Dateline Pittsburgh
Banking
People on the move
Northwest Bank promoted Jim Colestro to executive vice president, retail lending and business banking.
Health
Allegheny Health Network appointed Girish “Bobby” Kapur, MD, MPH, as chair of its Emergency Medicine Institute.
Law
Frank, Gale, Bails, & Pocrass, P.C. said Kylee M. Clark joined as associate attorney.
Nonprofit
The Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh announced longstanding board member Andrea Clark Smith as its board chair and welcomed new board members, Bridgette N. Cofield, Yvette Henry and Sally Wiggin. Ms. Smith is associate chief legal officer and senior vice president employment law, labor relations and physician contracting,
UPM Centerprise; Ms. Cofield is chief of staff to the presidentand the secretary tothe board of trustees at Carlow University as well as chiefexecutive officer and principal consultant of Cofield and Associates, LLC.; Ms. Henry is the vice president, Global Sourcing, Kennametal; and
Ms. Wiggin retired from WTAE-TV.
Awards and Honors
First Commonwealth Bank has achieved the ranking of number one SBA lender, of dollars lent, in the Pittsburgh District for the federal fiscal year that completed on Sept. 30. The Pittsburgh SBA District encompasses 27 counties in Western Pennsylvania.
Comcast was recognized with the Pennsylvania Municipal League’s annual Community Partnership Award during an awards ceremony held in conjunction with the association’s Municipal Leadership Summit in Pittsburgh. A national company with a continued emphasis on investment in the municipalities they serve, Comcast is a member of The League’s Business Leaders Network.
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