The Advisory Committees are made up of policy and professional experts, community advocates, and business, industry, and labor leaders from across the Commonwealth
HARRISBURG, PA– Today, Governor-Elect Josh Shapiro and Lieutenant Governor-Elect Austin Davis announced the members of seven Transition Advisory Committees, which will advise the incoming Administration and prepare to advance Governor-Elect Shapiro’s top priorities: growing our economy, making our communities safer, and ensuring all Pennsylvania students receive a high-quality education.
Governor-Elect Josh Shapiro and Lieutenant Governor-Elect Austin Davis have assembled a diverse and experienced team of Pennsylvania leaders and policy experts to advise their transition on a wide array of different policy areas to help move the Commonwealth forward. From public safety to economic development, the Transition Advisory Committees will play a key role in ensuring the Administration is ready to tackle these priorities.
“Pennsylvanians gave us a mandate to bring people together and get things done – and this diverse, experienced group of leaders and policy experts from every region across the Commonwealth will advise our Transition on the most pressing issues and priorities we face,” said Governor-Elect Josh Shapiro. “It was a privilege to spend the last 14 months traveling across Pennsylvania, listening to and learning from our neighbors. Wherever I went, Pennsylvanians wanted the same thing: an economy that works for everyone, good schools and a quality education for their children, and safe communities for their families – and these Advisory Committees will play a key role assisting the Shapiro-Davis Administration get to work on day one to turn that vision into a reality. ”
See below for more information on Shapiro-Davis Transition Advisory Committees:
Economic Development
Chair: Matt Smith, President, Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
The Advisory Committee for Economic Development will be Chaired by Matt Smith, President, Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce. The Advisory Committee for Economic Development – made up of economic development policy experts, business and labor leaders, and rural stakeholders – will play a critical role in advising the Shapiro-Davis transition on how to create an economy that works for everyone. The committee will review current policies and make recommendations about how to spur innovation, grow the economy, reduce taxes, cut burdensome regulations, embrace Pennsylvania’s role as an energy leader, support Pennsylvania’s rural communities, and create new opportunities for businesses and workers across the Commonwealth.
Environment/Energy
Chair: MeeCee Baker, President and Chief Executive Officer, Versant Strategies
The Advisory Committee for Environment and Energy will be chaired by MeeCee Baker, President and Chief Executive Officer, Versant Strategies. The Advisory Committee for Environment and Energy will be made up of environmental experts, labor leaders who represent workers in the energy industry, and policy experts and will advise the transition on how to carry out Shapiro’s vision to create a bold, comprehensive climate and energy plan that will grow Pennsylvania’s economy, protect and create jobs, address climate change, and protect Pennsylvanians’ constitutional right to clean air and pure water.
Public Safety
Chair: Patrick J. Murphy, former Under Secretary of the Army
The Advisory Committee for Public Safety will be chaired by Patrick Murphy, former Under Secretary of the Army. The co-chairs of this committee – including current and former Pennsylvania law enforcement officials, emergency management experts, and community safety advocates – will advise the transition on steps the Shapiro-Davis Administration should take to invest in law enforcement and make our communities safer, ensure the Commonwealth is ready for a wide range of emergency situations, and improve the criminal justice system to address historic inequities, restore trust, and make our communities safer.
Education/Workforce
Chair: Patrick Gallagher, Chancellor at the University of Pittsburgh
The Advisory Committee for Education and Workforce will be chaired by Pat Gallagher, Chancellor at the University of Pittsburgh, and will be comprised of teachers, former school administrators, and education policy experts. Josh Shapiro believes that every child in Pennsylvania – regardless of race, class, or zip code – deserves access to a quality education and the opportunity to shape their own future, and this committee will advise the transition on how to carry out Governor-Elect Shapiro’s vision to ensure every student has access to the “thorough and efficient” education. The committee will work to develop recommendations to prioritize mental health, invest in vocational, technical, and computer training throughout our education system, ensure our teachers have the resources they need, and give parents a real voice in their children’s education.
