREAT EACH and co-diagnose with you, we will decide PATIENT WITH together what is best COMPASSION, for you. We will execute our plans with the CREATING A SAFE highest quality of care AND COMFORTABLE possible.

ENVIRONMENT WHILE COMMUNICATING AND EDUCATING CLEARLY. EVERY PATIENT WILL UNDERSTAND THE MOUTH-BODY CONNECTION.”

What’s one thing you wish everyone knew about oral health?

(DR): I wish people knew that inflammation and infection in our mouths have been linked to major medical issues, such as heart attacks, stroke, diabetes and cancer. Our patients appreciate our - DR. MICHAEL ROGERS easy-to-understand explanations. We take

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the time to explain not just your options, but also how your oral and overall health are connected. We believe that education will help you maintain better complete health.

What made you want to open your own practice in Northeastern Pennsylvania?

(DR): My wife and my extended family are all from northeast Pennsylvania. We both feel this is a beautiful area that has given so much to us over the years that we would love to give back and help this area become one of the healthiest in the country.

How do you give back to the community you serve?

(DR): We sponsor many area fund raisers and participate in health fairs. We also host 5Ks, do talks on complete health at the YMCA and even have a Relay for Life team. Our goal this year is to have one activity every month where we are out and about in the community. We plan to add a “Give Seniors a Smile Day” to the list in the future.

Each month, The Chamber highlights a member business that is making its mark in our community. To apply for the Small Business Spotlight award visit scrantonchamber.com.

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A PLAN TO REIGNITE SCRANTON’S SPARK COMMUNITY PARTNERS FORMALLY SIGN AMERICA’S BEST COMMUNITIES PLAN

A TRANSFORMATIVE PLAN Economic Development • Financial incentive programs • Improve and maintain city infrastructure • Revitalize vacant real estate • Strengthen entrepreneurship • Business development and marketing

Workforce Development • Career awareness, job and internship opportunities The Chamber, along with the City of Scranton, Lackawanna County and various other community partners, recently hosted an event publicly presenting Scranton’s community revitalization plan and recognizing all businesses and organizations who have participated in the America’s Best Communities planning process.

“This entire planning process has been grounded on community engagement,” said Chamber president Bob Durkin.

“So many groups and individuals came together to share their ideas and to share their vision for a newly imagined central business district. We felt it was appropriate to bring them all together for this public celebration.”

The plan is formally called “Our Transformative Period” and includes a re-imagining of Scranton’s Central Business District based upon a platform of education and medicine expansion.

The overall strategy will focus on economic, community and workforce development over the next five years.

“We plan to bring the partners together to collectively drive plan implementation,” Durkin added. “The core team will be available to respond to the potential opportunity to meet with the America’s Best Communities sponsors to present our plan and, hopefully, get selected to move on in the competition. In either case, we have a solid strategy for improving the Central Business District, the City and the region.”

Scranton is a quarter-finalist in the Frontier Communications-sponsored America’s Best Communities competition for a $3 million economic revitalization grant. Chamber, City and County officials will know in mid-January if Scranton will progress to the next phase of the competition.

Community Development • Restore pride initiatives • Retail and cultural development • Increase the residential population of the CBD • Community engagement

A copy of the community revitalization plan is available on the Chamber’s website or by clicking here.

It truly is a “TRANSFORMATIVE PERIOD.”

— Bob Durkin, Chamber President www.scrantonchamber.com • 5

S M A E R D G HATCHIN new incubator tenants Chamber recognizes

For someone who wants to start a business but isn’t sure where to begin, participating in one of the Chamber’s business incubators might be the first step in the right direction.

A new tenant welcome ceremony was recently held to recognize the eight newest incubator clients who have space in either the Scranton Enterprise Center or TekRidge Center. Both facilities have incubator suites that are dedicated to the development of new and startup companies by providing services that go beyond the walls of an office.

“Our incubator program offers affordable rent, educational seminars and access to a vast network of business professionals, among other amenities, to assist these companies so they may focus on their growth and success,” said Aaron Whitney, business incubator manager for the Scranton Enterprise Center and TekRidge Center. “It is important to the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce to assist new and emerging businesses that create jobs and support our local economy.”

