Sustaining Partners

Steering Committee

Co-Chairs

Honorable Robert "Bob" Mensch
Senate of Pennsylvania

Honorable Marcy Toepel
Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Luanne B. Stauffer, President
Upper Perkiomen Valley Chamber of Commerce

Michele B. Fillippo, Project Coordinator
PerkUp

Members

Bill Bushnell, Chief of Staff for the Honorable Marcy Toepel
Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Thomas J. Bisko, CEO
QNB

Jeff Brode, Realtor
Brode and Brooks, Realtors, Inc.

Ed Buchinski, President
Grand Theater

John Cover, Chief of Community Planning
Montgomery County Planning Commission

Susan V. Daywitt, CEO
SLM Waste

Tony Fernandes, Manager, Environmental Engineering
Aqua America

Dulcie Flaharty, Executive Director
Montgomery County Lands Trust

Kathryn Frazier, Regional Community Relations Director
PPL

Keith Gonyo, Operations Director
Brown Printing Company

Fran Hanney, Traffic Services Manager
PA Department of Transportation

Suzanne Holloman, Dean, Workforce Development and Continuing Education
Montgomery County Community College

Carmen Italia, President
Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation

Eric Jarrell, Assistant Section Chief, Community Planning
Montgomery County Planning Commission

Brian Jeter, Sr. Director, Government Affairs, Philadelphia Suburbs North
Comcast

Timothy F. Kirby, Superintendent
Upper Perkiomen School District

Barbara Lampe, Vice President
Weyerbacher Brewing Co., Inc.

Kim Licata, Vice President, Loan Customer Service
Harleysville Savings Bank

Brian Nester, President
Nester Brothers, Inc.

Vince O'Domski, Director - Community Outreach, Constituent Service Representative
Office of Congressman Charles Dent

Mike Pollner, Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Knoll, Inc.

Joe Procak, Real Estate Appraiser

Joe Procak Real Estate Appraiser

Pete Reinke, VP Regional Development
Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation

Larry Roeder, Publisher
Town and Country Newspaper

Roseann Rosenthal, President and CEO
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA

Jeffrey M. Schweitzer, Sr. Executive VP and CFO
Univest Corporation

Trevor Smith, Principal
Horizon Engineering

Cynthia Smith, President
Horizon Engineering

Tim Smith, Assistant VP, Community Office Manager, Red Hill
National Penn Bank

Lisa Walter, Chief of Staff for the Honorable Robert Mensch
Senate of Pennsylvania

Bob Wendt, Principal
The Millbrook Group

Paul Williams, Township Manager
Marlborough Township

Kris Wint, Supervisor of Education & Development
H&K

UPVCC Board Members

Founding Steering Committee

Co-Chairs

Honorable Robert C. "Rob" Wonderling, Senate of Pennsylvania
Honorable Robert "Bob" Mensch, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Luanne B. Stauffer, Executive Director, Upper Perkiomen Valley Chamber of Commerce

Members

Todd A. Alderfer, Director of Retail Sales, Central Region, National Penn Bank
Stephen J. Blommer, Vice President of Operations, Blommer Chocolate Company
Jeffrey R. Brode, Manager, Brode & Brooks, Inc. Realtors
Ed Buchinski, President, The Grand Theater
Bill Bushnell, District Chief of Staff to the Honorable Robert Mensch, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Jennifer Chambers, Director of Health Center Planning and Operations, Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network
John S. Cover, Section Chief: Community Planning, Montgomery County Planning Commission
R. Dean Foster, Vice President, West Campus Administrative Officer, Montgomery County Community College
Kathryn Frazier, Regional Community Relations Director, PPL Corporation
Curt Gronert, Retired, Pennsylvania Business Retention and Expansion Program, Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation
Carmen S. Italia, Jr., President, Montgomery County Industrial Development Corporation
Philip Jackson, Executive Vice President and Market President, Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
Timothy F. Kirby, Ed.D., Superintendent, Upper Perkiomen School District
Vicki J. Lightcap, Mayor, Borough of Pennsburg, and Chief of Staff for the Honorable Karen Beyer, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Barbara Lampe, Vice President, Weyerbacher Brewing Co., Inc.
David Lobach, CEO, Embassy Bank for the Lehigh Valley
Rod Manor, Vice President/General Manager, Brown Printing Company
RoseAnn B. Rosenthal, President and CEO, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Edward Nawrocki, CEO, St. Luke’s Quakertown Hospital
Brian P. Nester, President, Nester Brothers, Inc., and President, Upper Perkiomen Valley Chamber of Commerce
Teresa Reed, Legislative Administrator, Office of the Honorable Robert Mensch, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Pete Reinke, Vice President Regional Development, Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (LVEDC)
Larry J. Roeder, Publisher, Town and Country
Charles Strunk, Vice‐Chairman, Board of Supervisors, Milford Township
Kathrine Swanson, Associate to the President for Institutional Effectiveness and Strategic Initiatives, Montgomery County Community College
J. George Sweeney, CPA, CVA, Partner, Canon Capital Management Group, LLC
Lisa Walter, Chief of Staff for the Honorable Robert C. Wonderling, Senate of Pennsylvania
Bob Wendt, Regional Coordinator/Director of Research, Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (LVEDC)
Paul A. Williams, Manager, Secretary/Treasurer, and Assistant Zoning Officer, Marlborough Township

Municipal Participants

Robert Gery, Chairman, East Greenville Borough Planning Commission
James L. Fry, Borough Manager, East Greenville Borough
Brian Carpenter, President, Green Lane Borough Council
John G. Membrino, Chairman, Hereford Township Board of Supervisors
Keith Masemore, Vice‐Chairman, Hereford Township Board of Supervisors
Arland Schantz, Supervisor, Lower Milford Township
Donna Wright, Vice‐Chairman, Lower Milford Township Board of Supervisors
Fran Hanney, Chairman, Marlborough Township Planning Commission

Sustaining Partners

Steering Committee

Co-Chairs

Members

Municipal Partners

Founding Steering Committee

Co-Chairs

Members

Municipal Participants