Governor Corbett Announces Recent Nominations, Appointments

HARRISBURG, Pa., April 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett today announced recent nominations and appointments that he has made:

Nominations (require Senate confirmation)

Sheriff of Montgomery County

Eileen Whalon Behr, Lafayette Hill

Prothonotary, Clerk of Court & Clerk of Orphans Court, Wyoming County

Hon. Karen Bishop, Mehoopany

Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts, Venango County

Hon. Paula Palmer, Franklin

Recorder of Deeds, Bucks County

Joseph Szafran, Bensalem

Treasurer, Crawford County

Hon. Christine L. Krzysiak, Venango

Treasurer, Northumberland County

Hon. Kevin Gilroy, Paxinos

Controller, Northumberland County

Hon. Tony Phillips, Sunbury  

Appointments

Victim Services Advisory Committee

John P. Delaney Jr., Philadelphia - member and chairman

Pennsylvania Workforce Investment Board

William Kirk, Wexford

Mine Families First Response & Communications Advisory Council

Thomas Hoffman, Pittsburgh - reappointment

George Ellis, Harrisburg - reappointment (alternate member)

Susquehanna River Basin Commission

John Hines, Palmyra (first alternate)

Delaware River Basin Commission

Kelly Heffner, Harrisburg (third alternate)

Charlie Kirkwood, Shawnee (fourth alternate)

Delaware River Port Authority

Joanna Cruz, Lansdale

Commonwealth Financing Authority

Hon. C. Alan Walker, Clearfield - chairman

Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Committee

Ron Sharp, Harrisburg - reappointed as chairman

Independence Visitor Center Corporation

William Graham, Philadelphia - Governor's designee

Board of Directors of Independence Blue Cross

Tom Paese, Harrisburg

Council of Great Lakes (various committees)

Executive Committee

Jennifer Branstetter, Camp Hill

Great Lakes Compact Council and Regional Body

Kelly Heffner, Hershey

Great Lakes Governor's Priorities Task Force

Kelly Burch, Erie

Lori Boughton, Meadville

John Booser, Middletown

Aquatic Invasive Species Task Force

James Grazio, Washington Township

Leo Donovall, Mechanicsburg

Media contact: Kevin Harley, 717-783-1116

SOURCE Pennsylvania Office of the Governor