“These facilities are filled with people who have embraced the entrepreneurial spirit,” said Chamber president Bob Durkin. “In that regard, the incubator tenants share a strength of character that has led them to put it all on the line to pursue their dreams.”

For more information on the Chamber’s incubator program, contact Aaron Whitney at (570) 342-7711 or email awhitney@scrantonchamber.com.

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Did you know?

The Scranton Enterprise Center and TekRidge Center host a combined total of 11 incubator clients.

Both facilities offer Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) tax benefits to their tenants.

MEET THE INCUBATOR CLIENTS Howell Design and Consulting Inc.: a design and consulting firm focused on the design and development of innovative, patentable products, both software and physical, as well as offering consulting services in those arenas.

222 Mulberry Street P.O. Box 431 Scranton, PA 18501

• 255,964 SF

Accelerate Automate Innovate

Adil Analytics Inc.: a technology company that enables customers to develop, verify and sustain complex, reliable and secure systems and networks.

• Attached Parking Garage

Design-a-card.org: a cost-free, creative platform that aids student enrichment through the arts by providing scholarship art contests for student-designed greeting cards.

• Availble for Lease or Sale • KIZ Approved • Downtown Scranton

119 Wyoming Avenue

MetroTech Center, Scranton, PA

twobytwo Solutions: a company providing digital forensics, incident response, electronic discovery and consulting expert services to the legal and business communities.

• 36,400 SF office space available • On-site parking • Downtown Scranton

MacDonald and Pell LLC: an operations/ IT consulting firm with experience in manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, transportation, plant location and construction, among other areas.

• Business Incubator Suites available • KIZ approved

EcoIndustrial/Northeast Penn Supplies: Deli Grocery Meat Produce a distributor Bakery of both eco-friendly and standard industrial packaging supplies to manufacturing plants, distributing centers and distributors in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey, as well as customers in the Southwest and Midwest sections of the United States.

201 Lackawanna Avenue

Scranton Enterprise Center, Scranton, PA

• 45,249 SF • Parking for 220+ • Incubator suites • 30,000 SF Anchor Tenant space

Otreva: a custom software product development company focusing on user experience, responsive web development and mobile application development.

• Tax free through 12/31/2020 • KIZ approved

Conxx NE: a telecommunications installations and network maintenance company.

50 Alberigi Drive

TekRidge Center, Jessup, Pa

570-342-7711

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2015 EXECUTIVE PROGRAM GRADUATES

Leadership Lackawanna recently announced its 2015 Executive Program graduates. The Executive Program assists professionals in becoming more engaged in the community and increases their overall knowledge of the greater Scranton area.

Sessions were held one evening per week for five weeks at various locations. Program participants met key business and community leaders as they received overviews of Lackawanna County’s history and culture, economic and political structures, community events, civic groups, recreational activities and non-profit organizations.

LEADERSHIP LACKAWANNA PROJECTS ANNOUNCED The Leadership Lackawanna Core Program Class of 2016 will complete three service projects this year to benefit three local organizations: 1. Children’s Advocacy Center: This team will install a healing and transformation garden in the spring of 2016 at the Teen Advocacy Center, 316 Wheeler Avenue, Scranton. The project, titled “Planting a Promise,” will benefit children and teens who have endured abuse and neglect. The space will combine the elements of earth, water, air and fire to provide a complete sensory experience.

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THE GRADUATES ARE:

Tom Bisignani, Moses Taylor Hospital Ron Bryar, NBT Bank Meghan Carnevale, Greater Scranton YMCA Karen Clause, Greater Scranton YMCA Heather DiPaolo, TMG Health, Inc. Meghan Gagorik, Toyota of Scranton Gregory Gagorik, Toyota of Scranton Christopher Howe, Regional Hospital of Scranton Elizabeth Leo, Moses Taylor Hospital Rosana Reyes, Luzerne County Community College Walter Sarafinko, Community Bank, NA LaTida Smith, Moses Taylor Foundation

2. Historical Architectural Review Board (HARB) — City of Scranton: This team will help preserve Scranton’s rich architectural history by researching the city’s historic properties and compiling the information into a publiclyaccessible online resource. This resource will help the HARB evaluate proposed modifications to historic buildings.

