SEPTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Most of this information was obtained via various internet searches via Google. I can not verify how accurate and/or current this information is, but it's a bit of a capsule look as to the backgrounds of the 15 members of the SEPTA Board of Directors.
BUCKS COUNTY
Pasquale T. Deon, Sr. (Chairman)
- Resides: Middletown Twp
- Owner, Progressive Broadcasting Corporation, Levittown, Pa. (WBCB-AM); partner in station is Philadelphia Eagles play-by-play announcer Merrill Reese
- Member, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
- Former member, Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority Board of Directors
- Owner, Pat Deon Beverages, 500 S Oxford Valley Rd, Fairless Hills, Pa. (Bristol Twp) (note: this business was believed to have been started by his father; it had been listed on the WBCB web site that Pasquale Deon (the father) was the first advertiser at that station when launched in 1957; obviously, since I don't live in Bucks County, I'm not 100 percent certain about the history of that business)
Charles H. Martin
- Resides: Upper Southampton
- Member, Board of Commissioners, Bucks County
- Former executive, PECO Energy Company
- Former member, Upper Southampton Township Board of Supervisors
- A more detailed bio available here (opens new browser)
CHESTER COUNTY
Karen L. Martynick
- Resides: East Goshen
- Former Member, Board of Commissioners, Chester County
James J. Rohn
- Resides: Tredyffrin
- Attorney, Conrad O'Brien Gellman & Rohn, LLC, Philadelphia
- Member, Board of Directors, Cornerstone Christian Academy, Philadelphia
- Active in Chester County GOP; colleague at law firm is Alan Paul Novak, former chairman of Chester County GOP and Chairman of Pennsylvania State Republican Committee
- A more detailed bio available here (opens new browser)
DELAWARE COUNTY
Thomas E. Babcock
- Resides: Springfield
- Northern Division Construction Manager, Connectiv Services, Inc.
- Active within Springfield Township (DelCo) Republican Committee
Cornelius J. Cassidy
- Resides: Darby Borough
- President, Cassidy & Sons Construction, Inc.
- Member, Delaware County Workforce Investment Board
- Archbishop Prendegast Board of Advisors (not sure if still active or not)
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Thomas Jay Ellis
- Resides: Cheltenham
- Partner, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, Philadelphia
- Former member, Cheltenham Township Board of Commissioners
- Member, Elkins Park Library Board of Directors
- Member, Montgomery County Board of Commissioners
- A more detailed bio available here (opens new browser)
Michael O'Donoghue
- Resides: Whitpain
- Attorney, Wisler Pearlstine Talone Craig Garrity and Potash, Philadelphia
- Member, Board of Directors, Madison Bancshares Group, Ltd. (Madison Bank), Blue Bell, Pa.
- Chairman, Whitpain Township Republican Committee (also serves as GOP Committeeman from Whitpain Township's 4th Ward)
PHILADLEPHIA COUNTY
Christian DiCicco
- Resides: Philadelphia
- Appointed by Philadelphia City Council
- Staffer for State Sen. Vince Fumo (D-1)
- CEO of Citizen's Alliance for Better Neighborhoods
- Attorney in private practice
Jettie Newkirk
- Resides: West Philadelphia
- Appointed by Philadelphia Mayor John F. Street (D)
- Family and youth attorney in private practice
- Chairwoman, Center for Community Partnerships Community Advisory Board
- Former Chair, Governance Committee, West Philadelphia Empowerment Zone Community Trust Board
APPOINTED BY STATE LEADERSHIP
Hon. Stewart J. Greenleaf
- Resides: Upper Moreland
- Appointed By: Senate Majority Leader
- Pennsylvania State Senate, 12th District (Bucks and Montgomery Counties)
- A more detailed bio available here (opens new browser)
Frank G. McCartney
- Resides: Montgomery County
- Appointed By: House Majority Leader
- Executive Director; Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, Morrisville, Pa.
- Former member, Delaware River Port Authority Board of Commissioners
- A more detailed bio available here (opens new browser)
James C. Schwartzman (Vice-Chairman)
- Resides: Radnor
- Appointed By: Senate Minority Leader
- Founder, Schwartzman & Associates law firm, Philadelphia
- Former prosecutor, U. S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Member, Villanova University Law School Inn of Court
- Former Chairman, Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
- Former Chairman, Disciplinary Board of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
- Member, Committee of 70 Board
- Judge Pro Tempore; First Judicial District, Philadelphia
- Member, Board of Directors, Independence Blue Cross, Philadelphia
Denise Smyler
- Resides: Philadelphia
- Appointed By: Governor Edward G. Rendell
- Labor attorney, who has done work on behalf of the City of Philadelphia
- Chair, Scholarship Committee, Barristers Association of Philadelphia
Herman Wooten
- Resides: West Oak Lane, Philadelphia
- Appointed By: House Minority Leader
- Secretary/Treasurer, United Food and Commerical Workers Union Local 1776
- Vice-President, Pennsylvania AFL-CIO (UFCW)
- Delegate, 1996 and 2000 Democratic National Conventions
- Former Chairman, Philadelphia Parking Authority
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