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Speakers

McNees Wallace & Nurick attorney Salvatore Bauccio is scheduled to speak at the 2018 Penn State Venture and IP Conference taking place Thursday and Friday at The Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center.

Set to join Bauccio to discuss “The Secrets of Fundraising for Your Company” on Friday are Steve Carpenter of Life Sciences Greenhouse, Valerie Gaydos of Capital Growth, Joe Herbst of Robin Hood Ventures and Scott Johnson of BFTP.

Bauccio is a member of the corporate and tax and health care practice groups in the Harrisburg office.

In his practice, Bauccio focuses on ­mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, real estate transactions, and venture ­capital/private placements.

He serves as outside general counsel and/or transaction counsel to a number of clients in various industries, including health care, hospitality, manufacturing and real estate.

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Additions

Leena S. Ketkar joined Blank Rome's Philadelphia office as an associate in the real estate group.
Ketkar comes to Blank Rome from Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young.

She concentrates her practice on general real estate matters.

Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Ketkar earned her J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

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Elected and Appointed

Henry Ian Pass, a business transactional and commercial litigation attorney in Bala Cynwyd and owner of the Law Offices of Henry Ian Pass, was appointed to serve on the board of directors of Vesper Boat Club, the rowing club on Philadelphia's historic Boathouse Row.

Pass has been a sculling member at Vesper for the last two decades and has provided pro bono legal services on behalf of the club on various matters.

Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, Pass has served on several nonprofit boards of directors and has provided legal services in matters since 1975.

He is also the founder and managing director of Patriot Venture Capital Group, a venture capital firm focusing on investment opportunities in early stage companies.

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Announcements

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