Marywood University
Michael Bugno, Marywood University (SUBMITTED)
Clarks Summit native Michael Bugno is chairing the upcoming “Celebrate Marywood” event at the university, which will honor Virginia Doherty McGregor, Scranton, and the Rev. Thomas M. Muldowney, Moscow. The festive annual celebration, set for May 7, will take place outdoors at the Motherhouse and Seminary Morgan Memorial Garden in the heart of the university’s campus.
Bugno is an accomplished experiential leader specializing in client programming, global events and integrated marketing experiences that strengthen relationships and bring brands to life. He has more than 25 years of experience planning and executing corporate trade shows and global events for organizations ranging from midsized businesses to Fortune 50 companies.
Currently, he serves as vice president, experiential client programming at Fiserv, a global financial technology company based in New York City. Prior to Fiserv, Bugno held leadership roles at Lectra, Food Network and Comedy Central.
Bugno graduated in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater arts administration from Marywood University and has maintained a long-standing relationship with the university. He received the Marywood Alumni Association Recent Graduate Award in 2004 and served as a trustee from 2006 to 2015 before returning to the board in 2019. He currently serves as vice chair of the board of trustees.
Meals on Wheels of NEPA
Lindsey Skripka, Meals on Wheels (SUBMITTED)
Bella Ceccoli, Meals on Wheels (SUBMITTED)
Nicole Fetch, Meals on Wheels (SUBMITTED)
Kay Cullen, Meals on Wheels (SUBMITTED)
The organization restructured and brought new talent to its leadership team.
Since 2023, the executive director has been Lindsey Skripka. Skripka has brought the organization to new heights, expanding and creating new programs, growing the staff and leading the organization in a move to a new building. Under Skripka’s leadership, the organization currently serves approximately 2,000 older adults, individuals with disabilities and other vulnerable populations a year.
In January, the organization hired Bella Ceccoli as director of development. Ceccoli brings an extensive fundraising and grant writing background to the organization, having worked in the nonprofit sector for over a decade. Ceccoli has organized and executed fundraising events and campaigns for several local nonprofits, raising much-needed operational funding.
The organization has also promoted two existing employees. Nicole Fetch is now the director of operations, coordinating meal preparations, deliveries and other daily activities. Fetch has been with the organization for seven years and brings an extensive background in social work. It has also promoted previous program manager Kay Cullen to the position of director of programs. Cullen has been with the organization for three years, managing and coordinating program activities. This promotion has allowed Cullen to take the lead on expanding and administering these programs.
Organization officials, who said they are thrilled to introduce the new, all-women leadership team, are looking to expand the organization’s reach and the number of meals it delivers in 2026. By the end of April, the organization will be fully operational in their new building on Cherry Street in Scranton. With the new building, the organization will be able to increase its production by 25%, with no new input needed.
In addition to meals, Meals on Wheels also provides several other key services. The organization aims to support clients holistically; by dropping off a meal, aides can ensure the client is physically safe and healthy, and if something is wrong, the organization can get the client the help they need.
Peoples Security Bank & Trust
Lacey McEachern, Peoples Security Bank & Trust (SUBMITTED)
The bank announced that Lacey McEachern has joined the organization as AVP, talent management partner, within the bank’s human resources department.
In this role, McEachern will support the full employee life cycle, partnering with hiring leaders across the organization to attract, develop and retain top talent. She will oversee the full-cycle recruitment process and collaborate with leadership on workforce and succession planning. McEachern will also contribute to onboarding design, employee engagement initiatives, policy development and employer branding efforts to help ensure a consistent and high-quality employee experience aligned with PSBT’s strategic goals.
McEachern has more than 10 years of human resources experience across talent acquisition, employee experience, onboarding and organizational culture.
McEachern earned her degree in communications, graduating summa cum laude from Howard University. She is also a trained professional coach through the Co-Active Training Institute. Originally from Silver Spring, Maryland, she currently resides in Olyphant.
The Wright Center
Jumee Barooah, Wright Center (SUBMITTED)
Timothy Burke, Wright Center (SUBMITTED)
William Dempsey, Wright Center.(SUBMITTED)
Eric McFadden, Wright Center (SUBMITTED)
Kalei Crimi, Wright Center (SUBMITTED)
Sheila Ford, Wright Center (SUBMITTED)
Dr. Jumee Barooah, senior vice president of education and designated institutional official for the Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, has been named to a list of female role models across the state who exemplify ambition, creativity and impact on their communities.
