NexTier Events

Coming in 2009

Join us in January, 2009 for our annual "Economic & Investment Outlook" presented by Dan Crawford, SVP and Chief Investment Office from NexTier Wealth Management.  He will be joined by a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Listen to a podcast of the 2007 and 2008 events.

Leader Boards at The Family Business Center at NexTier

Consider joining a Leader Board, an exclusive offering of The Family Business Center at NexTier.  As a business owner, you simply can’t do it all alone. Wouldn’t it be helpful for you and your business to have:

• A peer-to-peer sounding board?

• A place to comfortably discuss issues and opportunities with others like you who understand the demands and challenges of running a business?

• A structure for you and your fellow business owners to meet regularly and serve as each others’ informal advisory board?

For information about a Leader Board functions and how you can benefit by participating, call the Family Business Center at 888-829-2162.

NexTier Bank President Margaret Irvine Weir Honored by Woodlands Foundation

The Woodlands Foundation honored Margaret Irvine Weir for her dedicationto youth and financial education and her support of the Pittsburgh community at its 2008 Butterfly Ball held on Saturday, September 13, 2008 at the Woodlands in Bradford Woods. The annual gala fundraiser netted $75,000  Funds raised will be used to support programming at the Woodlands to enrich the lives of children and adults with disability and chronic illness.

Charlie Gray, Director Emeritus of the Pittsburgh CLO, served as emcee, and nearly 300 people came out to honor Weir and support the Woodlands. Sponsoring the event were Ferromet Corporation, Turm Oil, Inc., Deloitte, Mine Safety Appliances Co., Partners Alliance, Phillips Respironics, PNC Bank, Texas Keystone, Inc., and West Penn Allegheny Health System, Nemacolin Woodlands, 84 Lumber and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.

Attendees at the event included Susie Williams, President of the Woodlands Board of Directors; Peter Clakeley, Executive Director of the Woodlands Foundation; Bette Norris, Chair of the Woodlands Auxiliary; Sandy Lambert and Gail Clakeley, Co-Chairs of the event; Margaret Irvine Weir, her husband Tom Weir, her father Buzz Irvine and his wife Lois; Dennis Zeitler, Butterfly Ball Honorary Co-Chair; Mark Heuschkel, President of Ferromet Corp.; Dickson Forbes, CEO of Turm Oil, Inc.; Bill Lambert, President of MSA; John Miclot, President of Philips Respironics; James Kalnas, President of Partners Alliance; Robert Kozel, President of Texas Keystone.

The Woodlands Foundation is a charitable organization dedicated to enriching the lives of children and adults with disability and chronic illness.  The Woodlands provides facilities for year-round programming on its 32-acre campus in northern Allegheny County. Programs include summer camps, weekend retreats, aquatics and after-school programs, and golf on the region’s only adaptive, par-3 golf course. The facilities are fully-accessible and are available to other nonprofit organizations throughout the region who serve individuals with special needs. Information about the Woodlands can be found on the organization’s website at www.woodlandsfoundation.org.