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 public session begins at approximately 8:45 AM. For further information, please email our office administrator.
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 |