On the Boards

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania

, a state-funded nonprofit agency that has invested in technology firms for more than 25 years, has elected the following members to its board:

Kef Kasdin is general partner at Battelle Ventures and Innovation Valley Partners and chief executive officer of Proterro Inc. She previously held a variety of executive positions at Sarnoff Corp. and 3Com Corp.

Anil Kothari is senior vice president of sales and business development for ICG Commerce Inc., King of Prussia.

Ashley A. McEvoy is worldwide president of Ethicon Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company.

Stanley W. Silverman is president of Horizon Venture Group L.L.C.

Stephen T. Zarrilli is senior vice president and chief financial officer of Safeguard Scientifics Inc., Wayne, and the nonexecutive chairman of the Penn Valley Group, which he founded.

Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young L.L.P., the Philadelphia law firm, has elected Linda Ann Galante and Barbara Nugent to a three-year term on its board of directors. Galante is a member of the firm's business department. Nugent is a partner in the firm's investment management/mutual funds practice group.

Additionally, William R. Sasso was reelected chairman for a three-year term. He is also chairman of the firm's Management Committee.

The Economy League of Greater Philadelphia, a regional nonprofit public-policy organization, has elected Caroline H. West chairwoman of its board. She is senior vice president, chief compliance and risk officer at Shire Pharmaceuticals Inc., Wayne.

Rick Altman, executive vice president and chief administrative officer at Radian Group Inc., Philadelphia, was elected vice chairman.

The following have been named to the board:

Patrick Plues is director of federal government affairs at Cephalon Inc., Frazer.

David Sexton is vice president and general manager of chemicals at Sunoco Inc., Philadelphia.

Joseph C. Snell is a retirement strategist at Aon Hewitt, Philadelphia.

Andrew C. Wheeler is managing director at Diversified Search Odgers Berndtson, Philadelphia.

Douglas R. Sayer has been elected president of the 2011 board of the TriState Realtors Commercial Alliance, an organization of nearly 1,000 real estate brokers specializing in office, industrial, retail, and investment properties. He is president and CEO of Colliers International, Philadelphia.

The Feasterville Business Association has appointed Dennis I. Markowitz president. He succeeds Katrina Piotroski, assistant vice president, training officer of Third Federal Bank. Markowitz is founder and chief operating officer of the Financial Group Plus Inc. family of companies, Southampton.

Other officers:

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

Frank Murphy, branch manager for First Niagara Bank, Feasterville, is treasurer.

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

Karen Madotto, assistant vice president, banking officer at Bucks County Bank, Bensalem, is financial secretary.

Julia Newman, manager of VCA Animal Hospital/VCA Neshaminy Hospital, Oakford, and a Lower Southampton Township supervisor, is corresponding secretary.

Jim Kelley, president of Jim Kelley Public Adjusters, Bensalem, is sergeant-at-arms.

Appointed to the board:

Ed Shannon is a Lower Southampton Township supervisor.

Michael J. Hughes is a Realtor and partner in Olde Towne Real Estate, Feasterville.

Michael Wielehowski is president of Northern Mechanical Contractors Inc., Trevose.

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

Diane Fetscher is financial adviser for Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Jenkintown.

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

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

The Library Company of Philadelphia, a nonprofit research library, has elected the following to its board of trustees:

Harry S. Cherken Jr. is a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group of the law firm Drinker Biddle & Reath L.L.P.

Autumn Adkins Graves is the president of Girard College.

Charles B. Landreth is a former executive of Fiserv Securities Inc. and PNC Bank and a partner at Wentworth Capital Partners.

Ignatius C. Wang is the principal senior architect of UCI Architects Inc.

NuPathe Inc., a Conshohocken specialty-pharmaceutical firm, has appointed William J. Federici to its board and its audit committee. He is vice president and chief financial officer of West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.

Turning Points for Children, a Philadelphia nonprofit group that has provided 175 years of support and services for families, has named the following officers and members to its board:

Thomas B. White, vice president of sales at Asurion Corp., Nashville, is president.

Diana E. McCarthy, a partner at Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, is first vice president and continues as board secretary and chairman of the board governance committee.

Dana J. Ash, a partner with Duane Morris L.L.P., Philadelphia, is second vice president.

Named to the board:

Nandi Jones-Clement is vice president, business development at KRA Corp., Silver Spring.

Robert Clements is senior associate at the Creative Financial Group Ltd., Newtown Square.

David M. Harwitz is an adult, child, and adolescent psychiatrist for Center for Family Guidance P.C., Marlton, and medical director of CASTLE Children's Program, Camden.

Rick Kraemer is director of sales and marketing at Gedae Inc., Moorestown.

Melanie Redmond Quackenbush is a member of the Endowment and Foundation Advisory Practice at Glenmede Trust Co., Philadelphia.

Herman L. Wood Jr. is director of business development for U.S. Facilities Inc., a PRWT Co., Philadelphia.

New members of the advisory committee:

Stephen J. Gaus is a partner at Opti-Script Inc., State College.

William H. Haines IV is senior vice president, director of client services, at Pennsylvania Trust Co., Radnor.

Celeste M. Johnson is an assistant professor at the Center for Social Work Education at Widener University.

Ann Nicholas was director of operations of all health centers for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health.

Fred D. Poellnitz is professor, business administration, at Peirce College.

Lisa M. Whitcomb is senior vice president and managing director of wealth advisory services at Glenmede Trust Co.

- Mike Zebe