Health and Human Services
Chair: Dr. Alyn E. Waller, Senior Pastor at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church
The Advisory Committee for Health and Human Services will be chaired by Dr. Alyn Waller, Senior Pastor, Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church. The committee will be made up of Pennsylvania doctors and nurses, healthcare experts, and public health advocates to advise the Shapiro-Davis Transition on how to ensure every Pennsylvanian, no matter where they live, has equitable, affordable access to medical care in their community. The committee will compile recommendations for public health issues, substance use treatment, child welfare services, and seniors issues and elder care.
Consumer Protection
Chair: Brian A. Hudson, Sr., Former CEO Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency
The Advisory Committee for Consumer Protection will be chaired by Brian Hudson, Former CEO, Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, and will include Former Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, housing authority experts and community development specialists. This committee will play a critical role in advising the Governor-Elect in setting up an Administration that will protect the public from deceptive or unfair business practices and from unfair methods of competition through law enforcement, advocacy, research, and education. As Pennsylvania’s Attorney General, Shapiro took on the predatory lenders and returned over $130 million to Pennsylvania students and families who got screwed and taken advantage of. As Governor, he will continue to take on powerful interests on behalf of the good people of Pennsylvania.
State Government Operations
Chair: Joann Bell, Director of the Philadelphia Government Office, Pugliese Associates
The Advisory Committee for State Government Operations will be chaired by Joann Bell, Director of the Philadelphia Government Office and a member of Pugliese Associates. The committee will be made up of regulatory & government affairs experts, former state legislators and labor leaders who represent public sector workers, who will play a key role in advising the Shapiro-Davis Administration in creating a state government that works effectively and efficiently, serving the people of Pennsylvania each and every day.
See below for the full list of members of the Transition Advisory Committees:
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Chair: Matt Smith, President, Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
Rural/Agriculture
MeeCee Baker, CEO, Versant Strategies
Michael Bronstein, President, American Trade Association for Cannabis & Hemp
Raymond Bunt, Jr., Former State Representative (147th District, Montgomery County)
Justin Clapper, Government Affairs, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
Larisa Miller, President & CEO, Keystone Farm Future CEO, Phoenix Global, LLC
Alan P. Novak, President, Novak Strategic Advisors; Partner, Rooney Novak Isenhour Group; Attorney at Lamb McErlane, PC
James M. D’Innocenzo, Vice President – State Government, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs, Comcast NBC Universal
David Kerr, President External Affairs, AT&T Pennsylvania
Hannah Smith-Brubaker, Executive Director, Pasa Sustainable Agriculture
Dr. Kyle C. Kopko, Executive Director, Center for Rural Pennsylvania
Michael Smith, Ph.D., Director of Commonwealth Relations, Office of Government and Community Affairs, University of Pennsylvania
Gabe Perlow, CEO, Rooted Management Services
Christian R. Herr, Executive Vice President, PennAg Industries Association
Business Development
Marwan Kreidie, Professor of Political Science, West Chester University, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Arab-American Development Corps
Nagi Latefa, Application’s Engineering Manager at Intel Corporation
Kevin Acklin, President of Business Operations, Pittsburgh Penguins
John Callahan, Former Mayor of Bethlehem
Charlie Dent, Former Member of Congress
Jill Foys, Executive Director, Northwest Pa Regional Planning and Development Commission
Marcel Groen, Retired Partner, Fox Rothschild; Former Chair, Pennsylvania Democratic Party
Richard M. Horowitz, Chairman and CEO, RAF Industries, Inc.
Sam Katz, Filmmaker, History Making Productions
Grace McGregor Kramer, Vice President of Operations, McGregor Industries, Inc.
Michael K. Pearson, Partner, Iron Stone Real Estate Partners
Gregg Perelman, Founding Partner and CEO, Walnut Capital Management
J.B. Reilly, President, City Center Investment Corporation
Israel Roizman, President, Roizman Development Inc.
