StemCell Therapy

BARBARA SCHWARTZ BECHET Misericordia

ELIZABETH BETTY BURNS Marywood

Better Homes

and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins

& Associates

The company recently hired several new Realtors. Melanie Vanderveer joined the Bushkill office and Jessica Curry and Joseph M. Seagraves joined the Stroudsburg office.

Vanderveer has been a resident of the Pocono Mountains since June 2005. She resides in Bushkill as a social media specialist. She formerly worked as a reporter for the Pocono Record and in 2013 started her own freelance social media management PR business.

Curry is a native of the Pocono Mountains and resides in East Stroudsburg. She is a 2017 graduate of the Polley Associates real estate school. In addition, her education includes a family and consumer science degree with a masters degree in technology.

Seagraves, originally from Philadelphia, has lived in the Poconos for the past 37 years. During that time, Seagraves has been employed full time in new construction, custom home design, home builder business and new home sales. Seagraves has won numerous awards through the Pocono Builders Association for custom homes that he designed. He is considered the grandfather of todays new home sales. Seagraves formerly worked for RGB Custom Home Builders, where he was a top salesman. He will continue to sell RGB homes in his capacity.

Classic Properties

Angie Marx joined the Kingston office. Raised in Kinston, North Carolina, she later attended Kings College and worked for 10 years in the family business, Marx Sheet Metal & Mechanical, as the account manager/controller. She recently earned her real estate license from Vintage Real Estate Academy and chose to join the company for the strong support system she felt it offered agents.

Cohen Haydu

Chiropractic

Dr. Richard Cohen conducted a workshop at the Professional Hockey Chiropractic Society conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Cohen, who is beginning his fifth season as the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins team chiropractor, conducted the workshop on neck exercises to prevent and reduce the severity of neck and head injuries in hockey. Some studies suggest that head and neck injuries are the second most common and second most costly injury occurring in professional hockey. Drawing from his concepts of movement development, he created a series of exercises that incorporate neck strengthening and core strengthening in positions that occur naturally as babies grow from birth to free walking.

Commonwealth Health

Soohan Mansuri, M.D., has joined the primary care team of the physician network. Mansuri will provide personalized medical care to patients of all ages from infant to senior adulthood and welcomes new patients to his practice at 610 Wyoming Ave., Kingston.

Board-certified in family medicine, Mansuri comes from the Wright Center of Graduate Medical Education, Family Medicine Residency Program, Scranton.

Mansuri is a member of the medical staff at Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Foley, Comerford

& Cummins

Daniel E. Cummins and Stephen T. Kopko, both of the Scranton insurance defense firm, published an article titled Litigating the Zero Verdict that appeared in the September/October edition of the Pennsylvania Lawyer magazine. The article provides an overview of the propriety of zero verdicts by juries under different circumstances in personal injury matters. The article also reviews the variety of arguments that can be raised by both sides in support of either affirming or overturning such a verdict based on the facts of the case. Cummins is a partner in the firm and Kopko is an associate attorney. They both focus their practice in the handling of auto accidents, premises liability and products liability, and other civil litigation matters.

Glenmaura

Senior Living

Janine Kubasko Starinsky, MHA, CDP, CDCM, CADDCT, has been named executive director. She is dedicated to raising the bar for senior living in NEPA. Kubasko-Starinsky, born and raised near Moosic, brings more than 25 years of experience across independent, personal care, memory care and enhanced living. She most recently served as an interventionist for Penn States EIT-4-BPSD cohort study. She earned her Bachelor of Science from East Stroudsburg University and a Master of Health Administration degree from the University of Scranton.

Honesdale

National Bank

Gregory W. Sheridan joined as branch manager of the Hallstead office, currently being constructed in Susquehanna County.

He will administer the operation of the banks future office location being constructed at 313 Main St., Hallstead. In his role, he will be showcasing the banks capacity to support comprehensive banking solutions for the Hallstead community through personal, business, mortgage, lending, cash management, financial planning and wealth management resources.

