PERSONNEL
AAA Announces Staff Promotions
Andrew Snyder was recently promoted to the position of
Scranton Office Manager at AAA North Penn. Andrew
started at AAA North Penn in the Emergency Road
Service department in April 2009. Mr. Snyder is a trained
and certified AAA Mature Operator. He obtained his
bachelor’s degree from Keystone College and has 10
years of experience within AAA North Penn.
Melissa N. Garcia, CPA, MBA, AAA North Penn Controller,
was recently promoted as a member of the Executive
Team. She joined AAA North Penn in 2013 as the controller.
Ms. Garcia received a Bachelor of Science in Financial
Accounting, with a minor in Finance and a Master of
Business Administration, from The University of Scranton.
Ms. Garcia has a Pennsylvania professional license as a
Certified Public Accountant, and is a member of both the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the
Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Nina Waskevich, MBA, was recently promoted to the
position of Vice President Brand and Membership at
AAA North Penn. Ms. Waskevich joined AAA North
Penn in 2013 as Director of Marketing/Public Relations.
Ms. Waskevich has more than 15 years’ experience in
marketing, sales, and overall business operations. She
received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
with a major in Marketing from King’s College and a
Master of Business Administration from Wilkes University.
Matt Colgan was recently promoted to Regional Commercial
Banking Manager at NBT Bank. Mr. Colgan has more than
a decade of banking experience. He joined NBT Bank in
2008 as a part of NBT’s Commercial Banking Development
Program. Since then, he has assumed positions of increasing
responsibility, including Commercial Banking Relationship
Manager. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in finance from
King’s College.
M. Justin Coffey, M.D., a board-certified psychiatrist and
behavioral neurologist, has been named Geisinger’s Chair
of the Department of Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine and
Behavioral Health. He holds distinct interests in education and
quality improvement and has received numerous accolades.
He has penned and reviewed numerous academic journal
publications and is a fellow of the American Psychiatric
Association and vice president of the International Society for
ECT & Neurostimulation. After completing his medical degree
at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Dr. Coffey completed his
internship and residency at the University of Michigan hospitals.
Juliette McKerrell
has joined The
Dime Bank as
Vice President,
Commercial
Lending Officer.
She has more
than 18 years
of professional
experience developing customer
relationships, 12 of them in the financial
services arena. Her responsibilities at The
Dime Bank will include garnering new
commercial customer relationships in
the area as well as maintaining existing
commercial relationships. Ms. McKerrell
has successfully completed the American
Bankers Association Stonier Graduate
School of Banking & Wharton Leadership
at the University of Pennsylvania.
She graduated from the PA Bankers
Association School of Commercial Lending
with honors. She attended Sullivan
County Community College and studied
Liberal Arts and Science, Fundamentals of
Insurance and Property and Casualty.
United Gilsonite Laboratories (UGL)
recently announced the appointments
of Joseph M. McGraw to Senior Vice
President of North American Sales
and Michele Margotta Neary to Vice
President of Marketing.
Mr. McGraw has
more than 30
years of leadership
experience at UGL. In
his previous position
as Vice President of
Marketing, McGraw
has proven that he can
take UGL’s established history and push
the company to the next level.
Ms. Neary joined UGL
in 2012 as Director
of Public Relations
and progressed to
Media Buyer and
most recently Senior
Director of Corporate
Communication and
Brand Marketing. She will step into the
Vice President of Marketing role with
a mission to continue the company’s
success in the home improvement/
coatings industry and will be responsible
for monitoring and implementing brand
strategies to achieve annual objectives and
create pathways for long-term growth.
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