Governor Rendell Announces Nominations, Appointment

HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G. Rendell today announced the following nominations and an appointment:

Nominations

Magisterial District Judge, Lehigh County

David Howells Jr., Allentown

Magisterial District Judge, Columbia County

Richard Knecht, Berwick

Magisterial District Judge, Lancaster County

William Benner, Lancaster

Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Bucks County

James McMaster, Bensalem

Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Washington County

Phillippe Melograne, McMurray

State Board of Education

Ivory Nelson, Lincoln University

Jonathan Peri, Wallingford

Kirk Hallett, Camp Hill

Board of Trustees of the University of Pittsburgh

Morgan O'Brien, Pittsburgh

Appointment

Commission on Children and Families

Kathleen Gronendahl-Maguire, Upper Southampton

Media contact: Gary Tuma, 717-783-1116

SOURCE Pennsylvania Office of the Governor