Board of Trustees

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Board of Trustees Officers 2025-26
Michael Duff

Chair

Michael Duff
Penske Truck Leasing
Senior Vice President

Jeffrey Rush

Vice Chair

Jeffrey Rush
Fulton Bank
President Commercial Markets

Patricia Giles

Secretary

Patricia C. Giles
Wyomissing Foundation, Inc.
Foundation President

Alvernia University President Glynis A. Fitzgerald, Ph.D.

University President

Glynis A. Fitzgerald, Ph.D.

Hourigan, Kluger & Quinn

University Counsel

Hourigan, Kluger & Quinn

Board of Trustees
Charles Barbera

Charles Barbera, MBA '01, MD

Reading Hospital
President and CEO

Paula Barrett

Paula Barrett

Reinsel Kuntz Lesher
Partner - Retired

Michael Caron

Michael J. Caron, GTS

Welco - Retired

Alvernia University Trustee Tim Daley '79

Timothy J. Daley ’79

Habitat for Humanity of Berks County
Executive Director

Kevin DeAcosta

Kevin P. DeAcosta '00

The Highlands of Wyomissing
President & CEO

Franciscan Values photo

Sister Ann Therese deGuise

Bernardine Franciscan Sisters

Dick Ehst

Richard Allen Ehst

Customers Bank
Retired Pres., CEO/CDO

John Gallen

John H. Gallen, Jr.

EthoSource & Wyatt Seating
Owner & President

Jane McBride Gates

Jane McBride Gates, Ph.D.

Connecticut State Colleges and Universities System
Former Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs

Mission and Ministry

Sr. Madonna Marie Harvath

Bernardine Franciscan Sisters

Steve Koons

Steven Koons ‘05

Sikich
Managing Principal

Ginger Kunkel Alvernia University Board of Trustees

Ginger Kunkel

Tompkins Community Bank Pennsylvania Market
President

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Daniel Langdon

East Penn Manufacturing, Inc.
Retired CEO

Franciscan Values photo

Sr. Sandra Lyons '69

David W. Patti

David W. Patti

Customers Bank
Director of Communication & Marketing

Alvernia University Trustee Karen Piraino

Karen Machol Piraino

Retired - Vice President, Human Resources
Hackensack Meridian Health Network

Franciscan Values photo

Sr. John Ann Proach '74

Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Congregational Minister

Alvernia University Trustee Stephanie Rawden

Stephanie Rawden

Owner/Operator
McDonald’s
Multi-Restaurant Entrepreneur

Peter Rye

Peter Rye

Brentwood Industries, Inc.
Chief Strategy Officer

Jeanne Savage

Jeanne L. Savage ’88

Community Volunteer

Barry Schlouch

Barry L. Schlouch

Schlouch Incorporated
Owner, President

Gregory Shemanski

Gregory Shemanski

Custom Processing Service, Inc
President and Owner

Lucine Sihelnik

Lucine E. Sihelnik '13

Former Reading City councilwoman/
Berks County commissioner

Franciscan Values photo

Sr. Mary Sninsky

Bernardine Franciscan Sisters

Mission and Ministry

Sr. Mary Joseph Tirpak

Bernardine Franciscan Sisters

Michael Tobash

Michael Tobash

Tobash Insurance Agency & Financial Services
Owner, Former PA House of Rep. Member

David Turner

David Turner

Met-Ed FirstEnergy Co.
Regional Manager, External Affairs

Patrick Witmer

Patrick Witmer, MPA

B. Braun Medical Inc.
Corporate Vice President for Corporate Affairs and Communications

 

Presidents Emeriti

Thomas F. Flynn, Ph.D.

Deacon Daniel N. DeLucca, MBA, LHD., Ph.D.*

Laurence W. Mazzeno III, Ph.D.


Trustees Emeriti

Bernardine Franciscan Sisters

Carl Anderson, Jr.

James Boscov

William Combs, III

Salvatore M. Cutrona, Sr.

Jess F. Cwiklinski*

Raymond Dee*

P. Michael Ehlerman

Frank A. Franco, M.D.*

Bernard Fromm

John W. Gruber, M.D.

Angel Helm

Kathleen D. Herbein ’95

Carolyn R. Holleran

T. Jerome Holleran

Joanne Judge, Esq.

Steven Keiser ‘80

Chris Kraras

Leroy Kline*

Rev. Msgr. Felix A. Losito*

The Hon. Linda K. M. Ludgate ’77

Thomas Martell

Robert (Bob) McCormack

The Hon. Thomas McMahon

Janice B. Miller

Carole Neag*

Estate of Michael O’Pake*

Richard A. Purcell

Kevin St. Cyr

Richard Tschiderer*

The Hon. Mary Ann Ullman

John D. Wanner ‘82

Alfred J. Weber*

Chester M. Winters

Robert T. Wright*
 

*Deceased