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Workplace — Oct. 17-18

New hires and promotions

Gary Seiber has been appointed as the next Chief Executive Officer of Kish Insurance, the property and casualty insurance subsidiary of Kish Bank. Seiber will succeed Jeff Wilson, current CEO of Kish Insurance, as part of a planned leadership transition leading up to Wilson's intended retirement in 2027.

Seiber is an accomplished insurance executive and sales leader specializing in commercial insurance, with a track record of achieving sustained double-digit organic revenue growth. Most recently, he served as First Vice President, Commercial Insurance Producer at Alliant Insurance Services.

Marion Kennedy has joined Concurrent Technologies Corporation as Vice President, Digital Mission Solutions .

Kennedy brings extensive leadership experience across technical services, operations, customer delivery, and business growth. Throughout her career, she has led diverse organizations and teams across government, Fortune 500, startup, and mid-sized business environments, with a focus on delivering mission and business results while building strong, engaged teams.

As Vice President of DMS, Kennedy will lead CTC's digital mission solutions organization, supporting the company's continued growth and delivery of innovative capabilities to its customers.

Lisa Capella has joined Kish bank as Vice President, Senior Credit Officer.

In her role, Capella will support the bank's commercial lending and credit administration functions, working closely with Tracy Wilkinson, SVP, Credit Officer, to ensure sound credit practices, effective risk management, and exceptional service for commercial clients throughout Kish Bank's market area.

Capella brings more than 25 years of banking and commercial credit experience to Kish. Most recently, she served as Commercial Credit Manager and Regional Credit Officer for Northwest Bank, where she led a team of commercial and industrial credit analysts, underwrote complex commercial transactions, managed portfolio risk, and implemented enhanced credit monitoring procedures.

Awards and honors

Joel N. Myers, Penn State graduate and AccuWeather founder who was inducted into the Broadcasting+Cable Hall of Fame.

Long before weather apps, 24/7 networks and on-demand forecasts, Dr. Myers saw that weather could be more than a brief segment between news and sports. He turned that vision into AccuWeather. The world's leading private weather enterprise is based in State College and reaches more than 1.5 billion people daily.

Miscellaneous

Timothy Davis, Tammy Wills, Steve Lucas, Amy Stever and Tammy Emigh have been named to the Community Advisory Council at the W.R. Grace plant in Tyrone.

Christian Treon of Greenfield Township has been elected corresponding secretary by the Blair County Republican Committee.

At 18, Treon is the youngest corresponding secretary in committee history.

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