On the Boards
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, has appointed Richard C. Sheerr chairman of the board of trustees, the governing body of the organization, and the board of overseers, which acts in an advisory and fund-raising capacity. He succeeds Richard Braemer, who was chairman from 2005 to 2009. Sheerr is the president of The Wagman Primus Group L.P., Levittown.
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
, Philadelphia, has appointed
Richard C. Sheerr
chairman of the board of trustees, the governing body of the organization, and the board of overseers, which acts in an advisory and fund-raising capacity. He succeeds
Richard Braemer
, who was chairman from 2005 to 2009. Sheerr is the president of The Wagman Primus Group L.P., Levittown.
The following members were elected to the board of overseers:
Barbara E. Black is the owner/director of Pine Forest Camp, Jenkintown.
Carl Richard Chudnofsky is chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Albert Einstein Medical Center.
Wilelmina Park Fader is the business manager at Chestnut Hill Academy.
Jan R. Figueira is president and chief executive officer of Girls Incorporated of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, Philadelphia.
Joan Lee Goldstein is retired vice president of information management for IMS Health Inc., Norwalk, Conn., and Plymouth Meeting.
Joshua S. Gross is president of Mill Creek Capital Advisors L.L.C., Conshohocken.
John J. Kelly is associate chairman of Emergency Medicine at Albert Einstein Medical Center.
Roy S. Neff is a partner at Gamma Capital Advisors Ltd. L.L.C., King of Prussia.
Lawrence A. Real is the medical director of Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment and cochair for Einstein's department of psychiatry.
Randi Vizak Rosenberg is a social worker with the Spina Bifida Clinic at MossRehab, part of the Albert Einstein Healthcare Network.
Les J. Seskin is the chairman of Brookwood Media Arts Inc., Lower Gwynedd.
Also, Steven Berk was elected to his first term as chairman of the Albert Einstein Healthcare Services board. Berk is a partner with the law firm of Segal, Wolf, Berk, Gaines & Liss, Philadelphia.
Jane Hoffer was elected chairwoman of the Albert Einstein Physician Services board of trustees. Hoffer was the president and CEO of Prescient Applied Intelligence Inc., West Chester, and now is the CEO of BrainRewards Inc.
James J. Calla was named to the board of Liberty Bell Bank, Cherry Hill. Calla is the former executive vice president and managing director of the Capital Markets Group, Philadelphia.
Philippe W. Ouellette Jr. was elected second vice chairman of the National Association of Credit Union Chairmen, a Del Mar, Calif., professional association. He is chairman of Citadel Federal Credit Union Inc., Thorndale.
Philadelphia real estate executive Arthur P. Pasquarella has been elected 2010 chairman of the board of The Counselors of Real Estate, an international professional organization. He is a principal at BPG Properties, Philadelphia.
William H. Morgan has been elected a trustee of Peirce College, Philadelphia. He is senior vice president of global human resources for Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. and a graduate of the college. He was formerly executive vice president, technology and operations and chief information officer for the Philadelphia Stock Exchange Inc.
The Philadelphia's Children First Fund, an independent nonprofit organization established by the School District of Philadelphia in 2003 to improve academic performance by obtaining private- and public-sector grants from foundations and government, named Sheldon M. Bonovitz chairman. He is chairman emeritus of the Philadelphia law firm Duane Morris L.L.P. and was chairman and CEO of the international firm for 10 years.
Joseph E. Wolfson, a shareholder of Stevens & Lee P.C., Valley Forge, has been appointed to the national board of the Jewish National Fund, New York, and continues as president of the Philadelphia chapter.
The Philadelphia Public Relations Association, the nation's oldest independent public relations organization, has named its executive officers and board for the 2009-10 year.
Yvette Núñez, media specialist for the U.S. Census Bureau in Philadelphia, is chairwoman.
Bill Cowen, president of Metrospective Communications, Philadelphia, is president.
Beth Archer, Mid-Atlantic communications manager for Exelon Nuclear Communications, Philadelphia, is president-elect.
Chris Lukach, vice president of Anne Klein Communications Group L.L.C., Mount Laurel, is vice president of external affairs.
Caryn Williams, customer care -communications specialist at Comcast Cable Communications Inc., Philadelphia, is vice president, programs.
Meredith Avakian, senior public affairs representative of DuPont Co., Wilmington, is vice president, membership.
Kera Walter, senior associate at Ceisler Jubelirer, Philadelphia, is vice president, communications.
Sylvia Kauders, president of Sylvia Kauders Enterprises, Philadelphia, is secretary.
Ashley Berke, senior public relations manager of the National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, is treasurer.
Board members:
Lisette Bralow is press and public relations chairman of the Philadelphia Folksong Society, Philadelphia.
Jill Flanagan is an instructor in Villanova University Communications Department.
Carrie Nork-Minelli is director of public relations at Cashman & Associates, Philadelphia.
John Rich, a professor in Drexel University's School of Public Health and chairman of the department of Health Management and Policy, has been named to the Institute of Medicine, a professional organization.
Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, named the following to its board of trustees:
Robert L. Freedman is executive chairman of First Service Williams.
Raymond A. Sanseverino is a partner at the law firm Loeb & Loeb L.L.P., New York City.
Edward M. Satell is the founder and CEO of Progressive Business Publications, Malvern.
H. Art Taylor is president and CEO of the Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance, Arlington. - Mike Zebe