Columbus, Ohio-headquartered Huntington Bank has ramped up its private banking offering with the launch of three new Private Financial Group offices in northwest Pennsylvania and the addition of new staff in Pittsburgh.

The new standalone offices for private banking and wealth management services, which are in Erie, Titusville and Sharon, bring the bank’s total roster of dedicated private financial group office locations in Pennsylvania to six. In addition to the new locations, and the bank’s regional headquarters in Pittsburgh, there are additional offices in Beaver and New Castle.

Dana Audo has been appointed as the new Pennsylvania private banking region manager “to lead an aggressive Pennsylvania growth initiative for the Private Financial Group,” said Daniel Benhase, Huntington senior executive vice president and director of Huntington's Private Financial Group.

Audo joins David Lettrich, Ted Gouza and Bill Garvey on the Pennsylvania Private Banking Region team. Lettrich, senior vice president, senior private banking relationship manager, is in his seventh year with Huntington; Bill Garvey, vice president, senior private banking relationship manager, joined Huntington three years ago, and Gouza, vice president, senior private banking relationship manager, has recently joined Huntington and will now lead private banking at the Sharon Private Financial Group office.

"I am confident we have the capability for strong growth with this team. All of us have more than 20 years of experience and deep roots in Western Pennsylvania. With our enhanced presence to the north and our expanded team in greater Pittsburgh, we are looking forward to building new customer relationships and strengthening our existing customer relationships within our $4 billion region asset portfolio," said Audo.