Board Biographies

CAROL AICHELE
CHESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONER

Carol Aichele was elected to the three-member Board of Commissioners in Chester County in November 2003, and served as the Board's Chair in 2004. In 2005, Ms. Aichele is Vice-Chair and serves on the Salary Board, the Prison Board, and the Juvenile Home Board. She chairs the Retirement Board, which manages a $170 million pension fund.

Prior to being Commissioner, Ms. Aichele was the first woman Controller in Chester County. As Controller, Ms. Aichele supervised the fiscal affairs of the County including the accounts, transactions and official acts of all officers and persons entrusted with County funds. Ms. Aichele was the president of the Pennsylvania State Association of County Controllers and a member of the Government Finance Officers Association of Pennsylvania. Additionally, Ms. Aichele was a member of the Best Practices Committee of the Pennsylvania State Association of County Controllers. During her tenure as County Controller, the Government Finance Officers Association of Pennsylvania recognized each year the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for Chester County for "Excellence in Financial Reporting."

Ms. Aichele is active in both public and private school education. She is President of the Pennsylvania Association of Councils of Trustees, immediate past chair of the Council of Trustees of West Chester University of Pennsylvania, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Delaware Valley Friends School. Ms. Aichele was Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors for Student Services, Inc. for West Chester University and a member of the Air Force Academy Selection Board for the 7th Congressional District of Pennsylvania. Prior to her election as Controller, Ms. Aichele served for six years as a member of the Tredyffrin/Easttown Board of School Directors, with two years as the Board's President. She also taught elementary and middle school math and science.

In addition to her role as Commissioner and her involvement with public and private school education, Ms. Aichele also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, the Brandywine Health and Wellness Foundation, the Transportation Management Association of Chester County, the West Chester Business Improvement District Authority, and the United Way of Chester County. Ms. Aichele co-chaired Chester County Vision, Smart Economic Growth, a $2.54 million Chester County Development Council initiative for the new century, and now serves on their Board.

In 2001, Ms. Aichele joined with West Chester University and community women to sponsor the Women's Summit, Lifting As We Climb: Women Leading in the 21st Century.

For her work in Chester County as both an elected official and as a private citizen, Ms. Aichele was named the 2002 March of Dimes Chester County Woman of Achievement for Public Service.

Ms. Aichele is a graduate of Cornell University with a degree in economics. She and her husband Stephen S. Aichele reside in Tredyffrin and have three children: Steve, age 30; Kate, age 27; and Tom, age 24.

ALLEN D. BIEHLER, P.E.
Secretary of Transportation
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Nominated by Gov. Edward G. Rendell, Allen D. Biehler, P.E., was confirmed by the State Senate as Pennsylvania's Transportation Secretary in February 2003.

Secretary Biehler is responsible for an organization of about 12,000 employees with an annual budget in excess of $5 billion. PENNDOT owns and operates the nation's fifth largest state-owned highway system and administers one of the nation's largest grant programs for mass transit, rail freight and aviation. PENNDOT also processes 30 million driver and vehicle customer service transactions each year, and operates the 12 Pennsylvania Welcome Centers which greeted over three-million visitors in 2002.

Before taking the lead at PENNDOT, Secretary Biehler amassed 34 years experience in transportation engineering, planning, construction administration and public transportation management.

While a vice president at the international transportation consulting firm of DMJM+Harris, Secretary Biehler was project manager for the North Shore Light Rail Transit connector and for the Strategic Visioning Study--both in Pittsburgh. He also was director of planning and preliminary engineering for the Tren Urbano rail system in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

During a 17-year career at the Port Authority of Allegheny County, Secretary Biehler served as director of planning and business development and later director of planning, engineering and construction. His duties included managing a 50-person staff and more than $500 million in engineering, architecture, construction and value engineering contracts. He directed preparation of the agency's first strategic plan and business plan and initiated and co-directed a collaborative team effort to create an agency-wide vision and critical success measurements. He also played a role in waterway and freight transportation issues in the Port of Pittsburgh region.

Before joining the Port Authority, Secretary Biehler worked for 12 years in city and county government in Pittsburgh on highway and aviation planning. He was involved in the planning for the new landside terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport and in reviews of the administrative organization for the airport's management and operations. He was instrumental in persuading the Port Authority to implement a light rail subway in downtown Pittsburgh.

Secretary Biehler also has served on committees of the Transportation Research Board, the American Public Transportation Association and the University of Pittsburgh. He has written articles for national transportation professional journals and was awarded a Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Pittsburgh in 1997.

A native of Rochester, New York, Secretary Biehler is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in civil engineering and holds a master's equivalent certificate in transportation from Yale University. He is a certified professional engineer. He and his wife, Diane, live in Crafton, Allegheny County.

THE HONORABLE JOSEPH A. BRIGANDI, JR.
FREEHOLDER

Freeholder Joseph A. Brigandi, Jr. was elected to his first full-term, November 1998, he was appointed to the Board of Freeholders on January 1, 1998, and is now serving his fourth year as a Freeholder. Joe is a lifelong resident of Glassboro, where he currently resides with his wife, Elaine, and their children Joey lll, Sean, and Bethany.

Joe has served as a Councilman in Glassboro, 1991-1998, and as Council President for two years. During his term as Council President, Joe reduced Glassboro's property taxes significantly in both 1996 and 1997.

While serving on Glassboro Council, Joe spearheaded the creation of the Glassboro Economic Development Corporation, where he served as a founding member and vice-chairman of the corporation.

Freeholder Brigandi earned a B.A. in Business Administration from Rutgers University in 1978, and is currently completing his certification as a certified public manager in New Jersey. The Borough of Glassboro employs Joe, as the Borough Administrator. The Borough Administrator is responsible for the day-to-day management of Glassboro.

