Commissioners

Representative Paul Takac
Chair
PA House of Representatives
Centre County
Senator Judy Ward
Vice Chair
PA State Senate
Blair, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, and Mifflin Counties
Mr. Jordan Grady
Secretary
Governor's Appointee
President, Butler County Chamber of Commerce
Ms. Gina Suydam
Assistant Secretary
PA Chamber of Business and Industry Representative
Director, External Relations
Commissioner Albert "Chip" Abramovic
County Commissioner
Venango County
Ms. Lisa Davis
Director, Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health
Professor, The Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Laura Dimino
Center for Rural Pennsylvania
Interim Executive Director
Mr. Nathan Lesh
Statewide Farm Organization Representative
Vice President, Pennsylvania Future Farmers of America
Senator James Malone
PA State Senate
Lancaster County
Commissioner Betsy McClure
County Commissioner
Greene County
Ms. Janet Pennington
PA School Boards Association Representative
Board Member, Southeastern Greene School District
Mr. Drew Popish
Governor's Appointee
Northeast Regional Director, Office of Governor Shapiro
Dr. Karen Riley
State System of Higher Education Representative
President, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Ms. Heidi Secord
Deputy Secretary for Farm, Food, and Market Access
PA Department of Agriculture
Executive Director, Rural Development Council
Representative Michael Stender
PA House of Representatives
Montour/Northumberland Counties

Please check back for additional updates to Commissioners of the Rural Population Revitalization Commission in the coming months.