City & State Pennsylvania, a multimedia news organization dedicated to covering the state’s politics and policy, included Barooah on its annual “Above and Beyond – Women” list, highlighting Pennsylvania’s most influential female leaders in government, advocacy, business, academia, media and more. She joins 34 other women on City & State Pennsylvania’s list, including Shelley Riser, president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Association of Community Health Centers, and Holly Pilcavage, vice president of enrollment management and student success at Luzerne County Community College.
In addition to being quadruple board-certified in internal medicine, addiction medicine, obesity medicine and lifestyle medicine, Barooah works to improve the health and welfare of communities by providing whole-person primary and preventive health services and training the next generation of physicians.
The Pennsylvania Medical Society honored three Wright Center doctors as part of National Doctors Day on March 30. With a history dating back to 1933, the annual day of observance honors the skill, dedication and commitment of physicians who care for their communities.
Dr. Renee Frank, secretary of the Pennsylvania Medical Society, presented certificates of recognition to Drs. Timothy Burke, William Dempsey and Erin McFadden for their outstanding dedication to patient care.
The Wright Center is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2026. Founded in 1976, the Wright Centers for Community Health, Graduate Medical Education and Patient & Community Engagement are a physician-led, community-owned nonprofit and a cornerstone of health care in the region. The organization employs more than 665 professionals — including nearly 200 resident and fellow physicians — and trains more than 200 interprofessional health care learners each year.
Kaléi Crimi, the Wright Center for Community Health’s director of quality, safety and emergency preparedness, recently received the Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing Alumni Society’s Emerging Professional Award.
The Valley View High School graduate earned her Bachelor of Science in nursing with a minor in human development and family studies from the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing in 2020. As she worked locally as a registered nurse, Crimi completed a Doctor of Philosophy in nursing degree with certificates in primary palliative care and nursing education from Penn State in 2024. She concluded her education and training as a postdoctoral scholar at Penn State University’s Tressa Nese and Helen Diskevich Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence in September 2025.
The award recognizes alumni who graduated within the past 10 years, work in a clinical or academic setting and demonstrate potential to significantly impact the nursing profession. Nurses who receive the award also demonstrate exemplary professional practice, community engagement, and advocacy on behalf of the nursing profession and their communities.
Crimi accepted the award at a ceremony on March 21 at the Graduate by Hilton State College. Crimi began working for the Wright Center in 2025.
Sheila Ford, vice president and chief compliance officer at the Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education, recently earned a certified Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliance officer credential.
Ford is responsible for the direct planning and oversight of operational activities within the Wright Center’s centralized compliance department. She develops and implements an effective enterprise compliance program to mitigate risks, prevent illegal, unethical or improper conduct, promote the enterprise’s integrity and enhance the Wright Center’s readiness for regulatory, insurance, and accreditation audits and site visits.
The privacy and security of protected health information are governed by HIPAA, a federal law enacted in 1996 to safeguard patient data from unauthorized disclosure.
Ford earned her Bachelor of Science in nursing degree from Marywood University. She joined the Wright Center in 2014 as the RN clinical supervisor. Over the years, she’s also served as manager at the Wright Center for Community Health Mid Valley in Jermyn, director of clinical quality, patient safety and emergency preparedness, and vice president of quality, safety, and enterprise policy compliance and integrity before taking on her current role in 2024.
Tobyhanna Army Depot
Corey Katsak, Tobyhanna Army Depot (SUBMITTED)
April Viola, Tobyhanna Army Depot (SUBMITTED)
Scott Kratochvil, Tobyhanna Army Depot (SUBMITTED)
Pasco Tomaino, Tobyhanna Army Depot (SUBMITTED)
Janice Lyons, Tobyhanna Army Depot (SUBMITTED)
The depot recently observed National Engineers Week by showcasing some of Team Tobyhanna’s finest members of the engineering community.
Electronic engineer Corey Katsak, of Effort, began his career journey at Luzerne County Community College. In 2007, while still a student, recruiters from Tobyhanna visited campus and introduced him to what was then called the Student Career Experience Program.
Although he initially pursued a degree in cybersecurity, he quickly realized it wasn’t the right fit. He switched his major to electronic engineering technology and graduated with his associate degree. Afterward, he began working in Tobyhanna’s SATCOM Strategic Systems shop. After two years in SATCOM, he decided he wanted to complete his four-year degree.
Instead of allowing him to leave, Tobyhanna worked with Katsak so that he could transition to an engineering intern role while attending Wilkes University to complete his bachelor’s degree. By 2009, he had fully transitioned into an engineering position and he’s been serving in engineering roles at Tobyhanna ever since.
Chemical engineer April Viola, of Bethlehem, plays a vital role in the depot’s mission providing superior readiness to the joint war fighter. Her interdisciplinary expertise is twofold: She provides critical support for refinishing operations like electroplating, painting and sandblasting while also ensuring the appropriate use of hazardous materials across hundreds of different missions on the installation.
