On the Boards
Smart Sand Inc., a Fairless Hills provider of proppant for hydraulic fracturing of oil and natural gas-wells, said former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has joined its board of directors. The company has a frack-sand facility in Oakdale, Wisc.? Entrepreneur Works, a Philadelphia nonprofit group that provides loan capital and business-support services to microbusinesses in the Philadelphia region, has named Karen S. Batchelder and Patrick Kelly to its board. Batchelder is a senior finance professional at Context Capital Partners, an alternative asset management firm. Kelly is senior vice president and community-development services national program manager at Bank of America.
Smart Sand Inc., a Fairless Hills provider of proppant for hydraulic fracturing of oil and natural gas-wells, said former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has joined its board of directors. The company has a frack-sand facility in Oakdale, Wisc.
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Entrepreneur Works, a Philadelphia nonprofit group that provides loan capital and business-support services to microbusinesses in the Philadelphia region, has named Karen S. Batchelder and Patrick Kelly to its board. Batchelder is a senior finance professional at Context Capital Partners, an alternative asset management firm. Kelly is senior vice president and community-development services national program manager at Bank of America.
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Stephen P. Novak has been appointed to the Pennsylvania Bankers Association Advisory Committee for the PBA School of Banking. He is senior vice president at Bryn Mawr Trust Co., Bryn Mawr.
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Gaetan J. Alfano, a partner in the Philadelphia law firm of Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti L.L.P., was reelected to serve as vice chairman of the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, which operates seven toll bridges and 13 toll-supported bridges. He has served as the commission's vice-chair since 2007. Alfano is co-chair of the law firm's Litigation Practice Group.
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Center City District, a private-sector organization that helps keep Center City Philadelphia clean, safe and attractive, has elected the following members to its board:
•David G. Marshall, president and CEO of Amerimar Realty.
•Harold T. Epps, president and CEO of PRWT Services Inc.
•Gregory L. DeShields, managing director, business development, of Temple University's Fox School of Business and School of Tourism and Hospitality Management.
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Marc D. Jonas, shareholder and co-chair of the Real Estate and Land Use and Zoning Practice Groups at Eastburn & Gray P.C., Blue Bell, was elected chair of the Montgomery County Planning Commission Board.
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Patrick S. Mintzer, an attorney with the West Chester law firm Buckley, Brion, McGuire, Morris and Sommer L.L.P., was elected president of the board of the Cerebral Palsy Association of Chester County Inc., (also known as Chester County Disability Services).
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Attorney Jeffrey M. Kolansky has been elected vice president of the Philadelphia Police Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports the Philadelphia Police Department. Kolansky is managing partner of the Philadelphia office of Archer & Greiner P.C. He succeeds Maureen Rush, vice president for public safety at the University of Pennsylvania, who has been elected president of the foundation.
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Bruce P. Matez has been elected president of Congregation M'kor Shalom, Cherry Hill. He is a partner and shareholder at Borger Jones Matez & Keeley-Cain P.A.
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International Council of Shopping Centers, a global trade association, has appointed Joseph Viscuso as the chairman of the Government Relations Committee for its Pennsylvania/Delaware region. He is a vice president at Stantec.
Chestnut Hill College has elected Margaret Carney McCaffery as chair of its the board of directors, effective September.