MARSHALL TWP — Chris Brussalis, president and CEO of The Hill Group, was elected chairman of the board of the Regional Learning Alliance at the Oct. 21 board meeting.

The RLA, a learning and conference center, is in the Cranberry Woods office park off Route 228 in Cranberry and Marshall townships.

It offers more than 30 degree programs from associate to doctoral degrees through nine colleges and universities. It also provides a variety of resources such as a writing and research center, computer labs, vending cafe and a virtual library.

Brussalis also is an adjunct professor of management and policy at the Heinz College of Carnegie Mellon University.

Other RLA board members are: vice chairman A.J. Harper, president of the Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania; secretary Justin Griffith, chief executive officer of the RLA; treasurer Margaret Irvine Weir, director of member services for the Federal Home Loan Bank; and members Kraig McEwen, president of Aesynt (formerly McKesson Automation); Paul Uhler, vice president of global and human resource & corporate communications for MSA; and Roger Willis, president of Universal Well Services.