Founding Committee


Joseph DeVizia, Chairman
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Executive Director, Luzerne County Office of Human Resources

Antoinette Cisowski
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Administrator, Luzerne-Wyoming Counties Mental Health/Mental Retardation Program

Don Cooper
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Former Jewish Community Center Executive Director

Elaine Cooper
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Educator

Mauria DeVizia
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Teacher and Homemaker

Dr. Mahmoud Fahmy, Vice Chairman
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President, Education and Training Center of NEPA

Iran Fahmy
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Educator

Mary Beth Farrell, Activities Chairman
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Executive Director, Area Agency on Aging, Luzerne/Wyoming Counties

Sr. M. Siena Finley
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Founder/Emeritus Director, Ethics Institute of Northeast Pennsylvania

Dr. Dennis Gourley
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President/CEO, Family Service Association of Wyoming Valley

Linda Kohut, Secretary
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Director of Community Services, Area Agency on Aging, Luzerne/Wyoming Counties

Rosa & Eric Lee
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Business Owners

Andy Logue
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Retired Business Executive

Andy Marko, Treasurer
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Former Superintendent, Wyoming Valley West School District

Janet Marko
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Retired Wyoming Valley West High School Teacher

Dean Thomas O'Neill
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Center for Adult & Continuing Education, Misericordia University

William A. Runner, Jr.
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Retired Investment Banker; Ski and Biking Instructor

Attorney Bernard Walter
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Legal Consultant

Roberta Walter
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 Business Owner

Rev. Dr. Bob Zanicky, Membership Chairman
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 First Presbyterian Church, Wilkes-Barre

Rev. Shawn Zanicky
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 First Presbyterian Church, Wilkes-Barre