Lamb McErlane

Max O’Keefe, an attorney at the West Chester-based law firm, was instrumental in assisting with the relocation of the Chester County Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) headquarters from West Chester to Coatesville.

O’Keefe obtained variance relief from the Coatesville Zoning Hearing Board, as well as conditional use relief from the Coatesville City Council on behalf of the OIC to facilitate the relocation. OIC was awarded a HUD grant to purchase the former location of the Coatesville Senior Center this past year and plans to renovate the space to accommodate all of its programs.

O’Keefe serves as a member of the OIC’s board. At Lamb McErlane, he is a senior associate in the litigation and municipal practice groups. He handles a wide variety of municipal, land use, property tax, administrative, and environmental law matters, and advises townships, boroughs, school districts, and municipal authorities, as well as corporations and individuals.

Brianne Zanin

The Chester County Commissioners have appointed Brianne Zanin as Director of Chester County’s Department of Open Space Preservation. Zanin, 34, moves to this new role following six years as Deputy Director of the County of Maui’s Department of Parks and Recreation.

As Director of Open Space Preservation for Chester County, Zanin, a native of Idaho, will lead the department in the strategic effort to preserve agricultural land, municipal parks, trails, greenways, and other land preservation projects.

During her time with the County of Maui, she was responsible for 142 county parks spanning more than 2,500 acres, a $30 million annual operating budget and $12-$40 million capital budget, and overseeing the performance management of more than 275 full-time and 400 part-time employees.

Joseph’s People Retreat

Rod Colon, a career strategist, and Theresa Hummel-Krallinger, a laughologist, will speak at the Seventh Annual Joseph’s People Retreat. The event will be held Feb. 17 from 2-6:30 PM in the McShain Conference Center at the Malvern Retreat House, located at 315 South Warren Avenue in Malvern.

The theme of this free event for those who are unemployed or underemployed is “How Faith Is an Integral Part of Your Job and Your Career Success.” A sit-down dinner will be served and a mass will follow.

Joseph’s People is a non-denominational and ecumenical nonprofit group that serves unemployed and underemployed people. Click here to register for the retreat, or e-mail ContactUs@JosephsPeople.org.

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