Marc Stier, Director, PA Budget and Policy Center
William R. Taxay, Shareholder and Co-Leader, Real Estate National Practice Group, Dentons Cohen & Grigsby P.C.
Ken Weinstein, President, Philly Office Retail
Herky Pollock, Executive Vice President, CBRE
Mark E. Pasquerilla, Chair of the Greater Johnstown Regional Partnership Chairman of Crown American Associates
Michael Heller, Executive Chairman and CEO, Cozen O’Connor
Mark Campbell, Partner, Ridge Policy Group
Jennifer Rodriguez, President & CEO, Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Luke Bernstein, President & CEO, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business & Industry
Timothy M. Pulte, Executive Managing Director – Market Leader Philadelphia Tri-State Region Brokerage, Colliers
Clifford B. Levine, Chair, Public Sector Law Group, Dentons, Cohen & Grigsby, PC
John Grady, Senior Vice President, Wexford Science & Technology, LLC
Jim Wansacz, Executive Director, Agency for Community EmPOWERment of NEPA
Sam Williamson, Western Pennsylvania District Director, SEIU 32BJ
Transportation & Infrastructure
Craig Snyder, CEO, Indigo Global Corporation
Bernie Hall, President, United SteelWorkers District 10
Bill Hamilton, President, Pennsylvania Conference of Statewide Teamsters; International Vice President, Teamsters
Joanne Manganello, Director of Pennsylvania Government Relations, LIUNA Mid-Atlantic Regional Organizing Coalition
Thomas R. McIntyre, Business Manager/Financial Secretary, I.B.E.W. Local Union No. 5
Tom Melcher, Business Manager, Pittsburgh Regional Building Trades Council
Brittaney Rodas, Legislative and Political Representative, UFCW Local 1776
Wadud Ahmad, President/Co-Founder, Ahmad Zaffarese LLC
Chuck Hammel, President, Pitt Ohio
Jeffrey Letwin, Counsel, Saul Ewing LLP
Gregory B. May, Vice President & Pennsylvania Office Leader, HNTB Corporation
Thomas C. Melisko, Jr., Business Manager, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 66
Leslie Richards, General Manager, SEPTA; Former Secretary of PennDOT; Former Montgomery County Commissioner
Mark Stine, Executive Vice President Legislative and Public Affairs, PA Automotive Association
Sarah Clark Stuart, Executive Director, Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia
Vince Tutino, President, The Lindy Group Inc.
Barry Schoch, Senior Vice-President, KCI Technologies, Inc.
Folasade (Sade) Olanipekun-Lewis, Vice President Operating & Community Partnerships, Vantage Airport Group
Jon Geeting, Engagement Director, Philadelphia 3.0
George Zalar, Business Manager, Ironworkers Local 404
Innovation
Jim Greenwood, Senior Policy Advisor, DLA Piper Global Law Firm
Kurt Imhoff, Senior Vice President, Policy & Public Affairs at Life Sciences Pennsylvania
Jeff Marrazzo, Co-founder and former CEO, Spark Therapeutics
Jack Cohen, President, Butler County Tourism & Convention Bureau
Angelo J. Valletta, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania
Russel Kaufman, M.D., President Emeritus, The Wistar Institute, Professor Emeritus, Duke University, Executive in Residence, Pappas-Capital
Mustafa Rashed, President & CEO, Bellevue Strategies
Michael S. Parmacek, MD, Frank Wister Thomas Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; Chair, Department of Medicine, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Matt Smith, President, Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
ENVIRONMENT/ENERGY
MeeCee Baker, President and Chief Executive Officer, Versant Strategies
Environment
Katie Blume, Political & Legislative Director, Conservation Voters of PA.
