CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER JOINS HOOVER FINANCIAL ADVISORS

Edward (Ted) Braun, CFP®

Malvern, PA –Hoover Financial Advisors, P.C. (HFA) recently added Edward (Ted) Braun, CFP® to its growing staff. Braun is a financial planner with outstanding credentials. His appointment was announced by Pete Hoover, CFP®, founder of the firm.

Prior to joining HFA, Braun was a project manager in Financial Advisor Services at The Vanguard Group. He began his career at Vanguard and held various leadership positions during his tenure. In 2014, Vanguard awarded him a Financial Advisor Services Divisional Star. Prior to that he earned a Participant Experience Divisional Spirit Award from the company.

Braun, who holds a BBA degree from Strayer University, completed his financial planning education at Kaplan University. He is a resident of Kennett Square.

“Hoover Financial Advisors offers exactly what I was looking for,” says Braun. “It is a place where I can build my career and make a difference in people’s lives.”

HFA, which is headquartered on Moores Road in Malvern, was launched in 2005 by Pete Hoover, who has been an independent financial advisor for more than 30 years. Since its inception, HFA has quadrupled in size. Staff members include certified financial planners, financial advisors, investment analysts, insurance and tax specialists, attorneys, a certified portfolio manager, and an information services manager. In 2012, HFA was selected as Small Business of the Year by Chester County Chamber of Business & Industry. For more information, visit its website at http://www.petehoover.com or call 610.651.2777.

MCCC Announces New Employees In Enrollment Services, Marketing

Blue Bell/Pottstown, Pa.—Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) welcomes three new administrators to fill roles that are critical to the institution’s mission of promoting student access and success.

New hires include Sherry Phillips-Mayers, Philadelphia, director of records and registration/registrar; Angela Polec, Philadelphia, executive director of marketing and communications; and Joyce Wheatley, Pennsburg, director of student recruitment.

Sherry Phillips-Mayers has worked at MCCC since 2006 in a variety of enrollment service capacities. Most recently, she served as associate director of records and registration. In her new role as director of records and registration/registrar, she oversees student registration policies and procedures as well the management and integrity of the College’s academic records, among other responsibilities.

Phillips-Mayers holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Millersville University and a Master of Science degree in Education with a specialization in enrollment management from Capella University.

Angela Polec comes to MCCC from Temple University, where she served as the associate director of online marketing for advancement communications, and most recently as director of marketing for strategic marketing and communications. In her new role as executive director of marketing and communications, she leads MCCC’s branding, web and media strategies, among other responsibilities.

Polec holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing and a Master of Science degree in Marketing from Temple University’s Fox School of Business.

Joyce Wheatley comes to MCCC from DeVry University, where she served as the campus dean in Chesapeake, Va. before becoming president of the institution’s Philadelphia metro area campuses and centers.  In her new role as director of student recruitment, she is responsible for all aspects of MCCC’s admissions and recruiting efforts.

Wheatley holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from University of Delaware and a Master of Arts degree in Education and Human Development from The George Washington University.

Stealing Burglars’ Thunder: New Reading Police Unit Solving Crimes Fast

Editor’s note:  Two Roy’s Rants thumbs up!!!

The dedicated burglary unit is in line with Chief William M. Heim’s crime reduction strategy, which relies on focused policing to do more with less manpower.

Serial burglars in Reading are feeling the heat due to the formation of a city police squad that specializes in investigating burglaries.

The squad was started in early March with the temporary transfer of two patrolmen to the criminal investigations division, said Sgt. John M. Solecki, who supervises the unit.

Solecki credited the burglary squad – consisting of officers James Kennedy and Christopher Bucklin – with two recent arrests of suspected serial burglars.

About two-dozen burglaries have been cleared as a result of those and other arrests, he said.

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