The Herald, Sharon, PA Published Thursday, May 15, 2003

Feeney
to retire
as CEO
May 31
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Jim Feeney is retiring as chief executive officer of Protected Home Mutual Life Insurance Co. and is giving up his daily involvement with the company, effective May 31. He will continue as chairman of the Sharon insurance company.

Feeney held the post for 16 months as an interim position. He has been on Protected's board for six years. Before taking the helm at Protected, he was senior vice president at Wheatland Tube Co., where he had worked for 41 years.

Replacing Feeney will be Robert Van Auken, who will be named president and chief executive officer.

Van Auken has been on Protected's board for 10 years. He has a diverse background in financial management, including being president of Union Commerce Bank of Cleveland and Barclay's Bank of Delaware. He has a bachelor's degree from Notre Dame University and an MBA from the University of Illinois.

He and his wife will relocate to Hermitage in June.



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