Business groups elect new leaders
Both the Butler County Chamber of Commerce and the Butler Downtown boards of directors have new members.
Here are the leaders of the two groups for 2009.
• The chamber's officers are: Jocelyn Howard Sinopoli, C.W. Howard Insurance Agency, chairwoman; Brenda Lemon, Minuteman Press, first vice chairwoman; Nicholas Neupauer, president of Butler County Community College, second vice chairman; Jim Hackbart, business consultant, treasurer; and Tom Graham, owner of Frames & Pixels, immediate past chairman.• New board members are: Terry Alverez, director of advertising for the Butler Eagle; Aubrey Hulings, assistant vice president and regional manager for Farmers National Bank of Emlenton; Brian McCaffery, owner of Kenmac Rentals and Sales; and Jody Offstein, vice president of Furniture Galleries.• Other board members are: John Brautigam of Clearview Mall; Theresa Brick of Embarq; Ken DeFurio of Butler Health System; Mike Hufnagle of First National Bank of Pennsylvania; Brian Llewellyn of Concordia Lutheran Ministries; Angela McGee of Butler Country Club; Glenn Miller of the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home; Ruth Purcell of Slippery Rock University; Vic Rozic of Calumet-Penreco LLC/Karns City; Diane Sheets of the Community Development Corporation of Butler County; Larry Sommers of the C.W. Howard Insurance Agency; Jennifer Sproat-Whitmoyer of NexTier Bank; and Joe Taylor of Armstrong.
• Butler Downtown, the committee that oversees the downtown revitalization and the Main Street program, elected Cynthia Closkey, Jonathan Dreher, John Mossman and Steve Newcaster as new board members.• The executive board members are: Joseph Grey, president; Brian McCafferty, vice president; Cathy Glasglow, second vice president; and Lara Wozniak, treasurer.
