Governor Corbett Announces Confirmations, Nominations, Appointments

HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett today announced the following recent Senate confirmations of his nominees, as well as other nominations and appointments:

Confirmations

Municipal Police Officers' Education and Training Commission
Richard Walter Long, Mechanicsburg

PA Cancer Control, Prevention and Research Advisory Board
Ada Rivera, Scotrun

Erie County Convention Center Authority
Susan N. Sutto, Erie - reappointment

State Harness Racing Commission
Hon. Noah W. Wenger, Stevens

Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency Board of Directors
Timothy R. Thyreen, Waynesburg - reappointment

Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
Hon. Terence Farrell, West Chester

Municipal Police Officers' Education and Training Commission
Bart E. Burne, Ed.D., Laflin - reappointment
Todd Edward Naylor, Pittsburgh

State Board of Physical Therapy
Jeffrey R. Elliott, Wernersville
Timothy M. Schell, P.T., Grove City - reappointment

Nominations (require Senate confirmation)

Secretary, Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs
Gary Tennis, Philadelphia

PA Labor Relations Board
Robert H. Shoop Jr., Oakmont

State Board of Massage Therapy
Becky Lesik, Corry

Appointments

Board of Coal Mine Safety
Ronald J. Bowersox, Shelocta - reappointment
John M. Gallick, Waynesburg - reappointment

Advisory Council for Delaware Valley Veterans' Home
Richard Shaner, Philadelphia - reappointment
Daniel F. Murray Jr., Philadelphia - reappointment
William Carroll, Philadelphia - reappointment
Margaret Chmielowski, Philadelphia - reappointment

Advisory Council for Hollidaysburg Veterans' Home
Stanley Rolnik, Monroeville

Advisory Council for Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home
Richard Supak, Franklin

Advisory Council for Southeastern Veterans' Center
Jeffrey F. Elliott, Ridley Park - reappointment
Joseph J. Palaia, Blue Bell - reappointment

Advisory Council for Southwestern Veterans' Center
Robert Abbott, Pittsburgh - reappointment
Arthur L. Kraut, Pittsburgh
Clarence Gomberg, Pittsburgh - reappointment
E. James Lamison, Portage - reappointment
Franklin Lopes, Lower Burrell - reappointment
Kenneth W. Elliott, Imperial
Fred Tregaskes, Templeton - reappointment

Media contact:  Gary Miller, 717-783-1116

SOURCE Pennsylvania Office of the Governor