On the Boards

The Committee of Seventy, a nonpartisan organization advocating clean and effective government, fair elections, and a better-informed citizenry in the Philadelphia region, has elected Cristina Cavalieri and Michael G. Horsey to its board. Cavalieri is senior vice president, institutional and external affairs, university counsel, for Thomas Jefferson University. Horsey is managing partner at Mitchell & Titus L.L.P.

Gov. Corbett has named Anthony S. Bartolomeo to the Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission. The commission was created as part of Corbett's 2011-12 budget address to the General Assembly, and it seeks to address the needs and impact of natural gas development on local communities, as well as promote the efficient, environmentally sound, and cost-effective development of Marcellus Shale and other natural gas resources. Bartolomeo is president and chief executive officer of Pennoni Associates Inc., Philadelphia, and serves as chairman of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council. 

Abington Health, the umbrella organization for its flagship hospitals and two outpatient facilities, has named the following officers to its board of trustees:  

Robert M. Infarinato, a business consultant in New Hope, is chairman. 

Robert P. Vogel, retired vice president and general counsel of Rohm & Haas Co., Philadelphia, is vice chairman. 

Helen R. Bosley, president of Corporate Financial Management Inc., Yardley, is secretary. 

Bruce E. Toll, founder and vice chairman of Toll Bros. Inc., Horsham, is treasurer.

Mary Stengel Austen, president and chief executive of Tierney, has been named the United Way's 2011 campaign chairwoman. J. Gordon Cooney Jr., managing partner of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius L.L.P.'s Philadelphia office, will be vice chairman.

The Abington Health Foundation has named the following officers and trustees to its board: 

Ivy Silver, area vice president for Gallagher Benefit Services Inc., Itasca, Ill., is chairwoman. 

Ellen Toplin, retired president of StarToplin, of Fort Washington, and retired managing partner of the Star Group, is vice chairwoman. 

David Archibald, retired superintendent of schools for the Lower Moreland Township School District, is secretary. 

Frederick H. Pennekamp, retired managing director of market risk and balance sheet management at Wachovia Bank, is treasurer.

Elected to the board were:  

Oliver M. Johnson 2d, senior vice president and general counsel for MedStar Health, Columbia, Md. 

John S. Oyler, senior adviser for the Faulkner Organization in Trevose. 

Charles Quann, pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Spring House. 

Michael A. Scully, principal of Scully Co., Philadelphia. 

James Still, managing director of MainStream Management's Mid-Atlantic office.

Thomas G. Servodidio has been named to the executive committee of Duane Morris L.L.P., Philadelphia. He is a partner and chairman of the firm's employment, labor, benefits, and immigration practice group.

The Haverford Trust Co., a private Radnor money-management firm, has named Leonard V. Santivasi to its board. He is a managing shareholder and director of Elko & Associates Ltd., a regional CPA firm in Media.

The Fredric Rieders Family Renaissance Foundation, a Willow Grove organization that offers programs to educate and train forensic scientists, has elected Shelly H. Carolan to its board. She is vice president, sales, marketing, and business development, at NMS Labs.

Philip A. Rutter has been appointed to the LGBT Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, based in Washington. Rutter is an assistant professor in the human-sexuality graduate programs at Widener University in Chester and a counseling psychologist in Philadelphia.

Varsovia Fernandez, president and chief executive officer of the Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, has been elected chairwoman of the board of trustees at Community College of Philadelphia.

Mayor Nutter also announced five appointments to the board. 

Bart Blatstein is founder, president, and CEO of Tower Investments Inc.

Willie Johnson is founder and chairman of PRWT Services Inc.

Chad Lassiter is president of Black Men at Penn School of Social Work Inc. and an adjunct professor at the Graduate School of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.

Beatriz Vieira is vice president for philanthropic services at the Philadelphia Foundation.

State Rep. James R. Roebuck Jr. was reappointed to the board.

ARC of Philadelphia, a nonprofit advocacy and vocational-training organization, has elected Brian M. Laurinaitis secretary of the board. He is vice president of commercial insurance at Johnson Kendall & Johnson Inc., Newtown.

The Gershman Y, a nonprofit center for Jewish arts and culture in Center City, has named the following board members:

Jeremy Wintroub is senior production manager at PBS Kids Sprout.

Arthur E. Ellis is executive director of communications and brand management at WHYY.

Anne E. Lazarus is a judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Lisa C.S. Burnett is a partner in the corporate department of Klehr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg L.L.P.

Ariel Ben-Amos is a transportation planner for the City of Philadelphia.

William Kettleson, vice president of government and regulatory affairs for Comcast's Freedom Region, has been elected to the executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey. In his new role, Kettleson will be vice chairman of the chamber's government-action division, overseeing all government-relations activities for the organization, and will continue to be chairman of the communications and energy committee.

The Professional Women's Roundtable, a Philadelphia nonprofit organization, has named the following officers and members to its board:

Melissa Dietrich, regional account executive for the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, is president.

Jennifer L. Lemert, a family nurse practitioner at Pennsylvania Presbyterian Medical Center's emergency department, is vice president and chairwoman, events committee.

Shari Nathanson Rosenbloom, director, failure analysis and biomedical devices at Corrosion Testing Laboratories Inc., Newark, Del., is treasurer.

Elizabeth Ireland, senior manager at Grant Thornton L.L.P., is secretary.

Liza Herschel, a senior consultant for SDI Communications L.L.C., is chairwoman, board development committee.

Members include:

Caroline Bean, national media relations/social media manager at the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corp., is cochairwoman, public relations/communications committee.

Amara M. Briggs, vice president and relationship manager, commercial banking for Citizens Bank, Philadelphia, is chairwoman, sponsorship committee.

Christie Mills, corporate secretary/treasurer for Karr Barth Administrators Inc., is member, events committee.

Karen Moustafellos, CEO and cofounder of Elements & Alloys Inc., is cochairwoman ambassador, membership and sponsorship committees.

Sean R. Sullivan, an appellate lawyer and business litigator with the Bucks County law firm Curtin & Heefner L.L.P., has been appointed cochairman of the Philadelphia Bar Association Appellate Courts Committee. The committee provides educational programming for bar members and helps shape appellate law practice in Pennsylvania.

Back on My Feet, a nonprofit organization that promotes self-sufficiency of the homeless through its running-based program, has named Natalie Morales, Today host and national correspondent, to its national board of advisers.

J. Ferrelli, a partner in the Cherry Hill office of Duane Morris L.L.P., was appointed to the New Jersey State Bar Association's Nominating Committee and will serve a term as the board of trustees' representative from South Jersey. The nominating committee is charged with investigating, interviewing, evaluating, and recommending a slate of leadership candidates to the general NJSBA membership.

- Mike Zebe