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Wolf names more members to transition team

Gov.-elect Tom Wolf has announced more members to his transition team.

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Gov.-elect Tom Wolf has announced more members to his transition team.


Governor-elect Tom Wolf has announced more members to his transition team. They will work with the committee heads he named last week and the outgoing Corbett administration to identify issues and challenges at state agencies.
You can read the full list of transition team members here.
Here are the names at the state agencies most involved with gas drilling:
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

  • Chair Caren Glotfelty: Executive Director, Allegheny County Parks Foundation
  • Jacqui Bonomo:  Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Funders Network
  • Darla Cravotta: Manager Of Special Projects for Allegheny County Executive Office
  • Michael DiBerardinis: Deputy Mayor for Environmental and Community Resources, City of Philadelphia
  • Cynthia Dunn: President and CEO, PennFuture; Former Deputy Secretary of Conservation and Technical Service, DCNR
  • Julien Gaudion: Corporate Energy Manager, Aqua America; Former program manager; PA DEP’s Office of Energy & Technology Deployment
  • Mike Schiller: CEO, Green Building Alliance
  • Larry Schweiger: Former President and CEO, National Wildlife Federation
  • Tim Weston: Partner at K&L Gates

 
Department of Environmental Protection

  • Co-Chair Christina Simeone: Deputy Director, Kleinman Energy Policy Center at University of Pennsylvania
  • Co-Chair Robb Fox: Partner, Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP
  • Denise Brinley: Vice President and Principal Consultant, TRC Companies; Former Deputy Secretary and Bureau Director of Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields, DEP
  • Alexandra Chiaruttini: Attorney, Stock and Leader
  • Carol Collier: Senior Advisor for Watershed Management and Policy, The Academy of Natural Sciences at Drexel University; Former Executive Director, PA 21st Century Environmental Commission
  • Mark Critz: Former Legislator
  • Nick DeBenedictis: Chairman, President and CEO, Aqua America
  • George Ellis: Executive Director PA Coal Alliance
  • Jill Gaito: Founder and Principal, Gaito & Associates; Former Secretary of the Office of Community Revitalization and Local Government Support, DEP
  • Nick Haden: Vice President of Marketing & Government Relations, Reserved Environmental Services
  • Brian Kauffman: Executive Director, Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance
  • Pat Lupo: Education Director, Earth Action at Environment Erie
  • Joseph Reinhardt: Co-Chairman, Energy and Natural Resources Group of Babst Calland
  • Scott Roberts: Senior Advisor, Abraham & Roetzel; Former Deputy Secretary for Mineral Resources Management, DEP
  • Michael Walsh: President, Walsh Strategy Group; Former Deputy Secretary, PDE
  • Shari Williams: Community Outreach Manager, Marcellus Shale Coalition
  • Steve Winberg: Vice-President, Consol Energy

 
Public Utility Commission

  • Chair Brent Alderfer: CEO and co-founder, Community Energy
  • Ronald Boston: Senior Pennsylvania Government Affairs Manager, Duane Morris Government Strategies
  • Charlie Breslin: CEO, Rittenhouse Consulting Company
  • Nora Brownell: Co-founder, Espy Energy Solutions, LLC; Former Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Former President, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
  • Lisa Crutchfield: Senior Vice President of Advocacy and Public Affairs, Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce; Former Vice Chairman, Pennsylvania PUC
  • David Hyman: Managing Partner, Kleinbard LLC
  • Jeff Letwin: Partner, Schnader Attorneys at Law
  • Jamie Maguire: Chairman of the Board, Philadelphia Insurance Companies
  • Elizabeth (Liz) Murphy: Vice President, Governmental & External Affairs, PECO
  • Sonny Popowsky: Retired, Consumer Advocate, Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate
  • Bill Vinsko: Managing Principal & Founder, Vinsko & Associates, PC

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