Robert Ackerman
Named Associate Director in 1993.
Environmental Tree Farmer and retired Chemical Engineer. President, Westmoreland Woodlands Improvement Association; Member-at-large, Westmoreland County, Penn’s Corner Resource Conservation & Development Area; Dom Care Provider, Area Agency on Aging, Westmoreland County.
Chuck Duritsa
Named Associate Director in 2006.
Former Regional Director, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Board Chairman,
Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research and Education; Pennsylvania Commissioner, the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission; Board Member and Vice President, River Quest (formerly Pittsburgh Voyager); Board Member, Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania.
Alexander J. Graziani, AICP
Named Associate Director in 2001.
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.
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. |
Ted Kopas
Named Associate Director in 2004.
Chief of Staff for Westmoreland County Commission Chairman Tom Balya. Member, Board of Directors, Westmoreland Human Opportunities, Inc., Westmoreland ARC Foundation, and Emergency Food and Shelter Program; Member, IMPACT Council, United Way of Westmoreland County; Member, Westmoreland County Democratic Committee.
Theresa Gay Rohall
Named Associate Director in 1994.
Coordinator of Education, Powdermill Nature Reserve, Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Former Member, Board of Directors, and current Member, Loyalhanna Watershed Association; Member, Association of Nature Center Administrators, and Holy Trinity Parish and Folk Group.
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.
John Turack
Named Associate Director in 2004.
Washington Township Supervisor; Main Street Program Manager, Blairsville Improvement Group; and Owner/Operator of family farm. Volunteer Ambassador, Smart Growth Partnership of Westmoreland County; Leadership Team Member, “Future of Westmoreland Agriculture.”
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. |