3. West Scranton Hyde Park Neighborhood Watch: This team will help develop a summer day camp model to target the Skateboard Community at Jackson Street Skate Park, 1304 Jackson Street, Scranton. The group will also create and produce marketing materials and a website for this organization.

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CLASS OF 2015-2016 ANNOUNCED

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Leadership Lackawanna, The Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce’s leadership development affiliate, has announced the Tomorrow’s Leaders Today Program Class of 2015-2016.

Tomorrow’s Leaders Today is a seven-month-long teen program designed to develop the leadership, interpersonal and managerial skills of high school juniors while providing real-world experience in the areas of philanthropy, non-profit organizations and community service.

In addition to the skills learned and topics explored, the opportunities and challenges of northeastern Pennsylvania are discussed as participants network with community leaders and other high school students. Sessions are held one full weekday each month. The program accepts applications from students who attend high school in Lackawanna County, as well as students from both the Lackawanna Trail and Western Wayne school districts. Tomorrow’s Leaders Today began in 1997 under Chamber affiliate Skills in Scranton and merged with Leadership Lackawanna in 2011.

This year’s participants are, from left, front row: Alexis Tayoun, Old Forge High School; Nori Dominique Zaccheo, West Scranton High School; Katharine DeFrancesco, Riverside Jr./Sr. High School; Olivia Troiano, Western Wayne High School; Vincent Betti , Valley View High School; Maura M. Nevins, Carbondale Area Jr./Sr. High School; Heather Marie Mitchell, Abington Heights High School; Emily Sarah Marquardt, Abington Heights High School; Anjli Dalsania, Abington Heights High School; Colin Michael Leggat, Old Forge High School; and Spencer T. Zimmerman, Summit Christian Academy.

Middle row: Jessica Kasper, Mid Valley High School; Krystine Jimenez , West Scranton High School; Katherine A. Howey, Riverside Jr./Sr. High School; Madison Lee, Lackawanna Trail Jr./Sr. High School; Leah Pawluck, Holy Cross High School; Jenna Carmen, Western Wayne High School; Julianne Frances Hunt, Holy Cross High School; Abigail Guziewicz, Holy Cross High School; Makayla Stone, Western Wayne High School; Mikayla Taylor Heid, Valley View High School; Ashleigh Clarke, Lackawanna Trail Jr./Sr. High School; and Elizabeth Johnson, North Pocono High School.

Back row: Patrick John Noon, North Pocono High School; Madison Rose Kornutiak, Western Wayne High School; Grace Gallagher, Lackawanna Trail Jr./Sr. High School; Kathryn Retzbach, Lakeland Jr./Sr. High School; Julia V. J. Betti, Mid Valley High School; Zachary Niemiec, West Scranton High School; Noah Eugene Musto , Abington Heights High School; Jacob Watts, Scranton High School; Darren Ronald Pitts, Scranton High School; Robert Morgan, Carbondale Area Jr./Sr. High School; and Benjamin Joseph Dial, North Pocono High School. www.scrantonchamber.com • 9

Member NEWS

Jewish Community Center Reopens Pool

The JCC of Scranton has reopened its swimming pool after an extensive $1.4 million improvement project that included new mechanical, filtration and dehumidification systems, new surface in the pool, on the pool deck and walls, enhanced lighting, better handicap accessibility and a state-of-the-art sound system for water exercise classes.

Comcast Business Announces Network Expansion

Comcast Business recently announced the expansion of its fiber network throughout the CenterPoint Commerce and Trade Park in Pittston. According to company officials, this is the largest fiber expansion for the company. All tenants in the business park now have access up to 10 gigabits per second of network performance. Approximately 4,500 people work in the park. The expansion is the “largest of its kind in the Keystone Region and is the latest example of the significant investments we’ve made to increase the availability of our multi-Gigabit Ethernet services to help foster economic development and drive competition, innovation and value for our customers,” according to Christine Whitaker, senior vice president of Comcast’s Keystone Region.

