Board of Trustees

  • Name Board Position Title/Organization
    The Most Reverend Lawrence T. Persico, JCL  Chairperson Bishop of Erie 
    Thomas C. Guelcher ’62, MBA ’76  Vice Chairperson Properties Director
    Sisters of Mercy
    Mark Minnaugh ‘81  Secretary CFO and Executive Vice President
    Giant Eagle, Inc.
    Allison Park, PA
     Keith Taylor, Ph.D. *  President Gannon University
     Name  Title
    William I. Alford II ’65

    Head Start Director
    Akron Summit Community Action, Inc.
    Akron, Ohio

    Benny C. Askew, Jr., Ph.D. ‘83 Vice President
    Research and Global Head of New Chemical
    Entity (NCE) Technologies for Merck Serono
    Marshfield, MA
    Robert P. Barker ‘72 Executive Vice President/Operating Officer
    Parker Hannifin Corp.
    President
    Parker Aerospace
    Laguna Niguel, CA
    Rev. Msgr. Robert L. Brugger Pastor
    St. George Church
    Angela Coustillac SGA President
    Marcia A. Dall Executive Vice President and CFO
    Erie Insurance Group
    Tina M. Donikowski ’85 General Manager
    GE Transportation Systems
    Sr. Mary Drexler, SSJ ‘71VMC Principal
    Villa Maria Academy
    Deborah A. Dubik, Esquire ‘76 Retired Business Executive
    Judge Advocate
    Davenport, Iowa
    James J. Duratz Consultant
    Barco-Duratz Foundation
    Meadville, PA
    James E. Gehrlein ’72 CFO
    Sisters of St. Joseph
    Rev. Scott Jabo President
    Cathedral Prep/Villa Maria Academy
    Rev. Msgr. Andrew H. Karg Greenville, PA
    James W. Keim, Jr. Senior Vice President
    RBC Dain Rauscher
    Scott M. Krall'84 Global Sustainability Leader
    H. J. Heinz Company
    Pittsburgh, PA  15230
    Urban J. LaRiccia ’59 Private Investor
    Rancho Santa Fe, CA
    Thomas J. Loftus ’56, ’74M Retired Business Executive
    Cary, NC
    James Miller Faculty Senate President
    Robert H. Morosky ’63 Private Investor
    Columbus, Ohio
    Susan M. Nedza, M.D. ‘80 Vice President
    HealthyCircles, LLC.
    Hinsdale, IL
    Richard G. Orlando, M.D. Ophthalmologist
    Dublin, Ohio
    Thomas F. Power, Jr. ’63 Retired Business Executive
    Green Oaks, IL

    Rev. Nicholas Rouch, S.T.D., ‘83

    Vicar for Education
    Diocese of Erie
    James J. Rutkowski, Jr. ’83 General Manager/Treasurer
    Industrial Sales and Manufacturing, Inc.
    Robert F. Ruyak, Esquire ‘71 Chairman/CEO
    Howrey LLP
    Washington, DC
    James A. Scozzie, Ph.D. ‘65 Retired Business Executive
    Cleveland, OH
    Timothy G. Shuttleworth President and CEO
    Eriez Magnetics
    Rev. Msgr. Robert J. Smith, JCL Vicar General
    Diocese of Erie
    Christopher B. Snyder ‘81 Co-founder and CEO
    Spectrum Direct
    Rev. Msgr. Richard J. Sullivan Pastor
    St. Andrew Church
    Erie, PA

    James F. Toohey, Esquire ’56

    Partner
    Quinn, Buseck, Leemhuis, Toohey & Kroto Inc.
    Margaret A. “Meg” (Rothgery) VanderLaan '89 Vice President of Corporate Communications of MWH Global
    Highlands Ranch, CO
    Sr. Mary Ann White Secretary of the Congregation
    Sisters of St. Joseph of North Western PA
    William M. Zeitler ‘69 Retired Business Executive
    New Canaan, CT

     

    *Ex-officio Members

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