chairman

J. Roy Houston
Appointed to the Board in 1968; elected Chairman in 1973.

Retired Marketing Supervisor, Consolidated Gas Company (38 years’ service). Former Executive Director, Westmoreland Economic Development Corporation; past President, Central Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce; past President and Life Member, Murrysville Volunteer Fire Department.

Tom Balya
Appointed to the Board in 2004.

Westmoreland County Commissioner and Chairman of the Board of Commissioners. Chairman, Westmoreland County Industrial Development Corporation; Member and former Chairman, Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission; Board of Directors, Westmoreland County 4-H.

vice 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; Executive Board; Member, Society of American Foresters and Westmoreland Woodlands Improvement Association; Volunteer, Powdermill Nature Reserve.

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.

Treasurer

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

Agent, Kovacik Insurance Agency, and part-time Beef Cattle Farmer. Board Member, Westmoreland Fair; Past-President, Westmoreland County Cooperative Extension Association; Treasurer, Westmoreland County Cattlemen’s Association.

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

Farmer and Builder/Developer. Past President of the Board of Directors, Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture; Member and former Local Chapter Secretary, Ohio Ecological Farm & Food Association; Member, Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh.

secretary

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

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

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; Member, Penn Ag Industry, the Pennsylvania Agronomic Education Society, and The American Society of Agronomy.

Thomas E. Kuzemchak

Appointed to the Board in 2008.

Farmer and retired senior loan officer with Ag Choice Farm Credit. Operates a 130-acre beef and crop farm in Indiana, PA. Member of the Westmoreland County Extension Association Board of Directors and the Latrobe Lions Club.