Board

The Westmoreland Land Trust is an independent organization, directed by a board of local citizens. The trust is not responsible for any local zoning decisions.

Full-term appointments are for three-year terms.  Initial appointments of new members may be for partial terms, to keep the number of terms expiring at the same time balanced.  Current board members of the land trust are as follow;  short biographies of board members may be read here.

  • Cary Bohl, Murrysville, Environmental Volunteer
  • Fred Bononi, Hempfield Township, Certified Public Accountant (retired)
  • Doug Chew, Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County Commissioner
  • Rob Cronauer, Salem Township, District Manager of Westmoreland Conservation District
  • Alyson Fearon, Monroeville, Allegheny Land Trust Project Manager
  • Richard Kacin, Murrysville, Founder and President of Kacin Companies
  • Brian Lawrence, Greensburg, Executive Director of Westmoreland County Redevelopment Authority and Land Bank
  • Cokie Lindsay, Ligonier Township, Community Volunteer
  • John Lohr, Mount Pleasant, retired Executive Director of United States Dep’t of Agriculture Farm Service Agency for Westmoreland and Fayette Counties
  • Kim Miller, Ligonier Township, Farmer
  • Andrew L. Mack, New Florence, Penn State University (Altoona)
  • William Mihalco, Harrison City, Retired Environmental Engineer
  • Jack Paulik, Derry Township, Retired Westmoreland County Parks Development Coordinator
  • Bill Powers, Murrysville, Engineering Manager for Software Engineering Contracting Company and Founder/Proprietor of PixCams, Inc.
  • Patrick Roberts, Greensburg, Latrobe Junior High School Science Teacher
  • Joseph Romano, Greensburg, Retired Senior Project Manager,  Skelly and Loy
  • Brandon Simpson, Unity Township, Director of Westmoreland County Bureau of Parks & Recreation
  • Edward Zinkan, Penn Township, Engineering and Industrial Marketing Consultant