Board of Trustees
Officers 2025-26
Chair: Michael Duff
Retired- Penske Truck Leasing
Vice Chair: Jeffrey Rush
Senior Executive Vice President, President Commercial Markets - Fulton Bank
Secretary: Patricia C. Giles
President - Wyomissing Foundation, Inc.
University President: Glynis A. Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
University Counsel: Hourigan, Kluger & Quinn
Board of Trustees
Charles Barbera, MBA '01, MD
President and CEO - Reading Hospital
Paula Barrett
Partner (Retired) - Reinsel Kuntz Lesher
Michael J. Caron, GTS
Welco - Retired
Timothy J. Daley ’79
Executive Director - Habitat for Humanity of Berks County
Kevin P. DeAcosta '00
President & CEO- The Highlands of Wyomissing
Sister Ann Therese deGuise
Bernardine Franciscan Sisters
Richard Allen Ehst
Retired Pres., CEO/CDO - Customers Bank
John H. Gallen, Jr.
Owner & President- EthoSource & Wyatt Seating
Jane McBride Gates, Ph.D.
Former Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs - Connecticut State Colleges and Universities System
Sr. Madonna Marie Harvath
Bernardine Franciscan Sisters
Steven Koons ‘05
Partner, Federal Government Services & DC Market Leader - Sikich
Ginger Kunkel
President - Tompkins Community Bank Pennsylvania Market
Daniel Langdon
Retired CEO - East Penn Manufacturing, Inc.
Sr. Sandra Lyons '69
Assistant Congregational Minister - Bernardine Franciscan Sisters
David W. Patti
Special Assistant to the Executive Chair - Customers Bank
Karen Machol Piraino
Vice President, Human Resources (Retired) - Hackensack Meridian Health Network
Sr. John Ann Proach '74
Congregational Minister - Bernardine Franciscan Sisters
Stephanie Rawden
Owner - Rawden Joint Ventures
Peter Rye
President - Brentwood Industries, Inc.
Jeanne L. Savage ’88
Community Volunteer
Barry L. Schlouch
President, Owner - Schlouch Incorporated
Gregory Shemanski
President, Owner - Custom Processing Service, Inc
Lucine E. Sihelnik '13
Former President, CEO - GRCA
Sr. Mary Sninsky
Bernardine Franciscan Sisters
Sr. Mary Joseph Tirpak
Bernardine Franciscan Sisters
Michael Tobash
Former member - PA House of Representatives
Owner - Tobash Insurance Agency & Financial Services
David Turner
Regional Manager, External Affairs - Met-Ed FirstEnergy Co.
Angelo Valletta
President and CEO - Ben Franklin Technology Partners of NEPA
Patrick Witmer, MPA
Corporate Vice President for Corporate Affairs and Communications - B. Braun Medical Inc.
Presidents Emeriti
Thomas F. Flynn, Ph.D.
Deacon Daniel N. DeLucca, MBA, LHD., Ph.D.*
Laurence W. Mazzeno III, Ph.D.
Trustees Emeriti
Bernardine Franciscan Sisters
Carl Anderson, Jr.
James Boscov
William Combs, III
Salvatore M. Cutrona, Sr.
Jess F. Cwiklinski*
Raymond Dee*
P. Michael Ehlerman
Frank A. Franco, M.D.*
Bernard Fromm
John W. Gruber, M.D.
Angel Helm
Kathleen D. Herbein ’95
Carolyn R. Holleran
T. Jerome Holleran
Ellen Huyett
Joanne Judge, Esq.
Steven Keiser ‘80*
Chris Kraras
Leroy Kline*
Rev. Msgr. Felix A. Losito*
The Hon. Linda K. M. Ludgate ’77
Thomas Martell
Robert (Bob) McCormack
The Hon. Thomas McMahon
Janice B. Miller
Carole Neag*
Estate of Michael O’Pake*
Richard A. Purcell
Kevin St. Cyr
Richard Tschiderer*
The Hon. Mary Ann Ullman
John D. Wanner ‘82
Alfred J. Weber*
Chester M. Winters
Robert T. Wright*
*Deceased