Gina Vicarel has joined Home Savings with the title of recruitment administrator. Vicarel brings with her more than 10 years of recruiting experience. Before joining Home Savings, she was a staffing/HR consultant for an employment and recruitment agency. Her new responsibilities include recruitment for open positions throughout the bank, serving as a liaison to universities […]

Angeline Centofanti has been appointed chief financial officer of Lencyk Masonry Co. Boardman. Centofanti is a graduate of Poland Seminary High School. She earned a B.S. in B.A. in accounting from Youngstown State University in 1989, and earned her MBA with a finance concentration from YSU in 1997. Centofanti began her accounting career in 1990 […]

Ryan Kallok has joined Palo Creative, Boardman, as a digital marketer. Kallok discovered his passion for marketing and design at a young age through an unsuspecting way, skateboarding. As an avid skateboarder, he made his own skateboard graphics and designed artwork for local skate parks. After high school, he studied business administration at Youngstown State […]

Nick Miller has joined iSynergy, Youngstown, as interactive director. He has more than 20 years of experience and currently manages an online forum for drone pilots that includes 23,000 members and a social network of more than 50,000 followers. “Nick makes it a priority to be on the forefront of new technology,” says Steve Cross, […]

Eli Shreeve has been appointed senior vice president at Lencyk Masonry Co. Boardman. Shreeve is a 1991 graduate of Beaver Local High School and has been part of the masonry industry since he was 16. He started as a mason tender and after completing an apprenticeship, became a journeyman bricklayer in 1995. Shreeve, employed by […]

Rachel Young, lead instructor at Valley STEM + ME2 Academy, will participate in an all-expenses paid trip to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the Lemelson-MIT program’s annual EurekaFest in June. There she will see InvenTeam projects created by teams of high school students that received grants of up to 10,000 to fund their work. […]

Maggie Garland is beginning her career as a real estate agent with Burgan Real Estate in Boardman. Garland graduated from Poland Seminary High School, attended Youngstown State University where she played the part of “Penny the Penguin,” and finished her studies at Sandford Brown Institute in Middleburg Heights where she earned a degree in diagnostic […]

Shari Carlozzi, national sales manager for Hapco Inc. Roofing Division in Kent, has been named the 2018 chair of the National Women in Roofing, an organization that supports and encourages the advancement of women in the roofing industry. Carlozzi is a founding member of the organization and Hapco is one of its founding sponsors. “Our […]

Brittany Mendez, director of program management at the Youngstown Business Incubator, represented the incubator and participated on a panel for the House Manufacturing Caucus in Washington D.C. titled “How Manufacturing Incubators and Accelerators are Powering Economic Growth Across the US.” Mendez’s portion of the panel enabled her to talk about how advanced manufacturing is transforming […]

Greg Smith, chairman of Compco Industries in Columbiana and founder of Greg Smith Leadership, this week published a book, Speak Like a Pro Without Looking Like a Jack@$$. The book helps people prepare for public speaking, whether it’s their first time or they are seasoned veterans, Smith says. “I’ve discovered how powerfully communications skills can impact a […]