On the Boards

The Propane Education & Research Council, a Washington trade group, elected Paula Wilson chair. She is director of marketing at AmeriGas Propane in Valley Forge and is a member of the Women in Propane Council.

Michael L. Krancer, partner and energy, petrochemical, and natural-resources practice group leader at Blank Rome L.L.P., has been appointed to the University of Houston Energy Advisory Board.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, elected the following members to its board of trustees: Elliot Clark, chairman and CEO of SharedXpertise Media L.L.C.; William J. Farrell 2d, executive vice president of Wilmington Trust; Bill Hankowsky, chairman, president, and CEO of Liberty Property Trust and a partner in Interstate General Media Inc., publisher of The Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com; Charles Mather, trustee emeritus, president of Mather & Co.; Dorothy Mather Ix, senior vice president at Bollinger Inc.; Brett Matteo, managing director of the PFM Group; and Sashi Reddi, vice president and general manager of big data and analytics at Computer Sciences Corp.

Center in the Park, a community center located in Vernon Park in Germantown, named Randolph K. Brock to its board. He is vice president-investment officer at Wells Fargo Advisors L.L.C.

Make-a-Wish Philadelphia & Susquehanna Valley, a Blue Bell nonprofit that grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions, named the following board members: Karl Singleton, founder and CEO of Singleton Education & Community Resources Inc.; Megan O'Connor, community volunteer; Jose Enrique Urdaneta, owner of Urdaneta Photography; Stephen H. Kalis, a partner at Fox Rothschild L.L.P.; and John Clark, U.S. business steering manager at Ikea North America Services, L.L.C.

Holy Family University, Philadelphia, has elected William R. Strecker to its board of trustees. Strecker is president and CEO of Kingsbury Inc., a family-owned Philadelphia business that designs and manufactures highly engineered bearings products.

The British American Business Council of Greater Philadelphia named the following board members: Victoria Kozhushchenko, associate vice president, human resources, Aramark; Adrian Rawcliffe, senior vice president, pharma North America, GlaxoSmithKline P.L.C.; and Brian Said, executive director of tourism for the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Rochelle D. Quiggle, an associate with Krasno, Krasno & Onwudinjo, Philadelphia, has been named bylaws chair for the Pennsylvania Federation of Business and Professional Women of Pennsylvania.

Women's Resource Center of Wayne, a nonprofit that supports women, strengthens families and builds community through information, referral, counseling, legal, and educational services, has elected Liz Weber vice president and Carol Lynn Jane secretary.

New board members include Elva Bankins, executive vice president, corporate services, OI Partners; Virginia Bowden, partner, Philadelphia market leader at Aon Hewitt; Joslyn Ewart, founder and principal of Entrust Financial; Mary Heidenga Schafer, vice president of global operations, Synthes; Kate Hermans, vice president, global commercialization at BMS; Susan Fink, senior vice president, chief development officer, Philabundance; Tina Lawson, owner of the Law Offices of Tina Lawson; Mandy Rosenblum, principal of the Law Office of Mandy C. Rosenblum; and Kathleen Yanoshak, controller of Marple Township.

Philadelphia Estate Planning Council, a professional association, elected the following officers and members to its board: Kathleen Kinne, chief trust officer with Goldman Sachs Trust Co. N.A., Wilmington, president; Rebecca Rosenberger Smolen, an attorney at Bala Law Group L.L.C., Bala Cynwyd, vice president; Douglas Simon, director at Deutsche Bank; Alex Brown, Philadelphia, treasurer; Huldah Robertson, vice president at Glenmede Trust Co., Philadelphia, secretary.

New directors on the board include Eileen Dougherty, senior vice president with Hawthorn, Philadelphia; John Hook, a partner with Stradley Ronon, Philadelphia; Philip Jodz, a director with Abbot Downing, Philadelphia; and Michael Paul, an executive with Rubin Goldman & Associates, Bala Cynwyd.

- Mike Zebe