Genevro

Thomas Genevro was named vice president of human resources for Butler Health System.

Most recently, Genevro worked at St. Clair Hospital in Pittsburgh, where he served in a variety of positions during his 13-year tenure, including director of perioperative services, managing more than 200 employees in the operating, anesthesia, recovery room outpatient surgery and related departments.

Genevro started his career as a human relations generalist and employment specialist with St. Clair, and an employment coordinator with Medaphis in Pittsburgh.

He is certified by the Human Resources Certification Institute and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in labor and industrial relations from Penn State University, as well as a master's degree in business administration from Robert Morris College.

JEFFERSON TWP - Concordia Visiting Nurses and the Meadville Medical Cener formed a partnership.The partnership involves the center's Visiting Nurses Association of Crawford County and the Alliance Visiting Nurses, an organization owned and operated by Concordia VNA, the Wesbury United Methodist Retirement Community in Meadville and St. Paul Homes in Greenville.The new organization will be called the VNA Alliance.Keith Frndak, chairman of the board for both the Alliance Visiting Nurses and Concordia VNA, said in a news release the VNA Alliance "will enable us to provide continuity of care for our neighbors and surrounding communities."

HARRISBURG - The number of Pennsylvania homes entering the foreclosure process reached a four-year high last month.New figures out this week from RealtyTrac show foreclosure filings in Pennsylvania jumped nearly 18 percent from February to last month.All told, nearly 5,000 homes received at least one foreclosure filing last month, slightly above the previous high set in August. Of those, 1,275 were seized.Pennsylvania's foreclosure trend fell back in line with the nation's last month after spending much of the past year outpacing the increase in the national rate. The state's foreclosure rate remained about one-third of the national rate in the first three months of 2009, with one in every 464 homes receiving a foreclosure filing.

PHILADELPHIA - Four Pennsylvania airports will divide up $10.5 million in federal economic stimulus funds. Most of that goes for runway improvements.Gov. Ed Rendell and other officials attended as U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood signed a $5 million check Wednesday for Philadelphia International Airport.Elsewhere, Northeast Philadelphia Airport will get $1 million, Lancaster Airport $3.5 million and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport $1 million.Acting Philadelphia aviation director Mark Gale said Philadelphia International will use the money to help pay to pave its longest runway.Repaving the two-mile strip with blacktop is expected to create nearly 300 jobs.