Joe has coached youth soccer, basketball, and baseball in park and recreation programs. Joe and his family are members of St. Bridget's Roman Catholic Church in Glassboro.

As Freeholder, Joe oversees the Department of Education and Economic Development, which includes the Department of Business and Economic Development, the Division of Workforce Development, the Division of Community Development, the Workforce Investment Board, the Board of Elections, Gloucester County College, the Gloucester County Institute of Technology, Special Services School District, and the Office of the Superintendent of Schools. Freeholder Brigandi also serves as the Chairman of the Gloucester County Municipal Economic Development Council.

Lynn Bush

Position
Executive director of the Bucks County Planning Commission September, 1999 to present

Prior business
Planning consulting firm in Doylestown
Worked for many Bucks County municipalities doing planning and zoning work. Prepared comprehensive plans, zoning ordinances, subdivision/land development ordinance, open space plans, historic district ordinances, and special area planning studies

Member
Bucks County Open Space Task Force (1996 - 1998)

Interests in planning
Preservation of the character and landscape of Bucks County
Better transportation solutions
Farmland preservation and open space

Education
University of Pennsylvania - BA in Architecture
University of North Carolina - Master of City and Regional Planning

Peace Corps Volunteer in Iran - worked as a planner in Shiraz, Iran

Author of the Bucks County Courts and Bucks County Bar Association - A History

Resides in Doylestown Borough

Board member for:
Doylestown Historical Society
Bucks County Audubon
Free Clinic of Doylestown
United Way of Bucks County
Bucks County Historical Society

MAYOR WENDELL N. BUTLER, JR.
City of Chester

Wendell N. Butler, Jr. was appointed Mayor of the City of Chester on October 9, 2002, to fill the unexpired term of former Mayor and now State Senator, Dominic Pileggi. Born and raised in the City of Chester, Pennsylvania, Mr. Butler attended Chester public schools until his junior year in high school, when his parents moved to Ridley Township. After graduating from Ridley High School in 1962, Mr. Butler completed three years of service in the United States Army before returning to Chester.

From humble beginnings growing up in a federal housing project, Mr. Butler was determined to make a real difference in his life and in his community. Upon his return to Chester, he was employed with American Viscose for about three years and in 1969, joined the ranks of the Chester Police Department. This was the beginning of 33 quality years in law enforcement, which saw numerous promotions and successes. In 1989, Mr. Butler was promoted to Sergeant, and in 1994, he was promoted again to the Command Staff, where he held the position of Major. During this time, Mr. Butler supervised police officers in numerous divisions, administered the drug forfeiture account, was commander of the narcotics unit, worked closely with the City's administration and often performed the duties of the Chief of Police. He also received numerous awards and citations for his duties. In January 1996, Mr. Butler took his seat as Commissioner of the Chester Police Department.

In addition to his major duties as Police Commissioner, Mr. Butler is committed to his community and is actively involved in numerous organizations. He is an active member of the Rotary Club of Chester; Chester Police Activities League; Pennsylvania, International, and Delaware County Chiefs of Police Associations; Fraternal Order of Police; the Masonic Order; and Spencer Memorial Church. An avid sports enthusiast, Mr. Butler spent many years working with city youth through the Chester Biddy League, Boys and Girls Club, Boy Scouts and Chester Youth League.

Mr. Butler is a lifelong resident of Chester. He resides with his wife, Tanya, and two sons, Dondi, 27 and Dirk, 25. He also has a daughter, Elaine, 36, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

TIMOTHY J. CARSON, ESQUIRE

Mr. Carson is a member and former Chair of Saul Ewing's Public Finance Department in its Philadelphia office. He serves as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel and special counsel to a variety of clients in the implementation and financing of major capital projects for public and non-profit entities.

Mr. Carson is currently the 108th President of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. His one-year term runs from May 2002 to May 2003. Mr. Carson is the first Saul Ewing attorney to serve as Pennsylvania Bar Association President. He is a long-time member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's House of Delegates and a current member of its Board of Governors. Mr. Carson is also a former member of the Board of Governors of the Philadelphia Bar Association, a former President of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation, and a Life Fellow of the American, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Foundations.

Mr. Carson is an elected Fellow of the American College of Bond Counsel, only the third Pennsylvania bond lawyer to be accorded that honor. He was a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers and is a member of the Pennsylvania Municipal Authorities Association, the Government Finance Officers Association, the National Association of Bond Lawyers, and the Municipal Bond Club of Philadelphia. Mr. Carson served as a member of the Pennsylvania Local Government Commission's Task Force on Municipal Distress/Bankruptcy and as special advisor to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives' Local Government Committee and the Pennsylvania Senate's Intergovernmental Affairs Committee. He was the co-draftsman of the Pennsylvania Transportation Partnership Act of 1985.

In November 2000, Mr. Carson was nominated by then-Governor Tom Ridge (and subsequently unanimously confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate) to a four-year term on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. He is the Secretary/Treasurer of the Commission. The Turnpike Commission oversees the administration and maintenance of the 508-mile turnpike, as well as the financing and construction of new roads.

For five years, Mr. Carson served as then-Governor Ridge's Representative on the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC), holding a variety of officer positions, including Chairman of the DVRPC Board and its Executive Committee. DVRPC advises on regional policy and capital funding issues concerning transportation, economic development, the environment and land use in the nine-county region, and allocates and administers $4.75 billion in transit and highway funds in the current Transportation Improvement Plan for the DVRPC region.

Mr. Carson is a frequent lecturer and author on the subjects of public finance and the regeneration of the nation's infrastructure. He is a member of the American Bar Association's Committee on Public Borrowing of the Section of Urban, State and Local Government Law; the Municipal Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (former chairman of its Committee on Municipal Financing); and the Philadelphia Bar Association's Committees on Municipal Government and Tax-Exempt Finance.

