Jeffrey W. Letwin, managing partner, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, was named chairman of the managing partners forum of the Allegheny County Bar Association.

The Regional Chamber Alliance named Maury Burgwin president and CEO.

Carol Utay, co-founder and executive director of Total Learning Centers, was appointed to the state board of directors of The International Dyslexia Association.

Chris W. Brussalis, president and CEO, Hill Group, was elected to the General Council of Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity.

Eureka Bank hired Robert B. Kastan as controller.

Elizabeth A. Dolan joined Parkvale Bank as staff auditor.

Rivers Casino hired Joe Barrett as vice president of operations to oversee the casino's property maintenance, utilities, valet, gift shop and wardrobe departments.

Robert F. Downey was hired as director and chief of university police at California University of Pennsylvania.

Robert Morris University promoted Dave Hanson to executive director of the Robert Morris University Island Sports Center; Beth Ryan, chief budgeting officer; and Melissa Micco to chief accounting officer and controller.

Point Park University promoted Karen McIntyre to acting vice president for academic and student affairs; appointed Charles R. Fox, dean of the School of Arts and Science; and hired Rick Haskins as vice president for development and alumni affairs. In addition, Karen Farmer White was elected candidate for membership on the board of trustees.

Amanda Battisti joined West Penn Energy Services LLC as director of environmental health and safety.

Sandie Egley was appointed manager of business development for Michael Baker Corp.'s civil engineering group.

Dr. David Cown joined Butler Memorial Hospital medical staff as a dermatologist.

Marsh named Melissa Sassano-Dunn vice president, client development.

William W. Westberg joined Renaissance Partners LLC as a principal.

The Law Offices of Karl Osterhout named Lindsay Fulton-Brown partner. The firm will officially be renamed The Law Office of Osterhout Fulton-Brown Inc.

Magisterial District Judge Richard G. King was appointed by the Supreme Court to the Minor Judiciary Education Board for three years.

Brett C. Shear joined Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti as an associate in the commercial litigation practice group. His experience is in professional liability, construction, bond law, business torts, insurance, collections premises liability and personal injury. He has also served as a legal intern for several community law clinics, where he assisted low-income taxpayers.

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney said B. Lynn Freeman joined its public finance practice group as counsel, providing services as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, issuer's counsel, letter of credit bank counsel and trustee's counsel.

Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl opened an office in Chicago, to be led by Joseph L. Pellis II, who joined the firm from prominent Chicago firm Seyfarth Shaw, where he was a partner.

Quest Fore promoted Amber Giannone to manager of client and project services.

Holly E. DiCesare, an associate in the business group of Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, was elected to the Washington City Mission board. Ms. DiCesare focuses on commercial collection litigation and creditors' rights.

The Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh named Kathy Revesz director of the JCC-South Hills Early Childhood Development Center.

Lawyer Catherine Baxter Smith was appointed to the board of The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. She is of counsel at Caroselli Beachler McTiernan & Conboy of Pittsburgh.

Trina Peduzzi, pediatrician, Focus On Renewal's Sto-Rox Neighborhood Family Health Center, was elected to serve a three-year term as the young physician board representative for the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Historic Harmony, a nonprofit historical society and preservation advocate that operates the Harmony Museum, named to its board Leslie Auld, a paralegal with Lope Law Office in Zelienople, and Gwen Lutz, a self-employed grower and lawn and garden consultant.

ACHIEVA named its 2010-2012 board of trustees. Chair: Suzanne Parks; chair elect: William Lestitian; vice chair: Robert McDowell; past chair: Nancy Gannon.

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