MHS Board of Managers

Appointed: 2001

Highlights: Board Member, Hershey Foods Corporation; Board Member, Neighborhood Youth Association, a nonprofit organization that provides counseling and tutorial services to at-risk and/or underprivileged youth in west Los Angeles; Member, MHS Alumni Council; Recipient of Investors in Education Award of Excellence.

Resides In: Los Angeles, CA

Appointed: 2003

Highlights: Numerous awards for community leadership include Business and Community Award from West Shore Chamber of Commerce (1999); Dinner of Champions Award from the Multiple Sclerosis Society (1998); Community Service Award from Mental Health Society (1995); and Lifetime Achievement Award, Pennsylvania Newspaper Association (2000). Board affiliations include Greater Harrisburg Foundation, Pinnacle Health Foundation, Pennsylvania Newspaper Association Foundation, Pine Street Presbyterian Church.

Resides In: Mechanicsburg, PA

Appointed: 2007

Highlights: Health Economics Consultant and Former President & CEO of Capital BlueCross; graduate of Penn State University, Vice-Chair of Capital BlueCross Board, member of VCS Financial, Inc., Past-Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, and is currently on the boards of the Hershey Trust Company, the Harrisburg Symphony, and the Greater Harrisburg Foundation.

Resides In: Camp Hill, PA

Appointed: 2007

Highlights: Chairman of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission, and chairman of The Swarthmore Group, Inc. which he co-founded in November 1991. Prior to starting The Swarthmore Group, was an investment banker for Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co., Inc., and Prudential Bache Securities, Inc. Also practiced law as counsel in bond transactions with the law firm Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll.

Resides In: Swarthmore, PA

Appointed: 1998

Highlights: Co-founded Jobs for the Future, a national nonprofit organization that enhances economic security and access to opportunity for all individuals by strengthening the transitions and linkages between work and learning. Other service in the education field includes advising federal policymakers. Current Board affiliations include the Annenberg Institute for School Reform; National Academy Foundation, the Independent Sector; and Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth.

Resides In: Boston, MA

Appointed: 2003

Highlights: Serves on the Board of Directors, Capitol Blue Cross; Board of Directors, The Greater Harrisburg Foundation; Education Committee Working Group, PA Business Roundtable; Chair Emerita of the Board of Trustees, Harrisburg Area Community College.

Resides In: South Middleton Township, PA

Appointed: 2008

Highlights: Retired in 2002 from Hershey Foods Corporation as Senior Vice President - Public Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary; recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of the Molson Coors Brewing Company; Chairman and President of Reese Trusts; graduate of Harvard University and Georgetown University Law School.

Resides In: Hummelstown, PA

Appointed: 2001

Highlights: Testified during Minnesota State Capitol hearing as an advocate of residential education. Works with children on the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation and the Wayzata High School football team, Minnesota. Twice named one of the ten Most Outstanding Minnesotans for Charity Work for his volunteer work with children.

Resides In: Edina, MN

Appointed: 2003; Chair 2006-present

Highlights: Partner, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC (1989-2001); Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1981-89); District Attorney of Dauphin County (1965-80). Board affiliations include Select Medical Corporation; Chairman, Dickinson School of Law of The Pennsylvania State University; President, The Pennsylvania Society; The Whitaker Center for Science and Arts; The Hall Foundation.

Resides In: Harrisburg, PA