On the Boards

Leadership Philadelphia, which helps place corporate and nonprofit professionals on area nonprofit boards, has named the following members to its board: Sheila Hess, director of foundation programs and community affairs at Independence Blue Cross; Joe Linnehan, senior manager at Vanguard; Tom O'Connor, director of internal audit at Urban Outfitters; Bob Steinke, senior vice president at Janney; and Mary Stitt, procurement commissioner for the City of Philadelphia.

Leadership Philadelphia also announced that it has placed the following individuals to the boards of area nonprofits: Marcia Gelbart, senior director of communications at Comcast Corp., and Stephen Cozzo, director of public policy at AmeriHealth Caritas, to the board of Valley Youth House; Christine Mergenthal, care-center manager at Peco Energy Co., to the board of the American Cancer Society; Chris Vargo, senior vice president of corporate banking at PNC Bank, to the board of Citizen Diplomacy International; Gary Gioioso, director of organizational development at Philadelphia Gas Works, and Andrea Rush, director of grant making services at the National Philanthropic Trust, to the board of the Community Center at Visitation; Kurt Fritzsche, senior manager at Vanguard, to the board of Community Treatment Solutions; Alex Dole, senior manager of analytics at Comcast, to the board of Devereux Pennsylvania; Drew Berenato, director at AmeriHealth Caritas, to the board of Family & Community Service of Delaware County; Russ Starke, executive vice president at Think Brownstone Inc., to the board of Greener Partners; Marc Lyman, internal audit manager at Aqua America, to the board of Greensgrow Philadelphia; Trevor McVicar, director of customer experience at Comcast, to the board of Pennsylvania East Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership; Mike Gunn, IT risk division leader at Vanguard, and Ebony Sampson, a broker at Metro Commercial Real Estate, to the board of Rebuilding Together Philadelphia; Josh Bailer, senior director at Sunoco, Doreen Masalta, director of operations at Peco Energy Co., and Jimmy Owens, vice president of business development at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, to the board of Riverbend Environmental Education Center; and Jacque Alber, project director at GlaxoSmithKline, to the board of Spark Philadelphia.

The Library Company of Philadelphia, a nonprofit research library founded by Benjamin Franklin, has elected Charles P. Keates to its board of trustees. Keates is a partner, chief counsel, and general compliance officer at Veritable L.P.

The Forum of Executive Women, a membership organization of more than 450 women that works to increase the number of women in leadership roles and expand their influence, has elected Suzanne S. Mayes president for a two-year term. She is chair of public and project finance at Cozen O'Connor, Philadelphia.

George Martin, founding partner of Martin Law in Philadelphia, was elected chair of the board of trustees for Earthjustice, the world's largest nonprofit environmental law firm.

Philadelphia Youth Orchestra has elected Joseph F. DiMauro chairman, succeeding Frank Giordano. He is owner of Horsham Veterinary Hospital P.C. Carl S. Primavera, partner and chair of Klehr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg, LLP, Zoning and Land Use Group, has been elected as a trustee. - Mike Zebe