IssuesPA is a nonpartisan initiative to engage the state’s leaders, candidates for public office, and citizens in a serious, public examination of the key issues facing Pennsylvania’s future. Its goals are:
- To promote statewide, serious, focused examination of key issues critical to the Commonwealth’s future attractiveness as a place to live, work, and do business, and
- To engage leaders and citizens in a process that will challenge candidates, office-holders, and parties to be specific and visionary.
About the Pennsylvania Economy League, Inc.
The Pennsylvania Economy League (PEL) has been a force for positive chance since 1936. It is the leading regionally-based, statewide public policy organization providing independent research and insight on emerging issues with the goal of stimulating public and private action to make Pennsylvania a better place to live, work, and do business. The hallmarks of the Pennsylvania Economy League are credible information, insight, and integrity. A nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, PEL is supported by its members, foundations, and contracted research. PEL has three offices across the state, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Wilkes Barre, each with its own governance and agenda specific to its region.
Economy League of Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Steven T. Wray, Executive Director and Managing Director of PEL, Inc.
Pennsylvania Economy League Central PA, Wilkes-Barre
Gerald Cross, Executive Director
Pennsylvania Economy League of Southwest Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
Brian K. Jensen, PhD, Executive Director
Management and Leadership: PEL State Board
Officers
Chair and President: Gregory J. Nowak, Esq.
Vice Chair and Vice President: Robert M. Geneczko
Secretary - Treasurer: Phillip A. Peterson
Assistant Secretary: Thomas L. VanKirk, Esq.
Members of the Board
Joseph C. Bright, Esq., Cozen O'Connor
Fred Callahan, Colony Papers, Inc.
Laura E. Ellsworth, Esq., Jones Day
Robert M. Geneczko, PPL Electric Utilities, Inc.
Robert Krizner – KPMG
Jeffrey P. Lindtner, Jeffrey P. Lindtner & Associates
Gregory J. Nowak, Esq., Pepper Hamilton, LLP
Philip A. Peterson, FSA, Aon Consulting, Inc.
H. David Prior, Esq., Ballard, Spahr, LLP
Richard A. Russell, Giant Eagle, Inc.
Richard G. Russell, Hershey Foods Corporation
William H. Simpson, Susquehanna Real Estate LLP
Thomas L. VanKirk, Esq., Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney, PC