Romulo Diaz, Ret. Judge and former Exelon Director and Vice Chairman of Hispanic in Energy
Jaimie Field, Director of Sustainability, Entercom
Patrick Morgan, Patrick Morgan, 1st Deputy Commissioner, Strategy and Engagement Philadelphia Parks & Recreation
Charlie McPhedran, Senior Attorney, Earthjustice
Mark Szybist, Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council
Melissa Ostroff, Pennsylvania Field Advocate at Earthworks
Jennifer Quinn, Legislative and Political Director, Sierra Club Pennsylvania Chapter
Paul A. Roth, Ph.D., Principal, Entropia LLC; Former State Director, Clean Power PA Coalition
Jim M. Seif, Former Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection; Former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 3
Ezra P. Thrush, MPA, Senior Director of Government Affairs, PennFuture
John Walliser, Senior Vice President – Legal & Government Affairs, Pennsylvania Environmental Council
Shannon Waterman Dawson, Senior Associate, Wojdak Government Relations
Jennifer Fields, Managing Partner, ACRI Environmental Group LLC
Energy
Joel Dominguez, President and Chief Executive Officer of Constellation
Louis Evans, President & CEO, Commonwealth Energy Group
Marc Felgoise, Member, Intersect Energy
John Hines, Corporate Relations Manager – Northeast Great Lakes Region, Shell
Christopher Lewis, Principal, Blank Rome; Energy Commission Chair, City of Philadelphia
Brian Aiello, Vice President – External Relations, CNX Resources Corp
Kevin Walker, CEO, Duquesne Light
Cheryl McAbee, Esquire, Senior Counsel, Hardwick Law Firm and President of River Development Corporation
Joylette Portlock, PH.D., Executive Director, Sustainable Pittsburgh
Mike Stanton, Business Manager, Boilermakers Local 154
Kareem Afzal, Chief Executive Officer, PDC Machines
Janeen Zappa, Executive Director, Keystone Energy Efficiency Association
Dan Lapato, Managing Director, State Affairs and Public Policy, American Gas Association
John Kotek, Senior Vice President for Policy Development and Public Affairs, Nuclear Energy Institute
Stephanie Catarino Wissman, American Petroleum Institute Pennsylvania
John Bland, Business Manager, Boilermakers Local 13
Seth Shapiro, President & CEO, Philadelphia Gas Works
Jim Snell, Business Manager, Steamfitters Local 420
Judson Kroh, Robindale Energy
Ken Broadbent, Business Manager, Steamfitters Local 449
PUBLIC SAFETY
Chair: Patrick Murphy, Former Under Secretary of the Army
Law Enforcement
Richard Johnston, Sherriff, Northampton County
John Eckenrode, President, Pennsylvania State Corrections Officers
Dave Kennedy, President, Pennsylvania State Troopers Association
John McNesby, President, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #5
Joe Regan, President, Pennsylvania Fraternal Order of Police
Charles Roca, Chief of Police, City of Allentown
Robert Swartzwelder, President, Pittsburgh Fraternal Order of Police Local #1
Greg Rowe, Executive Director, Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association
Danielle Outlaw, Police Commissioner, Philadelphia Police Department
Dave Heckler, Former District Attorney, Bucks County
Tom Strangrecki, Acting Chief of Police, City of Pittsburgh
Emergency Management
Bob Brooks, President, Pennsylvania Professional Firefighters
Chuck McQuilken, Vice President, Philadelphia Firefighters & Paramedics Union IAFF Local #22
Jack Tomarchio, Principal, Agoge Group, LLC
Patrick Murphy, Former Under Secretary of the Army
Jerome Ozog, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Fire and Emergency Services Institute
Roland “Bud” Mertz, Director, Westmoreland County Department of Public Safety
Tim Leech, Vice President, Pittsburgh Firefighters IAFF Local No. 1
Community Safety
Adam Garber, Executive Director, CeaseFirePA
Bryan Lentz, Attorney, Bochetto and Lentz PC
Dorothy Johnson-Speight, Founder & National Executive Director, Mothers In Charge
John Solomon, Founder & Community Activist, Endangered Kind
Nick Suplina, Senior Vice President for Law & Policy, Everytown for Gun Safety
Maria Goellner, Pennsylvania State Policy Director, FAMM
Abbie Newman, Chief Executive Officer, Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center
Saleem Holbrook, Executive Director, Abolitionist Law Project
Alexandra Abboud, Pennsylvania Program Manager, Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice
Hank Butler, Executive Director, PA Jewish Coalition
Margot Isman, Policy Director, Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project
Dr. Jamie Martin, Professor, Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Former APSCUF President
Jasiri X, Co-Founder & CEO, 1Hood Media
Rev. Donald Moore, Pastor, Mount Carmel Baptist Church
Robert Rooks, CEO, REFORM Alliance
EDUCATION/WORKFORCE
Chair: Patrick Gallagher, Chancellor at the University of Pittsburgh
