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Haverford Trust Co. of Radnor, Pa., has hired Norm Lubin, 62, as its leader of business development and client services.

Haverford Trust Co. of Radnor, Pa., has hired Norm Lubin, 62, as its leader of business development and client services.

Previously, he was chairman and chief executive of FMS Group in Philadelphia. There, Mr. Lubin was responsible for working in management consulting in areas that included corporate objectives or policy development, organizational struc- ture, information technology, business intelligence and new-business startups.

Sterling Bancorp in New York has promoted Dale C. Fredston, 57, to general counsel.

She will have overall legal and corporate-governance responsibility for Sterling Bancorp and its subsidiaries in New York.

Previously, Ms. Fredston was chief legal officer of Sterling National Bank.

State Street Global Advisors of Boston has added Bonny Eugenia Botman, Dwight D. Churchill and Carl G. Verboncoeur to the SPDR funds board.

They will be responsible for the management and affairs of the SPDR funds, including contract approval and oversight of the funds’ service providers.

Ms. Botman, 60, was a managing director of Bank of America Corp. until she retired in 2005. She was chief investment officer of municipal bond investments.

Mr. Churchill, 56, retired from Fidelity Investments last year. He was responsible for managing the fixed-income division, heading equity portfolio management and was president of investment services.

Mr. Verboncoeur, 57, was chief executive of Rydex Investments until he retired last year.

Capstone Advisory Group LLC of Saddle Brook, N.J., has hired William Epstein, 49, as managing director and head of the firm’s valuation practice in Los Angeles.

His responsibilities include managing general-consulting projects and valuation products, and overseeing the valuation practice in the firm’s operations in the Western states.

Previously, Mr. Epstein was national director of opinion services in Los Angeles for American Appraisal Associates Inc. of Mission Viejo, Calif.

Hillview Capital Advisors LLC of New York has hired Aviva Pinto, 50, as a senior vice president.

She will oversee and manage Hillview’s growing client base.

Previously, Ms. Pinto was a senior vice president and private-client adviser in Garden City, N.Y., for U.S. Trust Corp. of New York, representing wealth-management disciplines to meet the needs of wealthy families and foundations.

New York Life Insurance Co. has hired Allyson McDonald, 37, as a senior vice president in its retirement income security operation.

She is responsible for developing and enhancing the relationships with the top third-party distributors of both New York Life annuities and MainStay mutual funds.

Previously, Ms. McDonald was a senior executive, chief marketing officer and head of development for New York and Boston at the William J. Clinton Foundation.

Realty Capital Securities LLC, the broker-dealer affiliate of American Realty Capital Trust Inc. of New York, has hired William C. Miller Jr., 41, as an executive vice president and managing director of national products.

He is responsible for building the broker-dealer subsidiary by overseeing investment product delivery and enhancing the training, development and performance of Realty Capital Securities’ sales force.

Previously, Mr. Miller was an executive vice president and chief sales officer at Axa Distributors of New York, responsible for the external and internal wholesaling of variable annuities.

Woodbury Financial Services Inc. has hired Albert Johnson, 52, as chief compliance officer of broker-dealer services. He will be based in Oakdale, Minn.

Mr. Johnson will be responsibile for overseeing the Woodbury, Minn., firm’s supervisory and compliance systems, including self-evaluation testing to detect and address weaknesses, adjusting compliance systems to reflect changes in legal requirements, and assessing evolving compliance and regulatory risks.

He will also serve as the money laundering reporting officer and work with the legal department in regulatory liaison with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. and state-level regulators.

Previously, Mr. Johnson served as chief compliance officer of El Segundo, Calif. based independent broker-dealer Financial Network Investment Corp., where he was responsible for overseeing the compliance program.