On the Boards

Recent announcements about changes to the boards of directors of area organizations or involving local executives.

BioAdvance

, the Philadelphia region's life-sciences greenhouse, appointed

John M. Gill

and

Steven Nichtberger

to its board. Gill is cofounder, president and chief executive officer of Tetralogic Pharmaceuticals Corp., Malvern, and held senior management positions with SmithKline Beecham and 3 Dimensional Pharmaceuticals. Nichtberger is president and chief executive officer of Tengion Inc., King of Prussia, and is a former senior executive at Merck & Co. BioAdvance has invested more than $11.5 million in 21 early-stage life-sciences companies and nine academic projects.

The

Montgomery County Bar Association

, Norristown, a professional association, named

Robert F. Morris

president. He is a partner at Morris-Clemm, Plymouth Meeting.

Robert Connell Pugh

, a partner at Kane, Pugh, Knoell, Troy and Kramer, has been named president of the association's trial lawyers section.

Delaware Valley Grantmakers

, Philadelphia, a forum for philanthropy, elected the following officers to its 2008 board:

Frances M. Sheehan

, president and chief executive officer of the Brandywine Health Foundation, Coatesville, is president.

Victoria K. Flaville

, vice president of programs for the Connelly Foundation, West Conshohocken, is vice president.

Robert C. Fernandez, executive director of the Genuardi Family Foundation, Blue Bell, is secretary.

Weston Somerville

, manager, community resources of Prudential Financial, Dresher, is treasurer.

The following new board members were elected:

Kevin Dow

is community affairs manager of the Wachovia Foundation, Philadelphia.

Heidi McPherson

is president of the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls, West Chester.

Sara S. Moran

is a trustee for the Seybert Institution, Philadelphia.

Susan A. Segal

is program officer of the Lincoln Financial Foundation, Philadelphia.

Mailee Walker

is executive director of the Claneil Foundation, Plymouth Meeting.

Philabundance

, Philadelphia, a regional nonprofit food bank and hunger relief organization serving the Delaware Valley, named the following to its board:

Aaron Krauss

, partner at Cozen O'Connor, Philadelphia, was named chairman.

John Core

and

David Miller

were named vice chairs. Core is associate professor of accounting at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Miller is president of CTS L.L.C., Chesterbrook.

John F. Schultz

is senior vice president of U.S. sales for IMS Health, Plymouth Meeting.

Christopher Krein

is director of institutional sales of Wisdom Tree Asset Management Inc., Malvern.

John Hutsell

is executive vice president of Sodexho USA - Health Care, Washington Crossing.

Martin Meloche

is associate professor of food marketing at St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia.

Allen Woolf

is chief medical officer of Cigna Group Insurance, Philadelphia.

Living Beyond Breast Cancer

, Ardmore, a national nonprofit education and support organization, elected

Mit Joyner

chairwoman of the board. She is a professor of undergraduate social work at West Chester University and is vice president of the Council on Social Work Education.

The board also elected the following new members:

A. Jennifer Allen

is director of public affairs, vaccine division, Merck & Co. Inc., West Point.

Jackie L. Allen

is president of the BJNB Foundation, Gladwyne.

Dina Blumwest

, is principal at CTD Consulting, Washington, D.C.

Barbara Lopez

is special events and patient education coordinator at the Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania.

The

Delaware County Foundation

, Radnor, a nonprofit that promotes legacy philanthropy, named

Arthur R. Lewis

to its board. He retired as manager of the engineering design division of Philadelphia Electric Co., in 1991 and is president of the Radnor High School Scholarship Fund.

- Mike Zebe