Pre-K–12
Lisa Nutter, Founder and Managing Partner, Community Impact Investments
Jim Vaughan, Executive Director, Pennsylvania State Education Association
Laura Boyce, Executive Director, Teach Plus Pennsylvania
Joel Greenberg, Founder, Susquehanna International Group
Kathy Christiano, Board Chair, Stoneleigh Foundation
Sean Reily, President & CEO, Roscommon International
Daniel Weidemer, Director of Government Relations, Pennsylvania State Education Association
Art Steinberg, President, American Federation of Teachers Pennsylvania
Amy Sichel, Former Superintendent of Abington School District
Turea Hutson, PhD candidate in the Drexel University School of Education
Rich Askey, President, Pennsylvania State Education Association
Sharif El-Mekki, CEO, The Center for Black Educator Development
Christopher Goins, President, Girard College
Tracey Hart, Educator, Franklin School District
Nathan Mains, CEO, Pennsylvania School Boards Association
Robert Mitchell, Educator, Pittsburgh Public School District
Higher Education
Brenda Allen, President, Lincoln University
Elizabeth Bolden, President & CEO, Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges
Tom Foley, President, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania
John Fry, President, Drexel University
Patrick Gallagher, Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh
Amanda Hill, Senior Director of Marketing & External Relations, Peirce College
Pedro Rivera, President, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology; Former Pennsylvania Secretary of Education
Cindy Shapira, Chair, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Board of Governors
Jasmine Sessoms, SVP of Corporate Affairs for Hilco Redevelopment Partners
Eric Gutshall, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority and the State Public School Building Authority
Christopher Gray, President, Erie County Community College
Kevin Jenkins, President & CEO, Manchester Bidwell Corporation
Ken Mash, President, Association of Pennsylvania State College & University Faculties
Wendell Pritchett, Former Interim President, The University of Pennsylvania
Pamela Keye, Chief Diversity and Compliance Officer, Cheney University
James Mullen, Former President, Allegheny College
Janine Frazier Macklin, Associate Director Corporate Relations, Duquesne University
Barbara K. Altman, President, Franklin & Marshall College
Mitchell Morgan, Chairman of the Board, Temple University and Chairman of the Board, Morgan Properties
Workforce Development
Darrin Kelly, President, Allegheny-Fayette Central Labor Council
Daniel Alvalle, Pennsylvania Director, CASA
Robert Bair, President, Pennsylvania State Building and Construction Trades
Gary Masino, President, Sheet Metal Workers Local 19
Khamil Bailey, Black Business Advocate
Bill Sproule, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters
Robert Cherry, CEO, Partner4Work Inc
Patrick Clancy, President & CEO, Philadelphia Works
Tim Crowther, Political Director and Business Representative, IUPAT District Council 21
Michael Stefan, Assistant Vice President of State Relations, Penn State University
Sabrina Saunders-Mosby, President & CEO, Vibrant Pittsburgh
Michael Araten, CEO & President, Sterling Drive Ventures
Alex Halper, Vice President of Government Affairs, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry
Warren Faust, President, NEPA Building Trades Council
Christopher Hundley, Public & Government Relations Director at SEIU Local 668
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chair: Dr. Alyn E. Waller, Senior Pastor at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church
Healthcare
Bruce Armon, Partner and Health Law Group Chair, Saul Ewing LLP
Allison Beam, Senior Vice President and Chief Government Affairs Officer, UPMC
Steven Davis, Insurance Chair, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP
Jay Feldstein, President and CEO, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Martin Gaynor, E.J. Barone University Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
Ravi Gupta, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Azmat Husain, Chief Medical Officer & Co-Founder, Personic Healthcare
Tracy Lawless, Government Affairs Counselor, K&L Gates LLP
Dan Onorato, Executive Vice President, Highmark Health
Jack D. Schocker, Chair, Department Of Radiation Oncology, UPMC Altoona
Eric Settle, Senior Counsel, AmeriHealth Caritas
Everette James, M. Allen Pond Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh
Andrew Sharp, Director of State Government Relations, Penn Medicine
Nathan Spade, Vice President, External Affairs, UnitedHealth Group
Heather Tyler, Vice President, State Legislative Advocacy, The Hospital + Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania
Richard Ost, President, Philadelphia Pharmacy Inc.
