A weekly roundup of business awards, promotions and recognitions.
Robert P. Wise Robert P. Wise, president and chief executive officer of Hunterdon Healthcare in Raritan Township, has been appointed to the New Jersey State Employment and Training Commission by Gov. Chris Christie. The commission partners with businesses, employers and job seekers, organized labor, and state and county agencies to develop policies benefiting workers and the economy.
Wise has served as chairman of the New Jersey Health Care Workforce Council, a subcommittee of the Employment and Training Commission, since its inception in 2010.
Wise serves as vice chairman of the Raritan Valley Community College board of trustees. He is a member of the Rotary Club of Flemington and the State Council on Gender Parity in Labor and Education, and is a founding director of the Hunterdon County Partnership for Health.
Wise has been honored with numerous awards including the Hunterdon County Business Leader of the Year Award in 2000, the Distinguished Citizen Award from the Boy Scouts of America in 2001, the Edward J. Ill Excellence in Medicine Award for Outstanding Medical Executive from MDAdvantage Insurance Co. of New Jersey in 2006 and the Elks Distinguished Citizenship Award in 2010.
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George Kurtz George Kurtz and Daniel E. Nemeth have joined McDermott Investment Advisors LLC in Bethlehem.
Kurtz has been named head of the firm’s Trust Division. He will be responsible for overseeing individual, family, charitable and special need trusts. He also will coordinate the trust accounts through the firm’s affiliation with Sterling Trust. He has nearly 30 years of experience in trust and financial management.
Kurtz earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Moravian College and holds the professional designation of certified trust and investment adviser from the Institute of Certified Bankers in Washington, D.C.
He is a past president of the Estate Planning Council of the Lehigh Valley and the Bethlehem Rotary Club. He serves on the St. Anne’s Church Finance Committee, Bethlehem Catholic High School Endowment Board, LifePath Board and is treasurer of the Bethlehem Vo-Tech Bridges Foundation.
Daniel E. Nemeth Nemeth has joined the firm as a financial adviser and member of the firm’s Research Group. He will be responsible for client relationship development and portfolio management research.
Nemeth is experienced in financial operations, tax project management and mergers and acquisitions. He last served as president of the Airtech Division of the FL Smidth organization.
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Lena Azar Lena Azar, Heidi Jaquith and Sherry Ann Erney have joined real estate company Keller Williams in Bethlehem Township, Pa.
Azar joined the firm in May. A real estate agent since 2004, she has served as a broker with Century 21 and DLP Realty and has been certified as a seller representation specialist since 2007. She spent 10 years as a personal banker/customer service representative before becoming a real estate agent.
Heidi Jaquith Jaquith has been a licensed real estate agent for the past seven years. She was awarded the Outstanding Sales Achievement Award in 2009. Before starting her career in real estate, she was an art teacher for 15 years.
Jaquith earned a bachelor’s degree in arts education and has attended the Scott-White Real Estate School.
Sherry Ann Erney Erney joined the firm in April and has been licensed since 2006.
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Matt Linde has joined Emmaus-based Altitude Marketing as production manager. He will be responsible for ensuring that projects are executed on time, on budget and to agreed-upon specifications. He also will be responsible for the continuous improvement of Altitude’s production management, billing and time-tracking processes.
Linde last served as project manager/web producer for 401! Creative where he managed web development projects from conception to launch.
Linde pursued a bachelor’s degree in English literature with a minor in Spanish at Penn State University. He also completed interactive and web design courses at United Digital Artists and Drupal training at Open Source Training in New York.