Leadership Council Advisory Board
Penn State Dickinson Law’s Leadership Council Advisory Board is comprised of a diverse group of prominent alumni leaders who work to advance Dickinson Law’s mission of Practice Greatness. As ambassadors of the Law School, the Board also provides input and recommendations to the dean of Dickinson Law on topics as requested by the dean. This includes providing leadership to the Trusted Advisors Groups and supporting and ensuring Dickinson Law’s vision priorities through service to the Dickinson Law community as well as the profession as a whole.
Theodore Adler ’72
Attorney
Smigel, Anderson & Sacks LLP
Harrisburg, PA
Ezza Ahmed ’23
Assistant District Attorney
Dauphin County District Attorney’s Association
Harrisburg, PA
Peter J. Anderson ’75
Of Counsel
Eversheds Sutherland LLP
Atlanta, GA
Peter B. Andrews ’98
Partner
Andrews & Springer LLC
Wilmington, DE
Brandon Biegenzahn ’04
President, Executive Search
McDermott + Bull Executive Search
Irvine, CA
Michael Bramnick ’90*
Senior Vice President Administration, Chief of Staff, Chief Compliance Officer
NRG Energy, Inc.
Princeton, NJ
Tara Burns ’17
Corporate Counsel
Teleflex
Philadelphia, PA
Brian J. Clark ’85
President and Founder
BCK Strategies, LLC
New Hope, PA
The Honorable Charece Z. Collins ’07
PA Public Utility Commission
Office of Administrative Law Judge
Harrisburg, PA
Steven M. Coren ’80
Shareholder
Kaufman Coren & Ress, P.C.
Philadelphia, PA
Denise Foster Cronin ’97
Vice President, Federal and RTO Regulatory Affairs
East Kentucky Power Cooperative
Winchester, KY
Bill Dorgan ’98
Executive Director
Gartner, Inc.
Stamford, CT
John F. Duggan ’94
Senior Vice President & Legal Counsel
Select Medical
Mechanicsburg, PA
James W. Durham ’65
Attorney & Mediator
Durham Mediation/Arbitration Services
Media, PA
Michael W. Gang ’77
Principal
Chair, Firm Board of Directors
Post & Schell, P.C.
Harrisburg, PA
Larry Gasteiger ’89
WIRES
Washington, D.C.
Zachary Gihorski ’20
Director of Government Affairs and Sustainability
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Washington, D.C.
Hubert X. Gilroy ’79
Shareholder
Martson Law Offices
Carlisle, PA
Campbell Goin ’22
Empower
Richard Goldberg ’63
Principal
Hourigan Kluger & Quinn PC
Kingston, PA
Rachel James ’24
Associate
Johnson Duffie
Lemoyne, PA
Hon. Jan Jurden ’88
President Judge
Superior Court of Delaware
Wilmington, DE
Dusty Elias Kirk ’79
Partner
Reed Smith LLP
Pittsburgh, PA
William M. Lafferty ’89
Partner
Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP
Wilmington, DE
G. Griffith Lindsay, III ’79*
Marriott International
West Palm Beach, FL
Kelly Lloyd ’10
Deputy District Attorney
Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office
Norristown, PA
The Honorable Carmen D. Minora ’77*
Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas
Scranton, PA
H. Laddie Montague Jr. ’63
Chair Emeritus and Of Counsel
Berger & Montague P.C.
Philadelphia, PA
Christine Hurst Perrucci ’94
Of Counsel
Florio Perrucci Steinhardt Cappelli Tipton & Taylor
Bethlehem, PA
Philip Petrina ’22
Associate
McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC
Harrisburg, PA
The Honorable Thomas J. Ridge ’72
Chair
Ridge Global
Washington, D.C.
Kristi Lane Scott ’03
Associate General Counsel
United States Federal Government
Washington, D.C.
Mary (Masie) Benefield Seiverling ’82*
Counsel
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of General Counsel
Hummelstown, PA
Tracy L. Steele ’95
Member
Ferro Steele, LLC
Plymouth Meeting, PA
Noreen M. Tama ’86
General Counsel
All Sober, Public Benefit Corp.
Alexandria, VA
Thomas L. VanKirk ’70*
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Highmark Health
Pittsburgh, PA
Erin Varley ’18
Senior Deputy District Attorney
Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office
Harrisburg, PA
Elizabeth J. Vastine ’94
Restorative Practitioner, Facilitator & Educator
The Stone Vastine Group, LLC
Chicago, IL
Bill Weiner ’83
Partner
Holland & Knight
New York, NY
Dr. Marion Welp, LL.M. ’96
Executive Consultant
Consecutive Consult
Düsseldorf, Germany
The Honorable LeRoy S. Zimmerman ’59
Of Counsel
Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, LLC
Harrisburg, PA
*Retired