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Office Practicum, a Horsham provider of electronic medical records and practice-management systems, has hired Ellen Purdy as chief financial officer. She held the same post at Markel Corp.

The executive committee of Spector Gadon & Rosen P.C., Philadelphia, has named Nancy Abrams a member of the firm, from associate. Abrams concentrates her legal practice in the areas of labor and employment law.

Kym Johnson has been hired as chief human resources officer at Houghton International Inc., a Valley Forge global developer and provider of specialty chemicals, oils, and lubricants for the steel, metalworking, automotive, aerospace, bearing, offshore, and aluminum industries since 1865. She had been vice president, human resources chief, human resources officer at FMC Corp.

Greenphire, a King of Prussia provider of payment technologies for the clinical-trials industry, has hired Sue Vestri as chief financial officer. She had been CFO and vice president of operations at Artisan Mobile.

JLT Re (North America), Philadelphia, part of JLT Re, a global provider of reinsurance broking and consultancy, has appointed Tom Phelan as senior vice president in North America. He had been senior vice president at Willis Re.

Nancy Broudo has been named senior vice president of Small Business Administration franchise lending at Firstrust Bank. She had been a vice president at the Bancorp, where she managed franchise lending for its government guaranteed lending division.

Fisher & Phillips L.L.P., a labor and employment law firm, has hired May Mon Post as of counsel in the firm's Philadelphia office. She had been an associate with Deasey, Mahoney & Valentini Ltd.

Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld L.L.C., Conshohocken, has hired attorneys James Ettelson as senior counsel and Matthew Brinker as associate. Ettelson was a principal in the Philadelphia office of Offit Kurman; Brinker was an associate in the corporate and securities group of Drinker Biddle & Reath L.L.P.

Sarah Bouboulis

has joined the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary as a science planning specialist. She had been a biological science technician for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. Allison Ostertag has been named a habitat project specialist. She had been stormwater-education instructor at East Falls Development Corp. Andreé Tyagi, former office administrator at Rodney Robinson Landscape Architects Inc., has been hired as office manager.

Tompkins VIST Bank, Wyomissing, has hired Joseph Bergquist as vice president, commercial-banking relationship manager. He had been vice president at Victory Bank.

BioClinica Inc., a specialty clinical-trials services and technology provider in Newtown, has hired two executives in its eClinical leadership team: Andrew Masters, senior vice president of global product development and technology; and Angelo Stortini, senior vice president, business operations. Masters had been vice president of global strategic innovation at PPD and Stortini senior vice president at roundCorner.

Buchanan Public Relations L.L.C., Philadelphia, has hired Laura Bulman as account coordinator. - Mike Zebe