Mr. Carson is a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce of the University of Pennsylvania and the Villanova University School of Law, where he served as Managing Editor of the Villanova Law Review. He is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania.

JERALD R. CURETON, Esq.
Vice Chairman, DVRPC Board

Jerald R. Cureton is a founding member and president of Cureton Caplan, P.C. He maintains an extensive commercial litigation practice, with emphasis on complex matters including class actions. He has successfully represented plaintiffs in multi-million dollar lawsuits for and against major U.S. corporations and unions.

Jerry also chairs the firm's employment practice. His background began as staff attorney at the National Labor Relations Board. Since then, he has advised employers in union elections, unfair labor practices, contract negotiations and arbitrations. He routinely advises clients on employment discrimination issues, downsizing, employment terminations, and personnel policies. He is an accomplished trial attorney.

He has extensive involvement in southern New Jersey on behalf of civic and charitable organizations. His involvement includes:

• Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Member, Board of Directors
• Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey, Member, Executive Committee, Board of Directors
• Burlington County College Foundation, Chairman
• American Heart Association 2000 Burlington Camden American "Heart Walk", Chairman
• NEW JOBS political action committee, Trustee
• South Jersey Builders Political Action Committee (SJBPAC) Trustee.
• St. Mary's Hall, Member of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Development Committee

He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Temple University and his Juris Doctor from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary. He is a member of the New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida and American Bar Associations. Locally, he is a member of the Burlington County and Camden County Bar Associations.

Jerry spends his recreational time with his wife and two children on their sailboat. He is an avid ocean sailor, having captained his boat to New England, Florida and Bermuda. Recently, he took up the challenge of fly-fishing.

JOANNE R. DENWORTH

Joanne Denworth is a land use and environmental lawyer, who began working in Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell's Office of Policy on March 1, 2003, with responsibility for policy issues in state agencies relating to land use - community and economic development, environmental protection, conservation, transportation, water and sewer infrastructure, and energy primarily. For the past four years she was president of a new statewide initiative, 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania, dedicated to revitalizing cities and towns, conserving rural lands, and reducing sprawl. Prior to co-founding 10,000 Friends in 1999, she was president of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council for 12 years, where she spearheaded coalitions for land use law reform, enhancement of urban environments, and regional action to promote open space protection and resource-conserving development. As a lawyer, she worked on community development and redevelopment projects, as well as environmental matters.

Joanne is co-author and editor of Guiding Growth (1993), a growth management handbook for municipalities, and primary author of Planning Beyond Boundaries (2002), a manual on multi-municipal planning and implementation. She has written numerous articles on land use and environmental issues, served as a judge on the Environmental Hearing Board of Pennsylvania, been a township solicitor, and taught at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of City and Regional Planning. She served on the 21st Century Environment Commission's Land Use Team and Governor Ridge's Sound Land Use Advisory Committee. She has been active in a number of civic organizations in Philadelphia where she lives. She is a graduate of Vassar College and the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

The Honorable Gwendolyn A. Faison
Mayor, City of Camden

Gwendolyn A. Faison, a native of Clinton, North Carolina, is a graduate of Sampson High School and has studied at Shaw, Temple and Rutgers Universities. She was first elected to Camden City Council in the early 1980ís and retired in 1995 after serving 12 years. Mrs. Faison was re-elected to Camden City Council in 1997 and served as Council President until she was appointed Mayor in December, 2000.

Mrs. Faison's political and community involvement spans many years. She has served in the political arena in the following areas: Member, Camden City Council; Co-Chairperson, Legislative Committee of the NJ Democratic Women; Member, Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders; Vice-Chairperson, Affirmative Action Council; Co-Chairperson, NJ State Martin Luther King Jr. Commission; Member, NJ Network of Women and Camden County Women's Commission. She has also served on the Board of Trustees for the Camden Friends of the Park, Lakeland Youth Center, Our Lady of Lourdes of Medical Center Home Health Care, and the Camden County Board on Aging.

Mrs. Faison's accomplishments and commitments are also reflected in her personal life. Her determination to improve the quality of life in Camden is seen clearly in her many and varied community involvement activities. She is known for her contribution of food, clothing, time and support for the needy. Her concerns for youth is extensive. She has sponsored a Little League Team in her community and is a Youth Advisor in her church, Tenth Street Baptist of Camden. Mrs. Faison, who sponsors birthday parties each month at Tenth Street Baptist, was also instrumental in organizing Whitman Park United Neighbors, We Care About Centerville and the Save Our Youth Program in Centerville. Through her high school alumni association, Mrs. Faison has been involved, for over 25 years, in raising money for scholarships for students pursuing higher education. She is currently President of the Eugene Waymon Jones Cultural Center of Philadelphia and a member of the National Political Congress of Black Women and the National Hook-up of Black Women.

Since her inception into the government sector, Mrs. Faison has made tremendous strides in excelling in community improvement, social empowerment and fiscal responsibility. As mayor, her goal is to continue in that direction. In her short tenure as Mayor, she has reorganized various city departments for more efficient government; recouped block grant money to clean up city parks and pave city streets; established a working relationship with city faith-based organizations to develop after-school programs and helped correct the inadequacy of the formula used to estimate city water bills.

In her vision of the rebirth for the City of Camden, Mrs. Faison will also focus on healthcare, housing, public safety, and economic development as priorities in her government stewardship.

Joseph A. Feola

Joseph A. Feola is the Regional Director of the Southeast Region of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Joe has worked in the environmental field, with the Departments of Health, Environmental Resources and Environmental Protection for over 30 years. Prior to becoming regional Director, Joe served as the Acting Director, and as the Program Manager in the Water Management, Waste Management, and the Air Quality Programs. Joe's major emphasis is in the Water Management Program, where Joe started as an inspector in 1969.

