Newsmakers for October 8

Oct. 10—American Red Cross Southeastern Pennsylvania

Jennifer Graham has been named regional CEO for American Red Cross Southeastern Pennsylvania. She replaces Guy Triano, who served as the region's CEO for five years before being promoted to a vice president position with the national American Red Cross over the summer.

Graham has been with the Red Cross since 1998, spending 20 years in biomedical services before accepting a leadership role with humanitarian services in 2019. In her new role as CEO, Graham oversees all Red Cross disaster services, volunteer management, services to the armed forces, fundraising and external relations functions across the Southeastern Pennsylvania Region, which serves 4.2 million people.

Before being promoted, Graham's most recent position was as executive director the Red Cross Delaware Valley Chapter, which serves more than 2 million people in Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties. Her positions in biomedical services included volunteer recruitment manager and donor recruitment district manager, where her team was responsible for 50,000 blood donations annually. She also held a program development role that focused on diversity, equity and inclusion education and community outreach programs in the Penn-Jersey Biomedical Region.

Graham holds bachelor's degrees in psychology and Spanish from Muhlenberg College.

Saxton & Stump

Saxton & Stump is pleased to welcome back senior counsel attorney Amy L. Blackmore to its Healthcare Litigation and Commercial Litigation groups. Blackmore is an experienced attorney that has practiced in Philadelphia, Chester and Berks counties to represent doctors, hospitals, nurses, long-term care facilities and post-acute care facilities in medical malpractice defense cases.

Blackmore is the fourth attorney who has returned to Saxton & Stump in 2023 after leaving for an outstanding opportunity, as she spent the last year in an executive role at Amazon.

Blackmore, who will work out of the firm's Malvern office, is admitted to practice in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She is a cum laude graduate of the Temple University Beasley School of Law and a summa cum laude graduate of Muhlenberg University.

In 2016, Lehigh Valley Magazine named her a "Lehigh Valley Legal Leader."

Tompkins Financial Advisors

Tompkins Financial Advisors has appointed Cesar Vazquez Jr. as senior retirement plan consultant. In this role, Vazquez will help enable the growth of Tompkins Financial Advisors' retirement plan consulting offerings. He will work directly with Tompkins' wealth advisors and affiliate partners as their subject matter expert. They will collaborate and identify ways in which Tompkins can bring value with improved retirement plan solutions, as well as enhanced plan design, services for plan sponsors, and coordination of vendor relationships.

Vazquez comes to Tompkins Financial Advisors with 35 years' work experience, including 22 in the retirement plan industry (with extensive knowledge in retirement plan designs, compliance, and industry knowledge), 13 years in the financial and banking industry, having previously served as the retirement plan service manager and consultant for Wealth Enhancement Group's QCI Team, EPIC Retirement Plan Services, Lifetime Benefits Solutions, and more.

He holds an associate degree in business administration from Monroe Community College, a bachelor's degree in accounting from St. John Fisher College, and certification from Accredited Investments Fiduciary (AIF).

Barley Snyder

Barley Snyder has announced that attorney Julia Parrish has recently joined the firm in its York office.

Parrish brings two decades of experience to Barley Snyder in the areas of estate planning and trust and estate administration. She is passionate about helping her clients through challenging times. In her practice, Parrish assists clients with creating comprehensive estate plans to meet their goals in addition to business succession planning, tax planning, and representing clients in guardianship matters.

Before joining Barley Snyder, Parrish served as counsel for a firm in Dauphin County working in estate planning and trust and estate administration. Prior to that, Parrish worked for a small firm in Lancaster County where she established an estate planning and administration practice.

Managing partner Jeff Lobach said Parrish brings a strong background in trusts and estates to the firm.

A committed member of her community, Parrish serves as a board member at a pregnancy care center in Lancaster County and is involved with Lancaster Catholic High School's Fine & Performing Arts program as a member of the Parent Leadership Team. She is also actively involved with Saint Leo the Great School and Catholic Church.

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