CECO Associates Changes Name to LaBella Associates Member Benefit for the New Year!

Chamber member Steamtown Hot Yoga, 121 North Washington Ave., Scranton, is offering a free week yoga sampler to members. To participate, call the studio at (570) 941-9977 or email info@steamtownyoga.com before Thursday, Jan. 21, and mention “Chamber Happy Holidays” to schedule your classes. Some rules and restrictions may apply.

Learn more about Steamtown Hot Yoga at www.steamtownyoga.com

“Party Gras” United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania (UNC) will host its 16th annual Party Gras fundraiser on Friday, Feb. 5, beginning at 6 p.m. The event will feature a New Orleans- inspired dinner, along with a wide variety of entertainment including a stilt walker, fortune tellers, gaming tables, a magic show, and music by the Indigo Moon Brass Band. Tickets are $80 and may be purchased by calling (570) 346-0759 or online at uncnepa. org. The deadline to purchase tickets is Wednesday, Jan. 27. Proceeds from the event will benefit UNC’s crisis intervention services, including the Angel’s Attic food and clothing bank.

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CECO Associates, a Scranton-based engineering firm is now operating as LaBella Associates. Originally established in 1973, CECO Associates offered civil, environmental and transportation engineering services to clients in Pennsylvania. The firm was acquired by LaBella Associates in 2011, but continued to serve clients as CECO Associates, Inc. Company officials say that the name change will enable the Scranton office to better market LaBella’s full service approach and capacity to clients in Pennsylvania.

LaBella Associates employs more than 370 design professionals across eight service areas. In addition to civil and transportation engineering, the firm offers architecture, building and power systems engineering, planning services, program management services and environmental consulting and contracting.

Ttohank You our sponsors Women’s Network Luncheon: Peoples Security Bank & Trust, Kaiser Fine Photography

PETER CURTIN

Region Manager for Retail Banking, 1 (888) PNC BANK • PNCBank.com In the second half of 2015, financial institutions began switching to new, more secure EMV chip card technology for consumer and business credit and debit cards. An estimated 600 million chip cards were expected to be issued by the end of the year, with the transition continuing into 2016.

This month, Peter Curtin, Scranton region manager for PNC Bank retail banking, shares the answers to several commonly-asked questions with Momentum readers.

What is EMV chip technology?

A chip card enhances card security for electronic payments when inserted (not swiped) in the chip card reader of a chip-enabled terminal. The chip generates a unique transaction code, making the card difficult to copy.

What does EMV mean?

EMV stands for “Europay, MasterCard® and Visa®.” This is a technical standard designed to ensure that microchip-embedded payment cards are compatible with the terminals of merchants who accept them.

Chip-embedded payment cards are nearly impossible to duplicate. When combined with additional layers of security like encryption, tokenization and other strong authentication techniques, EMV significantly reduces opportunities for card payment fraud. EMV was first introduced in Europe in 1993 and, since then, most countries have adopted it.

The United States is the last major world economy to migrate to EMV. Do consumers need to activate their new cards?

Yes. Customers are encouraged to activate new cards immediately. As soon as you activate your new card, your old card will be deactivated and should be destroyed.

Will chip cards prevent all fraudulent activity?

No. Chip cards provide an additional layer of security at chip-enabled terminals; however, perpetrators continue to look for new opportunities to commit fraud. It’s important to note that the chip also does not guarantee that it will prevent fraud through online or phone purchases.

Will business credit cards also be reissued with chip-enabled technology?

Yes. PNC and other financial institutions began reissuing business credit cards during the second half of 2015.

Where can a chip card be used?

Chip cards can be used anywhere cards are accepted – in stores, online, over the phone and at ATMs. Some merchants are already equipped with chip-enabled terminals. If a merchant is not yet chipenabled, customers can continue to swipe their card as it still contains a magnetic strip. Consumers should also be aware that the transaction experience may change depending on the ATM. As ATMs are updated to support chip cards, the transaction experience may change further over time and consumers should carefully follow the instructions on the ATM screen.

