Rendell Appoints Dambly, Silvis to Penn State Board

Gov. Ed Rendell has appointed two new members to the Penn State Board of Trustees, the university has announced.

Mark H. Dambly and Paul H. Silvis will serve one- and three-year terms on the board, respectively, according to the announcement. Rendell also has reappointed Ira Lubert, a trustee since 2007, for another three-year term on the board.

Dambly, a Penn State graduate who holds a degree in real estate and insurance, is the president of the Pennrose Properties real-estate group in Philadelphia. He has held that position for six years, according to the university announcement. On the Penn State board, Dambly, of Media, will succeed Roger J. Reschini.

Silvis, of Patton Township, is a graduate of Penn State’s Business Executive MBA Program. He founded Restek, a Bellefonte-based international manufacturing group, and runs SilcoTek, a local technology company. Silvis also serves on the advisory board for Penn State’s current capital campaign. On the trustees board, he will succeed Eugene Chaiken.

Lubert, meanwhile, is chairman and founder of Philadelphia-based Lubert-Adler Real Estate. He holds a degree in food service and housing administration from Penn State. He is a holder of the Penn State Alumni Fellow and Distinguished Alumnus awards, the university noted.

Thirty-two people sit on the university’s trustees board, which is the ultimate governing and oversight authority at Penn State. Six of the trustees are appointed by the state governor.

The board’s next meeting is scheduled for Nov. 5 at the Nittany Lion Inn, on the University Park campus.

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