Staff

Executive Director
Douglas E. Bilheimer

Deputy Executive Director of Administration
Wendy W. Fonner, CMP

Deputy Executive Director of Member Services
Craig Fahnestock, CAE

Senior Director of Government Relations
Jennie Shade

Government Relations Consultant
Richard Fox

Director of Public Affairs
Jennifer L. Case

Director of Education
Michael T. Baer

Director of Member Relations
Mandi Glantz, CAE

Communications and Administration Manager
Kimberly A. Wenrich

Data Administrator
Michael Gruschow

Senior Administrative Assistant
Cindy L. Geesaman

Administrative Assistant
Lisa Henry


LEGAL COUNSEL

Solicitor East 
Steven A. Hann, Esquire
Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin

Mr. Hann is a Partner at Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin, where he chairs the firm’s Environmental Law Department and maintains an active Municipal Law practice. Mr. Hann earned a B.S. Degree in Meteorology from Penn State and a Certificate in Broadcast Meteorology from Mississippi State University. He received his law degree from Temple University School of Law, where he was Articles Editor of the Temple Environmental Law and Technology Journal.
 

Solicitor West
Michael J. Witherel, Esquire
Witherel Kalina Law Group

Mr. Witherel is the owner of the law firm of Witherel Kalina Law Group. He worked as a trial prosecutor in the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office from 1978-1982, since leaving that office, he has engaged in a general practice of law, concentrating in municipal and school law, civil, commercial and criminal litigation, and labor law. His firm represents municipal authorities, school districts, townships, boroughs, planning commissions, and zoning hearing boards. Mr. Witherel is 2009 co-recipient of the PMAA Markus Award.