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Board of Trustees

Chairperson
Most Reverend Lawrence T. Persico*
Bishop of Erie

Vice Chairperson
Mark Minnaugh ‘81

Retired Executive VP
Giant Eagle, Inc.
Allison Park, PA

Secretary
Gwendolyn M. (Ralph) Garbarino, Esq. ’82
Retired Vice President and General Counsel
Eden, Inc.
Eagle, CO

Walter Iwanenko, Ph.D.* 
President
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Candace D. (Horton) Battles ’93
Retired Social Worker
Harborcreek Youth Services
Erie, PA

Richard E. Beattie ’92
Owner
Mechanical Engineering & Construction Corporation (MEC2)
Phoenix, MD

Gerald Blanks ‘90
Chief Executive Officer
Greater Erie Economic Development
Erie, PA

Sister Laura Bregar, OSU, UC’81, MA’99
President
Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland
Mayfield Heights, OH

Walter W. Cooper ’85, ’87M
Healthcare Executive
Precision Health Systems
St. Petersburg, FL

Teri (Herrmann) Corletzi, UC‘90 
COR Capital
Chagrin Falls, OH

Tina M. (Cicchetti) Donikowski ’85
Retired Vice President
GE Transportation Systems
Erie, PA

Sean Dugan ‘92
Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Corporate Services
Erie Insurance
Erie, PA

Dana M. (Kennedy) Fallon ’91
Retired Career Services Manager
Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale, VA

Very Rev. Michael Ferrick, V.F. '94
Rector
St. Peter Cathedral Parish
Erie, PA 

V. James Fiorenzo ’90M
Retired President
UPMC Hamot
Erie, PA and Bonita Springs, FL

Susan L. Forquer ‘66VMC
Retired Caseworker
Family Services of NWPA
Erie, PA

Major General Timothy J. Hilty ’81
Retired Assistant Adjutant General
Army, Pennsylvania National Guard
Lebanon, PA

Rev. Scott W. Jabo, Ph.D.
Vocation Director and Rector
Diocese of Erie and St. Mark Seminary
Erie, PA

Stacy M. Juchno ‘98
Executive VP and Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
Mars, PA

Scott M. Krall ’84
Corporate EHS and Senior Remediation Manager
PPG Industries, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA

Richard Makowski '18, '19M*
Chief Executive Officer
Evident Financial
President, National Alumni Board
Erie, PA

Pierre McCormick ’79
Retired President/CEO
Wisconsin Distributors, LLP
Erie, PA and Longboat Key, FL

Cynthia Moore-Hardy, FACHE
Retired President & CEO
Lake Health
Highland Heights, OH

Richard G. Orlando, M.D. ’76
Retired Director, Cataract Surgery
Columbus Ophthalmology
Dublin, OH

Very Rev. Nicholas J. Rouch, S.T.D. ’83
Vicar General
Diocese of Erie
Erie, PA

James J. Rutkowski, Jr. ’83
General Manager/Treasurer
Industrial Sales and Manufacturing, Inc.
Erie, PA

Rev. Christopher J. Singer, JCL ‘99
Chancellor
Diocese of Erie
Erie, PA

Antoinette Spevetz, M.D. ’83
Professor of Medicine
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Oxford, PA

Karen Surkala ‘94
Chief Operating Officer
AHN St. Vincent
Erie, PA

Kaif Syed*
President
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Monica (Mangefrida) Trott, ‘87, '90M
Global Technical Lead, Portfolio Management
Google Headquarters
Fremont, CA

Margaret A. (Rothgery) VanderLaan ’89
Retired Chief Marketing Officer
Encore Electric
Highlands Ranch, CO

Howard Ward, Ph.D.
Retired Associate Vice President, Auxiliary Services
Rochester Institute of Technology
Brockport, NY

Megan Woller, Ph.D.*
Associate Professor of Fine Arts
President, º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Faculty Senate
Erie, PA

Mark Zagorski ‘90
CEO
DoubleVerify, Inc. (NYSE:DV)
New York, NY

*Ex-officio Members