Officers Elected for 2007-2008;
7 Individuals Join the Board
News Release: September 27, 2007
Contact: Janice Osborne, Director-Communications and Marketing; American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley (610) 865-4400, ext. 262; pager (610) 508-4378

The American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley board of directors unanimously approved the election of officers at its Sept. 26 board meeting in Bethlehem.

Officers elected for a one-year team:

Chairman: George Hlavac, attorney and chairman of the labor and employment department, at Tallman, Hudders & Sorrentino

Vice Chair: Scott Friedman, president and COO, swb&r

Secretary: Dawn Washington, director of the Ways to Work Family Loan Program at Family Answers, Inc.

Treasurer: Peter Brown, vice president-sales program manager, at Harleysville National Bank

The following individuals were newly elected to the board for a three-year term at the chapter’s Sept. 18 annual meeting: Bill Coles, retired vice president of data and operations at Dunn & Bradstreet; Jon Conrad, director of human resources at Moravian College; Jack Gross, partner and chair of the media law practice group, and member of the commercial transactional group, at Gross, McGinley, LaBarre & Eaton, LLP; Ronnie Hess, esquire and shareholder at Tallman, Hudders & Sorrentino; Warren Hilton, associate dean of student development and director of co-curricular leadership programs at Moravian College; and Joe Stockunas, general manager-electronics equipment at Air Products and Chemicals.

Youth board representative elected to a one-year term: Robin Aguila, senior at Allentown Central Catholic High School.

The American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley serves more than 680,000 residents of Carbon, Lehigh and Northampton counties. Last year the Red Cross provided health and safety education training; Lifeline, a personal response service for seniors; and emergency relief to more than 23,000 Greater Lehigh Valley residents. For more information about the American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley or volunteer opportunities, call (610) 865-4400 or visit www.redcrosslv.org.