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Main Line Health, Bryn Mawr, has elected the following members to its board of governors: Cynthia DeFidelto, who retired from Towers Watson as global account director; Michelle J. Hong, a lawyer and director of wealth planning in the Philadelphia office of Brown Bros. Harriman; and John L. Walsh, president and CEO of UGI Corp.

Michelle J. Hong (right) and  Melvin Singleton.
Michelle J. Hong (right) and Melvin Singleton.Read more

Main Line Health,

Bryn Mawr, has elected the following members to its board of governors:

Cynthia DeFidelto,

who retired from Towers Watson as global account director;

Michelle J. Hong,

a lawyer and director of wealth planning in the Philadelphia office of Brown Bros. Harriman; and

John L. Walsh,

president and CEO of UGI Corp.

Orla Pease has been named president of the Mid-Atlantic Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers. She is vice president, Philadelphia regional manager, of Urban Engineers Inc., Philadelphia.

Rebuilding Together Philadelphia, an independent affiliate of Rebuilding Together Inc., a national nonprofit that provides critical home repairs, modifications, and improvements for low-income homeowners, has named Nelson Acevedo and Melvin Singleton to its board. Acevedo is vice president and community consultant for PNC Community Development Banking. Singleton is an inspector with the Philadelphia Police Department and commanding officer of its Narcotics Division.

Public Interest Law Center, a nonprofit law firm that helps vulnerable populations gain access to basic resources, has elected Robert J. LaRocca to its board. He is a director and shareholder of Kohn Swift & Graf PC.

The U.S. Sentencing Commission has appointed Ronald H. Levine chair of its Practitioners Advisory Group. He is chair of Philadelphia law firm Post & Schell's internal investigations and white-collar defense group.

College Possible Philadelphia, a nonprofit organization making college admission possible for low-income students, has named Susan Buehler, executive vice president of Bellevue Communications Group, and Scott Glenn, an instructor of business, economics, and marketing at Pennsylvania State University-Brandywine, to its board.

GreenLight Fund Philadelphia, part of a Boston-based nonprofit that uses a venture capital-based approach to philanthropy, has named the following executives to its Selection Advisory Council: Luke Butler, strategy and operations manager at Curalate; Brigitte Daniel, executive vice president of Wilco Systems; Lee Garber, principal of NewSpring Capital; Jon Gosier, general partner of Cross Valley Capital; Maia Jachimowicz, vice president for evidence-based policy at Results for America; Tayyib Smith, founding partner of Little Giant Creative; and Joy Soto, former executive director of the Philadelphia Youth Commission.

John Aglialoro has been elected to the board of the Museum of the American Revolution, Philadelphia. Aglialoro is an area entrepreneur who has owned and operated a variety of businesses as chairman of UM Holdings Ltd. of Haddonfield, a private equity company he cofounded with wife Joan Carter. David Acton has been named vice chairman. Acton has been a professional arbitrator and mediator for more than 25 years. He also has been a business executive and real estate project manager, as well as a practicing lawyer representing clients in a wide variety of areas.

St. James School, an Episcopal middle school for undersourced students in the Allegheny West neighborhood of North Philadelphia, has named the Rev. W. Frank Allen to its board. He is rector of St. David's Church, Wayne.

William J. Bonenberger has been elected chairman of the board of trustees of Williamson College of the Trades, Media. He is founder and president of W.B. Homes Inc., North Wales.

- Mike Zebe