On the Boards

James C. Schwartzman

, a shareholder at Stevens & Lee P.C., was appointed vice chair by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to the board of the

Interest on Lawyers Trust Account

, which provides funds for legal aid to the poor. He has a federal white-collar criminal-defense practice and is chairman of the Philadelphia-area law firm's white-collar litigation and corporate-investigations group.

Steven Earhart, a principal at Devon Financial Partners, has been named to the board of representatives of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Eastern Pennsylvania, a nonprofit health-advocacy organization.

Military Assistance Project, a Philadelphia nonprofit established to provide free legal services for active-duty, Reserve, or veteran military personnel in the form of pro bono bankruptcy services, named the following to its inaugural board:

Al Ciardi III, partner and managing attorney at Ciardi, Ciardi & Astin;

Dan Astin, a partner at Ciardi, Ciardi & Astin;

Frank Ryan, president of F.X. Ryan & Associates, and

Carl Singley, retired Temple University law professor who also serves as counsel to Ciardi, Ciardi & Astin.

American Revolution Center has elected Ray Halbritter, Richard Vague, and Gordon S. Wood to its board. Halbritter is chief executive officer and representative of the Oneida Nation. Vague is a private investor who is currently a managing partner of Gabriel Investments and managing director of the Miletos Group. Wood is the Alva O. Way University professor and professor of history emeritus at Brown University.

Economy League of Greater Philadelphia, a nonprofit, business-led civic organization, elected the following members to its board:

Thomas E. Bock, president and principal-in-charge of Ernest Bock & Sons Inc., Philadelphia.

Raphael Crawford, director of global marketing and business development for Dow Coating Materials, Dow Chemical Co., Philadelphia.

Gary Griffiths, industry sales director, state and municipal government, at Bentley Systems Inc., Exton.

Paul Harrington, professor in the School of Education and director of the Center for Labor Markets and Policy at Drexel University, Philadelphia.

Michael Keenan, vice president of North Highland, Radnor.

Stephen P. Rush, director of leasing at Brandywine Realty Trust, Radnor.

Claudia Timbo, chief executive officer and president of Company Voice, Blue Bell.

F. Michael Wojewodka, Jr., senior vice president of MRA Group, Horsham.

Foreign Policy Research Institute, a nonprofit foreign-policy think tank, has elected Winston J. Churchill and Edward O'Connor to its board. Churchill is managing general partner of SCP Partners, formed Churchill Investment Partners Inc. and CIP Capital L.P., and from 1967 to 1983 practiced law at Saul Ewing L.L.P. O'Connor served as a U.S. diplomat in Cuba and Guatemala from 1993 to 1997.

Opera Company of Philadelphia appointed Sandra K. Baldino, Peter Leone, and Maria Juantorena Trafton to its board. Baldino is founder and chair of the nonprofit organization Generocity Community Alliance Inc. Leone is president of Leone Industries. Juantorena Trafton is a senior vice president and regional managing director for the Pennsylvania and Delaware region of Wells Fargo Private Bank.

TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce, Pottstown, named the following officers to its board:

Rod Martin, owner of Martin Stone Quarries Inc., chairman.

Heather Chandler, president of Sealstrip Corp., chairman-elect.

Sharif Omar, chief executive officer of Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, treasurer.

Terese Brittingham, broker/owner at Keller Williams Realty Group, immediate past chairman.

Joseph Koury, an attorney at O'Donnell, Weiss, & Mattei P.C., solicitor.

Eileen S. Dautrich, president of the TriCounty Chamber of Commerce, secretary.

Thomas L. Force, professor of medicine and associate director of the Center for Translational Medicine at Temple University School of Medicine, has been elected president of the Heart Failure Society of America.

West Philadelphia Alliance for Children, a Philadelphia nonprofit that opens and runs closed elementary-school libraries, elected the following to its board:

Philip DeLuca, principal of Samuel Gompers Elementary School.

Rebecca Lindeman, homebound tutor, special-education teacher, and WePAC volunteer.

Donna Powell, director of procurement for the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority.

Lori Wilson, coanchor of NBC10 News Today and anchor of NBC10 News at 11 a.m.

Andrew Farrell Spirit of Courage Fund elected the following officers and members to its board:

Craig Mullen, senior director of national accounts at Krames StayWell, president/cofounder.

Jason Welte, operations director at W.W. Adcock Inc., vice president/cofounder.

Kevin Wiener, president of Advanced Merchant Group.

Jason Guzik, assistant general manager at PJ Whelihan's Pub, Blue Bell.

Joe Heller, director of marketing for the Philadelphia Flyers.

Chris Mullen, assistant director of housing operations, University of Northern Colorado.

- Mike Zebe