Charles Breslin, CEO, Rittenhouse Consulting Group LLC, Maintenance Matrix LLC, DBA Star Quality Health Partners
Matthew Yarnell, President, SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania
Alhambra Frarey, Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, Penn Medicine
Kristen Farry, Vice President of Policy & Government Relations, Woods Services
Gary Zegiestowsky, Executive Director, Rural Health Redesign Center
Kevin Mahoney, CEO, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Antoinette Kraus, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Health Access Network
Argie Allen-Wilson, Mental Health/Relationship Therapist & Co-Founder of Mental Health First Connects, Connections Matter LLC and Founder of F.A.I.T.H. Connects LLC
Maureen May, President, Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses & Allied Professionals
Human Services
Josie Badger, President, J. Badger Consulting
Nancy Murray, Senior VP of Achieva and President of The Arc of Greater Pittsburgh
Denny O’Brien, Former Speaker, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Stewart Cohen, Shareholder, Cohen, Placitella & Roth, P.C.
William Stauffer, Executive Director, The Pennsylvania Recovery Organizations – Alliance
Benjamin Abella, William G. Baxt Professor and Vice Chair for Research; Director, Center for Resuscitation Science; Medical Director, Penn Acute Research Collaboration, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Beth Balaban, Director of Community Outreach, Excel Treatment Center
Wendy Evans, Director of Operations, Commonwealth Energy Group
Carlos Carter, President & CEO, Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh
Richard Edley, President & CEO, Rehabilitation & Community Providers Association
Cynthia Figueroa, President & CEO, JEVS Human Services
Bev Mackereth, Former Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
Katharine Dalke, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health
Lynette Brown-Sow, President, L.M Brown Management Group, LLC
Shaun Dougherty, President, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests
Brittany Kline, Program Director, Safe2Say Something
Pat Brier, Founder, Patrick J. Brier & Associates
Salima Suswell, Executive Director, Emgage Pennsylvania
Ted Kopas, Project Manager, Governors Action Team and Former Commissioner, Westmoreland County
Charles Hooker, President & CEO, Keystone Human Services
Weston Kensinger, Director, Douglas W. Pollock Center for Addiction Outreach and Research and Associate Teaching Professor of Biobehavioral Health at Penn State University
Lucy Kitner, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Association of County Administrators of Mental Health and Developmental Services
Garrett Snider, Director, Philadelphia DHS Child Welfare Oversight Board; Director, The Mayors Fund for Philadelphia; Founder and Board Member, The Resilience Foundation.
Dale Klatzker, President & CEO, Gaudenzia, Inc.
