http://www.philly.com/r?19=960&32=3796&7=238181&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fbusiness%2F Recent announcements about changes to the boards of directors of area organizations or involving local executives. en-us Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 2009-11-02T08:01:00Z en-us http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165936&44=68469707&32=3796&7=238181&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fbusiness%2F20091102_On_the_Boards.html Wilmington Trust Corp., Wilmington, has elected former FBI director Louis J. Freeh to the board of the financial-services holding company. After eight years with the FBI, Freeh began his private-sector career as vice chairman, general counsel, and ethics officer for MBNA America Bank in Wilmington, where he was MBNA's principal lawyer in its 2006 acquisition by Bank of America Corp. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 24685079320b830d0383cb60a85b3a91 2009-11-02T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165936&44=65964577&32=3796&7=238181&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fbusiness%2F20091026_On_the_Boards.html Academy of Vocal Arts, a Philadelphia nonprofit organization that provides tuition-free vocal and opera training to young singers, has elected four new members to its board: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:01:00 GMT 79e3f035d58bd9a3bfbcaed1601ab453 2009-10-26T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165936&44=64713087&32=3796&7=238181&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fbusiness%2F20091019_On_the_Boards.html Carpenter Technology Corp., a Wyomissing, Pa., producer and distributor of specialty alloys, said it would split the roles of chairman and chief executive officer into two positions. The board appointed Gregory A. Pratt chairman and interim CEO and presid Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:01:00 GMT 31e0d0c750c16e51b382c9b7c952961c 2009-10-19T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165936&44=63984672&32=3796&7=238181&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fbusiness%2F20091012_On_the_Boards.html The Committee of Seventy, a nonpartisan organization fighting for clean and effective government, fair elections and a better informed citizenry in Philadelphia and the region, has elected Susanne Svizeny and Judith S. Spires to its executive committee. Svizeny is executive vice president, commercial division manager, wholesale banking, at Wachovia, a Wells Fargo company, Plymouth Meeting and Philadelphia. Spires is president of Acme Markets Inc., Malvern. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:01:00 GMT b8ec1dc46c45f275931a580eea46fbf3 2009-10-12T07:01:00Z