Joe has a BA degree in Biology from La Salle College and a MS in Water Resources Engineering from Villanova University.

Joe is a member of the Water Environmental Federation and is a certified Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator.

EDWARD E. FOX, III
Camden County

Edward Fox, a licensed professional planner and member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, is Director of Planning at the Camden County Improvement Authority, where he coordinates the activities of the Camden County Brownfields and Redevelopment Center and Camden County's land use planning functions. As a recognized expert in smart growth, Mr. Fox also provides technical planning assistance and support for local and regional smart growth planning and redevelopment initiatives to the property owners, redevelopers, municipalities, and other county agencies.

Mr. Fox has a diverse planning background. Before coming to the CCIA, Ed was an Area Planner with NJDCA's Office of Smart Growth/State Planning, where he also provided technical support to municipalities, counties, and the public regarding smart growth issues and consistency with the New Jersey State Plan. Prior to that, he was also a municipal planner specializing in land development review and evaluation, master plan and ordinance preparation, zoning analyses and historic preservation design review for a large consulting engineering firm.

In addition to his urban planning and redevelopment experience, Mr. Fox has diverse background in environmental, historic preservation and farmland preservation issues. He was a resource planner for the New Jersey Pinelands Commission. In this capacity, he evaluated local master plans, zoning ordinances and performance standards for consistency with the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan. He has served as a historic preservation specialist working with the Camden City redevelopment agency and planning board to identify, protect and rehabilitate historic sites and district and to educate individual property owners, City residents and the region about Camden's architectural and historical legacy. His first professional planning position was at the Cumberland County Planning Board, where he was the county's transportation and farmland preservation planner.

Mr. Fox was graduated with a Master of Planning degree from the University of Virginia in 1987 and summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in historic preservation from Roger Williams University in 1985. He is a past trustee and president of the Camden County Historical Society, and currently serves as the vice-chairman of the Collingswood Borough Planning Board. Ed was born and raised in Camden County. He and his wife Denise have lived in Collingswood for the past thirteen years, where they continually try to restore their Victorian-era house

LEWIS F. GOULD, JR.
Montgomery County

EDUCATION
The Dickinson School of Law, J.D. 1966
Temple University, B.S. Pharmacy, 1962

PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Duane, Morris & Heckscher LLP
Co-Chair, Intellectual Property Department
Partner, 1999-Present

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellortt, LLC, Phila., PA
Partner 1990-1999

Steele, Gould & Fried, Phila., PA
Partner, 1978-1990

Howson & Howson, Phila., PA
Partner, 1976-1978
Associate, 1968-1976

Warner Lambert Pharmaceutical Company, Morris Plains, NJ
Patent Attorney, 1966-1968

AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL CONCENTRATION
Domestic and International Patent and Trademark Law
Intellectual Property Litigation
Technology and Trademark Licensing
Copyright and Trade Secret Matters
Federal Food & Drug Administration Labeling Requirements
Computer Software Patents

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Supreme Court of the United States
Unites States Patent and Trademark Office
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of Florida

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
International Trademark Association
American Intellectural Property Law Association
Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Philadelphia Bar Association

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Seminar for the faculty of the Pennsylvania State University - College of Medicine, topics include trademark, copyright and patent issues for the small business person, Hershey, PA, June 3-4, 1999

PUBLICATIONS
Co-Author, "Silhouette Case Shades parallel Importaiton Rules in Europe," The Legal Intelligencer, April 1, 1999

CIVIC AND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
Commissioner, Lower Merion Township

BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
Board of Trustees, Temple University
Board of Directors, Harriton House

SELECTED MATTERS HANDLED
Counsel for the petioners in the Markman case, a landmark patent case in which the Supreme Court held that the seventh Amendment does not guarantee the right nto jury trial in disputes about the meaning of terms in a patent claim.

Counsel to respondent in College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Post-secondary Education Expense Board in which the Supreme Court held unconstitutional the Trademark Remedy Clarification Act of 1992 which abrogated states, Eleventh Amendment immunity from suite brought against them for alleged violation of the Lanham Act

BRIAN M. HUGHES
MERCER COUNTY EXECUTIVE

Brian M. Hughes made history January 2, 2004, when he was sworn in as Mercer County Executive, the first Democrat to hold the post in 24 years. Hughes won a close election Nov. 4 against Catherine DiCostanzo, the Mercer County Clerk, and will govern with input from an all-Democratic freeholder board.

For the son of Gov. Richard J. Hughes, Election Day was the culmination of an amazing journey that began in 1992 when he challenged U.S. Rep. Chris Smith -- and lost by a wide margin. Hughes was patient: He was poised to run for freeholder in 1996, but was asked to step aside to help balance the ticket. The next year, Hughes won a freeholder seat and became known for efforts to save historic buildings in Trenton and improve conditions at the county geriatric center. He faced easy re-election prospects in 2003 when he decided to run for County Executive. At the time, he expected to face 12-year incumbent Robert Prunetti.

Hughes' campaign focused on preserving open space, providing better services for seniors, and bringing better management and accountability to county government. Stabilizing property taxes is a key concern, as is ensuring proper maintenance of county facilities.

Beyond working on the issues he championed as a candidate, Hughes looks forward to creating an atmosphere of openness and cooperation among his administration, the freeholder board, and the public.

Hughes has full plate waiting for him. Mercer's criminal courthouse is literally falling down around the people who use it and will have to be overhauled or replaced. County debt has gone up in recent years, in part due to projects like the Sovereign Bank Arena that came in above cost estimates. An early retirement program coming in early 2004 will require Hughes to replace dozens of longtime county employees.

The new County Executive looks forward to assembling a team that looks more like Mercer County. Hughes believes that government must reflect the diversity of the people it represents otherwise, it cannot respond to the public's needs.

