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The U.S. Small Business Administration announced the selection of John Fleming as Director of SBA’s Delaware District Office. In this position, he manages delivery of SBA programs and services to small businesses throughout the state of Delaware.
“In the District Director role, John Fleming enriches SBA’s outreach in Delaware,” said Natalia Olson-Urtecho, SBA Region 3 Administrator. “John is a Delaware Valley native with a deep understanding of the community that he serves. His expertise in SBA’s program operations, as well as his community ties, allow him to create a dynamic and meaningful connection between our region’s small business people and SBA resources,” Olson-Urtecho said.
“It has been a pleasure contributing, through my role at SBA, to Delaware’s economy by working to grow its small business community,” said Fleming. “I look forward to continuing my work with SBA’s lenders and resource partners, as well as Delaware’s elected officials and small business community, to foster a strong support structure for small business here in Delaware.”
Fleming has received numerous awards during his time at the SBA.
Since 2012, Fleming has been SBA’s Deputy District Director in Delaware. From 1992 through 2012, Fleming worked in SBA’s Philadelphia District, most recently as Lead Economic Development Specialist.
Prior to joining SBA, Fleming served as a non-commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps.
Fleming is a graduate of Widener University, where he served as University College senior class president.
Brangman named UD VP
Alan Brangman has been named vice president for facilities, real estate and auxiliary services at the University of Delaware, Scott Douglass, UD executive vice president, announced.
Brangman, former UD architect and campus planner, who most recently served as associate vice president of facilities, real estate and architect at Howard University in Washington, D.C., will succeed David Singleton, who is retiring.
“The university is pleased to announce the return of Alan to our campus,” Douglass said. “He is familiar with the many projects underway at UD, and brings leadership, vision and vast experience in planning and executing complex projects.”
As vice president, Brangman will be responsible for campus design, construction and maintenance and, working with senior leadership, the strategic development of the Science, Technology and Research (STAR) Campus.
He also will lead enterprises including the UD Barnes and Noble Bookstore, Dining Services, Hotel and Conference Services, Parking and Transportation, Real Estate and Printing.
He will oversee a staff of about 600 employees who provide services on six campuses that include 440 buildings and 7.5 million square feet of space on more than 2,000 acres.
Brangman joined Howard University in April 2012, where he restructured and realigned a number of departments, provided design and planning oversight for an interdisciplinary research building, and implemented a transportation demand management plan.
He served at UD as architect and campus planner from October 2010 until March 2012, overseeing several projects including a master plan study for the Science, Technology and Research (STAR) Campus, design and planning for two new residence halls and a new central campus dining hall and major renovation of the Carpenter Sports Building.
Brangman previously served as university architect for Georgetown University, and as director of design arts for the National Endowment for the Arts, both located in Washington, D.C.
Nemours names Delaware Valley EVP
Nemours, announced new leadership for its operations in the Delaware Valley. Dr. Roy Proujansky, Executive Vice President of Health Operations. He will now also serve as Chief Executive of Delaware Valley Operations.
In this dual role, as Chief Executive of Delaware Valley Operations, Proujansky will have direct responsibility for all clinical operations at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children and Nemours duPont Pediatrics. In addition, as Executive Vice President, Proujansky will continue overseeing Nemours’ enterprise-wide research, education, quality and safety, patient care, service excellence, and prevention efforts. Proujansky is based in Wilmington and reports directly to Nemours President and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. David J. Bailey.
“Outcomes and service are the two most important things Nemours delivers to children and families,” said Bailey. “These are the cornerstone of our mission and commitment to doing whatever it takes to help children grow up healthy. Nemours must not only have the best clinical and research talent possible, but a management structure that reflects the needs of our organization in an ever-changing health care industry. I am grateful for the leadership that Roy provides for Nemours, and am confident he is the right leader to ensure our continued growth and success.”
Proujansky joined Nemours in 1989 as Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children. In 1999, he was named Chief Executive of the Practice, and from 2000-2006 he also served as the Robert L. Brent Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics and Associate Dean of Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. In 2006 he was appointed Executive Vice President for Patient Operations and Chief Operating Officer of Nemours, with oversight for all patient care and service, research, prevention, and education activities in the organization.
“For more than two decades, I’ve been privileged to work with so many talented and compassionate Nemours Associates,” said Proujansky. “I continue to be inspired daily by the children and families we serve and look forward to finding new ways to integrate Nemours’ clinical, prevention and research efforts to help children throughout the Delaware Valley grow up healthy.” The changes aim to simplify Nemours’ organizational structure with a focus on creating a more integrated approach to delivering care in the Delaware Valley and realizing the Nemours ‘True North’ commitment to help families receive exactly the care they need and want, how and when they need and want it, according to a release.
Patel named Fulton marketing chief
Avi Patel has been named executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Fulton Financial Corp., Lancaster, Pa. In this position, he will oversee the marketing department and is responsible for the brand management and marketing strategies of the corporation and all related affiliates.
Patel comes to Fulton Financial Corporation from First Niagara Bank in Buffalo, NY, where he most recently served as Chief Marketing Officer. Prior to that, Avi worked for Wilmington Trust. He. was responsible for product development and strategy. He has experience in developing marketing plans for retail, commercial, wealth management and insurance lines of businesses and implementing these strategies through traditional and interactive marketing mediums.
Ogunnaike named engineer dean
Babatunde A. Ogunnaike, William L. Friend Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been named dean of engineering.
The new dean said the challenge is to revitalize the engineering education enterprise so that it prepares students effectively for the changing workforce of tomorrow. This initiative, he said, will enable college leadership and faculty to leverage cross-disciplinary course opportunities, innovative technology for course delivery programs, such as the University’s Horn Program in Entrepreneurship.
Ogunnaike served the college as interim dean from 2011-13 and, during that time, worked to develop partnerships with other academic institutions and to strengthen community partnerships with such organizations as Bloom Energy, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, DuPont and JPMorgan Chase. Ogunnaike joined the UD faculty in 2002 as a professor with appointments in the Department of Chemical Engineering (now the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering) and the Delaware Biotechnology Institute’s Center for Systems Biology, after a 13-year research career with DuPont.
The College of Engineering, with an enrollment of more than 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students, is home to six academic departments. In 2012, the faculty, numbering 133, included 32 named professors, four National Academy of Engineering members, 35 NSF Career Award-winners and 11 UD teaching award recipients.
Gale joins Long & Foster
Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc., welcomed Tonya Gale to its Lewes office. Gale said she originally fell in love with the beaches of Delaware as a child visiting with her family. After working in Rehoboth each summer, she made Rehoboth Beach her permanent home in 1993.
She founded and was the chief executive officer of The Best Places In Town magazine, Delaware’s premier vacation guide, and later went into real estate. Gale says she enjoys the process of redesigning classic Delaware beach homes and reinventing their potential as rental properties. She specializes in both home buyer and seller transactions.
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