Governor Corbett Announces Confirmations

HARRISBURG, Pa., June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett today announced the following confirmations of his nominees by the Pennsylvania Senate:

State Board of Accountancy
Martin C. Levin, CPA, MBA, New Tripoli

Pennsylvania Cancer Control, Prevention & Research Advisory Board
Pat Halpin-Murphy, Ambler

State Board of Chiropractic
Christopher Decker, Shohola
Miriam Merry Woods, Maple Glen

Board of Trustees of Danville State Hospital
Elizabeth R. Kremer, Sunbury

Council of Trustees of East Stroudsburg University of PA
Bruno Klaus, Stroudsburg

Board of Trustees of Ebensburg Center
Timothy S. Layton, Windber

Major General, Pennsylvania Air National Guard
Brig. General Roy E. Uptegraff III, McKees Rocks

Brigadier General, Pennsylvania Army National Guard
Col. Carol A. Eggert, Pottstown
Col. George M. Schwartz, Phoenixville
Col. Wilbur E. Wolf III, Mechanicsburg
Col. Andrew P. Schafer Jr., Dingmans Ferry

Major General, Pennsylvania Army National Guard
Brig. General John L. Gronski, Jonestown

Board of Trustees of Norristown State Hospital
James A. Laughman, Lititz

State Board of Nursing
Jesse Topper, Bedford

State Board of Optometry
Lisa M. Hegedus, Jeannette

State Board of Pharmacy
Joseph Gerdes, Mechanicsburg

State Planning Board
Jeff C. Wheeland, Williamsport

Board of Trustees of Polk Center
John J. Barber, Erie

Advisory Committee on Probation
Hon. Jill E. Rangos, Pittsburgh
Sean R. Ryan, Perkasie
Hon. Bob Thomas, Chambersburg

State Real Estate Commission
Joseph J. McGettigan Sr., Upper Darby
W. Greg Rothman, MAI, MRICS, CPE, CCIM, Mechanicsburg

State Board of Examiners in Speech-Language & Hearing
James M. Creason, Harrisburg

State Transportation Commission
Edward J. Cernic Sr., Johnstown

Media contact:  Kevin Harley, 717-783-1116

SOURCE Pennsylvania Office of the Governor