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TRANSACTIONS, HIRES, AND PROMOTIONS

CARLO ALIBRANDI JORDAN FISCHER RYAN KENNEDY DR. MINAL PATEL AMANDA TIBONI

Archer & Greiner P.C.
FirstService
eminent domain, property
Certiied Development
sible for a team of New
tax appeals, and regulatory Company (CDC)/504 Loan York City and Long Island
Jordan Fischer, an Residential
attorney with the irm, was Scott Lang was named and government affairs Program administered CRE lenders. Jessica
practice groups.
through the Ofices of Veliz joined the CRE team
appointed co-chair of
senior vice president of
the Public Service Task inance for the mid-Atlantic Capital Access and Credit as portfolio manager,
Force of the Women in
region. In this role, Lang
Horizon Blue Cross Risk Management. The supporting the New Jersey

the Profession Committee is responsible for driving Blue Shield of
program provides inanc- and Pennsylvania lending
of the Philadelphia Bar revenue-enhancement New Jersey
ing to small businesses to groups. During her three

Association. The task force and cost-control initia- Dr. Minal Patel re- acquire major ixed assets, years at Valley National
provides opportunities
tives across the region. joined Horizon BCBSNJ as such as equipment and Bank, Veliz held progres-
senior vice president and real estate, through a sys- sively greater responsibili-
for members to work with Lang has more than 25
other women attorneys on years of inancial, business chief strategy oficer. In tem of lending partners. ties within commercial real
events and programs that management, and cus- this new position, Patel will The contract is for up to estate lending, including

help and support females tomer service expertise. focus his entrepreneurial $20 million in services multi-tenant, mixed-use,
in the legal profession, as Prior to joining FirstService skills on Horizon BCBSNJ’s over ive years.
and residential develop-

well as the community at Residential, he was a corporate strategy and
ment credit relationships,
large.
managing director at the the development of new Sun National Bank
most recently serving as

Royal Bank of Scotland business opportunities
Paul Ciancimino was assistant vice president
CW Solutions
(RBS) where he advised to meet the needs of its named a senior vice presi- and commercial mort-
members. He also will lead dent and is responsible for gage loan oficer at that
Amanda Tiboni joined large inancial institutions
the national real estate on derivative and market the informatics functions all commercial real estate institution prior to joining
services irm specializing matters.
for the company.
lending in New Jersey and Sun.

in the utilities and wireless Pennsylvania and will be
telecommunications in- Hill Wallack LLP
The Mercadien Group
based in the Edison ofice. Szaferman Lakind

dustries. Prior to joining the Ryan Kennedy was Mercadien P.C., Certi- Carlo Alibrandi will serve Robert Lytle, Esq.,
CW Solutions team as a elected president of the ied Public Accountants as a senior vice president a partner at the irm,
(CPAs), was awarded a sig- responsible for all CRE was presented with the
full-time employee, Tiboni Hopewell Valley YMCA
worked as an independent board of directors. Ken- niicant national contract lending in New York and Equal Justice Medal for
consultant. Her responsi- nedy is counsel in the with the U.S. Small Busi- will be based in the bank’s extraordinary pro bono

bilities include assisting Princeton ofice of the irm ness Administration (SBA) Manhattan ofice. Most contributions to Legal Ser-
with title research, review- and is a member of its real to provide risk-based recently, Alibrandi served vices of New Jersey, and in

ing legal documents, and estate division and bank- review and risk oversight as team leader at Valley particular, Central Jersey
preparing title reports.
ing and inancial services,
support services for the
National Bank, respon-
Legal Services.

HEALTHCARE
24%

THAT’S HOW MUCH NEW JERSEY EMPLOYERS’ HEALTHCARE COSTS
ROSE IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. THE HIGHER

OBAMACARE COSTS, A CONCERN FOR MANY BUSINESS OWNERS,

ARE CUTTING INTO PROFITS FOR MANY COMPANIES, ACCORDING
TO A SURVEY RELEASED BY THE NEW JERSEY BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY

ASSOCIATION. DESPITE THE SPIKE IN INSURANCE COSTS, NJBIA FOUND

THAT 87 PERCENT OF THE STATE’S EMPLOYERS OFFER HEALTH BENEFITS
TO THEIR EMPLOYEES.

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