The following is a list of the JARI Board of Directors, JIDC Board of Directors, JARI Industry Partnership Co-Chairs and the Defense Business Council Members:
JARI 2018 Board of Directors
- Chair – William C. Polacek
CEO, JWFI Industries - 1st Vice Chair -William J. Locher, Jr.
Sr. Vice President, Somerset Trust Company - 2nd Vice Chair – Matthew B. Smith
Executive Vice President, Laurel Auto Group - Secretary – Robert J. Eyer
Partner, Wessel & Company - Assistant Secretary – Marty J. Radovanic
Regional Sales, Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Treasurer – Jeffrey A. Stopko
CEO, AmeriServ Financial - Assistant Treasurer – Steve E. Tucker
President/CEO, Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center - Elmer C. Laslo
President, 1st Summit Bank - Michael E. Kane
Executive Director, Community Foundation for the Alleghenies - Craig Saylor
- John R. Boderocco
President, H. F. Lenz Company - Dr. Randy L. Frye
Dean-School of Business, Saint Francis University - Thomas C. Mishler
Sr. Account Executive, UPMC Health Plan - David B. Zucco
Vice President, Kongsberg Protech Systems - Gilda A. Jackson
President/General Manager, Lockheed Martin AeroParts - Gregory J. Winger
Sr. Vice President, First National Bank of PA
JIDC 2018 Board of Directors
- Chair – Jeffry D. Cramer
Executive Vice President, 1st Summit Bank - Vice Chair – Kathleen M. Wallace, CPA
Partner, Catanese Group - Secretary – John R. Boderocco
Partner, H. F. Lenz Company - Assistant Secretary – Michele Clapper
VP of Finance & Economic Development, JARI - Assistant Secretary – Joette Watson
Chief Financial Officer, JARI - Treasurer – Joel C. Valentine
CPA, President/CEO, Wessel & Company - Assistant Treasurer – Kevin M. Volk
Divisional Vice President, Northwest Bank - William E. Uhlig
External Affairs Manager, First Energy - Michael A. Barletta
President/CEO, Crown American Associates - Mark Parseghian III
Manager, Property & Risk Management, Concurrent Technologies Corporation - Michele A. Bonerigo
Program Manager, In-Shore Technologies, Inc. - Robert J. Cabala
VP-Commercial Banking, First National Bank of PA - Stephen G. Zamias
President/CEO, Zamias Services, Inc. - Ethan Stewart
Investment Advisor, Centennial Financial Group
JARI Industry Partnerships Co-Chairs
Cambria Business and Education
- Michele Bonerigo
Program Manager
In-Shore Technologies, Inc. - Carole Kakabar
Superintendent
Ferndale School District
Cambria/Somerset Advanced Manufacturing
- Lindsey Hilbrecht
Manager, Human Resources
North American Hoganas
Cambria/Somerset Healthcare
- Linda Fox
Recruitment and Retention Coordinator
Conemaugh Health System
Cambria/Somerset Safety
- Dave Johnson
Manager, Safety Health & Environmental
North American Hoganas - Paul Seitz
Business Development
PHOENIX Rehabilitation and Health Services, Inc./Workplace Health
Defense Business Council – 2017 Members
- Edward J. Sheehan, Jr.
President/CEO, Concurrent Technologies Corporation - John R. Boderocco
President, H. F. Lenz Company - David Bjornberg
Director, Engineering Solutions & Manufacturing, Compass Systems - Timothy P. Brown
Vice President, Enterprise Venture Corporation - Anthony N. Caper
Site Lead, Leonardo DRS - Darryl L. DiOrio
President/CEO Gautier Steel - Robert J. Eyer
Chairman of the Board, Wessel & Company - Jason M. Galiote
Operations Manager, Kitron - Adam S. Henger
Regional Director, Business Development, Maser Consulting - Gilda A. Jackson
President/General Manager, Lockheed Martin AeroParts - Havard Klukkerud
Vice President/General Manager, Kongsberg Protech Systems - Kim W. Kunkle
President, Laurel Holdings - Gregory S. Platt
Assistant General Manager, Cambria County Assn. for the Blind & Handicapped - John J. Polacek
Chief Operating Officer, JWF Defense - Jennifer Christman
Senior Vice President, VetAdvisors - Michael A. Santoro
General Manager, Martin-Baker America - Carl R. Sax
- William S. Sipko
President/CEO, BCL Manufacturing - Jeffrey Wood
Vice President, Finance & USG Compliance, Kongsberg Protech Systems