On the Boards

BioStrategy Partners Inc., an Elkins Park organization that helps emerging and early-stage life-science companies in the Philadelphia area commercialize, has named Thomas J. Pelura chairman and Ron Schmid vice chairman. Pelura is president and chief executive officer of Immunome Inc., Wynnewood. Schmid is president of R.E. Schmid & Associates, Yardley.

E-DMZ Security L.L.C., a Wilmington provider of security software and services, has appointed Pat Clawson to its board. He is chairman and chief executive officer of Lumension Security Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz.

The Feasterville Business Association has named the following officers and members to its board:

Katrina Piotroski, assistant vice president, training officer of Third Federal Savings Bank, Newtown, is president. She replaces Diane Fetscher, a financial adviser for Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Jenkintown, who becomes director on the organization's executive committee.

Dennis Markowitz, founder and chief operating officer of Financial Group Plus Inc., Southampton, is vice president.

Ray Greenberg, president of Financial Expertise, Feasterville, is treasurer.

Karen Modotto, branch manager, banking officer at Bucks County Bank, Bensalem, is financial secretary.

Linda Pupkiewicz, assistant director of the Lower Southampton Township Library, Feasterville, is recording secretary.

Sharon Sein, president of Sein Organizing Solutions, Feasterville, is corresponding secretary.

Silvio DiPietro, president of DiPietro Insurance Agency, Feasterville, is sergeant-at-arms.

Named to the FBA's executive committee:

Susan Harrison is co-owner and title agent of Greater Philadelphia Abstract Agency Inc., Trevose.

Larry Laiken is president of Snacks by the Pound, Feasterville.

Stu Coren is president of Rosen Coren Public Relations Agency, Langhorne.

Rick Bortick and Scott Bailey have been named to the board of Need in Deed, a Philadelphia nonprofit educational organization. Bortick is a lawyer in the Global Insurance Group at Cozen O'Connor, Philadelphia. Bailey is senior vice president and general manager of Comcast.net.

Stuart A. Platt has been appointed to the State of New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education. He is a partner with the law firm of Marrazzo & Platt P.C., Stratford.

Outward Bound Philadelphia, a nonprofit educational organization that provides youth programs and raises scholarship funds to enroll urban Philadelphia students in leadership building courses, has named Jeremy P. Coote and Ed Ruggero to its board. Coote is CEO of InterComponentWare Inc., Wayne. Ruggero is an author and speaker who has written World War II histories, concentrating on leadership.

Villanova University has named the following to its board:

The Rev. Paul W. Galetto is the president of St. Augustine College Preparatory School in Richland, N.J.

Mary D. Naylor is the Marian S. Ware Professor in Gerontology and director of the NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Nursing.

James V. O'Donnell is the CEO of American Eagle Outfitters Inc.

Joseph V. Topper Jr. is owner and president of Lehigh Gas Corp.

Women's Christian Alliance, a Philadelphia agency that provides child and family services, has named the following to its board:

Yolanda Avant-Sample is communications manager at PRWT Services Inc., Philadelphia.

Donna E.M. Bailey is assistant managing director for Homeless Initiatives for the City of Philadelphia.

John Holt Jr. is founder of Informed Resources Inc., Philadelphia.

Anthony Johnson Sr. is director of marketing at West Insurance Group.

Kimberley Nesmith is owner of the Blue Sage Salon.

The Rev. Mary Palmer is a member of the Black Clergy of Philadelphia.

The Montgomery Bar Association has named Steven H. Lupin president. He is managing partner of the law firm Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin, Lansdale.

Morton J. Simon Jr. has been elected to serve as president of the Cheltenham Township Board of Commissioners. He is counsel with the firm's business department and a member of its real estate and nonprofit organization practices unit at Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads L.L.P., Philadelphia.

The General Building Contractors Association, a Philadelphia trade organization, has elected the following officers and members to its board:

Francis A. Pietrini, president of B. Pietrini & Sons, King of Prussia, is chairman.

Rudy E. D'Alessandro, president of J.S. Cornell & Sons, Philadelphia, is senior vice chairman.

Mack Stulb, president of L.F. Driscoll Co., Bala Cynwyd, is vice chairman.

Patrick S. Pasquariello 3d, principal of P. Agnes Inc., Philadelphia, is treasurer.

The following have been named members:

Roger S. Ball is vice president of Shoemaker Construction Co., Conshohocken.

