Walters named Duffield manager
Duffield Associates, Inc. /CABE announced that Dwight Walters, P.E. has joined Duffield Associates as a Senior Project Manager in our Civil and Municipal Engineering Practices. Walters is a University of Delaware Alumnus.
He has 26 years of experience in the A/E/C industry, where he served in various roles ranging from Project Manager, to Regional Office Manager to Vice-President and Operations Manager of Site & Environmental Disciplines.
He is a registered professional engineer in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He has leadership, operations, management and technical experience in engineering consulting while experiencing successful regional growth.
His technical experience includes management of multi-disciplined engineering projects, including capital improvements for private and public sector clients. He has also served as Town Engineer for several municipalities in Delaware and Maryland.
Walters plays an integral role in the recent merger between Duffield Associates and CABE Associates and is further developing the company’s growth in the central and southern Delaware, and Maryland.
His experience and industry knowledge in municipal and civil-site engineering makes him a key addition to the Duffield team.
Confalone elected chemical society chair
Pat N. Confalone, Ph.D., a consultant and retired vice president of DuPont, has been elected 2015 chair of the board of directors of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world’s largest scientific society. He also was re-elected to a three-year term on the board, representing District III, which covers the mid-Atlantic region from New Jersey to Virginia.
Confalone’s priorities include STEM education, entrepreneurship, sustainability of government research funding and employment challenges.
An ACS member since 1970, Confalone chaired the Committee on Budget & Finance. He is also a member of the governing board for the ACS Green Chemistry Institute, the Board of Overseers of the Chemical Heritage Foundation, and is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
He has served on three ACS presidential commissions concerning jobs and innovation, advancing graduate education in the chemical sciences and entrepreneurship in the chemical enterprise.
Confalone received a B.S. degree in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard.
Two join Becker Morgan
Becker Morgan added two new employees. Joseph A. DeGrace joins the Dover office as a Designer.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture from New York Institute of Technology and earned an Associates in Architectural Engineering from Delaware Technical Community College. His project experience with Becker Morgan Group includes the Delaware Public Archives Exhibit Hall, Kent County Boys and Girls Club, Dover Christian Church, the new Kent County Recreation Center, and the Blood Bank of Delmarva.
David Botscheller joins the Salisbury, office as a Designer. He graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture from Marywood University. His project experience with Becker Morgan Group includes John Dickinson High School in Wilmington; Nanticoke Memorial Hospital Mears Medical Office Building in Seaford, DE; the new Laurel Elementary School; Tri-County Council Phase III in Salisbury, MD; Talbot County 911 Center; and various custom residences in Delaware and Maryland.
Astolfi named Citizens market exec
Citizens Bank announced that Dan Astolfi has been named Middle Market Regional Executive in Commercial Banking for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Metro New York City.
Astolfi joined Citizens in 2005 from Wachovia Bank. Among his community activities, he is a board member of the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia, the Mural Arts Program and Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools (BLOCS).Astolfi is a graduate of Widener University and earned his MBA from Drexel University.
Small Business Chamber officers
The Delaware Small Business Chamber (DSBC) has announced the new slate of officers and members of the board for 2015-2016.
Bob Older, founder of the Delaware Small Business Chamber, was re-elected as Chairman. Older is also the owner of Creative Travel, Inc.
Ed Kessler, owner of The Perfect Wedding Guide, was elected as Vice-Chair
Kenna Ulbinsky-Yakal, with Aflac, was elected as Treasurer
Neil Stalter of Diamond State Financial Group was elected Secretary
Rounding out the rest of the elected board was Denise Allen (Keller Williams Team Allen); Deidre Garoutte (Kona Ice Elkton/Newark); Geneva Fonda (Geneva Fonda Photography); Cathy Turner (WSFS); Amy Eschenbrenner (Blue Hen Bed & Breakfast); and Paul Rada (Clarion Hotel – The Belle). Each member of the board serves a scattered three-year term.
Honors and new employees for Diamond State Financial Group
Diamond State Financial Group employees have received honors.
Hardik Shah, CFP , ChFC, of Bear, has earned membership into the Chairman’s Club of Securian which honors an elite group of Advisors who are extraordinarily successful in winning and keeping clients.
Chairman’s Club members at Securian are counted as the highest ranking financial security providers in the nation. Shah is a Financial Advisor and Senior Partner at Diamond State Financial Group and graduated from Fox School of Business, Temple University with a Master of Business Administration in Finance.
Joshua Shaver, CFP, Wilmington, was named Securian’s 2014 Diamond Field Director. This award recognizes the top Field Director in the Securian Financial Network based on the accomplishment of specific performance standards and production.
Shaver is a Financial Advisor and Field Director at Diamond State Financial Group and graduated Magna Cum Laude while receiving his Bachelor’s Degree in Finance from the University of Delaware.
Mac Bree and Greg Carroll, Wilmington, DE, have joined Diamond State Financial Group, Newark, ] a financial services firm affiliated with the Securian Financial Network. Bree graduated from The University of Delaware’s Lerner College of Business with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics. Carroll graduated from Loyola College with a degree in education. Both Bree and Carroll are Registered Representatives and Investment Advisor Representative of Securian Financial Services, Inc., securities dealer, member FINRA/SIPC.
Lee named executive chef
Beebe Healthcare has named Chef Frederick Lee, the new executive chef at the Medical Center in Lewes.
Lee has been in the Food Service industry for more than 30 years. He was formally trained at the California Culinary Academy.
His career in health care began in the late 1990s on the University of California – San Diego campus at Thornton Hospital. While at Holy Redeemer Medical Center located in Meadowbrook, PA, he competed with fellow healthcare chefs to develop an entrée with sides that would meet stringent health criteria.
His recipes were selected by the judges, and he was awarded a trip to Mexico and Brussels as an international guest chef.
Since then, Lee has worked for other health care organizations and large-scale food service companies. At Beebe Healthcare, he hopes to serve as a hands-on educator for Nutritional Services, as well as improving all aspects of food service, from patient care, team member meals and catering events
He will also work to create heart healthy options following the Dr. Dean Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease guidelines. Beebe Healthcare is proud to be bringing the Dr. Dean Ornish Program to Sussex County this year.
