The Philadelphia Orchestra Association Announces new Board Members
The Philadelphia Orchestra Association elected three new members to its Board of Directors at its Annual Meeting on Tuesday, September 21, 2010.
Three area business and community leaders joined the Board: John A. Affleck, vice president of Stratton Monthly Dividend REIT Shares and Stratton Small-Cap Value Fund, of Wyndmoor, PA; David Girard-diCarlo, 2008-09 U.S. Ambassador to Austria, of Philadelphia, PA; and John Saler, chair of Government and Public Affairs Practice Group at Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP, of Philadelphia, PA.
Twenty directors were re-elected for three-year terms. They are Bernard E. Anderson of Wayne, PA; Martin Heckscher of Philadelphia, PA; Stacy Maria Dutton of Villanova, PA; Harry R. Halloran, Jr., of Villanova, PA; Beverly A. Harper of Philadelphia, PA; W. Anthony Hitschler of Villanova, PA; David F. Hoffman of Villanova, PA; Joseph Jacovini of Philadelphia, PA; J. William Mills III of Philadelphia, PA; Charles P. Pizzi of Philadelphia, PA; Lorraine Popowich of Philadelphia, PA; Alan L. Reed of Villanova, PA; Robert H. Rock of Gladwyne, PA; George M. Ross of Bryn Mawr, PA; Christa B. Schmidt of Newtown Square, PA; David F. Simon of Gwynedd Valley, PA; Christine Nordstrom Stainton of Philadelphia, PA; Paul Thompson III of Berwyn, PA; and Charles K. Valutas of Newtown Square, PA.
Board Chairman Richard B. Worley recognized the work of the following directors who are rotating off the Board: David B. Ford, Hugh C. Long II, and Debra A. Sandler.
Biographical information on the three newly-elected Board members and a complete listing of the Orchestra's Board of Directors are attached. A complete listing of The Philadelphia Orchestra Association's Board of Directors, Officers, and Executive Committee can be found on the Orchestra's website and is printed in each concert program book for the Orchestra's concerts at the Kimmel Center.

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