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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
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
Franciscan Values photo
Sr. Madonna Marie Harvath
Bernardine Franciscan Sisters
Steve Koons
Steven Koons ‘05
Sikich, LLP
Partner, Federal Service Line Leader
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 Piraino
Former head of recruitment and onboarding
Hackensack Meridian Health
Franciscan Values photo
Sr. John Ann Proach '74
Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Congregational Minister
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
Greater Reading Chamber Alliance President and CEO
Franciscan Values photo
Sr. Mary Sninsky
Bernardine Franciscan Sisters
Bernardine Sisters
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