GARY J. JASTRZAB
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

Gary J. Jastrzab is Director of the Strategic Planning and Policy Division of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission (PCPC). Joining the PCPC as a housing and community development planner, he has over twenty years of experience in a variety of planning, project management, and policy development initiatives. In addition to directing the work of the Strategic Planning and Policy Division, his responsibilities include managing the development of the City of Philadelphia's $4.1 billion Capital Program and serving as PCPC Webmaster.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Design and Sociology from the State University of New York at Buffalo, graduating cum laude and with special honors in sociology. He also holds a Master of City Planning degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Gary is a member of the American Planning Association, the Urban Land Institute, and a number of other professional organizations. He has also served as an officer and board member of local civic organizations. An active cyclist and multi-sport competitor, he lives with his wife and two daughters in the University City section of Philadelphia

KENNETH KLOTHEN
PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR'S POLICY OFFICE

In June of 2003, Kenneth Klothen was named the new Executive Director of the Governor's Center for Local Government Services. In May of 2004, Mr. Klothen was appointed to serve in addition as the Executive Director of the newly-formed Community Action Team (CAT), an inter-disciplinary and inter-departmental team dedicated to coordinating Commonwealth assistance to community revitalization projects, reporting directly both to Secretary of Community and Economic Development Dennis Yablonsky and to Governor Rendell.

In addition to degrees from Swarthmore College and Princeton University, Mr. Klothen holds a law degree from Georgetown University. He is a former President and two-term member of the Swarthmore Borough Council, where he was heavily involved in the borough's downtown revitalization and open space preservation efforts. Mr. Klothen has 20 years experience as a lawyer and public policy analyst, including service as General Counsel to the Corporation for National Service (the federal agency administering AmeriCorps and the nation's other domestic service programs) and Executive Director of President Clinton's Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets. He most recently served as a principal of The Susquehanna Group in Media, providing consulting services in public policy analysis and advocacy.

Mr. Klothen's dual positions with the Governor's Center and the CAT place him on the Department of Community and Economic Development's Executive Committee and as Co-Chair of the Interagency Sustainable Development Task Forc

JAMES B. LEWIS

Manager, Bureau of Statewide Planning New Jersey Department of Transportation.

A 28-year veteran of the Department, Jim's responsibilities include:

• Preparing the State's Long-Range Transportation Plan,
• Providing liaison to the state's 3 Metropolitan Planning Organizations,
• Managing the planning elements of the State's Highway Access Code,
• Coordinating the Department's implementation of the State Development and Redevelopment Plan and smart growth initiatives including the Transit Village Program, and
• Managing the Financial Management Unit, which administers funding for state and metropolitan planning, research and management systems.

Jim has a Masters of City and Regional Planning from Rutgers University and is a licensed Professional Planner in New Jersey.

David G. Mandelbaum
Mr. Mandelbaum serves as the Pennsylvania Governor's appointee to the Board of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. He was also appointed by Governor Rendell to the Pennsylvania Statewide Water Resources Committee, and was elected chair of the Subcommittee on Policy and Integration. He is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Temple University School of Law, where he teaches "Environmental Law," "Environmental Litigation," or "Global Climate Change." He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Community and Regional Planning at the Temple Center for Sustainable Communities, where he has taught "Planning Law and Administration." He is a course planner for the Pennsylvania Environmental Law Forum, chairs the Water Supply Committee of the PenJerDel Council, and serves on the program committee of the Delaware Valley Environmental American Inn of Court. He is a past chair of the Special Committee on Smart Growth and Urban Policy of the American Bar Association Section on Environment, Energy and Resources, and he is a past chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Environmental, Mineral, and Natural Resources Law Section. He is a member of the environmental sections of the Florida Bar and Maryland State Bar Association. Mr. Mandelbaum has been recognized as being in the top "band" of Pennsylvania environmental practitioners in all editions of Chambers USA : America's Leading Lawyers for Business, as well as being listed in recent editions of Best Lawyers in America, and all editions of the International Who's Who of Environmental Lawyers.

Mr. Mandelbaum received his A.B., summa cum laude, from Harvard College in 1980 and his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1983. He served as law clerk to the Honorable Louis H. Pollak, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

CHARLES H. MARTIN
Secretary, DVRPC Board

Over 30 years of professional, corporate experience in customer service and public relations, including media relations, consumer affairs, public policy, emergency planning and quality management. Served 12 years as a local elected township official establishing policy, developing budget and responding to constituents. Appointed Bucks County Commissioner in May 1995 and elected to a year term in November 1995, served as Chairman 1996 and 1998. Re-elected November, 1999 - Chairman 2000 and 2001.

John J. Matheussen

John Matheussen was born in Jersey City on January 30, 1953. He attended public schools in Secaucus and Weehawken, and graduated from Seton Hall University with a degree in communications in 1975. He received his juris docorate from the University of Dayton law School in Dayton, Ohio, in 1978, and was admitted to the bar in 1979.

On April 1, 2003, John assumed the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Delaware River Port Authority and President of PATCO. He serves as Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey, as a member of the Executive Committee of the Boards of the World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia and Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, on the Boards of the Southern New Jersey Development Council, Mainstage Center for the Arts, the Arts & Business Partnership of Southern New Jersey, the Rowan University Graduate School Advisory Board, the Parke Bank Advisory Board, and the Board of the New Jersey State Fire Museum. He is the former Chairman of the New Jersey Commission on Business Efficiency of the Public Schools. From 1979-1982, he was Director of Labor Relations and later Corporate Counsel for Hemingway Transport in New Bedford, MA. From 1982 - 1986 he served as Corporate Counsel for National Freight in Vineland, NJ.

He is a four-term New Jersey State Senator, having represented the 4th Legislative District from January of 1992 to May of 2003. John is married to the former Janet M. Reilly. Their children are John, Ashley, and Joseph.