What do merchants need to know?

Merchants will need to be vigilant as the United States transitions to EMV. Beginning in Oct. 2015, liability for fraudulent card transactions will shift from issuing banks to merchants that have not replaced old magnetic stripe terminals with new EMV-capable terminals. As a merchant, one of their top priorities for this year should be upgrading their point-of-sale equipment to new EMVcapable terminals that can accept the new chip and PIN cards. It may be as simple as adding a new piece of peripheral equipment to your existing device.

Business Card Exchange: Adezzo and Marquis Art and Frame B3 Seminars: McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC Leadership Lackawanna Core Program: December: PNC Bank January: Keystone College Tomorrow’s Leaders Today: December: Johnson College January: Lackawanna College

Welcome new members Breakthrough Marketing and Media Strategies Clay Commons Apartments Forerunner Technologies Inc. H&R Block Rudis Enterprises Construction Services VNG Insurance Agency A-1 Hauling and Construction Blue Eagle Logistics Inc. Livingston Marketing and Communications Nativity Miguel School of Scranton Site Services Group TGI Fridays/Metz Culinary Management www.scrantonchamber.com • 13 11

Northeast Regional Cancer Institute Welcomes Two to Board of Directors

PERSONNEL REPORT

Members on the Move!

Ronald R. Beer, MHA, FACHE, is the chief administrative officer for Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center (GWV) and its Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre campus (GSWB). Dr. Beer joined Geisinger in 2013 as the vice president of operations at GWV with system responsibilities for the emergency medicine service line. In April of 2014, he was promoted to his current position.

Gerald Maloney, DO, FACP currently serves as the chief medical officer for Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center (GWV) and its Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre campus (GSWB). Board certified in internal medicine and palliative medicine, Dr. Maloney is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and he is a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine with certifications in internal medicine, as well as hospice and palliative medicine.

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SWB RailRiders Jeremy Ruby has been named the general manager of the Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders while Josh Olerud has joined the team as its newlycreated chief operating officer.

Ruby rose from intern in 1998 to become the fourth general manager in franchise history in 2005, had served as interim general manager since late January. A local product, the 1994 graduate of Valley View High School was drafted by the then-California Angels in 1994 and later graduated from East Stroudsburg University in 1998. He is the great-grandson of longtime Major League umpire Joseph Paparella and the son of former Red Barons pitching coach Gary Ruby.

Olerud joins the RailRiders after five years of service with the Advanced-A Potomac Nationals as the club’s executive vice president and general manager. Winner of the 2013 Calvin Falwell Executive of the Year Award in the Carolina League, he helped the Nationals break their franchise attendance record that season by drawing 236,772 fans with creative marketing and a fully-loaded promotional schedule. Olerud was also honored with the Minor League Executive of the Year Award by the Pitch and Hit Club of Chicago for his work in 2012. The Bloomington, Minn. native is a Minnesota State University, Mankato alumnus. His new position with SWB focuses on all revenue creation for the club, including ticketing, sponsorship and special events.

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Dean Rosetti

Dean Rosetti of Olyphant was recently named BankCard Relationship Manager at First National Community Bank (FNCB). Rosetti will be responsible for managing, developing and growing FNCB’s Merchant Card portfolio. Rosetti brings more than 13 years of banking and finance experience to FNCB. Prior to joining FNCB, he was a financial representative for Northwestern Mutual, specializing in risk-based financial planning. He was also a merchant services banker for PNC Bank.

Wayne Bank Joseph Castrogiovanni recently joined the staff of Wayne Bank as a commercial loan officer in the Adams Avenue Community Office in Downtown Scranton. Castrogiovanni is a graduate of Bloomsburg University and holds a master’s in business administration in finance from Marywood University.

