AMY KRUZEL
Kruzel, an associate in the Matrimonial and Family Law Group of the Pennsylvania office of Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A., has been named to the Branch Advisory Council of the Allentown YMCA.
Kruzel represents clients at trials, hearings, conciliation conferences, support conferences, de novo hearings, and settlement conferences.She also presents oral argument in the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District, and mediates divorce, custody, and support matters.
Kruzel earned her Bachelor of Science from Dickinson College in 2002 and her juris doctorate from The Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law, in 2005. Kruzel served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Patti Margherita Worthington in Monroe County from 2005 until 2007.
TRICIA SZURGOT
Szurgot has joined First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union as chief marketing and retail officer. Szurgot will oversee six financial centers, contact center, retail sales, marketing, communications and business development initiatives as First Commonwealth positions itself for continued growth and evolution while helping its members grow and thrive financially.
Szurgot is a credit union veteran who brings over 20 years of senior executive experience to the role, and has worked with some of the world's top experience brands in the areas of marketing, customer experience and product innovation. She has been recognized for her achievements in these areas with 11 national awards.
JESSICA PRITCHARD and ELIZABETH FINEMAN
Prichard and Fineman have been named 2017 Super Lawyer and Rising Star Attorneys in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers listing by Thomson Reuters. Both work out of the Doylestown office at Antheil Maslow and MacMinn, LLP.
Pritchard, chair of the firm's family law practice group, was named one of the "Top 50 Women" attorneys by the publishers of Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine. Pritchard has been included in the Super Lawyers listing for the past three years.
Fineman, an associate in the family law department, was named a 2017 Rising Star by the same publication for the fifth year.
Both Pritchard and Fineman concentrate their practices exclusively in family law.
JEFFREY BURTAINE
Burtaine has been appointed executive physician consultant at The Lehigh Valley Business Coalition on Healthcare. Burtaine, who previously served on LVBCH's Quality Initiatives Committee, will advise the coalition on issues and concerns important to member employers.
Burtaine will provide input on key issues such as health care cost containment, quality, patient safety, data analytics and new care delivery and reimbursement models.
Most recently, Burtaine was employed by Highmark as medical director in clinical relations. His duties focused on working with businesses to ensure their clinical interventions were customized to help manage the health and productivity of their employees. Prior to joining Highmark in 2009, he served as Mack/Volvo Trucks' national and co-global medical director for 15 years. Under his leadership, the Mack/Volvo Trucks' health promotion program received the National Business Group on Health's highest award, the Platinum Award. Earlier in his career, Burtaine held positions at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Air Products and Chemicals.
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Burtaine is board certified in occupational medicine and began his career as a family doctor in Allentown. He earned his bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins University and his medical degree at the College of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey. He completed his post-graduate work at Lehigh Valley Hospital.
