4 BUSINESS TRENDS — OCTOBER 2010


Ciervo


Klasko


Purcell-Sawhney on the job PROMOTIONS The Barclay Group The Barclay Group announced


the promotion of Josh Batushan- sky to vice president operations and marketing, Robert Blomquist to vice president personal lines and Michael McCarthy to vice president commercial lines. Batushansky joined the compa-


ny in 1997 as an intern and has steadily climbed the ranks during the past 13 years toward this pro- motion. He has a B.S. in market- ing from Montclair State Univer- sity and an M.B.A. from Drexel University, LeBow College of Business. Batushansky is Six- Sigma Green Belt certified, sits on the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Young Insurance Pro- fessionals and has met with sever- al New Jersey Congressmen to lobby for the independent insur- ance agent.


Blomquist joined the company in 1999 as the manager of Bar- clay’s first branch office located in Deptford. He has been in the in- dustry for 22 years. Starting off as a Prudential agent and eventually being promoted to a sales manag- er position before joining Barclay. He now manages the operations of two offices (the second being a recently acquired office in Cher- ry Hill). Blomquist is a member of the Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce and Deptford Busi- ness Advisory Committee. McCarthy entered the industry


in 1976 with Liberty Mutual and has held sales positions with Cor- roon and Black of PA and the J.S Braddock Agency prior to joining The Barclay Group in Riverton in 1997. He is the current president of the Independent Agents and Brokers of Burlington County.


Osteopathic Association The American Osteopathic As-


sociation recently named Car- man A. Ciervo, a board-certified family practice physician on staff with Kennedy University Hospi- tal, as a finalist in their Mentor of the Year Recognition program. Established in 2005, the program honors those who help shape the future of the osteopathic medical profession through their involve- ment with students and young physicians. Dr. Ciervo, a resident of Marl-


ton, was selected as one of five fi- nalists nationally for the award. As a finalist, he will be honored during the Distinguished Mentor Reception on Oct. 25 at the AOA’s Annual Convention in San Fran- cisco, where the Mentor of the Year will be announced. Dr. Ciervo, a member of the


Board of Governors for the Amer- ican College of Osteopathic Fami- ly Physicians, is chief of the De- partment of Family Medicine at Kennedy’s Cherry Hill and Strat- ford hospitals, and also serves as


CARMAN A. CIERVO The American


Kennedy’s Senior medical direc- tor for clinical integration. Dr. Ciervo is also chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey – School of Osteopathic Medicine, where he serves as an associate profes- sor.


Dr. Ciervo earned his medical


degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1988, and completed his residency at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Osteopathic Medicine in 1991. Dr. Ciervo was inducted into the American Osteopathic Associa- tion Mentor Hall of Fame in 2006 and received the National ACOFP Excellence in State Society Lead- ership Award in 2008. As a member of ACOFP, Dr.


Ciervo has served on the Industry Relations Committee, as chair of the In-service Exam Committee and vice chair of the Committee on Evaluation and Education. Past President for the New Jersey Chapter for ACOFP, Dr. Ciervo is also a member of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, the American Osteopathic Associa- tion, and American Medical Asso- ciation.


H. RONALD KLASKO


Klasko, Rulon, Stock & Seltzer, LLP H. Ronald Klasko, the founding


partner of the immigration law firm of Klasko, Rulon, Stock & Seltzer, LLP has been selected chair of the EB-5 Investor Com- mittee of the American Immigra- tion Lawyers Association for a second term. According to AILA, the important EB-5 Visa program was created “to attract immi- grant investors to the United States to invest capital, create jobs and stimulate the economy.” Klasko is a former national


president and three-term general counsel of AILA. Klasko is listed in the 2011 edition of the Best Lawyers in America and is named one of the country’s top immigration lawyers by Cham- bers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2010. A fre- quent lecturer and prolific author on immigration law topics, Klasko is one of only three immi- gration lawyers ever honored by AILA with the Founders Award, given to the individual or group who has had the most important impact on immigration law. A graduate of Lehigh University (B.A. 1971), Klasko received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D. 1974).


