
Members of the Alice C. Wiltsie Performing Arts
Center auditorium board of directors display a check for
$100,000 securing naming rights for the facility.The contributionwasmade
by AllanWerst,nephewof the late art
teacher for whom the auditorium is being named. Front
row, from left: Bob Shanno, board co-chairman; board
member Alice Kender, lead contact with the Wiltsie family;
Francis Libonati,board co-chairman, and SamMarolo,
superintendent of the Hazleton Area School District. Directors
in back row are attorney Anthony Dixon, Elaine
Maddon Curry, board President Tom Gabos and Treasurer
Tony Cusatis. Click here to read more |
Castle Auditorium Board of Directors
The establishment of the Castle Board of Directors is comprised of community leaders overseeing all activity pertaining to the $3 million Castle Auditorium Restoration and Have A Seat Campaign, acting on behalf of the community at large and contributors while carrying out the organization’s mission and goals.
Directors:
Amilcar Arroyo – Publisher, El Mensajero
Charles Barber – President & CEO, The Luzerne Foundation
Jeanne Sacco Burger – Jeanne S Burger Performing Arts Center
Elaine Curry – President, HASB
Tony Cusatis – KNBT {missing from picture}
Mary Pat Dolon – Grant Specialist & Writer, LCCC {missing from picture}
Tom Gabos – Hazleton City Council
Steve Hahn – HASB
Martha Herron – Community Development Director, PPL {missing from picture}
Lil Junas – Freelance Writer
Kevin O’Donnell – President, CAN DO
Donna Palermo – Executive Director, Hazleton Chamber of Commerce
Lonni Polli – Earley – Polli Agency
Jack St. Pierre – Executive Director, CAN BE
Frank Victor – Superintendent, HASD
Carmella Yenkevich – HASB (alternate Castle Board Member)
Castle Auditorium Co – Chairs
Francis Libonati, Principal, HAHS (retired) {missing from picture}
Rocco Mussoline, Principal, HAHS (retired)
Robert Shanno, HAHS Teacher (retired)
Castle Auditorium Honorary Chairs
Jeanne Gormley, In Memory
Gil Degenhart
Joe Maddon
Dr. Stanley Yamulla
Castle Committee Board Representatives
Alice Kender, Lead Contact
Karen Flannery, Marketing & Development Chair
You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give…Winston Churchill