Board of Directors

North Branch Region

Michael Lombardo 
Michael Lombardo’s varied career encompasses the worlds of business, local government, and education.  He is currently the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry.  In 1998 Mike was elected Mayor of Pittston and, four years later, the voters re-elected him.  He attended college in Lewisburg, earning both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in psychology from BucknellUniversity.  For seven years, beginning in 1998, Mike was a school psychologist and special education director with the Pittston Area School District.

West Branch Region

Susan L. Browning - Secretary of SGP Board of Directors
The pursuit of “collaborative working partnerships” is part of Susan Browning’s personal mission statement.  It is a philosophy she has followed throughout her 15 years in community health and in her current position as Executive Director of the Susquehanna Valley Rural Health Partnership.  In her career, Susan has been associated with several hospitals and universities including Susquehanna Health System, Penn State, University of Pennsylvania, Geisinger Medical Center, St. Joseph Hospital, and Alvernia College.    

Daniel R. Jones
For 34 years Daniel Jones served on the faculty of Penn State’s Department of Landscape Architecture.  His background includes over a dozen river evaluation studies in Pennsylvania.  Dan remains active in landscape architecture as a member of the Urban Land Institute, and Fellow with the American Society of Landscape Architects.  He also provides assistance to the Borough of State College through its tree commission and design boards.

Suzanne Lee, Chair of SGP Development / Outreach Committee
Since 2007 Suzanne has been the President and CEO of The First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania.  Included are three partnering community foundations- Williamsport Lycoming Community Foundation, Danville Area Community Foundation and Union County Community Foundation.  Before moving to Williamsport, Pennsylvania she was the President of the Community Foundation of the Elmira-Corning and Finger Lakes for 13 years.  During her tenure she changed a volunteer- directed community foundation (assets $2.2 million) into a professional, highly valued community asset of $34 million.

Jerry Walls, AICP- Chair of SGP Board of Directors
Jerry Walls was one of the founding organizers of the Susquehanna Greenway Partnership and signed the original SGP Charter in 2001.  Jerry served as Executive Director / CEO of the Lycoming County Planning Commission for 38 years.  Jerry advocated mobilization of regional greenways as the representative of the PA Planning Association on the Governor's Greenways Partnership Commission.  Jerry was recognized by DCNR wiht the Greenways Pioneer award and the PPA with the Distinguished Leadership- Professional Planner, Lycoming County Distinguished Public Service Award, Governor's Foundation - Governmental Conservation Leadership Award.  Jerry enjoys bicycling, canoeing, kayaking, hiking, and hunting- so he has an up-close personal knowledge of the Susquehanna River Watershed. 

Middle Susquehanna Region

Cathy Curran Meyers
Cathy is the Executive Director of the Bucknell University Environmental Center. Cathy formerly served as Deputy Secretary for Water Management in the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP), where she shaped the water policy of the Commonwealth from 2003-2009.  Water programs under her direction included safe drinking water, surface and groundwater quality, wetlands protection, watershed management and restoration, stormwater management, nutrient management, flood control, drought management and dam safety.  Cathy serves on the SGP Policy Committee and River Towns Committee.
Read an SGP interview with Cathy here.

Teri MacBride
In 2008, Teri MacBride became Regional Community Relations Director for PPL Services Corporation.  Her role has her actively representing PPL Corporation throughout Northumberland, Montour, Columbia, and western Luzerne counties.  Prior to PPL, Teri served as Executive Director for Economic Development Marketing at the PA Department of Community and Economic Development.  In 2003, Teri’s career in international business and economic development took a different turn when she joined the first US Peace Corps Volunteers in Albania.  She graduated from American University with a BA in International Studies, and completed a Master of Science degree in Public Administration at Shippensburg University.  

Martin Walzer IV- Treasurer of SGP Board of Directors
Community interest and involvement have been a major focus of Martin’s.  He chaired the campaign to raise funds and build the Danville Area Community Center, is a Past President of the Danville Chamber of Commerce, and serves on numerous boards including the Danville Area Community Foundation, Columbia Montour Visitors Bureau, and Danville Area Industrial Development Corporation.  Food lovers in the region have fond memories of Martin’s 40 years as owner and operator of The Pine Barn Inn, a well known Danville restaurant. 

Lower Susquehanna Region

V. Diane Alwine- Vice-Chair of SGP Board of Directors
Diane Alwine, better known as “Dee,” has been with The Hershey Company since the late ’70s.  Today, as the company’s Director for Environmental and Safety Compliance, she oversees environmental management for the entire corporation, which includes 18 manufacturing plants in North and South America.  During the early part of her career,Dee  was responsible for the water resource management program for the main Hershey plant.  She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Biology and a Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineering.

Liz Garland Deardorff
Since 2007, Liz has worked with American Rivers Clean Water program to help Pennsylvania embrace green infrastructure through stronger funding, planning, and regulatory programs.  Before joining American Rivers, Liz helped citizen-based watershed groups use the Clean Water Act and other policies to restore and protect rivers across West Virginia. Read an SGP interview with Liz here. 

Wayne Kober
As president of a transportation and environmental management consulting firm in Dillsburg, PA, Wayne helps clients integrate environmental stewardship and management into multi-modal transportation planning, project development, construction, maintenance, and operations.  He has over 32 years of transportation environmental management experience, including more than 26 years with PennDOT, where Wayne formerly served as Director of the Department’s Bureau of Environmental Quality.  In his capacity as an AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials), consultant, Wayne has been integrally involved with a number of the organization’s endeavors including the Transportation Environmental Stewardship Demonstration Program, the Center for Environmental Excellence, and the Environmental Management System Technical Assistance Program. Read an SGP interview with Wayne here.

Marel Raub, Chair of SGP Governance Committee
In 2004, Marel Raub became Pennsylvania Director of the Chesapeake Bay Commission, which advises the state legislatures of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia on matters of Bay-wide importance.  For five years previously, she was associated with the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, and continues to assist with her family’s dairy farm and ice cream business in Perry County.  Ms. Raub received her law degree from Dickinson and is a member of the American and Pennsylvania bar associations.