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PublishingTed Hendricks has been named executive editor of Homestead Publishing Co., which publishes the Aegis, the Record and the Sunday Weekly in Harford County and the Times in the Perry Hall area of Baltimore County.Jonathan C. Angier 4th has been named vice president, operations; and Arnold Applebaum, vice president and publisher, of the Adler Group Inc. The company publishes the Apartment Shoppers Guide in Baltimore, Washington and Detroit; the Baltimore New Homes Guide; and Jobs, an employment newspaper in the Baltimore-Washington market, among others.

Aaron Rabinowitz has joined the two hospital health system in Harford County as Vice President, General Counsel, Upper Chesapeake Health announced. Prior to joining UCH, Rabinowitz practiced as a health attorney at the Baltimore law firm of Ober Kaler, where he counseled hospitals and health systems on regulatory, compliance and reimbursement issues. He previously worked as a research fellow on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and as an antitrust economic consultant at CRA International in Washington, D.C. He earned an undergraduate degree in economics from Haverford College, a master¹s degree in economics from the National University of Ireland, Galway, a PhD in health policy from Harvard University, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

New positions* The Agency Insurance Company of Maryland Inc., a provider of nonstandard automobile insurance in Maryland, has named Martha C. Roach president. * Cornerstone, a Baltimore-based advertising, public relations and design agency, named Betsy Higham public relations account executive. * The American Urological Association named Stephanie Mensh director of health policy.* Carol L. Kershner has been named vice president of Episcopal Health Ministries Inc. * Fairfax Savings Bank named Kirsten Sandhofer assistant vice president.

Professional engineer Thomas M. Wirth has been promoted to vice president of Geo-Technology Associates Inc., a mid-Atlantic geotechnical engineering and environmental consulting firm. With 12 years of professional experience, Wirth specializes in geotechnical and materials engineering. He is responsible for managing quality assurance and quality control, and providing design services on a wide variety of geotechnical and construction observation and testing projects for residential, commercial, retail, industrial and governmental projects.

C. Lloyd Carpenter, vice president of international operations and marketing for Northrop Grumman Corp., died of complications from a blood clot June 2 at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center. The Federal Hill resident was 61. Born in Baltimore and raised in Catonsville, Mr. Carpenter was a graduate of Catonsville High School and earned a doctor of laws degree from the University of Baltimore in 1967. He also completed a senior managers program at Harvard University. Mr. Carpenter began his career in 1962 at Westinghouse Electric Corp.

The Adams Express Co. elected David D. Weaver as vice president of research for the Baltimore-based closed-end investment company. T. Rowe Price named Steven C. Huber as a senior portfolio specialist in the firm's fixed income division. He formerly was the chief investment officer for the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System. Defense Northrop Grumman Corp. appointed Teri G.

InsuranceEdwin G. Pickett is named executive vice president/chief financial officerfor USF&G Corp. He replaces James A. Flick Jr., who remains an executive vice president and a member of the board of directors.Pickett joined the company in 1989, and most recently worked as senior vice president-finance. Before that, he was executive vice president and chief financial officer of American General Corp. of Houston. He also served as senior vice president-finance and chief financial officer of Maryland Casualty In newly created positions at USF&G, Richard J. Potter is named senior vice president-strategic planning and Jack Hart is appointed senior vice president-human resources.

On the boardMichael F. Brockmeyer, a partner at the law firm of Piper & Marbury, is appointed to the advisory board of the Bureau of National Affairs' Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report. He is a specialist in antitrust regulation and enforcement.Helping outSuzanne Offit is named the director for HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. She was previously the assistant director of development and director of annual giving at the Maryland Science Center.HIAS, an agency of The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, assists immigrants and their host families with technicalities in U.S. immigration and naturalization law, meets immigrants arriving in Baltimore and helps to search for missing relatives.

Real estate:CB Commercial Real Estate Group Inc. has appointed Gary G. Dewey senior vice president, senior managing officer. In 1983 Dewey opened the office, formerly known as Coldwell Banker Commercial.James K. Killelea has been named senior vice president-group general counsel at the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co., a subsidiary of USF&G Corp. He will be responsible for the legal affairs of USF&G's property/casualty operation. Previously he was a vice president and general counsel of the Home Insurance Co. in New York.

