Board of Directors

Chairman

Ronald Rohall

Appointed to the Board in 1993; elected Treasurer in 1996; elected Vice Chairman in 1999.

Consulting Forester. Past President, Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts; Chairman, Ohio Water Resources Regional Committee; Member, Society of American Foresters and Westmoreland Woodlands Improvement Association.

Vice Chairman

William Doney

Appointed to the Board in 2001; elected Secretary in 2008.

Retired Teacher. Owner and Operator of a 220-acre farm in South Huntingdon Township. Board Member, Smithton Library; Board Member, Bible Alliance Church; Member, Turkeytown Volunteer Fire Department.

Treasurer

Conrad Donovan

Appointed to the Board in 1996; elected Treasurer in 1999.

Auditor, Sarp & Company, and part-time Beef Cattle Farmer. Board Member, Westmoreland Fair; past President, Westmoreland County Cooperative Extension Association.

Secretary

Kim Edward Miller

Named Associate Director in 2001; appointed to the Board in 2003.

Farmer and Builder/Developer. Board President, GreenForge, Inc. Advisory Board Member, Smart Growth Partnership of Westmoreland County; Executive Secretary, North American Devon Association; past President, Board of Directors, Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture.

 

Albert Barnett

Appointed to the Board in 1990.

Retired Plumber/Pipefitter, Kennametal Inc. Board Member, Westmoreland Cleanways; former Board Member and Day Chairman, American Red Cross; past President and Board Member, Westmoreland County Sportsmen’s League.

Charles Duritsa

Named Associate Director in 2006; appointed to the Board in 2011.

Retired Director, Southwest Regional Office, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and Environmental Consultant. Pennsylvania Commissioner, Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission; Board Member, Westmoreland Land Trust and Turtle Creek Watershed Association.

Ted Kopas

Named Associate Director in 2004; Appointed to the Board in 2010.

Westmoreland County Commissioner. Member, Board of Directors, Westmoreland County Industrial Development Corporation, Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission, Westmoreland Community Action, Emergency Food and Shelter Program and Westmoreland Land Trust; Member, IMPACT Council, United Way of Westmoreland County; Westmoreland County Democratic Committee.

 

Paul Sarver

Appointed to the Board in 2009.

Owner and Operator of Sarver’s Hill Organic Farm and CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). Manager, Farmers’ Market Association of Central Westmoreland County; Member, Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture and Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association.

 

 

Fred Slezak

Appointed to the Board in 2006.

 Farmer, Manager/Owner of Lone Maple Farms, and Certified Crop Adviser. Past President and Board Member, Westmoreland County Farm Bureau; Board Member, No-till Alliance; Member, Penn Ag Industry, the Pennsylvania Agronomic Education Society, and The American Society of Agronomy.