People in the News

Pennsylvania Trust, a Radnor financial-management company, hired Bayard R. Fiechter as senior vice president. He had been senior vice president and senior investment adviser at Hawthorn, a member of the PNC Financial Services Group.

Eve J. Higginbotham has been named the first vice dean for diversity and inclusion at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, effective Aug. 1. Higginbotham had been visiting scholar for health equity at the Association of American Medical Colleges and senior vice president and executive dean for health sciences at Howard University.

Tiffany Bradley has been hired as director of philanthropy at the John Jay Institute, an educational and professional civic leadership organization based in Philadelphia. She had been director of philanthropy at the Clare Booth Luce Policy Institute.

Entertainment Cruises said Colleen Guilfoil has been promoted to director of sales and marketing for the Spirit of Philadelphia and Freedom Elite private charter yacht. She had been national university development manager in Boston.

Karen Muldoon Geus has been appointed assistant vice president for marketing and communication at La Salle University. She had been director of communications for Peco Energy Co.

University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, hired Michael Schwartzman as director of marketing and communications. He had been a marketing strategy consultant at Bank of America in Hopewell.

SkelRegen L.L.C., a West Chester company working on small-molecule musculoskeletal-tissue regeneration, named John M. Wozney director of scientific affairs and co-owner. He had been an assistant vice president at Pfizer.

Checkpoint Systems Inc., Thorofare, which develops supply-chain control systems to stop theft, hired Jeff Richard as executive vice president and chief financial officer. He had been executive vice president and chief financial officer at Safety-Kleen Systems Inc.

PeopleLinx, a Center City developer of tools to help businesses use social-media technologies more effectively, hired Michael Idinopulos as chief marketing officer. He had been global director of knowledge technology for McKinsey & Co.

Comcast Business, a Trevose unit of Comcast Cable, named Kevin Conmy vice president for the company's Freedom Region. He had been director of business partner sales at Comcast's corporate headquarters.

Leandra Acetti has been hired as commercial lender at Fulton Bank of New Jersey, Mount Laurel. He had been a relationship manager at TD Bank.

Centris Marketing Science, a Horsham provider of specialized marketing analytics, hired of Denise Bogan as its senior director of business development. She had been business development and creative director at Clear Channel Communications.

- Mike Zebe