Though she comes from a long line of professional engineers, the University of Pittsburgh and Northampton Community College graduate found that a career in the chemical discipline came as a surprise.
Viola’s first professional position was in the automation validation engineering field, where she wrote code for the pharmaceutical and energy industries. She found the work interesting but ultimately chose to find a role that better suited her natural talents and passion for chemistry.
Lead mechanical engineer Scott Kratochvil, of Scranton, took a keen interest in engineering from an early age and knew pursuing a career in the field was his passion.
And Kratochvil did exactly that — not every engineer can boast an interplanetary resume, but Kratochvil’s work on the Curiosity Mars rover puts him in that exclusive company. His work concentrated mainly on the rover’s heat shield for what was called the Mars Science Lab at the time. Impressively, Kratochvil did it all before graduating from Montana State University in 2010 with a degree in mechanical engineering.
After graduating, Kratochvil began a seven-year trek across the U.S. His journey started in Montana, working for Montana State University’s Space Science Engineering Lab. He then transitioned to a role with the Air Force Research Lab, based out of Boston, and then BRAC’d to Albuquerque. In November 2017, Kratochvil was ready for a new challenge and joined the esteemed ranks of Team Tobyhanna.
For the better part of a decade, Kratochvil has been a member of Tobyhanna’s engineering community working many different programs and systems in Tobyhanna’s vast portfolio.
Recognizing the excellence of Tobyhanna Army Depot’s engineering community during National Engineers Week directly aligns with Tobyhanna’s long-range strategic plan, TOBY2035 — specifically the Invest in Our People line of effort. The goal of Tobyhanna Army Depot’s plan is to strive to position Tobyhanna for success in the coming years as the Department of War’s premier worldwide C5ISR readiness provider.
The depot has named its employees of the quarter for the first quarter of FY26. Pasco Tomaino, a resident of Peckville, and Janice Lyons, a resident of Archbald, were honored for their proactivity and dedication to making the depot a more efficient readiness provider for our nation’s heroes.
Tomaino, an engineering technician, was named the depot’s employee of the quarter, senior category, for his work in the depot’s Division of Public Works’ engineering branch.
Management Assistant Lyons, junior category, has earned her employee of the quarter recognition for the critical role she played in ensuring a smooth transition through recent reorganizations of the Mission Execution Directorate that improved effectiveness and productivity.
University of Scranton
WeiDong Zhu, University of Scranton (SUBMITTED)
WeiDong Zhu, Ph.D., has been named provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, effective July 2026.
Working closely with deans and faculty, the provost helps guide the development of curricula and directs academic programming across the university’s three colleges. The provost is responsible for providing leadership and oversight for the academic division’s budget; undergraduate and graduate programs; teaching and research activities; the university’s library, and the faculty.
Zhu comes to Scranton from St. Peter’s University, a Jesuit sister institution in New Jersey, where he has served in numerous academic leadership roles since being hired in 2007. He is currently the interim vice president for academic affairs at St. Peter’s.
Zhu earned a Bachelor of Science in physics and education and a Master of Engineering in material science and engineering from Soochow University in China. He also holds a Ph.D. in physics from the Stevens Institute of Technology. He is a graduate of the 18-month Ignatian Colleagues Program, which included formative experiences such as a silent retreat at the Sacred Heart Jesuit Retreat Center in Colorado and an immersion trip to Lima, Peru.
Wayne Memorial Hospital
Jeffrey Mogerman, Wayne Memorial Hospital (SUBMITTED)
Edwin Daniels, Wayne Memorial Hospital (SUBMITTED)
After more than 40 years as an orthopedic surgeon in Northeast Pennsylvania, Dr. Jeffrey Mogerman is retiring. Just over three years ago Mogerman scaled back his work by half at the hospital’s Waymart Orthopedic Center, and he is now departing from regular office hours to enjoy more leisure time.
Certified Physician Assistant Edwin Daniels is also retiring from a career in orthopedics. Daniels initially worked with Mogerman from 1985 through 2000. He continued at St. Luke’s Hospital, Bethlehem, working in the department of subspecialities surgery, and returned to the Waymart Orthopedic Center in 2022.
Mogerman has been a member of the Pennsylvania Medical Society since 1982 and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He was president of the medical staff at the former Marian Community Hospital in Carbondale, where he worked for 25 years before coming to WMH.
Mogerman has been splitting his time between Pennsylvania and Florida over the past few years. He will be keep limited hours on a monthly basis at the WMH emergency department.
Patients have been previously notified, and new referrals can be made to fellow orthopedists David Caucci, M.D., or Thomas Allardyce, M.D., by calling 570-647-0001.