On the Boards

Antares Pharma Inc., a publicly held company based in Ewing, N.J., that specializes in pharmaceutical product development, has elected Eamonn P. Hobbs to the board. He is the president and chief executive officer of Delcath Systems Inc., New York, a medical-technology firm specializing in cancer treatment.

The American Heart Association, a Center City nonprofit health-advocacy organization, has elected four new members to its board:

Harris T. Bock is director of The Dispute Resolution Institute, Philadelphia, and an adjunct professor of Alternative Dispute Resolution at Villanova Law School.

Joseph F. Coradino is president of Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust Services and PREIT-Rubin Inc., Philadelphia.

Richard K. Murray is vice president of external medical and scientific affairs at Merck & Co. Inc., North Wales.

Jonathan M. Straub is president of Preventive Health Group L.L.C., of Delaware.

James M. Danko, The Helen & William O'Toole Dean of the Villanova School of Business, has been elected to the board of the Graduate Management Admission Council. The council is a nonprofit organization of graduate business schools based in McLean, Va., that owns and administers the GMAT exam, used as part of the graduate business school admissions process.

Community Interactions Inc., a Swarthmore nonprofit group serving people with disabilities in community-living settings, has named Larry Clark and Michael Rainey to its board. Clark is corporate account manager of Professional Duplicating Inc., Media. Rainey is an insurance broker and employee-benefits consultant in Media.

Philadelphia University has named William C. Whitmore Jr. chairman of its board of trustees. He is chairman, president, and CEO of AlliedBarton Security Services L.P., Conshohocken, and has been a member of the Private Sector, Senior Advisory Council for Homeland Security.

The university also appointed Moshe I. Meidar and Robert L. Nydick Jr. to its board. Meidar is founder, chairman, and CEO of MAG Industrial Automation Systems L.L.C., Sterling Heights, Mich. Nydick is professor of management and operations at Villanova University's School of Business.

Nancy Hoppe, associate director, Global Congress and Convention Management for Wyeth, Collegeville, has been named president of the Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Association for 2009-10.

The Chester County Economic Development Council, a private Exton nonprofit economic-development organization, has appointed Craig A. Styer to its board. Styer is a partner in the Litigation Department of Fox Rothschild L.L.P. and is administrative chairman in that department in the firm's Exton office.

Martins Run, a senior-living community in Media, has appointed Ethel Hamburger, Blanche Rednor, and Barbara Wald as new resident trustees on its board of trustees. Hamburger is a retired teacher, while Rednor, a CPA, ran an accounting practice. Wald, also a retired teacher, ran her own computer-software consulting business.

Kardon Institute for Arts Therapy, a Philadelphia nonprofit group that assists people with special needs through the arts, has named Harriet C. Williams to its board. She is a consultant for Elwyn Inc., Elwyn, and the Women's Law Project, Philadelphia.

Matthew A. White has been named to serve on the board of managers at Pennsylvania Hospital. He is a litigator whose practice focuses on commercial litigation at Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll L.L.P., Philadelphia.

Susan Buchwald has been named to the board of New Jersey Alliance for Children, Youth & Families, a nonprofit human-services organization that represents 39 private organizations that serve at-risk children and adolescents throughout the state. She is president and CEO of Community Treatment Solutions, Moorestown.

Cozen O'Connor member Mark J. Foley was recently appointed to the Red Cross, Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter board of directors. He is chairman of the labor and employment practice group in the law firm's Philadelphia office. - Mike Zebe