Alliance Membership

The Alliance membership, which continues to grow, includes leaders and organizations representing the environmental, business, health care, labor, consumer, academic and civic communities. The Alliance works to unite those who are committed to increasing public awareness of the need to keep existing clean energy providers operational. Our membership includes:

• Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry

  The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry is the largest broad-based business association in Pennsylvania. The PA Chamber serves as the frontline advocate for business on Capitol Hill by influencing the legislative, regulatory and judicial branches of state government. It is dedicated to helping its members understand and easily follow the complexities of state and federal workplace regulations, and it aims to improve Pennsylvania’s business climate.

• Harrisburg Regional Chamber & CREDC

  The Harrisburg Regional Chamber & CREDC serves as a catalyst for promoting growth and quality of life in Cumberland, Dauphin and Perry Counties by providing a unique blend of business, community and economic development and advocacy services under one roof to boost our economic vitality and livability as a region. HRC/CREDC has been accredited with four stars from the United States Chamber of Commerce.

• Navarro & Wright Consulting Engineers, Inc.

  Navarro & Wright provides civil engineering and related services for Municipal, Transportation and Land Development clients in the Mid-Atlantic region. Navarro & Wright is certified as a Minority Business Enterprise with numerous state agencies in Pennsylvania, Maryland and New York.

• MLEA, Inc. (Main Line Engineering Associates)

  MLEA Inc. is a multi-disciplinary engineering and equipment systems firm, specializing in gas separation equipment and processes, and broad engineering support of nuclear and fossil fuel power plants. The firm specializes in the application of cryogenic and non-cryogenic processes to generate industrial gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon and hydrogen, and separate and purify a wide range of specialty gases such as those used in the electronics industry (fluorine, nitrogen trifluoride, supercritical carbon dioxide, ammonia, nitrous oxide, etc.).

• Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh

  The University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering is one of the country’s oldest engineering schools with a long history of leading advancements in technology and engineering education. It continues its founding commitment to industrial, electrical, and mining engineering, the fields on which the world relies for its energy and raw materials. The Swanson School also focuses on health, the planet and the ingenuity that keeps the school competitive with esteemed programs in bioengineering, sustainability and product innovation. It has been recognized for providing excellent educational programs, conducting cutting edge research and for creating the partnerships that shape the industry.

The Alliance includes the following distinguished Pennsylvanians:

• The Honorable Carol Aichele

  Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

• The Honorable David G. Argall

  PA State Senator

• Earl M. Baker

  Former PA State Senator

• Gene Barr *

  President, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry

• Michel Barsoum, Ph.D.

  Professor, Drexel University

• Robert Bender

  Director of Business Development, Career Concepts, Inc.

• Doug Biden

  President, Electric Power Generation Association

• David Black

  President and CEO, Harrisburg Regional Chamber and Capital Region Economic Development Corporation (CREDC)

• Charles Bohnenberger

  Vice-President, Government Services, AlliedBarton Security Services LLC

• Jack S. Brenizer, Jr.

  J. ‘Lee’ Everett Professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Chair, Nuclear Engineering Department Penn State University

• John M. Brinjac, PE, LEED®

  President and CEO, Brinjac Engineering

• Megan Buffington

• The Honorable Steve Chronister

  President, York County Board of Commissioners

• Brian J. Clark, Esq. *

  Co-Chair of the Environmental Practice Group, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC

• Ken Curry

  Mary Ann Dailey, DNS, MSN

  Nurse, Former State Representative

  Jeffrey Dean

  Senior Offsite Emergency Preparedness Specialist, Exelon Corporation

  Karen K. Deklinski *

  Owner, Perfectly Pennsylvania

  Theodore J. DelGaizo, PE, Esq.

