On the Boards

Paul J. Jaskot,

chairman of the U.S. corporate and securities group and a partner in the Philadelphia office of Reed Smith L.L.P., has been elected to the board of directors of

Women's Way,

a nonprofit, Philadelphia-based women's funding federation.

The Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, an independent nonprofit group, has named the following people to its board: Jeffrey S. Moller, a partner at Blank Rome L.L.P. who leads its products-liability, mass-tort, and insurance-litigation practice groups; Aneesh A. Mehta, an associate with Volpe & Koenig P.C.; and Rachel Gallegos, the court administrator responsible for Philadelphia's Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program in the Court of Common Pleas.

The Philadelphia Bar Association has elected Ourania Papademetriou to its board of governors. She is a managing lawyer for Philadelphia VIP.

Villanova University has elected three new members to its board of trustees:

Daniel M. DiLella, president and chief executive officer of BPG Properties Ltd.; Helen Meeks Horstmann, a surgeon with Penn Orthopaedics; and Edward J. Welsh, president and a partner in Adco Electrical Corp.

The Greater Philadelphia Senior Executive Group, a nonprofit professional association of senior-level executives, has named the following members to three-year terms:

Tom Aiken, a principal/business-development consultant for DGK Group P.C., Plymouth Meeting, cochairman of the GPSEG's financial executives subgroup.

Dorothy Stubblebine, an executive coach for the Rutgers Family Business Institute, is chairwoman of the membership committee.

Rip Tilden, a partner at Markarios Consulting L.L.C. and practice team leader for the company's strategy and executive practices, Downingtown, is vice chairman of GPSEG's CIO Roundtable.

Tony Wojciechowski, owner of an independent business-psychology consulting practice, is cochairman of GPSEG's New Jersey Chapter.

The Eastern Pennsylvania/Southern New Jersey/Delaware Region of the Anti-Defamation League has named Marc Kaplin as the chairman. He is the cofounder and principal of the law firm Kaplin Stewart.

The following have been named vice chairmen and vice chairwomen:

Jeremy Fogel, principal and president of Ironwood Property Group L.P.; Deborah Golden, lawyer in private practice; Andy Goldman, a principal at RubinGoldman & Associates who will also serve as chairman of the executive committee; Jeff Jubelirer, chief communications officer at Jubelirer Strategies; and Steven Mendelsohn, founder of the intellectual-property law firm of Mendelsohn, Drucker, & Associates P.C.; Judith Meyer, arbitrator and mediator of commercial and employment disputes, principal, J.P. Meyer Associates Commercial Dispute Solutions; and Michael J. Puma, partner in the labor and employment practice group of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius L.L.P., and a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

The Delaware Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America has named Spiros Mantzavinos president. He is principal of The Mantzavinos Group, a public affairs firm.

Marsha Hook, external affairs business manager of Christiana Care Health System, is treasurer.

Jeff Jackson, development and communications director at Child Inc., is secretary.

Dan Tipton, principal, Tipton Communications Group Inc., is immediate past president.

Nikki Lavoie, strategic communications manager of the Delaware Economic Development Office, is chapter delegate. New members-at-large include Doug Eppler, communications manager at Tipton Communications, and Kate Klemas, vice president of internal communications for JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Aberdeen Emerging Markets Telecommunications and Infrastructure Fund Inc., Philadelphia, said it had appointed Alexander Zagoreos to its board. Zagoreos is a senior adviser to Lazard Asset Management L.L.C., where he was a partner and managing director until 2006. The fund also announced the retirement of Walter Eberstadt from the board.

Gretchen Cooney, director of marketing at Philadelphia Triathlon L.L.C., and Laurie Gostley, manager of community relations and philanthropy at Air Products & Chemicals Inc., have been named to the board of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Eastern Pennsylvania, a nonprofit health-advocacy group.

The National Health Council, Washington, has named Paul Pomerantz to its board. He is worldwide executive director of the Drug Information Association Inc., Horsham.

Alan C. Kessler, a partner in the Philadelphia law office of Duane Morris L.L.P., has been appointed to the Drexel University board of trustees.

Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia has elected the following to its board: Andrew Cherry, a CPA and member of KPMG L.L.P.; Robert Kagan, founder of CDK Partners Inc.; Howard Langer, founder of Langer, Grogan & Diver P.C. and adjunct professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania; Sheri Resnik, a member of the JFCS board of advisers and cofounder of The Bridge; and Lisa Schoenberg, vice president of brands at AstraZeneca P.L.C.

Christina M. DeMatteo, a shareholder at Hangley, Aronchick, Segal, Pudlin & Schiller, has been named chairwoman of the Montgomery Bar Association Family Law Section. - Mike Zebe