New positions*Arcata Graphics, a national book manufacturer, announced the following appointments: John Boylan, president and chief operating officer; Roger Marshall, vice president, marketing and sales support; and Jane Downs, vice president, human resources.*The Best Western Baltimore East appointed Christina Goddard director of sales.*Capital Plaza Mall, located in Landover Hills, appointed Paula B. McDermott general manager.*PHH Corp. named H. Robert Nagel senior vice president.*Susan Souder, a partner in the litigation department of the Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander law firm, has been elected president of the Women's Bar Association of Maryland.

St. John Properties, a Baltimore-based real estate development and management company, has promoted Lori Rice to vice president and controller. The Catonsville resident has worked for the company since 2000. She will continue overseeing the company's accounting and financial reporting activities of the firm's commercial office, retail and warehouse real estate portfolio, which consists of more than 15 million square feet of space. Rice earned her Bachelor of Science in accounting from Mount St. Mary's College, in Emmitsburg, and is a certified public accountant.

Anne Arundel County's Board of Education on Wednesday promoted three-year board member and vice president Patricia Nalley to president and promoted second-year board member Teresa Milio Birge to succeed Nalley as vice president. Nalley worked as an elementary school teacher for 31 years and also served as principal of Davidsonville Elementary School. Birge, a county resident for more than 35 years, volunteers at Seven Oaks Elementary School in Odenton and is a member of the school's PTA. In addition, the terms of former board president Ned Carey and board member Enrique Melendez have expired.

Advertising H&D Branding named Christine Smith and Laurie Kaplan as account managers, Kira Harrell as senior print production manager and Lena Rapoport as senior art director for the Sparks-based agency. Weber Shandwick appointed Joshua Goldberg as senior developer of certain interactive Web media, Taylor Goff as a designer and Jason Dobrzykowski as traffic coordinator in the international communications firm's Baltimore office. MGH appointed Ashlea Stipek, interactive media assistant, Kimberly Ritchie, word-of-mouth account coordinator, and Seth Lueck as a traffic coordinator for the Owings Mills-based marketing communications agency.

Bob Johnson of Marriottsville, a rheumatology account manager with the biotechnology company Amgen, was appointed vice chair of the board of directors of the Arthritis Foundation's Maryland chapter. He was recognized at the chapter's recent annual meeting at Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville. Loraine Reddington of Dayton was presented with the Outstanding Service Award, and Jennifer Lyons-Keefe of Ellicott City received the Legs in the Community Award for her work with the chapter's 2007 5K Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis.

C. Lloyd Carpenter, vice president of international operations and marketing for Northrop Grumman Corp., died of complications from a blood clot June 2 at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center. The Federal Hill resident was 61. Born in Baltimore and raised in Catonsville, Mr. Carpenter was a graduate of Catonsville High School and earned a doctor of laws degree from the University of Baltimore in 1967. He also completed a senior managers program at Harvard University. Mr. Carpenter began his career in 1962 at Westinghouse Electric Corp.

Upper Chesapeake Health has promoted Toni M. Shivery to be vice president of human resources. Shivery has been director of human resources with the Harford County organization since 1995. Shivery has a bachelor of science degree in psychology and a master's degree in industrial and organizational psychology, both from Radford University in Virginia. Shivery is a resident of Rising Sun.

Machinery:Dennis R. Slagle has been named president of JCB Inc., the Baltimore headquarters for North American operations of JCB, an English manufacturer of construction and agriculture machinery. Slagle joined JCB in 1980 as chief financial officer and was named vice president of sales in 1989. Previously he worked for Price Waterhouse. The First National Bank of Maryland has promoted Janet R. Farrell to division officer in the national division, eastern region. Farrell, a bank vice president, directs the Washington loan production office.

Financial services: Paul Corbin is named senior vice president in the Asset Management Division for the First National Bank of Maryland. He is responsible for managing fixed-income portfolios.At MercantiIe-Safe Deposit and Trust Co., Ernest L. Burden is named vice president in retail banking. He joined Mercantile in 1977 in installment loans, and most recently worked as manager a the Westview office.Regina A. Kahoe is promoted to vice president at the bank and MBC Realty, a real estate management affiliate of Mercantile Bankshares Corp.

Mireille Grangenois has been named vice president of SunSpot, the Baltimore Sun Co.'s Internet site. Grangenois, 45, is now general manager of SunSpot, where she oversees a staff of 32. The promotion takes effect tomorrow. Grangenois' duties will change little under the new title. She will oversee the development and execution of all aspects of the Web site and report to Michael E. Waller, publisher and chief executive of the Baltimore Sun Co. Waller said the promotion reflects Grangenois' "outstanding performance" at SunSpot as well as the increasing significance of online journalism.