James Robert Matthews
Montgomery County Commissioner

Jim Matthews is president of Keegan Mortgage Corporation in Oreland, Pennsylvania. His firm directly originates approximately 50 million dollars per year in VA-guaranteed, FHA-insured and conventional residential mortgages for the southeastern Pennsylvania housing market.

As a former board member and instructor in advanced mortgage banking for the Pennsylvania Mortgage Bankers Association, he is called upon by hundreds of realtors and dozens of lenders in the Montgomery County market for his firm=s guidance in housing credit opportunities.

He graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he attended on full Navy scholarship. In 1966 he graduated from LaSalle College High School in Springfield, where he was valedictorian, student body president and a Stotesbury Cup champion oarsman. He left the Navy as a lieutenant j.g. in 1972 having served in the destroyer service both as an assistant engineering officer and gunnery officer.

After several years in mortgage loan servicing, he was appointed as a GS-12 Lending Chief at the Veterans Administration Regional Office in Philadelphia. He supervised approximately 400 million dollars annually in loan approvals, and oversaw all servicing and foreclosure claim actions in the region.

Jim re-joined the private sector in marketing in 1979, and ultimately incorporated his firm in 1990.

A resident of Oreland his entire adult life, he has been married thirty-two years to his wife Karen, is the father of four grown boys and a grandfather. His community and children have been the foundation for his associations and activities, from the Knights of Columbus (29 years) and the Lions Club to the Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Little League.

In November of 1999, he was elected along with his running mate Michael D. Marino to a four-year term as Commissioner of Montgomery County. He serves as Chairman of the Election Board. Recently, he was re-elected to his second term on the board of the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, representing the interests of Berks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties.

DENNIS L. MERIDA, P.E.
Division Administrator, New Jersey

On September 17, 1995, Dennis Merida became the Division Administrator of the New Jersey Division. He directs a multi-disciplinary staff that provides the full range of technical assistance and program oversight in the Federal-aid Program. Dennis provides policy level direction for the Office and provides high-level service to the State Department of Transportation and the three Metropolitan Planning Organizations in New Jersey. Prior to this assignment, he was the Assistant Division Administrator in the Arkansas Division.

He joined the Federal Highway Administration in July 1975 as a member of the Master's Planning Program. This 18-month program provided experience at all organizational levels within FHWA.

In 1977, he was assigned to the former Baltimore Regional Office as an Urban Transportation Planning Engineer. While in this assignment, he was responsible for providing technical assistance in urban transportation planning to four States, plus the District of Columbia. In 1978, he was promoted to the Maryland Division as a Planning and Research Engineer. While in Maryland, he was reassigned to the position of Division Environmental Coordinator and worked on environmental impact statements for projects like the Fort McHenry Tunnel in Baltimore.

In 1980, he was promoted to the Headquarters Office of Environmental Policy. During this assignment, he developed and instructed the FHWA's environmental documents course. In addition, he was detailed to the President's Council on Environmental Policy for a 1-year rotation where he developed national policy on the environmental process.

In 1984, he transferred to the Illinois Division as the Staff Specialist for Environment. Following this assignment, he transferred to the Georgia Division as District Engineer in 1987. In Georgia, he oversaw the reconstruction of the Interstate System in Atlanta and helped to develop a model incident management program in the Atlanta metropolitan area. In 1991, he was promoted to the Arkansas Division as Assistant Division Administrator.

Dennis Merida is a graduate of the University of Michigan where he received both Bachelor of Science and Master of Science Degrees in Civil Engineering. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

He has received numerous performance and honor awards during his career, including selection for the Department of Transportation's Fellows Program and the Executive Management Institute.

FAYE L.M. MOORE, C.P.A.
General Manager
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

Faye Moore is the General Manager of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), the fifth largest transit operation in the United States with a 9,000 person organization providing multi-modal public transit services to a 2,200 square mile, five-county service region and selected destinations in New Jersey and Delaware. Ms. Moore is the first female and African American to serve in this capacity.

SEPTA is a $ 2 billion asset public transportation authority with an annual Operating Budget of over $ 850 million; an annual Capital Budget of almost $ 500 million; and a $ 500 million asset pension plan. Prior to being named GM, she served as the Authority's Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for six years. During her tenure as CFO, the Authority generated the first Operating Budget surplus in the history of the company, and accrued annual Operating surpluses for 4 consecutive years.

A graduate of North Carolina A&T State University with a B.S. in Accounting, Ms. Moore held Vice President and senior management positions at Providian Corporation, Mitchell Titus LLP, CIGNA Corporation, and KPMG LLP before joining the public transportation field.

In her role as General Manager, Ms. Moore serves on the American Public Transportation Association's Commuter Rail, Legislative, Safety Standards Policy, Rail Transit, and Bus Roadeo Committees. She is also a member of the Transit Cooperative Research Program Oversight and Project Committee, Philadelphia Chapters of Women's Transportation Seminar, Conference of Minority Transportation Officials, National Association of Black Accountants Inc., and Forum of Executive Women.

Ms. Moore is the recipient of a Women of Distinction Award presented in 2002 by the Philadelphia Business Journal and the National Association of Women Business Owners, and was honored by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, in 2003, with a Leader of the Year Award. Taking an active community leadership role, she also sits on the Board of Directors of the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania and is a member of the March of Dimes' Transportation Building and Construction Committee.

Ms. Moore is committed to improving communications, enhancing customer service; and is focused on the completion of major capital investment initiatives including the final phases of the Frankford Transportation Center; the Market Street Elevated Reconstruction Project; achieving 100% accessibility for the Authority's 1400 bus service fleet; and Schuylkill Valley Metro and Cross County Metro -- two New Starts projects that will establish new rail links to growing economic centers in southeastern Pennsylvania.