Angelo R. Perryman is president of Perryman Building & Constuction Services Inc., Philadelphia.

Craig J. Sabatino is co-owner of Intech Construction Inc., Philadelphia.

Gregory C. Stewart is district manager and vice president of Gilbane Co., Philadelphia.

Thomas J. Wentzel is president of Tom Wentzel Co. Inc., Exton.

The Philadelphia Film Society, a nonprofit cultural organization that produces the annual Philadelphia Film Festival every October, has named H.G. "Buzz" Bissinger and Justin B. Wineburgh to its board. Bissinger is a columnist and former reporter for The Inquirer, and is the author of several books. Wineburgh is the head of the entertainment and sports law practice at Cozen O'Conner, Philadelphia.

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, a nonprofit educational organization founded in 1824, has named the following to its board of councilors:

Mark A. Aronchick is a shareholder and litigator at Hangley, Aronchick, Segal & Pudlin P.C., Philadelphia.

Alice L. George is an author and historian whose fields of expertise include Cold War culture and public history, Philadelphia history, 20th century American political history, and 20th century European culture. She is a former editor at the Philadelphia Daily News.

Thomas Moran is the vice president and chief tax officer for the Lincoln Financial Group, Radnor.

The Association of Corporate Counsel, Delaware Valley Chapter (DELVACCA), has elected the following officers for 2010:

N. Alexander Erlam, general counsel at the Vertical Screen Group of Companies, is president.

Thomas M. Molchan, senior vice president and associate general counsel at Aramark Corp., is first vice president.

Grace P. Manno, a lawyer, is second vice president.

Eric A. Tilles, assistant general counsel/manager ethics and compliance at Arkema Inc., is treasurer.

Michael A. Duff, senior vice president and general counsel at Penske Truck Leasing Co. L.P., is secretary.

The Urban League of Philadelphia has named Harold T. Epps to its board. He is president and CEO of PRWT Services Inc.

Melissa J. Oretsky was appointed to the Executive Committee of the Louis D. Brandeis Law Society, the Philadelphia-based Jewish law society that is dedicated to advancing and enriching the personal and professional interests of its members. She is a senior associate at Reed Smith L.L.P., Philadelphia.

Urban Tree Connection, a West Philadelphia nonprofit group that works to transform abandoned, vacant open spaces across Philadelphia into safe, green places, announced its 2010 board:

Rickie Orr Brawer is associate director of the Office to Advance Population Health at Thomas Jefferson University.

Constance Carter is a consultant for Sylvia/Carter and Associates.

Kathleen English is president of Kathleen English Communications, L.L.C.

Christine Larson is Philadelphia committee liaison of the Garden Club of America.

Lisa Pomerantz is vice president of communications for RecycleBank.

Joan N. Stern is board emerita, chair of the Public Finance Department at Blank Rome, L.L.C., Philadelphia.

David Stinnett is senior manager of human resources at The Vanguard Group, Malvern.

Harvey Swedloff is a consultant for a local building restoration firm and was chief financial officer of Ashbidge Corp.

Joel E. Tasca is a partner at Ballard Spahr L.L.P., Philadelphia.

Jan Wechsler is a consultant.

Foundations Community Partnership, a nonprofit foundation that supports the behavioral health and human service needs of children and young adults in Bucks County, named Christina Carson-Sacco, Linda L. Earnshaw and Steven E. Detweiler to its board. Carson-Sacco is a principle with The Center for Neuropsychology and Counseling, Warrington. Earnshaw is president of RP Homecare, Springhouse. Detweiler is director of the LifeWorks Alternative School at Foundations Behavioral Health, Doylestown.

Living Beyond Breast Cancer, a Haverford national nonprofit education and support organization for women and families, elected the following board members:

Phyllis H. Allen is a volunteer for the group and is a member of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Pennsylvania Chapter.

Howard A. Cutler is the head of strategy and planning at Aetna, Inc., in Blue Bell.

Denise M. Hyater is executive director and senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications of the National Capital Region of the American Cancer Society.

Lynn A. Marks is the executive director of Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts.

Lisa S. Schildhorn is president of the board at Kids Smiles, Inc.

Jonathan M. Petrakis is founder and president of Deeb, Petrakis, Blum & Murphy, P.C., Philadelphia.

Susannah Wolf is a mathematics resource teacher at the Park School in Baltimore.

- Mike Zebe