On the Boards

Mayor Nutter has appointed James J. Cuorato second vice chairman on the board of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia. Cuorato replaces Roxanne E. Covington, who resigned. Cuorato is president and chief executive officer of the Independence Visitor Center Corp., Philadelphia, and former vice president of urban development at Brandywine Realty Trust, Radnor.

Associated Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired, a private, nonprofit organization, has elected Michael J. Smedley and Ronald E. Bowlan to its board. Smedley is vice president of the Mid-Atlantic Region for Veolia Energy's operations in Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Bowlan is vice president and chief facilities officer for Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals Inc., Philadelphia.

The Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners, a professional organization, has elected the following officers:

Karen Higgins, president of A&E Communications Inc., is president.

Shanley Rassler, co-owner of Rassler Financial Planning, is president-elect.

Michele Schina, owner of TMS II L.L.C., is vice president.

Mary Ann Robinson, owner of Transact, is secretary.

Sandra Clitter, president of SLC Consulting, is treasurer.

Expert Clinical Benchmarks L.L.C., the King of Prussia academic and research arm of MedRisk Inc., has appointed Kathryn Mueller to its International Scientific Advisory Board. Mueller has been the medical director for the Colorado Division of Workers' Compensation since 1991. She also is a professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine and the School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, an early-music ensemble based in Philadelphia, has named Warren Ayres and Kim A. Shiley to its board. Ayres is a partner and tax lawyer at Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel L.L.P., Philadelphia. Shiley is director of development and communications for Episcopal Community Services, Philadelphia.

Lawrence L. Scanlan was elected chairman of the board of trustees of Peirce College, Philadelphia. He succeeds Gregory J. West, who stepped down June 30. Scanlan has been a Peirce board member since 2005 and is president of Insight Health Partners L.L.C., St. Petersburg. Katy K. Theroux has been named vice chairwoman. She is senior vice president, customer programs, and chief human resources officer for GS1 US Inc., Lawrenceville.

Sandra E. Sloyer has been named vice president of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She is vice president of finance and controller of Physiotherapy Associates Inc., Exton.

Innovative Solutions & Support Inc., an Exton company that manufactures, designs, and markets systems that display critical flight information for the military, commercial-air-transport, and general-aviation sectors, has named Robert Mionis to its board. He is CEO of Standard Aero.

The Civil War Museum of Philadelphia has elected Philip Price Jr. vice chairman of its board of governors. Price is a lawyer and principal of Philip Price & Associates Inc. Sara Nasuti Doelger and Patrick W. McGrath were elected to the board of governors. Doelger is associate director of redevelopment at the Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust. McGrath is associate director at Studley Inc., a real estate advisory firm.

Scott F. Cooper, a partner in the Employment, Benefits and Labor group at Blank Rome L.L.P., Philadelphia, and chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association, was reelected as a member of the New Jersey Burlington County, Moorestown Municipal Committee.

The Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House, a nonprofit organization that provides a home away from home for seriously ill children and their families, has elected Peter Degnan as vice president and Connie Willson as secretary. Degnan is vice dean of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and Willson is a freelance communications specialist in Paoli.

Also appointed to the board were:

Darwin Beauvais, lawyer at Klehr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg L.L.P., Philadelphia.

Chris Chong, owner-operator of McDonald's restaurants in Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties.

Tom Mann, president of All Event Party Rental, Media.

Pete Maruca, owner-president of Orion General Contractors Inc., Ardmore.

Sheri Resnik, self-employed creative consultant, Wynnewood.

Susan Wenger, vice president of Regal Petroleum Corp., Norristown.

Kenneth Youngblood, owner-operator of McDonald's restaurants in Philadelphia. - Mike Zebe