Board of Advisers

Chair: Christine Sears

Vice-Chair: Richard E. Bentz

Treasurer: Steven J. Masterson

Secretary: Madlyn L. Hanes

Ted J. Ackroyd
Chairman and CEO
HealthcareData Company, LLC

Christopher S. Barrett, '84
President and CEO
Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau

Richard E. Bentz, '69, '72g
President
Edenridge Enterprises, Inc.

David E. Black
President and CEO
Harrisburg Regional Chamber
Capital Region Economic Development Corporation

David A. Brinjac, P.E., '79, '80g
Chief Operating Officer
Brinjac Engineering

James C. Byerly
President and CEO
HDH Byerly

William Christ, '73g
Retired Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer
Hershey Foods Corp.

Paul C. Coppock
Honorary Member

Dominic "Nick" DiFrancesco, '86
Commissioner, Dauphin County

Gary Eichelberger, '92
County Commisioner
Cumberland County

Salvatore Fazzolari '77
Chairman and CEO Harsco Corp.

Michael Fiaschetti '04g
Senior VP Mid-Atlantic Region
Highmark Blue Shield

Jessica Gray '97
Executive Director
Republican Caucus Chairman’s Office

Madlyn L. Hanes
Chancellor
Penn State Capital College

Kevin M. Harter, '90, '05g
Senior Vice President
Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central Pennsylvania

Max J. Hempt
President and Chairman
Hempt Brothers, Inc.

Michael L. Hund, Esq.
Partner, McNees, Wallace & Nurick LLC

Carlton Klinger '81, '90g
Senior VP/Business Sales Manager
PNC Bank, N.A.

Ralph Klinepeter '93
President
Pyramid Construction Services, Inc.

Albert H. Kramer, '77, '80g
Senior Vice President, Operations
D&E Communications, Inc.

Melissa Kutz, '93g
Administrator, Rehabilitation Hospital
Pinnacle Health
Community General Osteopathic Hospital

Franklin D. Linn Sr.
President, Lower Swatara Township
Board of Commissioners

Steven J. Masterson, CPA, '78
Tax Partner
Beard Miller Company, LLP

F.G. Merkel '89g
President and COO
United Concordia

Jeffrey Merritt '85
Reynolds Construction Management, Inc.

Gerald K. Morrison, Esq., '65, '68g
McNees, Wallace & Nurick
Honorary Member

Edward Nielsen
Representing Stephen Reed, Mayor
Director, Office of Economic Development and Special Projects
City of Harrisburg

Sondra Osler '92 Honorary
Civic Leader
Honorary Member

K.D. Patel
Co-founder, Hersha Hospitality Management, L.P.

Ralph E. Peters, '48
CEO and Chairman of the Board Emeritus
Benatec Associates
Honorary Member

Vincent J. Pinizzotto, '71
Regional Vice President
United Concordia Companies, Inc.

Robert Reid
Mayor
Borough of Middletown

Napoleon Saunders
Honorary Member

Christine Sears, '77
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Penn National Insurance

Burton H. Snyder
Senior VP/General Counsel/Secretary
The Hershey Company

Kathleen A. Smarilli '71
Honorary Member

William M. Stout
Chairman and CEO
Gannett Fleming, Inc.

James Talalai '94g
Executive VP Info Services & CIO
Select Medical Corporation

H. Ralph Vartan ‘08g
Chairman, Vartan Group, Inc.

Mark Whitmoyer '72
President, Conservation Concepts, Inc.

Robert J. Woelfling, '63
Vice President, Global Sourcing and Operations Strategy
The Hershey Company

Harry I. Yaverbaun, '57
Certified Public Accountant

Richard Ziegler '06 Honorary
Owner/President
R.E. Ziegler Remodeling and Construction Company