On the Boards
Recent announcements about changes to the boards of directors of area organizations or involving local executives. Unisys Corp., a Blue Bell computer-technology-services company, elected Clay B. Lifflander and Charles B. McQuade to its board. Lifflander is president of MMI Investments L.P., New York, which owns about 9.1 percent of the company's shares. McQuade is the
Recent announcements about changes to the boards of directors of area organizations or involving local executives.
Unisys Corp.
, a Blue Bell computer-technology-services company, elected
Clay B. Lifflander
and
Charles B. McQuade
to its board. Lifflander is president of MMI Investments L.P., New York, which owns about 9.1 percent of the company's shares. McQuade is the retired chairman and chief executive officer of Securities Industry Automation Corp., New York. The election expands the company's board from 11 to 13 members.
IndiPharm
, a Radnor global clinical research organization, named
James A. Bannon
executive chairman. He is former group president, late-stage development services at Covance Inc., Princeton.
William R. Sasso
was appointed vice chair of the
Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners
, a professional oversight organization. He is chairman of Stradley Ronon, Philadelphia.
The
American Association for Cancer Research
, Philadelphia, has named the following members to its board:
Tyler E. Jacks
, director of the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, the David H. Koch Professor of Biology at MIT, and an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, is president-elect. He succeeds
Raymond N. DuBois
.
Raymond N. DuBois
, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, is president.
William N. Hait
, senior vice president and worldwide head for Ortho Biotech Oncology Research and Development, who was president for the 2007-2008 term, will become past president.
The following were elected to the board for the 2008-2011 term:
Lisa M. Coussens
is professor, Department of Pathology and Cancer Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco.
Kenneth W. Kinzler
is director, Ludwig Center for Cancer Genetics & Therapeutics, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, professor of oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Bruce A.J. Ponder
is director, cancer research, U.K. Cambridge Research Institute; codirector, Hutchison/Medical Research Council Research Centre, University of Cambridge; codirector, Strangeways Research Laboratories for Genetic Epidemiology, and holds other related positions.
Eddie Reed
is the Abraham Mitchell Distinguished Investigator at the University of South Alabama.
Margaret W. Shipp
is professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; associate physician, Brigham & Women's Hospital; director, lymphoma program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Dana-Farber/Harvard Comprehensive Cancer Center; attending physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Dana-Farber/Brigham & Women's Hospital.
Kenya Mann
, a partner at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll L.L.P, Philadelphia, was appointed to the board of the
Special Olympics
, Philadelphia.
The
Metropolitan Career Center
, Philadelphia, a nonprofit organization, named
Priscilla Chandler
to its board. She is a manager at PJM Interconnections, Norristown.
Claudia Springer
and
Richard Macha
were elected to the board of the
National Adoption Center
, Philadelphia, a nonprofit human-services organization. Springer is managing partner at Reed Smith L.L.P., Philadelphia. Macha is a vice president at Independence Blue Cross, Philadelphia.
Virginia Essandoh
, a senior consultant at Altman Weil, Newtown Square, was named to the board of the
Country Day School of the Sacred Heart
, Bryn Mawr.
The
Community Learning Center
, a Philadelphia nonprofit educational organization, named
Anita Scott
to its board. She is vice president of human resources at Radian, Philadelphia.
Matt McKeever
, a director at SCA, Philadelphia, was named to the board of
Camp Hill Special Schools
, Glenmoore.
The
Southern Chester County YMCA
, West Grove, a nonprofit organization, named
JoEllen Burns Muntz
to its board. She is vice president of performance improvement at Exelon Nuclear, Philadelphia.
The
People's Emergency Center
, a Philadelphia nonprofit social services agency for homeless women with children, named
Reed Raymond
to its board. Raymond is a vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
Dennis Johnson
was named to the board of the
Philadelphia Children's Alliance
, a nonprofit social services organization. He is vice president, finance, at MEDecision, Wayne.
Ronald Mintz
was appointed to the board of trustees of the
Easttown Township Library
, Berwyn. He is a principal at the Vanguard Group, Malvern.
Samaritan Hospice
, a Marlton provider of hospice and palliative care, grief support, counseling, education and advocacy, named the following officer and members to its board:
Michael Enright
, vice president, finance-U.S. Soup, for Campbell Soup Co., Camden, is secretary.
Michael Bozek
is senior accounting manager for Oki Data Americas Inc., Mount Laurel.
Liz Thomas
is cofounder and chief executive officer of Thomas/Boyd Communications, Moorestown and Princeton.
Shirley Richardson
is the owner of Lexus of Cherry Hill.
James Wujcik
is regional president for Sovereign Bank, Reading.
The
Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants
, a professional organization, named the following officers to it board for fiscal 2008-2009.
Matthew D. Melinson
, a director of tax services at SMART, Devon, and an adjunct professor at Philadelphia University, is president.
Karen C. Facer-Mee
, president of Facer, Mee & Associates P.C., Ivyland, is president-elect.
Edwin Rosenthol
, a certified public accountant in private practice in Philadelphia, is secretary.
Christopher A. Welde
, owner and director of Forensic Insights Inc., King of Prussia, is treasurer.
- Mike Zebe