DOUGLAS HAROLD PALMER
Mayor, City of Trenton

He was born Douglas Harold Palmer on October 19, 1951 and raised in his family home on Edgewood Avenue in Trenton. Mayor Palmer attended Trenton Public Schools during his formative years and graduated from Bordentown Military Institute in Bordentown, NJ. He is a college graduate of Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management in 1973. Mayor Palmer played football and baseball while in college and was named to the all-conference baseball team in 1970, '71 and '72.

Since being elected, Mayor Palmer has made tremendous strides in re-building his hometown. He has implemented changes and improvements in every area of city government. Mayor Palmer has orchestrated plans that have increased affordable housing, expanded recreational programs, improved healthcare (particularly for children, the elderly and poor) and established partnerships that have resulted in numerous economic development projects that have created jobs for residents.

Some of the Mayor's most outstanding achievements and awards include:

• Building the city's first hotel conference center;
• Established the largest scale of neighborhood revitalization with decent affordable housing for working families in more than a decade (1,200 units built);
• The first program in the City's history designed to ensure that local businesses receive more City contracts;
• Becoming the state's leading award-winning municipality in recycling;
• Creating a year-round city-wide cleanup program called "Cleaner Visions" to help keep streets and neighborhoods cleaner;
• Starting a male role modeling program and an achievement awards program for students who excel in academics and extracurricular activities;
• Establishing the city's annual Senior Citizens' Gala;
• Winning the city's first national "City Livability Award" which is a very prestigious award given annually by the U.S. Conference of Mayors to recognize mayors for exemplary leadership in the development of effective programs that improve the quality of life in their cities;
• Receiving Hampton University's outstanding "Twenty.Year Alumnus" award which is given to a 20-year alumnus who has excelled in his profession and brought honor to himself and the university by making a positive impact in the community;
• Receiving the "Spirit of St. Francis" award from St. Francis Hospital in Trenton for his outstanding leadership and dedication in the field of healthcare;
• Receiving the "Equal Justice Medal" from Legal Services of New Jersey for his leadership and aggressive policies in the areas of affordable housing, welfare, and other issues affecting the disadvantaged;
• Receiving the 1993 State of Israel Peace Medal Award for his efforts to increase and improve relationships between the African-American and Jewish population; and
• Receiving the 1993 "Tending the Garden State" Community Development Leadership Award from Worldworks Foundation of New Jersey for outstanding achievements in developing successful strategies for permanent solutions to ending hunger.

Mayor Palmer's accomplishments also are reflected in his personal life. He is active in numerous organizations, serves on several boards, is an active community leader and organizer and is a dedicated Little League Baseball supporter, following years of playing baseball and being a prospect of the Major League Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball team.

JOHN E. PICKETT

John E. Pickett has been employed by the Delaware County Planning Department since 1977 and has been Director since 1985. In 1996, he was named Director of Planning and Community Development, with added oversight responsibilities of the County's Office of Housing and Community Development.

Mr. Pickett holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Swarthmore College and a Master of City Planning degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the American Planning Association, the American Institute of Certified Planners, and the American Society of Civil Engineers, and is a registered professional engineer. Prior to his association with Delaware County, he was a civil engineer and project manager with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in Philadelphia.

Mr. Pickett resides in Wallingford, Pennsylvania and is the father of three children.

Jim is the Deputy Secretary for Planning at the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.  He directs the activities associated with the Center for Program Development and Management, the Bureau of Municipal Services, and the Bureau of Planning and Research.  In this role, he is responsible for overseeing Pennsylvania’s planning and programming functions, such as the Mobility Plan (PennDOT’s long range plan), Twelve Year Program development, the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), and managing approximately $1.6 billion federal each year. 

Prior to his present assignment, Jim served as the Director of the Center for Program Development and Management, the Chief Design Services Engineer in the Bureau of Design, the Construction Project Manager for the I-99/US 220 Corridor in Engineering District 2-0, Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary for Highway Administration, as well as several other assignments in his 22 years with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

Jim received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Geneva College.

Jim, his wife (Tambra), and daughters Hannah (14), and Elisabeth (9) reside in Juniata County.

CHARLES E. ROMICK, AICP/PP

Charles E. Romick was appointed Acting Director of the Gloucester County Planning Division in January 1995, and subsequently was appointed Planning Director in January 1996. As Director, he supervises a professional staff of thirteen responsible for a wide range of planning activities; including development review, highway and transit planning activities, environmental analysis, data and mapping management, and comprehensive planning.

Mr. Romick has worked at the Gloucester County Planning Division since 1971, having gained experience in all areas of the Division's programs and operations.

Romick is a licensed New Jersey Professional Planner and a certified member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Geography-Urban/Regional Planning from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

He is a member and Past President of the New Jersey County Planners Association. He is also a member of the New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association, where he previously served on its Executive Committee.

Mr. Romick lives in the Borough of Pitman, Gloucester County, with his wife and two daughters. He served ten years on the Pitman Planning Board, nine years as Vice Chairman. He also served ten years on the Pitman Environmental Commission, serving as the Site Plan Committee Chairman.

• New Jersey Department of Transportation (including NJ Transit Corporation)
• New Jersey Economic Development Authority
• New Jersey Department of Commerce, Cabinet Committee on Permit Coordination
• New Jersey Pinelands Commission
• United States Army Corps of Engineers
• Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
• New Jersey Department of EnergyState Energy Master Plan Committee

Additional responsibilities over his career have included:

• Chairman of the State Mapping Advisory Committee
• Chairman of the Department's Ocean Waste Management Committee
• Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer

JOHN F. STREET
MAYOR, CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

Mayor Street, 56 years old, was born into rural poverty in Norristown, Pennsylvania, and came up the "hard way," growing up without electricity or indoor plumbing as a child. Understanding that education was the key to his future, Mayor Street graduated from Conshohocken High School and worked his way through Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama, where he studied English.