Joseph Castrogiovanni

Scranton Cultural Center Deborah Moran Peterson was recently named executive director of the Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple. Peterson most recently served as the executive director of the Voluntary Action Center of Scranton. Peterson has also worked in conjunction with a variety of agencies, including Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wayne and Pike Counties; the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) of Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties and Deborah Morgan Peterson the Christmas Holiday Bureau. Peterson has also held positions with Keystone Community Resources and The Deutsch Institute. She has also served on the board of directors of Broadway Theatre League, Friendship House and the Lackawanna County Commission for Women and is a member of the Kiwanis Club of Scranton and the Junior League of Scranton.

The Wright Center

The Commonwealth Medical College

Joshua Braddell, CRNP, a 2015 Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) graduate of the University of Scranton, has joined The Wright Center for Primary Care as a Family Nurse Practitioner, practicing family medicine at the Clarks Summit and Mid Valley locations.

Trupti Kale, MD, has joined The Wright Center for Primary Care as a pediatrician within the Mid Valley practice. She completed her residency with the John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County in Chicago, Illinois, after which she served as an attending pediatrician for Saint Anthony Hospital, also in Chicago.

Nina Poliak, MD, MPH, FAAP has also joined The Wright Center for Primary Care’s Mid Valley practice as a pediatrician. A 2000 graduate of Charite-Free University Berlin School of Medicine in Berlin, Germany, Dr. Poliak brings an extensive catalog of published works in pediatric textbooks as well as in peer-reviewed scientific literature.

After her medical school graduation, she worked as a research post-doctoral fellow at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and received her masters of public health degree (MPH) at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Medicine. She subsequently trained at the Baylor College of Medicine and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Timothy Kelly Burke, D.O. has accepted the position of program director, Osteopathic Internal Medicine, with The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education. Dr. Burke previously held the faculty role of associate program director and currently practices as a physician at The Wright Center for Primary Care’s Mid Valley practice, where he has been employed since 2012.

Joshua Braddell, CRNP

James Michaels

Christine Meholic

The Commonwealth Medical College recently named James Michaels, of South Abington Township, as its new chief information officer. Michaels will lead the Information Technology (IT) department and coordinate the IT strategic plan, which addresses IT services and needs for students, faculty, and staff. Michaels comes to TCMC with more than 25 years of IT experience in various industries. Michaels held the position of vice president of IT for Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania. He earned a bachelor of science degree in computer science from the University of Scranton and a master’s in business administration in information systems from Marywood University.

The Commonwealth Medical College has named Christine Meholic as its new director of project planning and institutional effectiveness. She brings to TCMC 30 years of experience in higher education, consulting and government service. In her new position, she will be responsible for planning and implementing a portfolio of projects, working collaboratively with and reporting to the vice president of strategic initiatives and planning. Meholic is a graduate of Lakeland High School, the University of Scranton, with a BS in mathematics; and the University of Alaska with a Master of Public Administration. Meholic was certified as a project management professional (PMP) in 2001. She has extensive experience leading complex, enterprise-wide projects across institutions and state governments. Meholic was previously employed by Ellucian, Inc. as a management consultant, serving colleges and universities across the country. From 2006 to 2010, she was director of student and administrative systems at the Massachusetts Institution of Technology.

Nina Poliak, MD, MPH, FAAP

Keystone College Professor Sally Tosti’s artwork was recently on display in a New York City art show.

Tosti’s artist book, “Haight Pipe Dreams,” was exhibited at the 10th annual New York Art Book Fair at the Museum of Modern Art’s PS1 from Sept. 18-20. Her double-sided accordion book contains 18 original photographs highlighting the hippie counter culture of Haight Street in San Francisco.

Tosti holds master of fine arts degrees from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. and Marywood University.

Trupti Kale, MD.

Timothy Kelly Burke, D.O.

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all creative agencies and teams...

• YOU DO GREAT WORK! •

2015

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NOW IT’S TIME TO LET EVERYONE KNOW

JUST HOW GOOD YOU ARE!

JUN 2016

ADVANCE TO NATIONAL DISNEYLAND, ANAHEIM, CA

CALL FOR ENTRIES. ENTRY DEADLINE: FRI. JANUARY 22, 2016 Details and entry: aafnepa.org Questions? Email info@aafnepa.org

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