CAREER PATHS
BANKING
WARREN -- Second National Bank has appointed Kathy L. Blake, Dawn R. Hood and Renee J. D'Andrea-Barnes assistant vice presidents and has named Cynthia A. Zapata a new mortgage loan officer.
Blake joined the bank in April to serve as an assistant vice president and processing closing manager. Hood, who also arrived new to the bank in April as assistant vice president and underwriter, has a degree in computer programming from Hocking Technical College. D'Andrea-Barnes was promoted to assistant vice president and post closing manager. She has a bachelor's degree in management from Hiram College. Zapata was appointed mortgage loan officer and promoted to supervisor of correspondent processing.
HOWLAND -- Ken English recently joined Metropolitan National Bank as branch manager of the Howland office. English had been a credit manager and branch manager for another financial service company and has five years of lending experience. A Canfield resident, he has a bachelor's degree in business administration from Youngstown State University.
REAL ESTATE
HOWLAND -- Eaton Group GMAC Real Estate, based in Howland and with offices in Boardman, Canfield, Middlefield and Hubbard, has hired four new staff members for its corporate headquarters.
Kathy Money, a licensed Realtor from Cortland, has joined the office administration staff. New sales associates are Ellie Stiles of Champion, Patricia Malone of Warren and Kathy Ruggeri of Cortland. Stiles, former owner and operator of Livingstone Realty for eight years, is a Realtor and a licensed real estate broker. Malone joined the company from Carlisle Engineering Products. Corp. in Middlefield, where she worked for 34 years and was a local labor union official for 25 years. Ruggeri has an associate degree in legal assisting.
FINANCE
BOARDMAN -- Tom Malloy has joined the Brennan Financial Group office in Boardman as a registered representative for New England Securities Corp. of Boston. A Canfield resident, Malloy has nearly 30 years' experience in the financial service business and holds the Chartered Life Underwriter and Certified Long Term Care designations.