On the Boards

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

The

American Heart Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania,

a nonprofit organization, named

Joseph H. Jacovini

president and

Patricia Garcia Sullivan

president. Jacovini is senior partner and chairman of Dilworth, Paxson L.L.P., Philadelphia. Garcia Sullivan is associate vice president of clinical development at University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia.

PolyMedix Inc.,

a Radnor biotechnology company, elected

Richard Bank

and

Stefan Loren

to the board. Bank has been senior portfolio manager, managing director and senior vice president of the Liberty View Health Sciences Fund and is clinical professor emeritus in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Southern California School of Medicine. Loren is an industry consultant with Westwicke Partners, Baltimore.

The

Philadelphia Area chapter of Meeting Professionals International,

a professional organization, elected the following officer:

director of sales and marketing at the Radisson Penn Harris Hotel, Harrisburg, is president.

vice president, business development at Signature Marketing Group, Langhorne, is president-elect.

national sales manager at Gaylord National Hotel, Oxen Hill, is vice president, communications.

president of GEP Philly, Philadelphia, is vice president, finance.

owner of Jeannette Lupachino & Associates, Mechanicsburg, is vice president, education.

Northeast sales manager at Palace Resorts, East Windsor, is vice president, membership.

Community Interactions Inc.,

a Swarthmore nonprofit organization that assists those with developmental disabilities and mental health challenges, named

Nina E. Ingulli

chairwoman. She is a manager and financial adviser for Ameriprise Financial Services Inc., Plymouth Meeting.

The

Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences,

Garnet Valley, a nonprofit professional association that honors excellence in regional television during Emmy Awards festivities, elected the following officers and chapter leaders to its board of governors:

senior vice president of the Bellevue Communications Group, Philadelphia, is president.

senior vice president of production at WLVT PBS39, Bethlehem, is vice president.

news director at WPMT FOX43, Harrisburg, is treasurer.

senior director, corporate communications at WQED Multimedia, Pittsburgh, is secretary.

Governors elected to two-year terms - 2008-2010:

is vice president, general manager at Univision 65 (WUV-TV) & Telefutura 28, Philadelphia.

is director for television at WHYY Inc., Philadelphia.

is managing director creative operations at CN8, The Comcast Network, Philadelphia.

is co-executive producer of

It's Your Call with Lynn Doyle

, CN8, Philadelphia.

is senior director of news programming at Comcast SportsNet, Philadelphia.

is executive producer at Comcast SportsNet, Philadelphia.

is principal at KQW Productions, West Chester.

is assistant general manager, news and programming at WFMZ-TV, Philadelphia.

is supervising producer at WQED Multimedia, Pittsburgh.

is content new media and interactive media researcher at NBC10, Philadelphia.

Named to the board of trustees:

is deputy executive, director of production at NJN, Trenton.

is professor emeritus at Temple University.

The

University of the Sciences,

Philadelphia, named

Lucy Malmberg

to serve on the board and as the alumni representative. She is executive vice president and corporate secretary/treasurer of Wedgewood Pharmacy, Swedesboro, N.J.

- Mike Zebe