BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OFFICERS
Kelly Ciravolo, ESQ | Chair
Attorney, Anzalone & Doyle Trial Lawyers
Thomas E. Lawson, PE, PLS | Vice Chair
Executive VP Development & Quality, Verdantas
Joseph A. Frank, Jr. | Treasurer
President, Centralia Coal Sales Co.
Daryl Pawlush | Secretary
Projects Principal, PennEastern Engineering
Terence J. Ostrowski | President & CEO (ex-officio, non-voting)
Earth Conservancy
DIRECTORS
John E. Cavnaugh, Jr.
President, Central Clay Products
Holly T. Frederick, PhD, PE, BCEE
Professor, Wilkes University
Joseph C. Hillan
Manager, Newport Township
Michael J. Hirthler
Founder & CIO, Jacobi Capital Management
Michael J. Johnson
Executive VP, Lewith & Freeman Real Estate (ret.)
Rev. Thomas P. Looney, CSC, PhD
President, King’s College
Margy Simms
Corporate Officer, Lewith & Freeman
John T. Yudichak
President, Luzerne County Community College
Generally, Earth Conservancy’s Board of Directors’ meetings are held on a quarterly basis at EC’s offices at 101 South Main Street in Ashley. Meetings are open to the public. The start time for the public session varies, so please message our office administrator to confirm before attending.
Earth Conservancy honors the following former board members for their years of service and guidance:
| Margaret Bakker | Stephen Barrouk | Thomas A. Blaskiewicz |
| Christopher Breiseth, PhD (1936-2026) | Mark R. Dingman | Joseph A. Frank, Sr. (1926-2014) |
| Joseph Gilmour, PhD | Anne L. Glauber (1953-2017) | Joseph A. Hillan (1934-2009) |
| A. Peter Kanjorski (1935-2012) | Diane Kopcha Katlic, Esq. | Rev. James Lackenmier, CSC |
| Gary F. Lamont | Thomas P. Leary | James Manley |
| Robert K. Matley | John D. McCarthy, Jr. | Bernard McGurl |
| Robert K. Mericle | Lawrence Newman | Rev. Thomas O’Hara, PhD |
| Kathy L. Pape, Esq. | Harold Rose (1935-2004) | Rev. John J. Ryan, CSC, PhD |
| Edward Schechter (1920-2011) | Susan W. Shoval | Rhea P. Simms |
| Harold C. Snowdon, Jr. (1938-2016) | Marleen A. Troy, PhD, PE | Joseph Yudichak |