IN BRIEF
SEVEN FIELDS — First National Bank of Pennsylvania has announced the promotion of Carol Shreffler, manager of its Seven Fields office, to assistant vice president.
Shreffler will manage branch operations and sales efforts, including the development of new business and customer service.
Shreffler, who lives in Seven Fields, is a graduate of Clarion University where she earned a degree in marketing. She is a member of the Pittsburgh North Regional and Butler County chambers of commerce.
Verizon Wireless has announced that Jarrett Dawson of Butler has been promoted to director of indirect sales. He is based in the Warrendale, PA Verizon Wireless office.Before his promotion, Dawson served in a variety of management roles, including district manager of national retail, and district manager of retail. He has been with Verizon Wireless for more than eight years.Dawson received his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, and is pursuing a master's degree in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University.
CRANBERRY TWP — The NPL Restaurant Group and Women's Choice Network will sponsor their third annual Fill That Truck holiday toy drive to aid families in the Pittsburgh area.This year they are encouraging gifts for babies 3 and younger.The North Park Lounge in Cranberry Township and McCandless are part of the restaurant group.Until Dec. 6 new unwrapped toys may be dropped off at any of the NPL Restaurants.The Women's Choice Network helps families in Wexford, Oakland, Monroeville and the North Side.The truck is being donated by Two Men in a Truck.According to Patty Bittle, marketing director for the NPL Restaurant Group, they helped more than 400 families last year and hope to reach more than 600 families this year.
VALENCIA — Kennihan Plumbing, Heating and Cooling donated $2,300 to the Susan G. Komen Pittsburgh affiliate for support of breast cancer awareness and research.The donation, which was made in October that was Breast Cancer Awareness Month, came from a portion of its sales in May,Kennihan gave pink bracelets to every customer in May. Employees wore pink shoe covers in customers' houses and they also placed pink ribbons in all of their trucks.
PITTSBURGH — Work force development leaders and officials from community colleges on Wednesday worked with the state Senate Democratic Policy Committee on ways to improve trained employees for energy, manufacturing and other industry sectors.The workshop aimed at problems employers continue to have in finding enough skilled workers for key positions.One of the people who spoke was Paul Harris, the human resources manager at Alcoa Cranberry, which is Traco.He said high school students too often lack the soft skills needed to be a good employee, such as coming to work on time, being able to take constructive feedback and knowing how to properly dress for the job.“We've got to find a way to cause our young people to think when they come to work,” Harris said.
CRANBERRY TWP — MSA, a safety product leader and the largest producer of industrial hard hats in North America, recently introduced what it is calling the world's first “green” protective hard hat.Unlike conventional hard hats manufactured from high-density polyethylene sourced from nonrenewable petrochemicals, MSA's V-Gard GREEN is manufactured using high-density polyethylene sourced from sugarcane ethanol.“By developing a hard hat sourced from sugar, we are effectively reducing the overall carbon footprint associated with the life-cycle of this product,” Eric Beck, global director of strategic marketing, said in a news release.MSA will make these hard hats in Murrysville, Westmoreland County.
KITTANNING — McCall Scanlon & Tice LLC, an accounting firm with offices in Pittsburgh and Kittanning, recently promoted Richard Kovachif Butler Township to partner.He has more than 20 years of experience in tax and accounting services. He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned a bachelor's in business administration.He is a member of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.The firm serves clients in Butler, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Clarion, Indiana and Westmoreland counties.