In 1975, Street earned his Juris Doctorate from Temple University Law School, paying his tuition by moonlighting as a sidewalk vendor on the university's campus.

Following his graduation, Street served clerkships with Common Pleas Court Judge Mathew W. Bullock, Jr. and with the United States Department of Justice. In his first professional job, Mayor Street taught English at an elementary school and, later, at the Philadelphia Opportunities Industrialization Center. He also practiced law privately prior to entering into public service.

Mayor Street began his public career as a community activist. A fiery leader, he led efforts for fair housing opportunities for the poor, and challenged the Philadelphia School Board to spend more on students and less on administration. Mayor Street has also been a leader in forging closer cooperation between the police and the community in the fight against crime and drugs in Philadelphia's neighborhoods. Elected to Philadelphia City Council in 1979, Mayor Street assumed office in 1980. For nearly 20 years, Mayor Street represented the city's Fifth Councilmanic District, distinguishing himself as a fighter for working people and neighborhoods. Diverse economically and racially, the Fifth District comprises 11 wards in North Central Philadelphia and Center City and encompasses some of the city's most affluent addresses, such as Rittenhouse Square and some of the city's most depressed areas.

Widely acknowledged as one of the most knowledgeable and effective leaders in Philadelphia City Council history, Mayor Street was chosen unanimously by members of the council to serve as president in 1992, and again in 1996. Mayor Street is known for his expertise on a range of issues including city budgeting and fiscal matters, housing, education and crime.

Street, working closely with former Mayor Edward G. Rendell, was instrumental in crafting and implementing a financial plan that passed Council unanimously and turned a $250 million deficit into the largest surplus in city history. By cutting the business and wage tax four years in a row, Street and Rendell helped reverse the 30-year loss of jobs from Philadelphia. And, in the years since 1996, Philadelphia has actually gained jobs.

During his time as City Council President, Mayor Street worked to promote community policing and for tougher gun laws, while also promoting Townwatch organizations and after-school recreation programs for young people. Reflecting his activist roots and concern for improving blighted neighborhoods across Philadelphia, Mayor Street spearheaded efforts to tear down abandoned buildings that breed crime and the crack down on landlords who allow their property to be used as drug houses.

Mayor Street is equally proud to have passed, during his council term, a liquor-by-the-drink tax that resulted in an additional $23 million per year for Philadelphia public schools. To date, the liquor-by-drink tax has pumped more than $100 million into the School District. Importantly, the additional revenue has made possible all-day kindergarten for every child in Philadelphia.

Mayor Street retired from Philadelphia City Council on December 17, 1998, to run for mayor of Philadelphia. On November 2, 1999, he was elected to serve as the city's first mayor of the new millennium.

Raised on a farm where he rose at 5:00 a.m. to perform daily chores, Mayor Street is widely admired for his stamina and work ethic. He arrives at his office each day at 6:30 a.m. to begin his "routine" 12-hour workday. He is strongly committed, however, to setting aside time to be with his family wife Naomi, an attorney and children's rights advocate and his four children: Sharif, a lawyer with the Philadelphia firm Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen; Rashida, an architect currently working towards her master's degree at the University of Pennsylvania; Lateef, a sophomore at the University of Maryland and Akeem, who attends Philadelphia's Masterman Middle School.

An avid fitness enthusiast, Mayor Street jogs 15 miles and bicycles between 30 to 40 miles each week. In his role as the Philadelphia's chief executive, Mayor Street has pledged to take a leading role in helping to "shape up" Philadelphia's standing as a physically fit city. (A magazine article earlier this year dubbed Philadelphia America's fattest city.)

CAROL ANN THOMAS

Carol Ann Thomas, Principal Transportation Planner, Burlington County Engineer's Office, Mount Laurel, New Jersey.

Education: Bachelors of Landscape Architecture, Syracuse University

Career: Public Sector including: State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Divisions of Parks and Forestry and Green Acres; Camden County Parks Department and Planning Department and Burlington County Engineering Department.

Most Important Projects: Camden County Parks - Cooper River Bikeways System; Wiggens Park, Camden City; Paulinskill Valley Trail; Sussex and Warren Counties; Southern New Jersey Light Rail Transit System.

Organizations: President, Board of Trustees, Cross County Connection Transportation Management Association (CCCTMA); DVRPC Board Alternate; Member RTC, Goods Movement Task Force, ITS Technical Task Force; Director New Jersey Association of Railroad Passengers.

Hobby: Ride and care for six (6) horses

Edward C. Williams, Sr.

Mr. Williams has been employed by the City of Camden Department of Development and Planning since August, 1987. He is currently the Assistant Director for this Department. He is responsible for Planning and Zoning Administration, City Property Management, and Housing Services.

Mr. Williams received a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies and Public Administration in 1987 from Rutgers University-Camden College of Arts and Sciences. He also received a Master of Public Administration from Rutgers University, The Graduate School-Camden in 1992, and a Master of Science in Urban Planning and Policy Development from Rutgers University-The Graduate School-New Brunswick in 1998, and a Master’s certificate from the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Project Management in 2004. He is currently a doctoral student in Strategic Leadership at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Va.

He is a licensed professional planner in the State of New Jersey and a certified planner with the American Institute for Certified Planners. He also serves as a lecturer at Rutgers University and Camden County College. He is a member of the Project Management Institute, and the American Planning Association.

He has received notable honors from Pi Alpha Alpha (The National Honor Society for Public Administration) in 1996, Outstanding College Student of America, 1987, Outstanding Senior of the Year, 1987, Outstanding Student Congress Member, 1986, Outstanding Young Men of America, in 1989, and listed in Who’s Who in the East in 1998. He has recently received the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Award for Government Service from the Camden City Council and Camden County Board of Freeholders in 2001.