York County Economic Alliance announces new board members, executive committee

Paula Wolf//January 5, 2022

The York County Economic Alliance announced changes to its board leadership and executive committee and the appointment of seven board members.

Jeffrey Vermeulen, assistant vice president for external relations with York College of Pennsylvania, is the 2022-2023 chair of the board of directors. He was vice chair for the past year, previously chaired the Advocacy Committee, and has over 10 years of involvement with the alliance.

“It is an incredible honor to serve as the chair for an organization that truly makes things happen every day in York County; furthermore, it is particularly humbling to have the reins of leadership handed to me by the past chair, Bill Yanavitch,” Vermeulen said in a release.

Grace Quartey returns to the Executive Committee as treasurer and Finance Committee chair, along with Bev Mackereth as Advocacy Committee chair.

John Mocny and Oliver Hoar are joining the Executive Committee as secretary and York County Industrial Development Authority designee, respectively.

Mocny oversees plant operations as general manager of Harley-Davidson York Vehicle Operations and Hoar is the proprietor of Hoar Investments.

William T. Yanavitch II will continue as immediate past chair of the board.

In addition to Hoar, the other six new board members are:

· Laura Buczkowski, senior vice president and chief financial officer of WellSpan Health.

· Todd Davies, superintendent of West York Area School District.

· Michael Gaskins, president of UPMC Memorial and UPMC Hanover.

· Joe Malda, an economic development consultant with FirstEnergy.

· Casey “Kat” Rossum, owner of Kat Choreography.

· Ruben Warren, general manager of Hollywood Casino York

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