2012

Jan. 13-14, 2012 – At the Grand Baymen Resort in San Pedro, Belize, Miner leads a strategic planning session and also makes a presentation at the annual shareholder meeting of ECI Development, Ltd., the Central America developer founded by Pittsburghers with beachfront properties in Belize, Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

2011

Nov. 23, 2011 – Miner is among eight volunteers quoted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story, "Old Photos Tell Story of Beaver County's Past" - about the Beaver Area Heritage Museum's summer/fall display, "Beaver Valley Album." [ link ]

Nov. 15, 2011 – For the sixth consecutive year, Miner presents to Dr. Michael Walsh's senior marketing classes at West Virginia University's College of Business and Economics, on the topic of “How to Adapt When Life Comes At You Fast.”

 

Tri-State River Products owner Tom Bryan (center, with plaque) and his family and Miner (right) upon receiving the 2011 Ben Franklin Award, and making a donation to the Beaver Area Heritage Museum.

 

Nov. 10, 2011 – On behalf of the Beaver Area Heritage Museum, Miner accepts a $500 check from the Beaver County Foundation, presented by Charles “Chick” O’Data, as a donation from the foundation’s 2011 Ben Franklin Award winner Thomas J. Bryan III, owner of Tri-State River Products.

Nov. 7, 2011 - In a front-page story, "Pittsburgh's Ambassador," Accounting Today reports that "Malin Bergquist thinks the world of Pittsburgh -- and it wants the world to know it. The midsized Steeltown firm has built a strong practice in serving foreign companies that establish operations in the Pittsburgh area, and conversely, among U.S. companies looking to expand abroad. And one of the main strategies it has used to promote its International Business Group has been been to boost its hometown as a great place for international businesses to enter the U.S. Market." Link and PDF reprint.

Nov. 5, 2011 - At the annual Charter Day dinner of the Beaver Area Heritage Foundation, Miner makes a "state of the union" presentation about the Beaver Area Heritage Museum, of which he serves as chairman.

Nov. 3, 2011 – Miner introduces guest speakers at the Oktoberfest celebration of the German American Business Circle at the Hofbrauhaus Pittsburgh -- Victoria Demo, senior vice president for foreign exchange at RBS Securities, Inc., and Barbara Schwarck, executive coach, author and CEO of Clear Intentions International.

June 24, 2011 - Miner formally announces the launch of a new company, Minerd.com Publishing, LLC, and the publication of its first book, Well At This Time: The Civil War Diaries and Army Convalescence Saga of Ephraim Miner. (180 pages,ISBN 978-0-9837149-0-3). [ more ]

June 24, 2011 – The Beaver Area Heritage Foundation appoints Miner as chair of fundraising for its ad hoc Train Station Committee.

June 19, 2011 – On the Rob Pratte Show on 1020-KDKA AM Radio, Miner and trustees Edwards McLaughlin and Stacey Sullivan are interviewed for a full hour about the Beaver Area Heritage Museum.

June 16, 2011 – The American Cancer Society names Miner as chair of the Pittsburgh Unit’s marketing committee.

 

WPXI-TV host Bill Flanagan (left) interviews Ardex Americas CEO Stephan Liozu and Miner (right) about economic outlook issues impacting German industry in Pittsburgh

 

June 12, 2011 – Representing Malin Bergquist and the German American Business Circle, Miner and GABC chair Stephan Liozu of Ardex Americas are interviewed for WPXI-TV’s “Our Region’s Business” segment, hosted by Bill Flanagan of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development. [ view the clip ]

May 3, 2011 - At the spring meeting of the German American Business Circle, Miner formally presents the GABC's inaugural Economic Outlook Survey of German Industry in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania, providing insights as to local companies' optimism, demand for products and services, hiring, facilities expansion, talent recruitment and retention, and more. View Miner's comments and the executive summary of the survey in English and German.

