Ms. Carroll is a consultant and an advisor to nonprofit corporations, businesses and government agencies and is a well-recognized civic volunteer. She is the Chairman and President of the Nepal Foundation and is also the Honorary Trade Representative of Nepal. She is a founder, director or trustee of various civic and charitable organizations, including the YMCA of Philadelphia and Vicinity and the National Parks Mid-Atlantic Council.
Mr. Glanton is Chairman of the Philadelphia Television Network, a privately-held media company. Mr. Glanton was Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at Exelon Corporation from 2003 to 2007. From 1986 to 2003 he was a partner in the law firm of Reed Smith LLP in Philadelphia. Mr. Glanton is a director of The GEO Group, Inc.
UGI Corporation (NYSE: UGI) Chairman and CEO Lon R. Greenberg, has been appointed to its Board of Directors. UGI, a distributor and marketer of energy products and services, is based in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
Greenberg brings a wealth of both utility and business experience to Aqua America. He joined UGI Corporation in 1980 as corporate development counsel, rising to the rank of senior vice president of legal and corporate development over the next decade, before being appointed president of the company in 1994. One year later he was named CEO and was elected Chairman in 1996. Greenberg, who earned a B.S. in economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and graduated Villanova University's Law School with honors, also completed Harvard University Business School's Advanced Management Program. After receiving his J.D., Greenberg spent four years at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in Philadelphia after clerking for a Pennsylvania Superior Court judge. Among his civic activities, Greenberg is chairman of the Pennsylvania Business Roundtable and also serves on the board of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania Campaign Cabinet, and Reading is Fundamental.
Mr. Hankowsky has been Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Property Trust, a fully integrated real estate firm, since 2001. Mr. Hankowsky joined Liberty in 2001 as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer. Prior to joining Liberty, he served for 11 years as President of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation. Prior to that, he was Commerce Director for the City of Philadelphia. Mr. Hankowsky serves on various charitable and civic boards, including the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau, The Philadelphia Board of Trade, the Academy of Music of Philadelphia and Kimmel Regional Performing Arts Center.
Mario Mele is the president of Fidelio Insurance Company and Dental Delivery Systems, Inc. As a director of Aqua, he serves on the Board's Corporate Governance Committee, replacing former director and Drexel University President Dr. Constantine Papadakis who passed away in April of the same year.
Fidelio Insurance Company specializes in underwriting group dental insurance. Founded in 1986, the company expanded its operations to New Jersey in 2002. Mele is concurrently president of Dental Delivery Systems, Inc., a dental HMO that serves clients in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. Mele has 35 years of experience in the health insurance industry having headed Dental Delivery Systems since 1975.
In addition to his private industry experience, Mele spent eight years in government having been elected chairman of the Montgomery County (PA) Board of Commissioners in 1992, where he managed the County's then $300 million operating budget and $200 million capital budget. Prior to that, he served 7 years on the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board under Pennsylvania Governor Richard Thornburgh.
Mele received a B.A. and an M.A. in physics from LaSalle University and Temple University respectively. He also serves as a member of the Holy Redeemer Health System Advisory Board and the Board of the Opera Company of Philadelphia.
Ellen T. Ruff
Director since 2006
Ms. Ruff, president of Duke Energy's Office of Nuclear Development, joined Aqua America's Board of Directors in August 2006. She sits on the Board's Executive Compensation Committee.
As president of Duke Energy's Office of Nuclear Development, Ruff directs one of the nation's leading electric utilities, which serves more than two million customers in North Carolina and South Carolina. Ruff has been with Duke Energy since 1978 when she joined the company as an attorney. A native of Hartford, Connecticut, Ruff earned a B.A. in business from Simmons College and a J.D. from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. She is a member of the Mecklenburg County Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the North Carolina State Bar.
In 2002, Mr. Smoot retired as Regional Chairman Advisory Board Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, The PNC Financial Services Group, a position he held since 2001. From 1991 through 2000, Mr. Smoot served as President and Chief Executive Officer of PNC Bank in Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, and its predecessor, Provident National Bank. Mr. Smoot currently sits on PNC's Advisory Board. He also served as Executive Vice President responsible for Operations and Data Processing for the Bank from 1987 to 1991. Before joining PNC Bank in 1987, Mr. Smoot served 10 years as First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Mr. Smoot is Chairman of The Philadelphia Orchestra and The Settlement Music School. Mr. Smoot is also a director of P.H. Glatfelter Company and Southco Inc.
Mr. Sordoni, former president and chairman of C-TEC Corporation – parent company of Commonwealth Telephone – and an officer of Sordoni Construction Services, Inc. joined Aqua America's Board of Directors in August 2006. As a director, he serves on the Board's Audit Committee.
During the 14-year period Sordoni led C-TEC Corporation, the company became one of America's best-known, diversified telecommunications companies with operations in basic telephone, cable television, cellular, paging and long-distance services. Sordoni served as a director of public companies regulated by the FCC and FDIC and numerous state regulatory commissions, including Pennsylvania Gas and Water Company. Sordoni currently serves as a director of Harsco Corporation.
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Mary CarrollDirector since 1981