Governor Rendell Announces Confirmations, Nominations

HARRISBURG, Pa., March 17 /PRNewswire–USNewswire/ –– Governor Edward G. Rendell today announced the following recent confirmations and nominations:

Confirmations by the Senate

Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County

Lewis Wood Wetzel, Dallas

Joseph J. Van Jura, Kingston

Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole

John R. Tuttle, York – reappointment

State Board of Psychology

Dr. Karen W. Edelstein, Philadelphia – reappointment

State Board of Accountancy

John R. Waston, Wexford

State Board of Barber Examiners

Wendell J. Douglas, Philadelphia

State Board of Medicine

Rabbi Solomon Isaacson, Philadelphia – reappointment

State Board of Nursing

Bette M. Wildgust, Blue Bell

State Board of Podiatry

Alice Hart Hughes, Newtown

State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists

Robert Ford, P.E., Bryn Mawr – reappointment

Michael A. Huwar, Pittsburgh

Hiram C. Ribblett, P.E., Johnstown – reappointment

State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers

Paul C. Kaufman, Wexford – reappointment

State Real Estate Commission

Armand N. Ferrara Jr., Charleroi

State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors

Rhoda R. Shralow, Wynnewood – reappointment

State Board of Veterinary Medicine

Robin J. Bernstein, Pittsburgh – reappointment

Lawrence J. Gerson, V.M.D., Pittsburgh – reappointment

Agricultural Lands Condemnation Approval Board

Norman L. Morrison, Transfer – reappointment

Russell M. Orner, Rockton – reappointment

Council of Trustees of Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

Robert W. Bogle, Yeadon – reappointment

Dr. Audrey F. Bronson, Philadelphia

Samuel J. Patterson, Bryn Mawr – reappointment

Coroners' Education Board

The Hon. Kenneth A. Bacha, Greensburg

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Laura S. Fisher, Ligonier – reappointment

Cheryl I. McClenney–Brooker, Philadelphia – reappointment

Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission

M. Joel Bolstein, Doylestown – reappointment

Industrial Board

Greg Woodring, Philadelphia – reappointment

Board of Trustees of White Haven Center

Donald G. Karpowich, Freeland

Nominations (require Senate confirmation)

Advisory Committee on Probation

Mark J. Wilson, Lancaster – reappointment

Media contact: Gary Tuma, 717–783–1116

SOURCE Pennsylvania Office of the Governor