Philadelphia Theatre Company Elects Three New Board Members

Philadelphia Theatre Company is pleased to announce the election of Lynda Anne Barness, Frank Giordano, and Jordan Savitch to its Board of Directors.

"We welcome the three new Board members on the occasion of our 35th Anniversary season," said Priscilla M. Luce, President of PTC's Board of Directors.  "We look forward to the variety of skills they add to our talented pool of directors."

Lynda Anne Barness, from Center City, is President and Owner of I Do Wedding Consulting. Recently she was named the 2010 Best Wedding Planner by the International Special Events Society, Greater Philadelphia Chapter.  She had previously served as President of The Barness Organization, a real estate development and residential construction company, and Eastern Finance Director for Arlen Specter for U.S. Senate Committee.  Among her many awards and honors, she was recognized as the 2004 Small Business Person of the Year from the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and listed as part of 50 Best Women in Business in Philadelphia.  She serves on the Foundation Board of Trustees at Abington Hospital, Fox School of Business MBA Advisory Board, and the University of Pennsylvania's Medicine Campaign Cabinet.

Frank Giordano, a resident of Moorestown, NJ, is President of Atlantic Trailer Leasing Corp., a transportation and storage equipment company that has been in the Giordano family since 1949.  In addition to his position with Atlantic Trailer Leasing, he was the 64th President of the Union League of Philadelphia and is Past Chairman of Goodwill Industries of Southern New Jersey/Philadelphia. Giordano is also a board member of the Committee of Seventy, the Salvation Army New Jersey State Advisory Board and holds directorships with the Opera Company of Philadelphia and the West Jersey Chamber Music Society.

Jordan Savitch, a resident of Radnor, has served for the past eight years as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Penn National Gaming, Inc.  Prior to that, he worked as a director and senior executive of a Wayne-based technology start up and as a Senior Corporate Counsel at Safeguard Scientifics, a company that provides growth capital for entrepreneurial and innovative life sciences and technology companies.  Mr. Savitch serves on the board of trustees of the International Association of Gaming Advisors and the board of directors of Beth Am Israel.  He and his wife, Julie, have held leadership positions in a number of recent fundraisers for local organizations, including the Please Touch Museum, Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia and as Co-Chairs of PTC's 2010 Sweethearts' Brunch Event.
Founded in 1974, Philadelphia Theatre Company is a leading regional theater company whose mission today is to produce, develop and present entertaining and imaginative contemporary theater focused on the American experience that both ignites the intellect and touches the soul.  By developing new work through commissions, readings and workshops-alone or in collaboration with others-PTC generates projects that have a national impact and reach broad regional audiences.  Under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Sara Garonzik, PTC supports the work of a growing body of diverse dramatists and takes pride in being a home to scores of nationally recognized artists who have participated in more than 130 world and Philadelphia premieres.  In October 2007, PTC moved into a home of its own, the Suzanne Roberts Theatre on Center City Philadelphia's Avenue of the Arts, solidifying the Company's status as a major player on the American theater scene.