2009 - 2010 Board of Directors:
Thomas J. Belmont, Jr. CLU, ChFC, REBC,
RHU, Chair, of Malvern
President of Gallagher
Benefit Services, Inc. Mr. Belmont currently
is a member of the Board of Directors of PEBA, an Employee Benefits and Human
Resources Organization. He is past president of the National Alumni Association
of Villanova University and a former board member and president of the Family
and Community Services Agency of Delaware County.
Harry Lewis, Jr., Vice Chair, of Downingtown
Over his 40 years in education, Mr. Lewis held the positions of social worker,
special education teacher, physical education teacher and track coach. In June,
2006, Mr. Lewis retired as Principal at Coatesville Area Senior High School.
He is the President elect of the Delaware Valley Association of the Chapter
of National Alliance of Black School Educators.
James H. Manning Jr., Secretary, of
Coatesville: A graduate of Cheyney University and
the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, the former
assistant U.S. attorney was, prior to his retirement, a long-time
attorney with Sun Company Inc. in Philadelphia, where he
served as chief counsel for litigation management for 16
years.
David C. England, Treasurer, of Newtown
Square
President, Rouse/Chamberlin
Homes in Exton. Mr. England currently serves on the Board of Directors of
the Chester and Delaware County Home Builders Association and received the HBA
Builder of the Year – “Al Goldstein” Award in January 2005.
The Hon. Carol Aichele, of Malvern
Elected to the Chester County Board
of Commissioners in November 2003. Prior to
becoming Commissioner,
she was the first woman to be elected Controller in
Chester County.
Cleo Alston, of Downingtown
C.E.O. and president of Alstrun L.L.C. He, his wife, Doris,
and one of their two daughters, Erica, own and operate five
McDonald’s restaurant franchisees. The 17th of 18 children,
Alston was born in Coatesville and is a 1966 graduate of
Scott Senior High School. Alston served as a U.S. Army sergeant
in Vietnam and graduated with a degree in sociology from
Lincoln University in 1978. He serves on the board of directors
of the Ronald McDonald’s Children’s Charities
and the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Coatesville.
Dr. John K. Baillie, of Morgantown
Retired Executive Director of the Chester County Intermediate Unit from 1982
to 2007. He was the winner of the “Larry Boling Award for Excellence
in Government Leadership” in 1996. Serves on many community boards including
the Chester County Chamber of Business & Industry, Chester County Futures,
United Way of Chester County and others. Dr. Baillie received his BS from Millersville
University and an MS in Administration and Ed.D. in Administration from the
University of Pennsylvania.
Frank (Chip) F. Breuninger Jr., of
Coatesville: Mr. Breuninger
graduated from Coatesville Area Senior High School, and has
worked in Coatesville his entire adult life, first for the
Chester County Mutual Insurance Company and, since 1977, as
president of F. Frederick Breuninger & Son Insurance Inc.
He has also served on the board of directors of the Lutheran
Church of the Good Shepherd and the Coatesville Country Club,
and is the president of the Coatesville Health Development
Corporation.
Gregory M. Cary, of Honey Brook, received his BA from Alvernia
College, Associates Degree in Business from Montgomery County
Community College and attended the FBI National Academy and
Pennsylvania State Police Academy. He is currently serving
as the Regional External Affairs Manager for PECO Energy. He
was a Caln Township police officer from 1975 to 1987. He is
currently the Chairman of Honey Brook Township, First Vice
President of the Chester County Association of Township Officials,
Vice-Chair of the Chester County Airport Authority and a board
member of the Chester County Economic Development Council and
the Chester County Hero Fund.
Anne L. Hearn, of East Nantmeal
Former Executive Director of Leadership Inc. for 15 years. Ms. Hearn is also
the co-founder of CHOICE and the Greater Philadelphia Women’s Medical
Fund.
Carolyn E. Johnson, of Pomeroy
The executive director of Community Impact Legal Services Inc.
in West Chester, a private, nonprofit program that provides
free civil legal services in Bucks, Chester and Montgomery
counties to low-income individuals and families. She also
serves as president of the Coatesville Center for Community
Health. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, she graduated from Fisk
University in Nashville in 1982 and earned her law degree
in 1986 at Howard University. She has been honored with a
number of awards, including the March of Dimes 2001 Public
Service Award, the Chester County Bar Foundation Award, Don’t
Borrow Trouble Suburban Philadelphia Award and the United
Way of Chester County Community Partner Award.
Ann Lunger Jones, of Coatesville: A
design consultant for Plain & Fancy Interiors in Centerville,
Delaware., the former fourth-grade and Head Start teacher has
served on a number of boards, including the Delaware Learning
Center (for pre-school children with learning disabilities),
Planned Parenthood of Chester County and the University of
Pennsylvania New Bolton Center Allam House Committee. Ms. Jones
currently serves on the Winterthur Development and Point-to-Point
committees.
L. William Kay, II of Downingtown
General Partner of Drexelbrook Associates and owner of Drexelbrook Community.
Linwood M. Smith, Jr., of Coatesville
Linwood M. Smith, Jr of Coatesville, received his BS from Cheyney
University, his Principal Certificate from Penn State Great
Valley Campus and a Masters of Divinity from Lutheran Theological
Seminary. He is recently retired as Principal and Federal
Programs Administrator of Downingtown East High School (which
was a recipient of the Keystone Achievement Award for continuous
improvement on the PSSA examinations by the Pennsylvania
Department of Education during Mr. Smith’s tenure).
He was a public school educator for over 30 years, and currently
is pastor of the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
in Coatesville.
Elizabeth Silvia Wood, Esq., of Honey
Brook, earned her B.S.
from Pennsylvania State University and her J.D. from Villanova
University School of Law. She practices at Fox Rothschild LLP
in Exton, focusing on matrimonial and family law. While in
law school she was a Public Interest Fellowship Program summer
fellow and grant recipient, which enabled her to work as a
law clerk for the Homeless Advocacy Project. She is currently
serving as a board member and Secretary of the Domestic Violence
Center of Chester County. She was selected as a “Pennsylvania
Rising Star” by Philadelphia Magazine and Law & Politics
Magazine (2006, 2007, and 2008).
James D. Ziegler, of Cochranville,
received his BBA from Temple
University and his MBA from West Chester University. He has
served as President of the Coatesville Savings Bank since 2000,
and has worked there for thirty years. He currently serves
on the board of directors of the Brandywine YMCA and the Coatesville
Area Partners for Progress. He recently served on the finance
committee of the Chester County Community Foundation, and the
board of directors of Chester County Community Dental.
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