By Greg Bassett

The TGM Group of Certified Public Accountants has admitted Daniel W. Ensor and Audrey V. McKenrick as partners with the Salisbury firm.

Ensor has an extensive background in public accounting. His responsibilities with TGM Group include the rendering of accounting, auditing, tax and consulting services to closely held for-profit businesses, financial institutions, broker/dealers, local governments, nonprofit organizations and individuals.

He joined TGM Group in August 2005 and is a graduate from the Franklin P. Perdue School of Business at Salisbury University with a bachelor’s degrees in Accounting and Finance. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

McKenrick has an extensive background in public and private sector accounting.  Her responsibilities with TGM Group include performing accounting, auditing, tax and consulting services to closely held for-profit businesses, manufacturers, franchisors, local governments and nonprofit organizations. 

She joined TGM Group in November 2009.  Previously, she spent 15 years with The McGraw-Hill Cos., where she held various cost accounting management positions.

She received a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Marketing from the

University of Maryland College Park in 1992 and a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Salisbury University in 2009. She is a Certified Public Accountant.

Dr. Austin Chen joins Chesapeake Health Care

Chesapeake Health Care announces its newest physician, Dr. Austin Chen, a board-certified Obstetrician-Gynecologist.

Chen received an undergraduate degree and a medical degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She did her residency at Columbia Presbyterian College of Physician & Surgeons at Harlem Hospital.

After completing her degree, Chen went on to teach at NYU Medical School and the University of Nevada School of Medicine.

For more than 10 years, Dr. Chen had her own successful OB/GYN practice in New York. In 2013, she was the senior OB/GYN consultant for St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor, for a six-month surgical mission to Gulu, Uganda.

“We are so fortunate to have a physician of Dr. Chen’s quality join our team,” said Dr. Lee Jennings, Chief Medical Officer at Chesapeake Health Care. “Her experience and expertise in robotic surgery further enhances the range of high-quality care we provide to the people in our community.”

CHC’s OB/GYN team is located at 1647 Woodbrooke Drive in Salisbury. For more information, call 410-546-2424.

Lisa Noland named Hudson Director of Housing

Hudson Behavioral Health has announced the promotion of longtime employee Lisa Noland to the position of Director of Housing.

In her new role, Noland is responsible for the programs and staff at each of Hudson’s off-campus housing facilities throughout Maryland and Delaware.

Noland joined Hudson in 2015 as a Peer Support and Case Manager. During this time, she provided peer support and case management services and worked with community partners to create a continuum of care. In 2019 she was elevated to a new role: Program Director of Delaware Housing. Noland oversaw the numerous recovery houses in Delaware and sought opportunities for expansion.

Noland received her bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Science from Wilmington University and is currently working to complete a master’s program in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.

Hudson Behavioral Health currently has five treatment houses and two recovery houses and plans to expand in 2021.

Becker Morgan Group announces 2021 promotions

Becker Morgan Group has announced several employee promotions at its Architecture & Engineering services firm.

Jonathan Richard has been promoted to Senior Associate. A civil engineer with the firm for 16 years, he has completed numerous successful projects ranging across commercial, health care, and institutional sectors.

Emily McMullen has been promoted to Associate. Since joining the firm, she has taken an active role in the education and public safety sectors. Outside of the office, she is an active member of the A4LE Northeast Region, staying abreast of design trends in K-12 education.

Kevin Utz was promoted to Associate. He started with Becker Morgan Group in 2015 and quickly found a niche within the firm’s health care studio.

He is an active member of the American Institute of Architects, advocating for the profession.

Chris Weeks was promoted to Associate. He joined Becker Morgan Group in 2007 and leads the firm’s business development efforts across its four offices.

Weeks serves on the Beebe Board of Directors and is actively involved in the Rehoboth Beach/Dewey Beach Chamber of Commerce.

US Wind adds Filippelli to offshore team

US Wind Inc. has hired Matt Filippelli as the company’s new Technical Director. Filippelli will lead the company’s in-house engineering as US Wind ramps up development of its major offshore wind facility off the coast of Maryland.

Filippelli joins US Wind from Natural Power Consultants, where he served as principal engineer and offshore services lead. Prior to Natural Power, he worked at UL Renewables, where he was the director of offshore services and principal engineer. He has been active in the field of offshore wind energy engineering since 2003.

US Wind acquired an 80,000-acre federal lease area off of the coast of Maryland in 2014. The company was founded in 2011.

Andrew Lyons, Dean Culver promoted at GMB

George, Miles & Buhr has announced the promotion of Andrew J. Lyons Jr. to Vice President and Senior Project Manager, as well as the new owner of the firm. 

Lyons began his career with GMB’s Seaford office in 2003 after earning a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Delaware.

In his nearly 18-year career, he emerged as a leader in our Civil / Municipal Engineering Group.  Lyons will now manage the Seaford office operations. 

Lyons has expertise in municipal street and utility restoration, ADA design, sewer and water systems, wastewater treatment, storm drainage and storm sewers, site design, and highway entrance design.

GMB has also promoted Dean B. Culver to Construction Services Group Leader.

Culver joined GMB in 2014 with more than 20 years of prior construction inspection experience. He has worked on a variety of municipal infrastructure projects throughout the Delmarva Peninsula.

Culver holds a certification from NASSCO’s Inspector Training and Certification Program and is a Delaware Certified Construction Reviewer.

Natalie Gankiewicz earns Daisy Award

Registered Nurse Natalie Gankiewicz, who works in the Intensive Care Unit at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional, was recently honored with the Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses for her compassionate and skilled care.

Gankiewicz’s nominator said she consistently role models caring and empathy while treating patients in the ICU, but recently went above and beyond to ensure the needs and wishes of her patient were exceeded.

“Just before Christmas, Natalie cared for an elderly patient in the last days of her life. The patient was able to communicate that she was tired, just wanted to be comfortable, and wanted to be able to pass with her husband by her side.  But first, her dying wish was to be sure her family had special gifts to open on Christmas morning. Natalie jumped to action to make it happen.  She sat with the patient and helped her so all the gifts could be ordered and delivered in time for Christmas Day.”

The not-for-profit DAISY Foundation is based in California and was established by family members in memory of J. Patrick Barnes.