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1983
Ron Frick
was named chair of
the Central Pennsylvania Food
Bank’s The Bold Journey...
Until No One is Hungry capital
campaign to raise $1,000,000
in support of a new healthy food
hub in Williamsport. Frick also
serves on the Northern Tier
Regional Advisory Committee for
the organization.
1987
Matthew A.
Clarke
, the
business
administrator
and board
secretary for
the Springfield
Board of Education since 2002,
will serve as first vice president
of the New Jersey Association
of School Business Officials
during the 2016-2017 school
year. Matthew has been in
school business administration
for 23 years. He is a member of
NJASBO’s Board of Trustees and
served on numerous committees
including legislative network,
technology, specifications
& purchasing, and budget/
finance and is a past recipient
of NJASBO’s Above & Beyond
Award. Matthew and his wife
of 26 years, Gayle, have three
children: Samantha, Wyatt and
Tabitha.
1993
Kirsten (Felix) Burkhart
has been
named Wise Woman of the Year
by the YWCA Northcentral PA.
She is the executive director of
AIDS Resource Alliance, and the
director of West House personal
care home.
Erica Hain
was named
Region II vice
president to
the National
Association
of Health
Underwriters
(NAHU) Board of Trustees at
the 86th Annual Convention and
Exhibition in Albuquerque, N.M.
NAHU represents more than
100,000 professional health
insurance agents and brokers
who provide insurance for
millions of Americans. NAHU is
headquartered in Washington, D.C.
1995
Scott Schell
gave a Biology
Colloquium
talk this fall
on his career,
as well as how
his Lycoming
experiences influence his job.
He is the director of compliance
assessments at Johnson &
Johnson, conducting auditing
and quality assurance in
pharmaceuticals, medical
devices and consumer
healthcare.
1996
Carrie (Jacobson) Hartin
was
recently named president of
Network Media Partners, Inc.,
where she has worked since
graduating from Lycoming
College. Hartin has held multiple
positions within the media
services firm, including chief
operating officer, prior to her
current appointment.
2002
Kelly Smolinsky
was promoted
to assistant to the dean of
students/director of student
conduct at St. Mary’s College of
Maryland.
2003
Adam Hartzel
,
CPA, assurance
senior
manager in
accounting
and advisory
firm Baker Tilly
Virchow Krause, LLP (Baker
Tilly), has received a 2016
Young Leaders Award from the
Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs
(PICPA). This annual award
recognizes PICPA members
under the age of 40 who
demonstrate a commitment
to the accounting profession
through active PICPA or
community volunteer activities.
Adam has more than 10 years of
public accounting experience.
His areas of expertise include
audits of state and local
governments and other not-for-
profit organizations.
1977
Jeffery
Seeley, Ph.D.,
is now
associate
professor of
church music
at Mercer
University, Macon, Ga., and
director of music at the Vineville
United Methodist Church in
Macon.
1979
Kimberly
Bolig, Ph.D.
,
director of the
regional STEM
education
center at
Bloomsburg
University, was recognized with
the Distinguished Leadership
Award at Girl Scouts in the
Heart of Pennsylvania (GSHPA),
2016 Inspiring Generations
Celebration, on Sunday, Oct. 16,
at the Hershey Lodge, for her
dedication to brightening Girl
Scouts’ futures and introducing
more young women into the
STEM field.
Kenneth
A. Holdren
has been a
healthcare
consultant with
SystemCare
Health
focusing
on physician group practice
consulting since retiring from
Geisinger Health System as the
chief administrative officer of
Geisinger Clinic in September
2014. Ken ran for and was
elected Montour County, Pa.,
commissioner in 2015 and
now serves as the chairman
of the Montour County Board
of Commissioners. He is also a
director of FNB N.A. in Danville,
Pa., and serves on the special
joint compliance committee of
Fulton Bank. Ken also serves as
a director of the Danville Area
Community Foundation. Ken
has lived in Danville, Pa., with
his wife, Cindy, for the last 22
years and they are the parents
of three children.
Joan (Schreibeis) Mansfield
and
her husband fulfilled a lifelong
dream to travel to Israel and
Jordan. The small church group
of 32 friends spent two weeks in
the Holy Land including Petra.
1980
John C. (Jace) Scala
retired
as planetarium director for
Lenape Valley Regional High
School after 29 years in this
position. Jace accrued 32
years in public education,
and also spent several years
in the private sector. Nearly
68,000 people entered the 53
seat facility during his tenure.
He plans to relocate to the
Chicago area to be as full-time
a grandfather as he can to his
three granddaughters.
1981
John Murray
and his son John
recently attended a “Project
Streamline” swim clinic offered
by former Olympic swimmer and
Navy Seal Larsen Jensen and
2016 gold medalist and swim
team captain, Allison Schmitt.
Those gold medals are heavy!
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