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 […]

Grove City College senior Jessica Mattson has won a Fulbright Fellowship to teach English in Ecuador. Mattson, a Spanish education major from Gibsonia, Pa., is the first Grove City College student to win an English teaching award in over a decade. Her fellowship is one of just four the Fulbright program awarded this year for […]

Paul J. McNulty, president of Grove City College, has been named co-chair of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Pennsylvania’s Election Security. McNulty, a former U.S. deputy attorney general, will share the gavel with David Hickton, founding director of The University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy and Security. The commission is funded by a […]

William Dawes, a mortgage originator for Fairway Independent Mortgage, Salem, is listed on the Scotsman Guide’s 2017 Top Originators, ranking No. 20 in top mortgage volume. The rankings are published in the April edition of Scotsman Guide, a resource for mortgage originators. Dawes ranked high among entries from nearly 1,400 mortgage professionals across the country. […]