On the Boards
The Center for Autism, a nonprofit autism treatment and evaluation center, has named Silvana Battaglia, John C. Bickel, and Margaret C. Souders to its board of directors. Battaglia is senior vice president of human resources for Day & Zimmerman Group Inc.
The Center for Autism, a nonprofit autism treatment and evaluation center, has named Silvana Battaglia, John C. Bickel, and Margaret C. Souders to its board of directors. Battaglia is senior vice president of human resources for Day & Zimmerman Group Inc. Bickel is the president of Hollister Construction Services' Pennsylvania office. Souders is on the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Nursing and has a clinical appointment as a pediatric nurse practitioner for the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Clinical Genetics Center and Center for Autism Research.
The Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia, a privately funded program whose mission is to provide low-income Philadelphia children with access to safe, high-quality tuition-based schools, has named three new members to its board:
John P. Shoemaker is managing partner at Milestone Partners, a Radnor-based middle-market private-equity firm.
Sharmain Matlock-Turner is president and chief executive officer of the Urban Affairs Coalition.
Ray Pennachia is senior vice president for marketing and communications at NovaCare Rehabilitation.
BioClinica Inc., a Newtown provider of clinical-trial-management services, has appointed Wallace P. Parker Jr. to its board. He will also become a member of the company's audit and compensation committees. Parker was president of KeySpan Energy's Energy Delivery & Customer Relationship Group and CEO of KeySpan Services Inc. from 2001 to 2007.
Stanley Goldis, a partner at the Philadelphia accounting and consulting firm of Citrin Cooperman & Co. L.L.P., has been appointed to the board of the Foundation for Jewish Day Schools of Greater Philadelphia, a nonprofit organization.
Robert E. Schwartz, a shareholder and member of the executive committee at Sherman Silverstein, was installed as president of the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey.
The Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia, a not-for-profit provider of in-home health care, has elected Mary Ann Forciea to its board of trustees. Forciea is a clinical associate professor of geriatric medicine in the University of Pennsylvania Health System and the director of the Delaware Valley GEC at the University of Pennsylvania.
GSI Commerce Inc., a King of Prussia provider of e-commerce and interactive marketing services, has elected David Rosenblatt to its board. He is the former CEO of DoubleClick Inc. After selling DoubleClick to Google Inc. in 2008, he was president of Google's Display Advertising business.
The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, a performing-arts nonprofit organization, has appointed Martin G. Janowiecki and Ted Gavin to its board. Janowiecki is a partner in the Philadelphia office of PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. Gavin is principal of NHB Advisors Inc., Wilmington.
The board of directors of the Development Corporation for Israel - widely known as State of Israel Bonds - has elected Philadelphia Jewish community leader Andrew Rubin as national treasurer. He is principal of Rubin Goldman & Associates.
The Liberty Lutheran Services Foundation has appointed the following to its board:
Wayne A. Matthias-Long is pastor at St. John's Lutheran Church.
Thomas E. Engler is pastor at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Ridley Park.
Talbot R. Houck Jr. is retired senior executive vice president of Lafayette Ambassador Bank.
Dennis S. Ritter is executive director of Lutheran Congregational Services in Allentown. - Mike Zebe