Workshop targets health-care careers

Workshop targets health-care careers

WARREN

The NEO HealthForce Career Workshop will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 18 at the Community Outreach Center–Champion Presbyterian Church, 4997 Mahoning Ave. NW.

The event is targeted for anyone considering a health career.

Participants will hear health professionals discuss working in their fields and the necessary education and training.

The workshop also will include schools and colleges.

NEO HealthForce is an industry-driven network that aims to address shortages in the health industry.

The workshop is free. For questions and to pre-register, call Sue Vingle at 330-675-7712.

Farmers president attends DC event

CANFIELD

John S. Gulas, president & CEO, Farmers National Bank, recently returned from Washington where he met with legislators and regulators to discuss how recent banking proposals have impacted Ohio.

Gulas was one of 48 bankers who visited the nation’s capital to voice the concerns of the financial- services industry on behalf of the Ohio Bankers Association and the American Bankers Association.

“Traditional banking is the engine that will drive our communities across Ohio into a strong economic future,” Gulas said.

“This was my opportunity to influence policy decisions made in Washington and also gather information that can help us meet the challenges we face locally.”

BOA CEO’s pay rose sixfold in 2011

NEW YORK

Bank of America gave its CEO a pay package worth $7.5 million last year, six times as large as the year before. It happened while the company’s stock lost more than half its value and the bank lost its claim as the biggest in the country.

The package for CEO Brian Moynihan included a salary of $950,000, a $6.1 million stock award and about $420,000 worth of use of company aircraft and tax and financial advice.

The figures are according to an Associated Press analysis of a regulatory filing Wednesday. In 2010, Moynihan’s pay package totaled $1.2 million.

The board said the stock award to Moynihan was justified because the bank turned a profit after losing money in 2010, and because it ended the year with a stronger balance sheet.

Moynihan, 52, took over as CEO in 2010.

Besides the lawsuits, his first year was marked by mounting losses in credit cards and vastly reduced income from checking accounts.

Bank of America lost $2.2 billion.

Vindicator staff/wire reports