  President & CEO Main Line Engineering

  The Honorable Sheryl Delozier *

  State Representative, 88th District

  The Honorable Nick DiFrancesco

  President/COO, Pennsylvania Association of Community Bankers

  Peter Duncan *

  Former Secretary of the Department of Environmental Resources

  Michael Ferman

  Vice President of Operations, Newman & Company, Philadelphia

  Terrance J. Fitzpatrick

  President and CEO, Electric Power Generation Association Former Chairman, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

  Kate Gallivan

  Mark Gallivan

  Joseph Germino

  Charlie Gerow

  CEO, Quantum Communications

  Steve Gothreau

  Locomotive Engineer Legislative Representative, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen

  The Honorable George P. Hartwick III

  Dauphin County Commissioner

  The Honorable Jeffrey T. Haste

  Dauphin County Commissioner

  Rodney P. Hawthorne

  Lower Pottsgrove Township Manager

  Douglass C. Henry

  CEO, Henry Molded Products Inc.

  David Hess *

  Former Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection

  The Honorable Tim Holden

  Member of Congress

  Steven King

  Director, Division of Health Physics, Senior Instructor – Radiology Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, The Pennsylvania State University

  Laurie Kolka

  Supervisor of Curriculum & Instruction, Pottstown School District

  Stan Kotala, M.D.

  David La Torre

  Founder, La Torre Communications

  Edward G. Lanza, Esq.

  Associate, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

  Daryl LeHew

  Vice-Chair, Board of Supervisors, Londonderry Township

  Kelly Lewis, JD/MBA

  President & CEO, TechQuest Pennsylvania and the Technology Council of Central PA

  Tom Lindauer

  Former PECO Employee

  Daniel Lispi

  Principal, DRL Consulting & Development, LLC

  Major General William B. Lynch

  Former Adjutant General and Commander, Pennsylvania National Guard

  Major General James MacVay

  Former Adjutant General and Commander, Pennsylvania National Guard

  The Honorable Scott Martin

  Chairman, Lancaster County Board of Commissioners

  Jessica Meyers

  President, JEM Group

  Arthur T. Motta

  Chair and Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Penn State University

  Stephen P. Mullin, M.A.

  Senior Vice President and Principal, Econsult Corporation

  Paul J. Navarro, PE

  President, Navarro & Wright Consulting Engineers, Inc.

  Craig Nesbit *

  Vice President, Communications, Exelon Generation

  Dr. Ivory Nelson

  President, Lincoln University

  Jeffrey J. Norton *

  Member of the Energy Group, Eckert Seamans

  John Oliver *

  Former Commissioner, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

  Reese Palley

  Economist, Author, Merchant, Sailor

  Terry E. Peck *

  Business Manager, UA Local 520 Plumbers and Pipefitters Union

  Tim Phelps *

  Former President, Tri-County Area Chamber of Commerce

  Michael L. Pinca

  INPO Technical Instructor – Nuclear Power Electric Generation NRC Information Correspondent – Pennsylvania, USA

  The Honorable Todd Platts

  Member of Congress

  Daniel B. Pourreau, Ph.D.

  Chemist

  John Quain, Esq.*

  Former Chairman, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

  The Honorable Christopher Reilly

  Vice President, York County Commissioner

  Forrest J. Remick, Ph.D. *

  Professor Emeritus, Nuclear Engineering, Penn State University Former Member, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

  Jim Scherrer

  CEO, Scherrer Resources, Inc.

  Mark Schweiker

  Former Governor of Pennsylvania

  Kevin Shivers *

  State Director, National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)

  Pat Slawecki

  Arthur Spector

  Founder and Managing Director, Safeguard International Fund, L.P.

  The Honorable Dennis Stuckey

  Vice-President, Lancaster County Commissioners

  Karen A. Thole

  Department Head, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Professor of Mechanical Engineering Penn State University

  Glen Thomas

  President, GT Power Group

  Gordon Tomb

  Writer, Energy and Public Policy

  Thomas Troutman

  Retired Lower Pottsgrove Township Commissioner

  Karen Walsh *

  Deloitte Consulting LLP

  Sheriff Carolyn Bunny Welsh

  Sherriff of Chester County

  Ed Whetstone

  West Pottsgrove Township Manager

  Tim Zeliesko

  Energy Advisor, On Demand Energy Solutions

* Advisory Board Member. The Alliance’s Advisory Board recommends how to best fulfill the Alliance’s mission of increasing awareness of the need for energy policies that protect the environment and improve the state’s economy