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Sylvester joins Chesapeake Utilities as senior vice president
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation announced that Jeffrey Sylvester has joined the Company as Senior Vice President responsible for the Company’s natural gas transmission and regulated distribution businesses.
In his new role, Sylvester will be responsible for the Company’s regulated operations including the interstate natural gas transmission pipeline and distribution businesses on the Delmarva Peninsula; the intrastate natural gas pipeline and natural gas and electric distribution businesses in Florida; and the unregulated natural gas pipeline infrastructure operation in Ohio. The customer care operation that services customers on the Delmarva Peninsula and in Florida will also report to him.
Sylvester is a Board member for the Southern Gas Association. He earned both his Bachelor of Science in Financial Management and his MBA from Clemson University.
First State Orthopaedics physician to head Medical Society
Joseph J. Straight, MD, director of Primary Care Sports Medicine and Biologics with First State Orthopaedics, was elected the 176th President of the Medical Society of Delaware for 2020. Straight, a graduate of the University of Delaware and Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, is also the Head Team Physician at Goldey Beacom College and Wilmington University, as well as numerous high school teams. He also serves on the DIAA Sports Medicine Advisory Committee.
Energize Delaware names Purcell as grant manager
Energize Delaware announced the hiring of James Purcell to be the Grant Manager for the new Empowerment Grant Program. The Empowerment Grant is being financed with $4 million in merger settlement funds approved by the Delaware Public Service Commission’s Delmarva Power and Exelon Corp. merger agreement.
As the managing agency of the Empowerment Grant Program, Energize Delaware will provide grants to organizations proposing energy efficiency programs that directly benefit Delmarva Power customers in their Delaware service area. Purcell holds a political science and history education degree, as well as, a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Delaware.
Tiedemann Advisors names board member
Tiedemann Advisors announced that Roberta Sydney has been named to its Board of Directors.
Sydney has held numerous leadership positions including Principal at State Street Advisory Strategies, Senior Vice President at BayBank and CEO of Sydney Associates, Inc., a midsize real estate developer, asset and property manager, and multigenerational family business.
Tiedemann has a trust company office in the Wilmington area.
DelDOT Secretary to chair transportation group
Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) Secretary Jennifer Cohan was elected to serve as chair of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America).
Cohan will be chair as ITS America hosts the 2020 ITS World Congress that will bring 10,000 transportation experts from around the world to Los Angeles in October 2020 to discuss “The New Age of Mobility” with a focus on seamless mobility in an increasingly complex world.
The Intelligent Transportation Society of America advances the research and deployment of intelligent transportation technologies to save lives, improve mobility, promote sustainability, and increase efficiency and productivity.
Dept of Corrections names deputy chief
Commissioner Claire DeMatteis announced the appointment of Statewide Probation and Parole Director Terra Taylor as Deputy Chief of the Bureau of Community Corrections. The Bureau oversees probation and parole, pretrial services, the community work release program, electronic monitoring and other supervision programs for more than 14,000 individuals statewide who are housed in Work Release and Violation of Probation facilities or are serving probationary sentences in the community.
Debbie Short honored as a volunteer leader by governor’s commission
Debbie Short, founder of a nonprofit transition home for women recovering from life controlling addictions, has been honored with the 2019 Governor’s Outstanding Volunteer Award.
In 2016, Short founded the Barbara K. Brooks Transition House in Georgetown, Del., to honor the lifelong work of her late sister, a nurse and longtime advocate for women’s health care concerns. The home provides a safe, sober and structured living environment for women who have completed addiction rehabilitation.
Through the Brooks house, Short helps women break the cycle of addiction, developing and living meaningful lives and reuniting families. In small group settings, women support each other while learning about personal finance, job skills and searches, social interaction and spiritual growth.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices adds agent
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, Realtors Hockessin-Pike Creek Home Marketing Center, welcomed Packer Larson as a sales associate. Larson serves the state of Delaware.
Grid manager PJM has new CEO
The PJM Board of Managers announced that it has appointed Manu Asthana to serve as PJM Interconnection’s President and CEO.
PJM, based in Valley Forge, PA, is the grid operator for Delmarva Power and other utilities in a region that includes the Mid-Atlantic and a portion of the Midwest.