March 27, 2011 - The Beaver County Times quotes Miner in a front-page story, "Museum Obtains Decades of Old Newspapers," continued on an inside full page, about the museum's acquisition of Times newspapers providing "a comprehensive record of 46 years of day-to-day life in Beaver County..." [ Link ]

March 14, 2011 - As a member of the Train Station Committee of the Beaver Area Heritage Foundation, Miner makes a presentation at a quarterly general membership meeting on the reasons why the organization should play a driving role in the renovation of the former Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad passenger station in Beaver, now a vacant property.

March 13, 2011 - Miner is named in the Beaver County Times by columnist Gino Piroli, in his role as chairman of the Beaver Area Heritage Museum. Piroli writes: "I especially envy one group, the Beaver Area Heritage Foundation, because it has had success in keeping alive the history of the town."  Unlike other local museums, he says, the Heritage Foundation "has a permanent home near the former Beaver train station and offers programs throughout the year as well as exhibits and documents on different subjects related to the town." [ Reprint ]

 

While a medieval tax collector lies dead, surrounded by four unseemly suspects, guests at the “Death and Taxes” murder mystery dinner theatre try to decide whodunit, with all proceeds benefitting Malin Bergquist Charities, Inc. Gift baskets for the silent auction, and lining the room, were donated by clients, employees and friends of the firm. Comedy performed by Mystery's Most Wanted.

 

Jan. 14, 2011 - At a performance of "Death and Taxes," a murder mystery dinner theatre event in Greensburg sponsored by Malin Bergquist Charities, Inc., Miner serves as master of ceremonies.

 

Award-winning Beaver Area Heritage Museum

Jan. 11, 2011 - Miner is elected chairman of the board of trustees of the Beaver Area Heritage Museum. He enters his eighth year as a trustee of the museum.

2010

Dec. 10, 2010 - In the "After Hours" section of the Pittsburgh Business Times, Miner is pictured speaking with Christian Frahm of Draeger Safety, in his role as Malin Bergquist's chief marketing officer, at the newspaper's annual Manufacturer of the Year awards dinner. View.

Nov. 16, 2010 - Miner is elected to the board of directors of the Beaver Area Heritage Foundation, which operates an award winning heritage museum and helps maintain the site of the Revolutionary War's Fort McIntosh. He was president of the Foundation in 2005-2006.

Nov. 6, 2010 - In a story about the Beaver Area Heritage Museum's Bricks, Mortar and Charm display, headlined "Exhibit Celebrates the Many Styles of Homes in Beaver," the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette publishes a photo Miner and museum chairman Edwards McLaughlin posed among hundreds of photographs documenting the community's rich architectural heritage. Link.

Nov. 4, 2010 - Miner presents his fifth annual guest lecture to Dr. Michael Walsh's senior marketing classes at West Virginia University's College of Business and Economics, on the topic of "Real Life Marketing: What Happens When Life Comes At You Fast."

 

Malin Bergquist's Jeffrey Deane welcomes guests to the German American Business Circle's 20th anniversary event.

May 4, 2010 - At the 20th anniversary celebration of the German American Business Circle at the Hofbrauhaus in Pittsburgh, Miner introduces guest speakers Jeffrey Deane, head of Malin Bergquist's International Businesses Group, and Bill Flanagan, executive vice president of corporate relations for the Allegheny Conference on Community Development.

April 30, 2010 - The German American Business Circle in Pittsburgh launches it new website, which Miner leads in his public affairs role with GABC sponsor Malin Bergquist. One of the site's purposes is to be a voice of advocacy for the 70 German owned companies operating in the Pittsburgh region that employ 11,000. The other is to help tell the region's attractive economic development story to companies in Germany and Europe seeking an American locale. Link.

 

The German American Business Circle's new website in Pittsburgh

 

April 21, 2010 - Miner makes a presentation at the Rotary Club of Beaver, PA, about the work of the Hope and Development Foundation in Nicaragua. Beaver Rotary's board of directors recently underwrote the cost to ship discarded sports uniforms from the former Mt. Gallitzin Academy to Hope and Development for distribution to schoolchildren in rural Villa El Carmen, Nicaragua.

