On the Boards

Mayor Nutter

has appointed

Jeff Rush

to the

Zoning Board of Adjustment

, which hears and decides appeals in zoning matters, considers special ordinances, and grants variances. Rush owns and operates Lube Master Inc., an auto maintenance and repair facility in Mayfair, and previously was vice chairman of the Central Delaware Advocacy Group.

Penn Virginia Corp., a Radnor natural gas and oil firm, has elected H. Baird Whitehead, chief operating officer of the firm, to the board and to the post of president. The firm said it anticipated the board would elect Whitehead as chief executive officer to succeed A. James Dearlove.

The Philadelphia Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a nonprofit breast-cancer-advocacy group, has elected Ronald B. Morris treasurer of its board. He is managing member of Innovative Financial Services L.L.C.

Four new members were also named to the board:

Frank Becker, director of human resources, Chesapeake district, UPS Inc.

Judy Kellem, owner/president of Facilities Relocation Consultants Inc.

Sloane Six, CEO/president of Hazleton Oil & Environmental Inc.

Lawrence A. Smith, owner of Tradewinds Marketing International.

Gary Scharmett has been appointed to the board of the Philadelphia chapter of the Turnaround Management Association, an international association that focuses on corporate restructuring, turnaround management, and distressed investing. He is a partner at Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young L.L.P. and is co-chairman of the firm's finance and restructuring practice group.

M.F. Irvine Corporate Solutions, an insurance-consulting and administration firm, has elected Kevin Ryan to its board. He is a partner with the accounting firm Citrin Cooperman & Co. L.L.P.

John G. Waffenschmidt has been appointed to the Pennsylvania Environmental Justice Advisory Board by Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection acting secretary Michael L. Krancer. He is owner and operator of Covanta Energy Corp., which owns and operates energy-from-waste and renewable-energy projects.

West Pharmaceutical Services Inc., the Lionville maker of plastic packaging and injectable-drug-delivery systems, has increased the size of its board to 12 with the appointments of Mark A. Buthman and Douglas A. Michels. Buthman is senior vice president and chief financial officer of Kimberly-Clark Corp. Michels is president, CEO, and a member of the board of OraSure Technologies Inc.

The Children's Literacy Initiative, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit group that provides teachers with professional development in reading and writing instructional practices, has named Jack McGovern as chairman of its board. He is the former director of curriculum and instruction services at Bucks County Intermediate Unit 22 and is active at universities as a literacy expert.

Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc., a publicly held Chadds Ford company heavily invested in branded pain medications, has named David B. Nash to its board. Nash is the founding dean of the Jefferson School of Population Health at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and recognized for his work in outcomes management, medical-staff development, and quality-of-care improvement.

Philadelphia Financial, a Plymouth Meeting provider of insurance strategies to financial advisers of ultra-high-net-worth individuals, has appointed Neal Schneider to its board. He is chairman of CNO Financial Group Inc.

Samuel Lizerbram has been elected to the board of trustees of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association, a statewide professional organization for osteopaths. Lizerbram maintains a practice at the Somerton Medical Building and is an attending physician at Aria Health - Frankford Campus in Philadelphia.

Montgomery County Lands Trust, a Harleysville nonprofit environmental organization, has named Wendy G. Rothstein to its board. She is a lawyer with the Fox Rothschild L.L.P. office in Blue Bell.

Christine R. Zichello has been named to the board of the American Board for Occupational Health Nurses Inc. Zichello is a senior risk-control specialist for PMA Cos. and the department leader of PMA's health-care practice.

David Kinnear has been named chairman of The Global Sourcing Council, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and defining practices in global sourcing to encourage economic growth, increase trade, and invest in social good. He is vice president of Global BPO for The Global Sourcing Advisory Group, a West Chester subsidiary of FirstCarbon Solutions Inc.

Christopher R. Gibson, president of Archer & Greiner P.C., Haddonfield, has been elected to the board of trustees of Underwood-Memorial Hospital in Woodbury. Gibson is chairman of the firm's litigation department as well as its environmental and eminent domain practice groups. - Mike Zebe