Orrstown Bank, Metro Bank and others announce new hires, promotions and other business news: Trade Talk

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NEW HIRES

Christina Dudley joined Orrstown Bank as branch executive officer overseeing two of the bank's locations in Perry County. Prior to joining Orrstown Bank, she was the assistant branch manager of a Member's 1^st Federal Credit Union for 18 years.

Eric Fischer has joined Orrstown Bank in Shippensburg as the vice president of small business lending. Fischer previously served as the vice president of commercial lending at Centric Bank and the business finance officer for the Harrisburg Regional Chamber of Commerce & CREDC. Earlier in his career, he was an engineer and salesperson for Tyco Electronics.

Brent Liner joined Orrstown Bank in Shippensburg as vice president and trust officer. Previously, he served as a trust officer at Security National Trust Company and as a law clerk at the law firm of Currin & Currin.

Andrew Linn joined Orrstown Bank in Shippensburg as senior vice president and chief information security officer. Prior to joining Orrstown, he was the executive director of application security and information management at JP Morgan Chase.

Mike Miller has joined Orrstown Bank as vice president and financial advisor. Previously, Miller was a financial advisor at Mass Mutual of Eastern Pennsylvania. He is based out of Lancaster County.

Joanna Mullendore joined Orrstown Bank in Shippensburg as vice president of compliance and community reinvestment act officer. Prior to joining Orrstown, she was a director in compliance and operational risk at Capital One. She also served as a senior associate at KPMG Advisory Services LLC in its National Bank Regulatory and Advisory Services practice and was a certified bank examiner with the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.

Judy Myers joined Orrstown Bank in Shippensburg as vice president and mortgage officer. With more than 30 years of experience in banking, she was most recently a retail mortgage banker for Susquehanna bank.

Sam Smith joined Orrstown Bank as vice president and regional loan officer. Previously, Smith was a vice president and commercial relationship manager with Susquehanna Bank. He is based out of Lancaster County.

Melissa Snyder, a Lancaster native joined Orrstown Bank as vice president and relationship manager. She has 18 years of experience in banking. She previously served in senior-level business relationship roles at Wells Fargo, Citizens Bank, and Sovereign Bank. She is based out of Lancaster County.

Jessica Walter joined Orrstown Bank in Shippensburg as senior vice president of marketing. She previously served as the director of marketing and public relations for Summit Health in Franklin County and as public affairs officer for the Defense Logistics Agency's Distribution Command.

Chau Nguyen of Lititz has joined Metro Bank as a vice president and commercial loan officer for the bank's York region. Nguyen has five years of banking experience, most recently as a corporate banking officer for M&T.

Amy Smith of Enola was hired as store manager at Metro Banks's Mountain Road location. She was most recently a store manager for Eddie Bauer.

Brian Esworthy, a certified public accountant of Harrisburg recently joined Metro Bank as financial reporting manager.

Sean Purcell was hired as editor and motion graphics artist at GK Visual, a photography and video production company in Harrisburg. He previously worked for the Harrisburg Senators starting as an intern in 2011 and working as an on-field emcee and game entertainment coordinator.

John Hayden joined Reynolds in Harrisburg as a project development manager. He has worked previously in both the Harrisburg and Lancaster areas over the last 31 years.

PROMOTIONS

Edmund Williams, a York native was promoted from VFIS vice president program manager to VFIS senior vice president program manager at Glatfelter Insurance Group. Williams has more than 25 years of insurance industry experience, ranging from property and casualty sales to underwriting. Williams rejoined Glatfelter as a senior underwriter for VFIS in 2004. He had previously worked for the company.

Mark Bayer was promoted to Orrstown Bank's senior vice president for strategic corporate initiatives. He previously served as the bank's director of marketing and project management for seven years. Before joining Orrstown Bank, Bayer was the director of marketing for Community Bank NA. Bayer has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry.

Jim Launer was named spokesperson for the "The Power Walk for Dress for Success and Suits to Career 5K run." He is employed by Lancaster County-based Spooky Nook Sports as director of sports performance.

APPOINTMENTS

Tricia Lacy and Greg Duffey were appointed to the board of directors of Franklin Financial Services Corporation and its subsidiary, Farmers & Merchants Trust Company of Chambersburg (F&M Trust). Lacy and Duffey have been appointed to Class B, with a term expiring in 2016. Lacy of Mechancisburg, currently serves as president and director of the Beistle Company; Duffey is a partner with the Franklin County-based Craig, Friedly, Potter & Moore Insurance Agency. He was sole owner of the Craig-Friedly Insurance Agency, which merged with the K.G. Potter Agency in 2000 to form CFP&M.

BUSINESS AWARDS

Waddell & Reed Inc. announced that LeRoy J. Jones Jr. (Lee Jones), a financial advisor was named to Waddell & Reed's President's Council, one of its highest honors for the firm's financial advisors. Jones is based out of Cumberland County. Comprising only 12 of the approximately 1,800 Waddell & Reed financial advisors nationwide, the President's Council is named annually based on an analysis of investment, insurance, and financial planning sales generated by the advisor. This is the eleventh time that Jones has earned this honor. Jones  joined Waddell & Reed in 1987.

The Hotel Hershey in Derry Twp. was named a Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star Award recipient for the 28^th year.

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

Paint & Create LLC has leased space at Paxton Square on Allentown Boulevard in Lower Paxton Twp. The new space will be a second location for Paint & Create, which opened a studio in Lemoyne in 2013. Paint & Create will offer public painting events and private parties. Jessica Gasper of Campbell Commercial Real Estate Inc. represented the tenant in this transaction.

Saint George LLC leased the 4828-square-feet of space at 4010 Jonestown Road, Lower Paxton Twp. Bo Mangam of Landmark Commercial Realty Inc. represented the tenant and Drew Bobincheck and Chuck Heller of Landmark Commercial Realty Inc. represented the landlord in the transaction.

CONSTRUCTION

Alexander Building Construction Co. has completed construction of an addition to the Ingot Facility at the ArcelorMittal Steelton plant. The 18,000-square-foot, 100-foot high addition is comprised of a structural steel frame and supported by 212 concrete-filled steel pipe micro-piles. It is designed to accommodate a one million-pound overhead crane load. Additional features of the project include: demolition of an adjacent building and other structures on the site; relocation and installation of new and temporary rail track; relocation of existing overhead and underground utilities; construction of a new employee changing/welfare building and furnishing of a repair crane. Given that the existing rail lines into and around the existing facility remained in operation, Alexander had to construct the project in phases to ensure that there was minimal interruption to the facility's ingot production. The project was completed in twelve months.

RIBBON-CUTTINGS

The West Shore Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Trout Ebersole & Groff CPA's & Business Advisors to welcome them to their new location in Lower Allen Twp.

The West Shore Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting for Courtyard by Marriott Harrisburg West/Mechanicsburg to celebrate the recent grand re-opening of their location in Lower Allen Twp.

A ribbon cutting ceremony held Thursday, Feb. 12 marked the opening of new dining, nursing and rehabilitation space within the Skilled Nursing Center at the Normandie Ridge Senior Living Community, 1700 Normandie Drive, West Manchester Twp. The renovated space includes two new dining facilities, a conference room, fireplace lounge, recreation space and updated nursing station. Normandie Ridge Senior Living Community is owned and operated by Albright Care Services, a faith-based non-profit corporation.