Sherri Landis, Executive Director, The Arc of Pennsylvania
Michael McDonnell, Communications Manager, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests
Seniors
Nancy Thaler, National Consultant on Medicaid-Funded Long-Term Care and Home and Community Based Services
Teresa Osborne, State Advocacy Director, AARP Pennsylvania
Barbara L. Valaw, Served as Director of Quality Assurance, Pennsylvania Department of Aging
Zach Shamberg, President & CEO, Pennsylvania Health Care Association
Scott Rifkin, Executive Chairman, Real Time Medical
Rebecca May-Cole, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Association of Area Agencies on Aging
Daniel Mazus, President, Retired Public Employees of Pennsylvania AFSCME Chapter 13
Mary Jo Campbell, President, Association of PA State College & University Retired Faculties
Linda Weaver, Retired PSEA Educator
CONSUMER PROTECTION
Chair: Brian A. Hudson, Sr., Former CEO Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency
Housing
Mark Dambly, CEO Pennrose, LLC
Brian Hudson, CPA, CTP, Former CEO of the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency
Jonathan Hudson, Partner, Hudson Companies.
Blane Stoddart, President & CEO, BFW Construction Project Managers
Bryce Maretzki, Director of Policy and Planning, Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency
Nilda Ruiz, President & CEO, Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha
Finance & Insurance
Mark Dombrowski, Vice President of Government Affairs, Erie Insurance Group
Jamie Maguire, CEO & Chairman, Skippack Energy LLC
Paul Gitnik, Board Member, Pennsylvania Board of Finance & Revenue
Richard Green, Chairman and CEO, Firstrust Bank
Dominic Folino, Founder, PA Blockchain Coalition
Warner N. Macklin III, Chairman, CEO and Managing Director, FoxChase Advisors, LLC
Val Digiorgio, General Counsel and Consultant, BCI Consulting, LLC
Robin Weissman, Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency
Nicholas Smyth, Senior Deputy Attorney General & Assistant Director for Consumer Financial Protection, Office of Attorney General
STATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
Chair: Joann Bell, Director of the Philadelphia Government Office, Pugliese Associates
Government Reform
Joann Bell, Director of the Philadelphia Government Office, Pugliese Associates
Kathleen Bruder, Chair of Regulatory & Government Affairs, Saxton & Stump
Peter Calcara, Vice President of Government Relations, Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Chris Cera, CEO, Arcweb Technologies
Tracy Coleman, State and Local Government Director of Sales, Pegasystems
Alan Kessler, Partner, Duane Morris LLP
Laura Jan Kuller, Attorney & Owner, Pursuit Advocacy
Mike Maguire, Political Director of AFSCME Council 13
Lindsey Mauldin, Vice President, Advocacy and Public Policy, Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania
Mark Segal, Journalist & Author
Craig Snyder, CEO, Indigo Global Corporation
Connie Williams, Former Pennsylvania State Senator
David Davis, Managing Director, Accenture
Reesa Kossoff, Executive Director, SEIU PA State Council
Mary Isenhour, Partner, Rooney Novak Isenhour Group
David Landau, Of Counsel, Duane Morris LLP
Sarah Spotts, Associate at Triad Strategies
Steve Cantanese, President, SEIU Local 668
Lisa Schaefer, Executive Director, County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania
Legal & Judiciary
Murray Ufberg, Senior Partner, Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald, LLP
Michael Quatrini, Attorney, Quatrini Law Group
Dan Brier, Founding Partner Myers, Brier & Kelly, LLP
Larry Bendesky, Managing Shareholder, Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky
Joe Messa, President and Founding Partner of Messa & Associates, PC.
Jason Matzus, Owner, Baldwin Matzus, LLC
Jason Landau Goodman, Board Chair of the Pennsylvania Youth Congress
Jeffrey Scott, Lead Compliance Counsel, Digital, Reporting, and Analytics, Pfizer
Kristen Feden, Partner at Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky, PC
Sara Jacobson, Executive Director, Public Defenders Association
Local Government
Christina Finello, Solicitor, Bucks County Clerk of Courts
Steven Kline, Chair, Montgomery County Planning Commission
Dawn Summerville, Deputy Commerce Director, City of Philadelphia
Tom VanKirk, Retired Chief Legal Officer of Highmark Health
Alex Reber, Managing Partner, Miller Dixon Drake, PC