Robert Ackerman
Named Associate Director in 1993.
Environmental Tree Farmer and retired Chemical Engineer. President, Westmoreland Woodlands Improvement Associa-tion; Member-at-large, Westmoreland County, Penn’s Corner Resource Conservation & Development Area; Dom Care Provider, Area Agency on Aging, Westmoreland County.
Barbara D. McMillan
Named Associate Director in 2008.
Educational Psychologist. Westmoreland County 4-H leader; member, Westmoreland Bird and Nature Club; Penn State master gardener.
Bruce Corna, Jr.
Named Associate Director in 2008.
Principal in Bruce Construction, LLC; botanic, LLC; and Pennsylvania Horticulture and Environmental, LLC. Vice chairman, Westmoreland Land Trust; associated with the Green Building Alliance and the US Green Building Council.
Theresa Gay Rohall
Named Associate Director in 1994.
Former coordinator of Education, Powdermill Nature Reserve, Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Member, Citizens Advisory Board, Westmoreland County Parks and Recreation; Loyalhanna Watershed Association; Association of Nature Center Administrators; and Holy Trinity Parish and Folk Group.
Joseph Dietrick
Named Associate Director in 2008.
Professional Engineer and Professional Land Surveyor, The Markosky Engineering Group Inc. Associated with the Latrobe Industrial Development Authority, the Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors, and the Laurel Highlands Trail.
Jesse Salensky
Named Associate Director in 2009.
Principal, botanic, LLC. Board Member and Director of Committee for Sustainabililty, Vandergrift Improvement Porgram; Member, International Society of Arboriculture, Pennsylvania Landscape and Nurseryman’s Association; certified arborist.
Dwight Sarver
Named Associate Director in 2008.
Greensburg area Beef Producer. President and Director, Westmoreland County Farm Bureau; committee member, Alternate county Farm Service Agency.
Alexander J. Graziani, AICP
Named Associate Director in 2001.
City Manager, City of Latrobe; Past Executive Director, Smart Growth Partnership of Westmoreland County. Vice President, Pennsylvania Planning Association; Member, American Planning Association, Urban Land Institute, and Congress for New Urbanism; Board Member, Greensburg-Hempfield Area Library.
Elmer G. Slezak
Named Associate Director in 2000.
Retired social studies Teacher. Past President
and current Member, Sportsmen’s Association of Greensburg; past President, Westmoreland County Sportsmen’s League; Life Member, Arlington and Keystone Rod & Gun Club; Judge Advocate, VFW Post 33, Greensburg; Saint Vincent College Fellow.
Karen Jurkovic
Named Associate Director in 2008.
Communications consultant, specializing in environmental communications. Secretary, Westmoreland Land Trust; member, Citizens Advisory Board, Westmoreland County Parks and Recreation; member, Botanical Society of Westmoreland County and Westmoreland Bird and Nature Club.
Joseph Kalinowski
Named Associate Director in 2004.
Retired Mechanical Engineer, Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory. Secretary, Westmoreland Woodlands Improvement Association; Member/Volunteer, Pennsylvania Forest Stewardship Program, SCORE Westmoreland Chapter, Westmoreland Cleanways, and Westmoreland Bird and Nature Club.
John Turack
Named Associate Director in 2004.
Economic and Community Development Educator, Penn State Cooperative Extension and Smart Growth Partnership Educational Outreach; past elected Supervisor, Washington Township; past Main Street Program Manager, Blairsville; and past independent public relations consultant/freelance journalist.
Ellen Keefe
Named Associate Director in 2008.
Executive Director, Westmorleand Cleanways. Board member, Friends of Keystone State Park, and the Latrobe Municipal Authority; member, Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania; Penn State master gardener.
Keith Walters
Named Associate Director in 1982; also served as Director from 1994-1999.
Farmer, Dairyman and Owner of a 90-acre dairy farm in New Alexandria, and Owner of Walters Electric Service. Director, Westmoreland Dairy Promotion Board, Westmoreland Fair, and PA Holstein State; President, Westmoreland Farmers Picnic Committee; Member, Pennsylvania Dairy Herd Improvement Association.