Newsmakers: MKSD architects, Iron Hill Brewery and more

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Architecture

South Whitehall Township-based MKSD architects named Jessica Klocek associate partner. She is also project manager for the Da Vinci Science Center project in downtown Allentown. She was director of healthcare design. She has a degree from Lehigh University and a bachelor’s degree from Drexel University.

Government

Allentown City Council in Lehigh County confirmed Mayor Matt Tuerk’s appointment of Vicky Kistler as community and economic development director. She will oversee the bureaus of health, building standards and safety, planning and zoning, and special events, along with the offices of business development, housing and federal grants and human relations. She also will be the city’s liaison with business, educational and health care organizations that influence social determinants of health. She was interim community and economic development director and, before that, managed Allentown’s health bureau. She has a bachelor’s degree from Bloomsburg University and a master’s degree from Lehigh University.

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, which includes Reading and the Lehigh Valley, named Kiandra D. Steffy to a merit selection panel for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to help fill a federal magistrate judge vacancy. The panel will review applications, interview potential candidates and recommend the applicants whom it considers best qualified for the position. She is an attorney with Manheim Township, Lancaster County-based Saxton & Stump and practices in the labor and employment, Title IX, commercial litigation and internal investigations groups. She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland and a law degree from Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law.

Hospitality

Uwchlan Township, Chester County-based Iron Hill Brewery named Joyce Polsenberg Cremin vice president of marketing. She will handle strategic marketing efforts throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions. Most recently, she was senior director of restaurant and bar marketing at Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants. She has a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University and a master’s degree from Cornell University.

Law

Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County-based Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin named Annie L. Neamand an associate in its real estate and zoning department. She will focus her practice on assisting public and private entities and individuals with the sale or purchase of residential and commercial property. She was a staff attorney in the regional housing unit with Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania. She has a bachelor’s degree from Temple University and a law degree from Villanova University School of Law.

Florio Perrucci Steinhardt Cappelli Tipton & Taylor LLC named Staci Sabetti a partner in its Bethlehem office. She concentrates her practice on real estate development, commercial loans and business law. She has practiced law for more than 20 years and was in-house counsel for a real estate development company. She has a bachelor’s degree from Villanova University and a law degree from Touro Law School. Kody Hines was named an associate in the Bethlehem office. He will focus on litigation. He was a judicial law clerk to Northampton County Court of Common Pleas Judge Samuel P. Murray. He has a bachelor’s degree from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania and a law degree from Vermont Law School.