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Mercy Health System has named Catherine Weaver senior vice president, mission integration. She had been vice president for mission and human resources at Saint Francis Healthcare in Wilmington. Also, Abhiman B. Cheeyandira has joined Nazareth Hospital's bariatric team. He had been a general and bariatric surgeon for Mercy Surgical Associates and Mercy Bariatrics at Nazareth Hospital.

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Mercy Health System has named Catherine Weaver senior vice president, mission integration. She had been vice president for mission and human resources at Saint Francis Healthcare in Wilmington. Also, Abhiman B. Cheeyandira has joined Nazareth Hospital's bariatric team. He had been a general and bariatric surgeon for Mercy Surgical Associates and Mercy Bariatrics at Nazareth Hospital.

Aqua America Inc., Bryn Mawr, has promoted John Hildabrant to president of its Aqua New Jersey subsidiary. He had been operations manager.

James McCabe has been hired as senior vice president and chief financial officer at Triumph Group, a Berwyn-based aircraft-parts maker and service conglomerate. He had been senior vice president and CFO, and president, shared services, at Steel Partners Holdings. Prior to joining Steel Partners, McCabe served as vice president, finance, and treasurer of American Water's Northeast region and president and CFO of Teleflex Aerospace.

Christine Woods has been named vice president of public relations/government affairs at TruMark Financial Credit Union, Fort Washington. She had been CEO of Keystone Federal Credit Union.

Landmark Hospitality has promoted Nicholas Paller to executive chef from executive sous chef of Hotel Du Village, a New Hope wedding venue. He had been a chef with Marriott Hotels International, served as the banquet chef at Landmark Hospitality's Liberty House, executive chef of Landmark Hospitality's Celebrate at Snug Harbor, and as executive chef for BMW of North America.

Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, has hired Patricia C. Phillips as chief academic officer/academic dean. She had been dean of graduate studies at the Rhode Island School of Design.

The generic pharmaceutical firm Lannett Co. Inc., Philadelphia, has promoted Kristie Stephens to vice president of regulatory affairs and chief compliance officer from director of regulatory affairs. John Kozlowski has been promoted to vice president, financial operations and corporate controller, from corporate controller.

Ryan Winchester has been hired as an investment sales and leasing specialist at MSC Retail. He had been director of investment sales at Epic CR (formerly Itzhaki Properties).

Patricia C. Pisauro has been appointed vice president of marketing and communications at NHS, a Lafayette Hill nonprofit provider of community-based human and special-education services. She had been director of marketing and operations at Minding Your Mind Foundation.

Janney Montgomery Scott L.L.C., Philadelphia, has hired four new fixed-income sales professionals, Matthew Lusardi, Susan Marron, Jake Olivieri, and Jamie Showers. Lusardi had been in fixed-income sales at Uhlmann Price, Marron in municipal sales at Cantor Fitzgerald, Olivieri a private bank trader at Bank Hapoalim, and Showers in securitized asset sales at Stifel Financial.

Helene Pierson has been named executive director of the Seaman's Church Institute of Philadelphia and South Jersey. She had been director of community development/CFO for Stand Up for Salem.

Karolynn T. Echols has been named codirector of female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery and associate professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health. She had been a physician and an associate professor at Cooper University Hospital Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

LCR Embedded Systems, a Norristown designer, developer, and manufacturer of chassis, backplanes, and fully integrated systems for aerospace and defense, commercial, rail, and industrial markets, has hired David Pearson as president. He will report to former president and company founder Nissen Isakov, who has assumed the role of CEO. Pearson had been general manager at Datacon Corp.

Devine + Partners, a communications firm based in Center City, has hired Michael Henderson as an account coordinator. Henderson previously interned at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts.

Brian Zuckerman has been named chief of staff and in-house legal counsel at Salus University, Elkins Park. He had been senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary for Pep Boys in Philadelphia.

Philabundance, a Philadelphia nonprofit providing food to those in need, has named Caryn Rubinstein chief development officer/senior vice president of philanthropy. She had been director of development since January 2014.

Ametek Inc., the Berwyn manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices, has promoted Eleanor Lukens to vice president and general manager of the measurement and power systems division within AMETEK Aerospace & Defense. She joined Ametek in 1999 with the acquisition of Drexelbrook Engineering, where she held increasingly responsible positions, including director of engineering and director of operations, since 1986. She had been vice president and business unit manager of Hughes-Treitler within AMETEK Aerospace & Defense.

Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co., a Philadelphia group insurance carrier, has promoted Michael Wilbert to senior vice president, sales, from vice president, group sales and marketing.

Holliday Fenoglio Fowler L.P., a Philadelphia provider of commercial real estate and capital markets services to the U.S. commercial real estate industry, has hired Doug Rodio as a senior managing director. He had been managing director and cohead of the Philadelphia Capital Markets Group at Jones Lang LaSalle.

Bill Myers has been promoted to CEO of Montgomery County Emergency Service in West Norriton. He had been chief operating officer of the private behavioral health hospital.

Bryn Mawr Bank Corp., the parent of Bryn Mawr Trust Co., has hired Denise Rinear as chief risk officer and executive vice president of BMT's risk management division. She had been chief compliance officer at the J.G. Wentworth Co.

Communications specialist Tory Harris has been named public information manager at the public broadcaster WHYY, Philadelphia. She had been media relations director for the Please Touch Museum.

Chamberlain Hrdlicka, Philadelphia, has named trial lawyers Veronica Saltz Turner as a shareholder and Wendy Lappin Barragree as senior counsel.

The water utility Aqua America Inc. has hired Michael Molnar as director, IT project management. He had been director, IT project management, at MedRisk.

Adam Gillespie has joined Avison Young in Philadelphia as a principal to head its investment sales practice. He had been senior vice president of investment sales at SSH Real Estate in Philadelphia.

WithumSmith+Brown, a Princeton public accounting and advisory firm, has promoted Carleen J. Gaskin, Sheri Wronko, and Michael D. Yarrow to the position of partner. The three had been senior managers. - Mike Zebe