ROBERT K. MARSHALL


The New Jersey Energy Coalition Robert K. Marshall, formerly of


Atlantic City Electric, has been named executive director of the New Jersey Energy Coalition, a broad-based advocacy group whose goal is to generate public support for the production and delivery of affordable, clean, reli- able energy in New Jersey. Marshall recently retired from Atlantic City Electric, Pepco Holding’s Southern New Jersey electric delivery subsidiary. Dur- ing his 33-year career with the company, Marshall held several management positions, including regional vice president for gov- ernment and external affairs. Marshall’s business, profes- sional and community affilia- tions include service on many nonprofit boards and trade groups. He currently serves as co- chair of the Southern New Jersey Development Council Energy and Environment Committee and as chair of the Leadership New Jer- sey Graduate Organization. Mar- shall is a graduate of Rowan Uni- versity and Monmouth Universi- ty.


PROMOTION, HIRE TD Bank


TD Bank has named Dan M.


McGarry a portfolio officer in TD Equipment Finance in Cherry Hill. He is responsible for portfo- lio management and new deal un- derwriting for equipment finance transactions. McGarry has nine years of ex- perience in banking, leasing and credit management. Prior to join- ing TD Bank,he worked as a cred- it officer at PNC Bank in Philadel- phia, and a risk analyst at GE Capital in Fort Washington, Pa., and Danbury, Conn. A Philadelphia resident, Mc-


Garry received an MBA in 2009 from the Duke University Fuqua School of Business in Durham, N.C., and an undergraduate de- gree in Finance/International Business in 2001 from Penn State University in State College, Penn. He is a 1997 graduate of Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, Pa.


TD Bank has also promoted


William M. Pifani to director of underwriting and portfolio man- agement at TD Equipment Fi- nance in Cherry Hill. He will lead the underwriting and portfolio management functions of the equipment finance arm of TD Bank. Pifani has seven years of banking experience. He joined TD Equipment Finance in 2009 as a portfolio officer. A North Wales, Pa., resident,


Pifani is a 1998 graduate of Philadelphia University. He grew up in Roslyn, Pa., and is a 1994 graduate of Bishop McDevitt High School in Wyncote, Pa.


COLLEEN PURCELL-SAWHNEY Continuum Health Alliance, LLC


John M. Tedeschi, chairman and CEO of Continuum Health Alliance, LLC, announced that Colleen Purcell-Sawhney has be- come the company’s new vice president of revenue cycle man- agement. Purcell-Sawhney has served as the company’s director of Electronic Medical Records implementation since June 2009. Prior to joining Continuum,


Purcell-Sawhney was a health- care consultant for Pricewater- house-Coopers, where she spe- cialized in revenue cycle manage- ment and EMR. She was previ- ously affiliated with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. Purcell-Sawhney brings signifi- cant prior experience in academ- ic medicine. Before becoming a consultant


for healthcare businesses, she ad- ministered the Neurosurgery de- partment at Temple University Medical School. She also served as a departmental administrator at Children’s Hospital of Michi- gan.


In her new position, Purcell-


Sawhney will be responsible for managing the operations and strategic direction of Continu- um’s Revenue Cycle Organiza- tion. As vice president, she will also develop and lead specific technology-based initiatives to improve overall quality and per- formance measures.


CHARLES SAPNAS Hempstead &Co..


The financial consulting firm Hempstead & Co. has announced the appointment of Charles Sap- nas as a vice president of the firm. In his five years with the firm, Sapnas has performed inde- pendent business valuations for various purposes, such as estate and gift planning, financial re- porting, employee stock owner- ship plans, mergers and acquisi- tions and other matters. He heads up the firm’s life sciences and technology valuation practice. He earned a Bachelor of Sci-


ence degree in finance with high- est honors from Rutgers Universi- ty. He is a member of the Ameri- can Society of Appraisers and the Estate and Financial Planning Council of Southern New Jersey. He holds the Accredited Senior Appraiser designation of the American Society of Appraisers in the discipline of Business Val- uation, and is a Candidate (Level III) for the designation of Char- tered Financial Analyst offered by the CFA Institute. Sapnas and his wife Jamie


have two daughters, Sophia and Ariana, and reside in Washington Township.


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