Governor Corbett Announces Confirmations, Nominations

HARRISBURG, Pa., March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett today announced the following confirmations of his nominees by the Pennsylvania Senate, as well as several new nominations requiring Senate confirmation:

Confirmations:

Brigadier General, Pennsylvania Air National Guard
Col. Gerald E. Otterbein, York

Council of Trustees of Bloomsburg University
Nancy Vasta, Langhorne - reappointment

Pennsylvania Cancer Control, Prevention & Research Advisory Board
Joel S. Noumoff, M.D., Wynnewood - reappointment

State Board of Crane Operators
Paulette A. Burnside, Tunkhannock - reappointment

State Board of Optometry
Richard T. Hawley, O.D., Camp Hill - reappointment
Karl E. Streilein, Corry

Board of Trustees of Polk Center
Sarah R. Gibson, Clarion

State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists
Carol D. Sides, Williamsport - reappointment

Nominations:

State Transportation Commission
Edward Cernic Sr., Johnstown - reappointment

State Board of Chiropractic
Miriam Merry Woods, Maple Glen

State Board of Physical Therapy
David Kozich, DPT, Mountain Top

Council of Trustees of East Stroudsburg University
Edward P. Abraham, Effort

Media contact:  Gary Miller, 717-783-1116

SOURCE Pennsylvania Office of the Governor