PERSONNEL
Cynthia D. Burdick, Assistant
Vice President, Bank Secrecy
Act Officer at The Dime
Bank, recently completed
the Independent Community
Bankers of America Community
Banker University’s Bank
Secrecy Act / Anti Money
Laundering (BSA/AML)
Institute. Mrs. Burdick has
served as The Dime Bank’s BSA
officer since 2014 and has been
part of the bank’s BSA function
since 1996. Garrett Sacken has joined
the professional staff of the
PennWood Financial Group
LLC Agency, a general agency
of Massachusetts Mutual
Life Insurance Company
(MassMutual), as a Managing
Sales Director. In this role, he
is responsible for recruiting,
educating and growing a team
of qualified financial services
representatives who work within the communities they
serve to establish and grow a client base.
HQK Law employee
named Lawyer of
the Year Marywood University
names Career Engagement Specialist
Michelle M. Quinn,Esq. of
HKQ Law has been named
Lawyer of the Year for Medical
Malpractice in the NEPA Region
of the 2019 Edition of The Best
Lawyers in America, the oldest
and most respected peer-
review publication in the legal
profession. Attorney Quinn
has also been named in the following categories: Medical
Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs; Personal Injury Litigation –
Plaintiffs; Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs.
Laura Piazza Smith, RN,
BSN, NHA, will transition
from her current position
as Vice President and
Administrator of Allied
Services Skilled Nursing
and Rehabilitation
Center to organization’s
first Chief Nursing
Innovation Officer. Under
her leadership, Allied
Services’ Skilled Nursing
and Rehabilitation Center
introduced the region’s
only post-acute, 24-hour
respiratory unit.
Marywood University
recently named Christina
R. Brundage, M.S., Ph.D.
student, to the role of career
engagement specialist. Ms.
Brundage began her career
at Marywood University
working with students, staff
and faculty in the role of
technology trainer, where
she was instrumental in
helping students achieve
their goals.
James Cooney, NHA,
has been named as Vice
President of Skilled
Nursing Facilities
for Allied Services
Integrated Health
System. Mr. Cooney
joined Allied Services in
2014, where he led the
opening of the new 55-
bed Transitional Rehab
Unit located in the Allied
Services Rehab Hospital.
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