Keystone College

Professor Jeffrey Brauer has been selected for the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason Universitys Academic Research Seminar, Poverty, Institutions and Economic Development, as an expert on Generation Z. The institute will be held in November in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

As a full professor of social sciences and an accomplished researcher and diversity facilitator, Brauer has presented dozens of workshops and seminars throughout the country to educators, business leaders, civic organizations and student groups.

Marywood University

Elizabeth Betty Burns, of Jefferson Twp. and Charleston, South Carolina, has been elected to the board of trustees. She will serve on the University Advancement Committee and the Financial Affairs Committee.

Burns retired in 2005 from the Capital Group of Companies in New York, where she served as senior vice president of Capital Guardian Trust Co., and previously worked at Time Warner Inc. as assistant treasurer in the companys Corporate Finance Group.

She serves locally on the board of United Neighborhood Centers and is a founding member and trustee of NativityMiguel School of Scranton. She also is a member of Women in Philanthropy of Scranton.

Misericorida

University

The university recently named Barbara Schwartz-Bechet, Ed.D., as the dean of the College of Health Sciences and Education.

Schwartz-Bechet joins the university after serving as the interim dean and professor in the College of Education and Rehabilitation at Salus University. While at Salus University, she was actively engaged in an interprofessional education-forward culture that included programs in low vision, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, and education, special education and rehabilitation.

NBT Bancorp Inc.

Angela Wolfe Kelley has joined as executive vice president and general counsel. In this position, Kelley will coordinate the banks legal activities, manage external legal counsel and oversee relations with regulatory agencies.

Kelley will serve on the executive management team and will be appointed corporate secretary by the board of directors. She will be based at the companys headquarters in Norwich, New York.

Kelley has 12 years of corporate law experience. She comes from Heartland Financial USA Inc., based in Dubuque, Iowa.

ODonnell Law Offices

Best Lawyers has chosen Neil T. ODonnell, owner and founder of the law firm, in the 2020 Best Lawyers in America for Personal Injury Litigation Plaintiffs and Workers Compensation Law. ODonnell has been recognized by Best Lawyers for the last eight years.

A frequent contributor to legal education programs, ODonnell has held leadership positions in both regional and state legal communities, including the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.

Society for

Human Resource Management

Ivy Rinehimer was awarded the 2019 NEPA SHRM scholarship for her pursuit and achievement of the SHRM-CP certification in June. Rinehimer is employed by Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, as a human resource professional. She is a 2018 graduate of Kings College, majoring in human resource management.

NEPA SHRM is an affiliate chapter of the most highly regarded professional association for HR professionals.

Wayne Memorial Community

Health Centers

Kate Scully, CNM, has joined as the fourth midwife of the Womens Health Centers existing staff of obstetricians/gynecologists, nurse midwives and a certified registered nurse practitioner at its Honesdale office at 110 Park St.

As a certified nurse midwife, Scully provides prenatal care and facilitates births at the New Beginnings Birthing Suites of Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale. Additionally, she offers postpartum care, annual gynecological exams, family planning and menopause counseling.

Wilkes University

Kishan Zuber has joined as the vice president of enrollment management and marketing. Zuber oversees undergraduate and graduate admissions offices, enrollment services, financial aid and marketing. With her leadership, the university will continue to advance its overall enrollment strategy, creating one of the finest doctoral universities in the country.

Zuber was formerly vice president of enrollment services at Wells College in Aurora, New York. Zuber earned her bachelors degree in environmental studies and her masters degree in student affairs and diversity from Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Wyoming Valley Habitat for

Humanity

The organization recently filled two positions on its board of directors. Kevin Engelman will be acting as the WVHFH board president and Bernie Stelma will be a new board member. Both will volunteer their time and professional expertise to further the mission of the organization.

Engelman is a graduate of Wilkes University with a degree in business administration and a concentration in finance. He joined Wells Fargo Bank as a manager trainee in the Northern New Jersey market. He is currently a district manager for the Wilkes-Barre market.

Stelma is a graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School and Pennsylvania State University. He spent 22 years working with Wells Fargo Bank as a branch manager and is currently a business banking relationship manager with M&T Bank in the Wilkes-Barre Region.

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