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 Stephen A. Madva vice chairman. He is managing partner of Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads L.L.P.

Laura Powers, vice president of marketing at Furia Rubel Communications Inc., Doylestown, has been appointed to the board of the Central Bucks Rotary, part of Rotary International, the service-club organization.

Grant Rawdin has been elected chairman of the Urban Affairs Coalition, a Philadelphia nonprofit organization. He is the founder and chief executive officer at Wescott Financial Advisory Group L.L.C., Philadelphia.

The Philadelphia Estate Planning Council, a professional association, has elected the following officers and members to its board:

Alan Mittelman, a lawyer at Spector, Gadon & Rosen P.C., Philadelphia, is president.

Mark Eskin, executive vice president/wealth management with Stedmark Partners at Janney Montgomery Scott L.L.C., Philadelphia, is vice president.

Kathleen Kinne, senior trust office with the Goldman Sachs Trust Co., Wilmington, is treasurer.

Rebecca Rosenberger Smolen, a lawyer at Stevens & Lee P.C., Philadelphia, is secretary.

New directors on the board include: John T. Boxer, a lawyer with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius L.L.P., Philadelphia; J.R. Burke, a principal with Perspective Financial Group L.L.C., Berwyn; Peggy Robus, director with Asher & Co. Ltd., Philadelphia; and Richard Schwartz, a lawyer with Pepper Hamilton L.L.P., Philadelphia.

Easter Seals of Southeastern Pennsylvania, a nonprofit organization that promotes the independence of children and adults with disabilities, has elected the following officers and member to its board for 2011-13:

Roy Yaffe, a lawyer with Gould, Yaffe & Golden, is president.

Cummins Catherwood Jr., managing director at Boenning & Scattergood Inc., West Conshohocken, is secretary.

Linda A. McDevitt, managing member of Tax Advisors L.L.C., Mount Laurel, is treasurer.

Board members include: Brian Casey, of TD Bank N.A., Cherry Hill: Kim D. Dalgliesh, a lawyer in Newtown Square: Richard A. Enders, managing partner of Century 21 Alliance, Yardley; Erik W. Fay, of Nason Construction Inc., Philadelphia; Harris S. Fishman, president and CEO of First Financial Group, Bala Cynwyd; Kenneth E. Lawrence Jr., senior vice president, government, community, and public affairs at Temple University; John Miller, president of Miller Media, Horsham; William D. Nicholas, director, computer and network operations at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware; Valeria Powers Smith, a lawyer with Slovak, Baron & Empey L.L.P., Princeton; Fran Reichel, vice president, oncology patient services at Cancer Treatment Centers of America Inc.; and John Paul Simpkins, a lawyer in Philadelphia.

Durand Academy and Community Services, Mount Laurel, and its fund-raising organization, the Durand Foundation, a nonprofit organization that serves children and adults with special needs, has named Bob Pantaliano treasurer of the foundation board and Mark Tressel treasurer of the academy and community-services board. Pantaliano owns CFO 360 in Voorhees. Tressel is vice president of commercial banking for Beneficial Bank, Philadelphia.

Tony Bartolomeo has been elected chairman of the American Council of Engineering Companies' Design Professionals Coalition, a trade association. He is president and CEO of Pennoni Associates Inc., a Philadelphia consulting engineering firm.

Philadelphia Academies Inc., a nonprofit youth-development organization that prepares Philadelphia public high school students for employment and postsecondary education, has announced the following officers and board members:

Teresa Gavigan, of counsel - employment, benefits, and labor group of Blank Rome L.L.P., is chairwoman.

Kevin Dow, chief operating officer and deputy director - Department of Commerce, City of Philadelphia, is vice chairman.

New board members include Tricia Buck Horter, senior vice president and team leader for professionals banking at Citizens Bank, and Tiffany Newmuis, director of diversity programs for the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority.

The Greater Philadelphia chapter of CoreNet Global Inc., an association for corporate real estate and workplace professionals, has elected the following members:

David Biondolillo, vice president, real estate regional client relationship management at TD Bank N.A.; Alex Bord, real estate financial analyst at Comcast Corp.; J.J. Broderick, a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius L.L.P.; John Campbell, principal at Francis Cauffman; Bob Clements, executive vice president and managing director at Grubb & Ellis Co.; Brian Cohen, vice president and city manager at Liberty Property Trust; Coert Davis, senior director of real estate - Americas, for Teva Pharmaceuticals USA; Steve Fingles, senior vice president, regional director, at Wells Fargo & Co.; Dan Fishbein, adviser, former vice president, asset management at BNY Mellon/Urdang; Jonathan Grosser, partner at Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young L.L.P.; Gerry Guidice, head of U.S. real estate for TD Bank; Kirk Harman, president of the Harman Group; Charles Manula, global strategic account director at Johnson Controls Inc.; Susan Montgomery, manager, corporate real estate and facilities management at Vanguard; Gerald O'Brien, vice president, real estate for Comcast; Edward Piscopo, regional director, economic development at Peco Energy Co.; Neal Rodin, managing director, International Finance Corp.; Jim Shannon, chief marketing officer of Select Greater Philadelphia; Irene Sosnowski, director of global real estate for Cigna Corp.; Craig Walton, global real estate strategist at SAP; Janet Welsko, global account manager at Herman Miller; Lisa Westerfield, director, business development for Structure Tone; Kim Williams, principal, national director of interiors at KlingStubbins; Ken Zirk, senior vice president, global corporate services, CBRE.

Suzanne M. Bachovin has been elected president of the Philadelphia Area Society for Healthcare Risk Managers, an educational society that advances safe health-care delivery and promotes risk management in the health-care setting. Bachovin, a shareholder and defense lawyer for Christie, Pabarue, Mortensen & Young P.C., specializes in medical professional liability litigation. She was an intensive-care and emergency-medicine nurse for 16 years.

Manor College, a two-year Catholic college in Jenkintown, has named Mary Kolodij and Kathleen J. Sandoski to its board of directors. Kolodij is chairwoman of the Ukrainian Selfreliance Federal Credit Union. Sandoski is a piano teacher at Immaculate Conception School. - Mike Zebe