Allied Services
Janice Worobey-Ives, Pharm.D., has completed certification in Anticoagulation Therapy Management from the University of Southern Indiana. In this program Dr. Worobey-Ives studied systematic, coordinated patient care management by prepared anticoagulation therapy providers, who specialize in the physiology and pathophysiology of thromboembolic disorders, patient assessment and management, pharmacology of antithrombotic agents, patient education and program administrative procedures. Dr. Worobey-Ives resides in South Abington Twp.
Citizens Savings Bank
Joseph F. McDonald joined the bank in the position of vice president/treasurer and strategic planning. Mr. McDonald has more than 25 years of financial management and controller experience within the financial services industry. Mr. McDonald is a graduate of Scranton Prep and earned his Bachelor of Science in Finance from Lehigh University and an MBA in Accounting from Temple University. Mr. McDonald resides in Bethlehem with his wife, they have three adult children.
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
James C. Wade, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P., was appointed as vice chairman of oncology and director of the Frank M. and Dorothea Henry Cancer Center at the medical center. His oncology practice at Geisinger will focus on genitourinary malignancy, hematological malignancy and blood and marrow transplantation. Dr. Wade is a 1974 graduate of the University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City. He completed an internship and residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital; a medical oncology fellowship at the National Institutes of Health; and a fellowship in infectious disease at the University of Washington's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Dr. Wade holds a master's degree in public health from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Hygiene. In December, he will be awarded a master's degree in business administration from Marquette University, Milwaukee. Dr. Wade was a Robert Wood Johnson/Institute of Medicine health policy fellow and health policy adviser for the U.S. Senate Labor Committee from 1994 to 1996. Dr. Wade is board certified in medical oncology, infectious diseases and internal medicine. He is a diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners, fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America and the American College of Physicians and a member of the American Society of Microbiology, American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Hematology and American Federation of Clinical Research.
Genesis HealthCare
Michael Wylie, vice president of development, and a past chairman of the board at the Pennsylvania Health Care Association, has been elected by his peers to the board of governors of the American Health Care Association. Mr. Wylie, who lives in Clarks Green with his wife, Denise, and daughter, Sara, will serve a two-year term. Mr. Wylie began his career in long-term care as an activities aide at a skilled nursing facility, then became an assistant nursing home administrator, administrator, regional director and regional vice president at Genesis HealthCare.
King's College
Elizabeth Rafter has been named learning disabilities coordinator. As a member of the college's Academic Skills Center, she is primarily responsible for working with students in the First Year Academic Studies program. A native of Southern New Jersey, Ms. Rafter graduated from King's in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in history and secondary education. She earned a master's degree in higher education counseling and student affairs from West Chester University of Pennsylvania.
Lehigh Valley Financial Group
John McKenna has joined as a financial services professional. Mr. McKenna will be responsible for life and disability insurance programs, education planning, estate planning, retirement planning, business insurance and executive and employee fringe benefits. Mr. McKenna is a graduate of King's College with a degree in business administration. He has 39 years experience in financial services in banking and is a graduate from several banking schools relating to commercial and education lending.
Misericordia University
Jeffrey Passetti of Nanticoke has been named assistant director of campus ministry. In his position, he will serve as liturgical coordinator and will oversee campus ministry initiatives including retreat programs, spiritual programs, liturgical events on campus and the Rite of Christian Initiation. He will also coordinate campus ministry programs in service and travel to Guyana and Jamaica. Mr. Passetti served as a crisis counselor and program director of the BridgeView residential center of the Children Service Center in Wilkes-Barre and holds a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Scranton. He spent four years at St. Pius Seminary in Dalton, worked for the Diocesan Missions Office of the Diocese of Scranton, and spent a year of service with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, sponsored by AmeriCorps, in a poverty-stricken area of Houston, Texas. Mr. Passetti also served as a lieutenant in the National Guard/Pennsylvania Army Reserve, where he was assigned to the 109th Field Artillery, attended Officer Candidate School, and was assigned to the 55th Heavy Brigade at the Fort Indiantown Gap combat training center.
United Neighborhood Centers
Michael J. Hanley, M.P.A., executive director of United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania and Monsignor Joseph P. Kelly, M.S.W., V.E., executive director of Catholic Social Services and St. Francis of Assisi Kitchen will be recognized by the Ethics Institute of Northeastern Pennsylvania with the 2012 Sister Siena Finley, R.S.M., Ethics Award. Mr. Hanley began his career at UNC in 1988 and has served as executive director since 1995. Monsignor Kelly has been a priest in the Diocese of Scranton for 46 years. He currently serves as the diocesan secretary for Catholic human services, and as executive director of Catholic Social Services, St. Francis of Assisi Kitchen and Camp St. Andrew in Tunkhannock, and as the Episcopal Vicar for Hispanic Ministry.
Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center
Kristin Driesbaugh, Scranton, has joined NEPIRC's team as the emerging manufacturer adviser. Ms. Driesbaugh is responsible for building relationships and presenting NEPIRC services to regional manufacturers to foster their growth and innovation, maintain and create jobs, and save them time and money. She will cover 11 counties throughout Northern and Northeast Pennsylvania and serve the manufacturing community through individual consultations, small-group presentations and regional special events. Ms. Driesbaugh was formerly an economic development specialist with the Scranton Plan. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from the University of Pittsburgh.
Wilkes University
Linda Winkler, dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, was honored for a decade of work in support of the Nyakahanga Hospital in Karagwe, Tanzania. Ms. Winkler was presented with a special certificate of appreciation from the hospital at a jubilee ceremony honoring the hospital and its partners. Ms. Winkler began visiting Karagwe in 2002 and since has taken 140 students to Tanzania, as well as 19 faculty members and donors. They have contributed more than $120,000 to the hospital and affiliated programs.
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