On the Boards

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

The

Philadelphia Theatre Company

announced that

Michael M. Coleman

will become president of its board, succeeding

E. Gerald Riesenbach

, who will remain involved as chair of the Capital Campaign and chair of the board. Coleman founded Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and is founder of Coleman Legal Search Consultants (now Coleman/Nourian), Philadelphia.

The

Russell Byers Charter School,

Philadelphia, a nonprofit founded in memory of Russell Byers, a Philadelphia Daily News columnist killed during a robbery attempt, appointed the following to its board of trustees for the 2008-2009 school year:

Linda Gamble

is an information technology and project management specialist and formerly worked at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, management consulting services.

Devra Jamison

is a retail specialist for the U.S. Postal Service, Philadelphia.

Frank Mechura

is the retired president of Crown Cork & Seal's Americas division in Philadelphia.

Nancy Quayle Petersmeyer

is a board-certified psychiatrist in private practice

Edward Walters

is first vice president and director of investments at Janney Montgomery Scott L.L.C., Philadelphia.

Allan Williams

is senior manager of USA Financial Operations for Deloitte, Philadelphia.

The

Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia

, a nonprofit organization, named the following officers and board members:

Katherine Dowdell,

principal at Blackney Hayes Architects, Philadelphia, is chair.

Peter C. Benton,

principal preservation planner at John Milner Associates, West Chester, is vice chair.

Christophe Terlizzi,

executive vice president of Citizens Bank, Philadelphia, is treasurer.

Rosemarie Fabien,

president of Fabien Communications, Wynnewood, is secretary.

John Carr

is principal conservator at Milner + Carr Conservation, Philadelphia.

Michael Holleman

is principal and director of historic preservation at Vitetta, Philadelphia.

Diane-Louis Wormley

is deputy director of Neighborhoods Now, Philadelphia.

James J. Quinlan was appointed to the board of the

George Washington University Alumni Association.

He is an attorney at Blank Rome L.L.P., Cherry Hill.

The

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

appointed Reed Smith senior associate

Melissa J. Oretsky

to the

Hearing Committee

of the

Disciplinary Board.

She is a member of the firm's Commercial Litigation Group. The Disciplinary Board assists the court in the regulation of attorney conduct.

Malvern Preparatory School

named the following to its board of trustees:

Joseph Miele

is operations manager with the Vanguard Group, Malvern.

Peter Donohue

is president of Villanova University.

Francis Hallinan

is administrative partner with Phelan, Hallinan & Schmieg, Philadelphia.

Michael Lewers

is managing director, U.S. private client group, with BlackRock Investments, Princeton.

Lee Makowski

is a professor in the college of liberal arts and sciences at Villanova University.

Robert Manning

is senior vice president, wealth management, with Citi Smith Barney, Philadelphia.

IVC, the International Visitors Council of Philadelphia

, an international-relations "citizen diplomacy" organization formed as a partnership with the U.S. State Department and the City of Philadelphia, named the following members to its board:

Steven Batzer

is principal of WBD Investment Group, Atlantic City.

Beth Cohen

is director of emerging growth services at Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen L.L.P.

Edward M. Dunham Jr.

is of counsel, insurance coverage and risk management at Duane Morris L.L.P., Philadelphia.

Laura Haymann

is vice president of Wachovia Bank, Philadelphia.

David C. Palm

is director, contracts and pricing, at Boeing Co.

The

Main Line Chamber of Commerce

, Wayne, appointed

Sarah Ellen Lenahan

and

James F. Devine

to its board. Lenahan is vice president of operations and organizational development for Devereux. Devine is president and chief executive officer of the MidAtlantic Employers' Association, King of Prussia.

Maternity Care Coalition,

a nonprofit Philadelphia organization for improving maternal and child health, appointed the following officers and members to its board:

Dale Allen,

financial adviser at DVFG Advisors L.L.C., Reading, is president.

English Willis,

clinical risk management and safety surveillance director of Merck & Co. Inc., Whitehouse Station, is vice president.

Evelyn Sample-Oates,

vice president of marketing at Keystone Quality Transport, Springfield, is secretary.

Regine Metellus,

chief financial officer and vice president of operations of the Urban League of Philadelphia, is treasurer.

Anita Allen

is Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania.

Kirstin Engelman

most recently was senior forecasting analyst, global forecasting and analysis group, for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc., Collegeville.

Janet Bly

is owner of Signature Garden L.L.C., Wynnewood, and is a teacher at the Arboretum School of the Barnes Foundation.

Priti Dheer

is diversity director at Cigna Corp., Philadelphia.

Kim Oxholm

is managing trustee and treasurer for the Campbell-Oxholm Foundation, Merion Station.

- Mike Zebe