April 20, 2010 - For the third year in a row, the public accounting firm of Malin Bergquist, for which Miner serves as chief marketing officer, releases its newly printed Annual Review 2009. The report highlights Malin Bergquist clients Dad's Pet Products, Ardex America, Protea Biosciences, Pressley Ridge and the Erie law firm of Carney & Good, as well as features on the firm's sponsorship of the Pittsburgh G-20 Partnership, joint venture in the FD Alliance, news media coverage, a tribute to the firm's servicemen, and a focus on its people. The back cover is devoted to the firm's charity of choice -- the fight against cancer. Click for a printer-friendly copy (2.3 MB PDF file).

 

Malin Bergquist CEO David Bluemling at the Pittsburgh Rotary Club describing the importance of German industry in the region

March 3, 2010 - Miner formally introduces CEO David Bluemling and Ardex America CEO Stephan Liozu who jointly make a presentation at the Rotary Club of Pittsburgh about the 20th anniversary of the German American Business Circle and its forward-looking vision for economic development.

Feb. 10, 2010 - Taking advantage of the popular social media tool, Miner creates a first-ever Facebook page for the Beaver Area Heritage Foundation, to help attract Beaver Area diaspora all across the nation so they can become enthusiastic fans of the organization. The objective also is to use the page as communications device for members so they can recieve better information faster. Link.

Jan. 24, 2010 - The firm sponsors the 2009 Annual Review webpage of Miner's personal, award-winning genealogy and regional history website, Minerd.com, as it celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2010. Family Tree Magazine twice has named it one of the nation's "Top 10 Family Web Sites."

Jan. 24, 2010 - Miner is interviewed for 25 minutes on "The Rob Pratte Show" on KDKA-AM describing upcoming exhibits at the Beaver Area Heritage Museum and commenting on the future plans for the former Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad passenger station building in Beaver, with Pratte calling the museum "a national destination... that's how big this thing has become."

 

On the set of Nicaragua's Revista Esta Mañana TV talk show, left to right, ECI Development representatives Miner, Carolyn Keeling and Adiak Barahona, with the show host.

 

Jan. 18, 2010 - As a guest on Nicaragua Channel 8's popular morning TV talk show, Revista Esta Mañana, Miner and ECI Development representatives Carolyn Keeling and Adiak Barahona discuss progress at the Gran Pacifica Resort and how the new Baseball Academy of Central America, located adjacent to Gran Pacifica, will make a difference in the lives of young people in Nicaragua.

 

Shareholders and lot owners of ECI Development at Gran Pacifica Beach and Golf Resort, January 2010

 

Jan. 17, 2010 - In coordination with the Hope and Development Foundation in Nicaragua, Miner and more than 20 ECI Development board directors, shareholders and friends visit the rural San Miguel School in the Villa El Carmen region of Nicaragua to provide humanitarian services benefitting elementary-age students. The work entails painting, planting trees, delivering school supplies and sponsoring a piñata contest. Hope and Development promotes community empowerment through education, vocational training, job opportunities and improved health.

 

Miner joins with ECI Development board directors, shareholders and friends who paint, plant trees and deliver school supplies at a rural school in Villa El Carmen, Nicaragua

Jan. 16, 2010 - Miner provides a public relations update and powerpoint presentation at the annual meeting of shareholders of ECI Development, Ltd., at the Hilton Princess Hotel in Managua, Nicaragua, introduced by Chairman and CEO Michael Cobb.

Jan. 2, 2010 - The public accounting firm of Malin Bergquist of Pittsburgh, Greensburg and Erie forms a charitable foundation, Malin Bergquist Charities, Inc. The non-profit body is a vehicle for attracting a larger volume of donations from clients and friends of the firm for use in the fight against cancer. Miner is elected president of the new charity.