Business people: Sept. 17-23, 2014

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Morton to head Parent Information Center

Keith Morton has been named Executive Director of the Parent Information Center of Delaware.  The Parent Information Center (PIC) is a non-profit organization with a mission to advance effective parent engagement in education.

“We are thrilled that Mr. Morton has accepted this very important role,” Verna Wilkins Hensley, president of the board, said.  “For more than 30 years, PIC has helped parents become their children’s best lifelong advocate through one-to-one consultation and workshops.  We expect Mr. Morton to build on this foundation so the organization can support even more families statewide.”

Prior to this position,  Morton has worked in private business,  integrating technology with effective service delivery.  His work included serving as the operations manager of the City of Atlanta Empowerment Zone and a consultant on a health project for children with special needs.  He is a member of Red Clay Consolidated School District Diversity Committee.

A graduate of Delaware schools, Mr. Morton received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a Masters in Business Administration from Columbia University.

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Marie-Anne Aghazadian, who served as the Executive Director of the Parent Information Center of Delaware for more than 25 years, is retiring from her position, but will continue to work at PIC in a part-time role to facilitate the center’s leadership transition and to serve on committees and task forces on behalf of Parent Information Center.

“I am honored to join the Parent Information Center,”   Morton said.  “As the parent of a child with special needs, I am very familiar with the challenges – medically, educationally, socially and emotionally – that families face.  It is not just convenient to have an organization dedicated to improving parent engagement in Delaware, it is essential to have an organization like PIC to support parents of children with disabilities who want to see their children fulfill their potential to succeed.”

Smith joins law firm 

Jennifer D. Smith has joined Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin as an associate in the Wilmington office. She focuses her practice in the area of toxic tort and product liability litigation, as well as general negligence litigation.

Smith is a graduate of the University of Delaware and Widener University School of Law. She is a member of numerous legal associations including the American and Delaware State Bar Associations; the Defense Counsel of Delaware; the Delaware Claims Association; and the Richard S. Rodney and Randy J. Holland Inns of Court.

2 added at Becker Morgan

Becker Morgan Group announced the following staff additions:

Emily E. McMullen joins the Salisbury, Md. office as an Architectural Designer. She graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture from Marywood University. Her project experience with Becker Morgan Group includes Lewes Public Library in Lewes, DE; Ocean City Beach Patrol Headquarters in Ocean City, Md.; Snow Hill High School in Snow Hill, Md.; and The Nanticoke Health Services Mears Medical Office Building in Seaford.

Ryan J. Musacchio joins the Dover  office as a Civil Designer. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Delaware. His project experience with Becker Morgan Group includes the Boys and Girls Club in Dover ; Bayhealth Skull Mansion Parking Lot in Dover; New Laurel Elementary School in Laurel; The Preserve at Cedar Pines in Bethany Beach; and Delaware State Police Troop 7 in Lewes.

Neurosurgeon joins Bayhealth

Bayhealth announced  that neurosurgeon Dunbar Alcindor, MD, joined  Bayhealth Neurosurgery of Dover.

Dr. Alcindor joins Dr. James Mills in providing neurosurgical and neurological care to residents of Central and Southern Delaware.

He recently completed a neurosurgical residency and fellowship in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

“Having Dr. Alcindor will increase our capability to treat a greater number of neurosurgery patients. We will be expanding to Sussex County (Lewes area) where there is currently a lack of neurosurgery presence,” said Brad Kirkes, vice president of ancillary and clinical services.

Dr. Alcindor attended medical school at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He has been published in several peer-reviewed journals. His research has focused on a wide variety of topics including deep brain stimulation for movement disorders and neuro-oncology.

Lee named AVP at Nanticoke

Nanticoke Health Services promoted  Lori Lee, RN, BSN, to the position of Assistant Vice President of Nursing. As Assistant Vice President, Lee is accountable for the practice of nursing across all clinical settings, is responsible for setting standards of clinical practice for the hospital and establishing a mechanism to ensure that care is provided in accordance with standards of quality, licensing and accreditation.

Lee is a graduate of Virginia’s Tidewater Community College and of Delaware’s Wilmington College and has over 20 years of nursing experience. She started at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital as an ICU nurse in 1997.

Tipton promotions

Tipton Communications, Newark, announced the following promotions:

Jessica Bryant has been promoted to senior communications specialist. Moira Owens has been promoted to Senior Magnet Writing Manager.

In addition to managing manufacturing and technology accounts, Bryant handles human resource communications for hospitals and health systems across the region. In her new position, she will lead teams in developing marketing materials and executing internal and external communications strategies.

“Jessica has always excelled in meeting tight deadlines and spearheading projects, while taking the time to understand her clients’ businesses,” said Dan Tipton, president and CEO. “She will continue to deliver a combination of innovative ideas and high-quality products to our existing clients while further empowering us to expand our business.”

Before joining the agency in 2010, Bryan coordinated community relations, maintained online content, and planned events and campaigns for Louviers Federal Credit Union.

As part of  her  position, Owens will continue to manage more than a dozen writers and editors across the country in showcasing the successful nursing practices of world-class hospitals.

In the past year alone, Owens has helped to guide 14 hospitals to achieving Magnet  certification from the American Nursing Credentialing Center. Since 2011, she has reviewed, edited and written thousands of Magnet documents, as well as other hospital certification documents.

“Each of our hospitals has submitted their documents on time, and Moira goes above and beyond each day to make sure that happens,” said Dan Tipton, president of Tipton Communications. “Not only does Moira lessen our clients’ stress, she helps to increase their overall engagement in the certification process.”

Prior to joining  Tipton, Moira spent 15 years at the MBNA Corporation (now part of Bank of America) and six years in the nonprofit sector — writing content and overseeing production for magazines, newsletters, brochures, websites, press releases, presentations, speeches, social media and fund-raising solicitations.

She is a graduate of the University of Delaware and a past chair of the Western Family YMCA Board of Governors.

Shore adds training manager

Shore Bancshares, Inc.  announced that Dana Hall has joined the Shore Bancshares team as the Training and Development Manager.

Dana will be responsible for developing, coordinating, implementing, conducting and/or evaluating training programs that support organization objectives and are aligned with the Company’s and subsidiaries’ strategic goals.

Hall brings to Shore Bancshares more than 27 years of training experience where she held a variety of positions as Vice President of Education and Director of Conferences for the Maryland Bankers Association; Associate Director, Education for the Center for Financial Training; Training Officer for Eagle Bank, and Training and Recruiting Officer for Industrial Bank.

In 2006,   Hall was selected by the American Bankers Association to represent all banks in a joint presentation on Money Management: Budgeting and Decision Making along with the Treasurer of the United States and the Secretary of the Treasury at the US Treasury Building in Washington, DC.

Marketing specialist for convention bureau

The Greater Wilmington Convention and Visitors Bureau named Gaby Indelli  Marketing & Social Media Specialist.  Indellini, born and raised in north Wilmington, is a 2005 graduate of DeSales University, where she studied Communications and TV/Film. Upon graduation, she  worked in  Los Angeles  casting reality shows.

After moving to Delaware, she  worked in digital marketing throughout the Wilmington area, specializing in small business marketing and social media.

Matthews gains Delaware realty license

Jason R Matthews,  a Sales Associate in the West Chester Office of Berkshire Hathaway Fox & Roach, Realtors, has earned his Delaware State Salesperson’s License. Matthews is also licensed in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and has been an associate with BHHS since January 2014.

Previously, Matthews was a real estate broker with Playa Grande Investments in the Dominican Republic for over a decade, prior to his return to West Chester, where he lived for 20 years before his move to the Caribbean.

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