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Duane Morris L.L.P., Philadelphia, has hired Timothy J. Levy as a partner in the corporate practice group. He joins the firm from Safeguard Scientifics Inc., where he served as vice president and corporate counsel. Levy's practice concentrates on emerging technology and health-care companies, venture-capital funds in equity and debt financings, as well as mergers and acquisitions. At Safeguard, he served as primary counsel for all capital deployments.

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Duane Morris L.L.P.

, Philadelphia, has hired

Timothy J. Levy

as a partner in the corporate practice group. He joins the firm from Safeguard Scientifics Inc., where he served as vice president and corporate counsel. Levy's practice concentrates on emerging technology and health-care companies, venture-capital funds in equity and debt financings, as well as mergers and acquisitions. At Safeguard, he served as primary counsel for all capital deployments.

DLA Piper says Joe Kernen will become chair of the firm's Philadelphia litigation group, stepping in for Carl Buchholz, who recently became the office managing partner of the Philadelphia office. Kernen joined the firm in 1992 as a trial lawyer.

Nancy Astor Fox has been named chief development officer of JEVS Human Services. Fox previously served as associate director of the Gerda and Kurt Klein Foundation and serves on the Abramson Cancer Center Director's Leadership Council at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Public Health Management Corp., a nonprofit public-health institute in Philadelphia, has promoted Lauren Nestler to chief communications officer, from managing director of communications; Rhonda Coleman to managing director, real estate and facilities, from director of real estate and facilities, and Sara Molina-Robinson to managing director, social services, from senior director of social services.

TD Bank has hired Mario Pizzichini as vice president, relationship manager, in commercial lending in its Philadelphia office. He had been a loan originator at GMAC/Green Tree Servicing in Fort Washington. John S. Rankin has been promoted to store manager, from assistant store manager of a branch in East Goshen.

Philadelphia law firm Goldberg Segalla has hired Madeline S. Baio as a partner and Jennifer M. Mannion as an associate. Baio was a partner at Nicolson Law Group. Mannion was an associate at that firm and is an adjunct professor of trial advocacy at Villanova Law School.

Blank Rome L.L.P. has hired Gary Ruckelshaus as a partner in the litigation department in its Princeton office. He formerly was a partner at Reed Smith L.L.P., actively representing pharmaceutical companies.

Anchor Health Properties, a Wilmington developer of medical facilities, has hired Jill Higgins as director of property management. She had been senior property manager at BPG Management Co. Ilya Hvostikov, a former real estate analyst with Gramercy Property Trust, has been hired as project coordinator. George Mote, former project executive and project director with Skanska USA Building Inc., has been hired as senior project manager.

Drexel University has hired David L. Unruh as senior vice president for institutional advancement, effective Nov. 1. He had been senior vice president with Grenzebach Glier and Associates.

Brownstein Group, an independent brand-communication agency in Philadelphia, has hired Meredith Waldman as director of brand strategy and promoted Shannon Reynolds to vice president, director of account management. Waldman had been group account director for Heineken USA, Mirrorball. Reynolds previously was director of account management.

Erin Auci has been hired as public-relations and social-media account supervisor; she was account director with DBC PR+New Media in Washington. Kathleen Tower has been hired as social-media coordinator; she was assistant account executive with Coyne Communications. Hired as senior account executives were Jenna Frimmel, former associate global-marketing manager at Belstaff, and Sarah Lanzone, a producer with Center City Film & Video.

Prime Image, Chalfont, has named Dave Whalen chief executive officer and a member of the board. He had been vice president and general manager at Intel.

Independence Blue Cross has hired Kimberly Kockler as vice president of government affairs. Kockler had been vice president of government affairs for Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania.

SSH Real Estate, Philadelphia, has hired Brian Kash as senior vice president to help lead the firm's suburban Philadelphia office. He had been a partner at Blackmore Realty Group.

Jefferson Health System has hired Anne Boland Docimo as chief medical officer. She had served as CMO for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Plan and as senior medical director for the Hospital Division of UPMC.

Amy Stumhofer has been promoted to manager in the integrated services department at Isdaner & Co. L.L.C., from supervisor.

Jean-Francois Jasmin has been named associate provost for research and graduate education at University of the Sciences. Jasmin joined USciences as a research assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences in 2013. He was formerly a professor in the Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University. Necie Steward has been promoted to assistant vice president of advancement operations, from director of advancement services.

Harleysville Savings Financial Corp., Harleysville, said Brendan J. McGill will assume the role of president and chief operating officer, while Ronald B. Geib will remain chief executive officer. The post of chief financial officer, formerly held by McGill, will be assumed by M. Shane Michalak, former vice president, controller and treasurer.

Citizens Commercial Banking, the commercial-banking division of Citizens Financial Group, has hired Eric Ritter as senior vice president and relationship manager in its in Plymouth Meeting office.

Kim Vincent has been hired as an account manager at New Day Underwriting Managers L.L.C., Hamilton. She had been a client service specialist at BCG Advisors.

- Mike Zebe