Dr. Mary Myers, Acting Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture

• President of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) an international organization of university professors of Landscape Architecture. She has been affiliated with CELA for 9 years.
• Member: American Society of Landscape Architects — Campus Planning and Design Professional Interest Group.
• Member: Council of Landscape Architects’ Review Board.
• Member: Environmental Design Research Association.

Linda Palmarozza, Department Manager, Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture

• Volunteer with Stray Cat Blues, Inc. for over 10 years. Served as President for 4 years, a member of the board of directors for 4 years, and is now foster coordinator, board member and, PR coordinator for the group, which partners with residents in the community to humanely trap and sterilize feral cats in their backyards and places of business.
• Active in several community play productions each year.

Allen Hornblum, Assistant Professor, Geography and Urban Studies

• Invited and scheduled to give university-wide lectures this coming fall at St. Joseph’s University, Drexel Medical School, and NYU.
• Publishing a new book coming out in the fall entitled, Sentenced To Science. It is a sequel to his earlier book on the Holmesburg Prison medical experiments.

Susan Hyer, Associate Director fo Computer Services

• Upper Dublin School District Strategic Planning Steering Committee — serving for four years as a member of a committee chaired by the superintendent of UD Schools.
• Upper Dublin Technology Advisory Committee — serving for three years as committee member.
• National Foundation for Celiac Awareness — 1yr. served as Chair 2006-2007, Kids Corner Celiac Group, Abington Memorial Hospital.
• Member of Philadelphia Users Group for Celiac Disease — two years, member.

Mary P. Miller, Adjunct Instructor, Temple University Ambler

• Member of the TriCounty Community Network (TCN) serving Montgomery, Chester and Berks counties. Chair of a Youth Committee B.U.S.Y. (Building Up Strengths in Youth) Teens under this organization. 
• Serves on the Mongomery County Youth Council under the Montgomery County Economic Workforce Development Board. 
• Domestic Violence Task Force in Montgomery County — three years.
• Served as a chairperson of an initiative under Montgomery County Human Services that is supported by the Montgomery County Commissioners to try to identify and solve community problems and/or bring information locally to community providers, social service agencies, businesses and schools for more than four years.  
• Working on an initiative in the Pottstown area to establish a Homeless Shelter to support adult individuals.
• She and her husband are helping the Ambler SAAC Center, the Ambler Business Community, and the Borough Mayor put on a Veterans Job Fair on June 14 at the Ambler SAAC Center.

John Sorrentino, Coordinator for Economics, Temple University Ambler

• Subscriber at the Pennypack Farm Education Center for Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in Horsham — 3 years.
• Member of the Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust (PERT) in Huntingdon Valley for decades.
• Member: Association of Environmental and Resource Economics.
• Member: International Society for Ecological Economics.
• Member: League of Conservation Voters.
• Member: World Wildlife Fund.
• Environmental Defense Fund.

Larry Atkins, Adjunct Instructor, Temple University Ambler

• Member of the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and District of Columbia bars.
• Member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors.
• Board member and publicity director for the Philadelphia Writers’ Conference.

Robert Kuper, Lecturer in Landscape Architecture

• Sigma Lambda Alpha (National Honor Society for Landscape Architecture Students) — Landscape Architecture program representative.
•  American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA) Student Honor and Merit Awards — Landscape Architecture program representative.

Dr. Alfred Findeisen, Organic Chemistry Coordinator and Adjunct Assistant Professor of General Chemistry (Ambler Campus)

• Recently re-elected to the Board of Directors of the Delaware Valley Science Council (DVSC). The organization was founded nearly 60 years ago by Temple and Penn to recognize and reward rising high school seniors.  

Rachel Oliver, Assistant Director of Admissions, Temple University Ambler

• Involved with HOBY — the Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership organization. There are annual conferences in all 50 states and she volunteers for the PA-Eastern seminar held each May for 4 days. Her main role is to be a facilitator or group leader. Discussions include volunteerism and helping local, national, and global communities.
• Assists the fund raising and seminar programming committee for HOBY.
• Coordinators the Owl Ambassadors annual food drive to support the Camp Out for Hunger.

James Duffy, Public Relations and Website Coordinator, Temple University Ambler

• Co-Coordinator: Temple University Ambler EarthFest — 5 years.
• Committee Member: March of Dimes Walk America — 6 years.
• Advisor: Alpha Chi Rho Fraternity, Temple Column student newspaper, Pi Phi Sorority.
• Participant/Actor: Multicultural Holiday Celebration.
• Member: Society for Professional Journalists.
• Member: College and University Public Relations Association of Pennsylvania.
• Member: Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
• Member and Volunteer Photographer: Philadelphia Zoo.
• Member and Volunteer Photographer: Elmwood Park Zoo.
• Temple University Ambler Representative: Valley Forge Visitors and Convention Bureau.

Charles Guttenplan, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Community and Regional Planning

• Chairman of the North Wales Borough Planning Commission — over 10 years.
• Chairman of the North Wales Historical and Architectural Review Board — 7 years.
• Member of the American Institute of Certified Planners for 17 years.
• Member of the American Planning Association for his entire professional career (34 years).
• Member of the Pennsylvania Planning Association (a chapter of the American Planning Association).
• Former member of the Board of Directors of the Southeast Section of the Pennsylvania Planning Association from 1987 to 2001.

Dr. Lynn Mandarano, Assistant Professor, Department of Community and Regional Planning

• Through the Center for Sustainability Communities — working on two research project that involve communities in Southeastern Pennsylvania:
• Fort Washington Office Park Flooding and Transportation Improvement Study. August 2006 – Present. Coordinated and led a 2-day visioning workshop with local stakeholders. Instructed students in the development of a revitalization plan “Out of the Water” www.csc.temple.edu/projects/documents/ft_wash/planning_studio.pdf.
• Temple-Villanova Sustainable Stormwater Initiative (T-VSSI) which is conducting research on stormwater management in the five counties of southeastern Pennsylvania.  September 2005 – Present.
• Invited to make presentations to local watershed and environmental partnerships:  Pennypack River Conservation Plan Steering Committee, Northampton and Upper Southampton Townships Environmental Advisory Councils, Schuylkill Action Network and Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Program.
• Held meetings and site visit with the superintendent and staff of the Upper Moreland School District exploring the potential of a model stormwater management program and curricula for school districts on Upper Moreland’s campus. April 2007-Present.
• Coordinated and led a mobile workshop for the national conference of the American Planning Association held in Philadelphia. Mobile workshop engaged 29 participants in a site visit of the CSC/T-VSSI’s stormwater management research projects at the Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust.
• Member of the Wissahickon Watershed Partnership.  September 2005 – Present.
• Coordinated and led site tours on Ambler Campus and at the Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust to highlight model stormwater management facilities for Montgomery County Conservation District’s Seeing Is Believing: A Showcase of Stormwater Best Management Practices in Montgomery County.  October 2006.
• Member, Steering Committee for the Philadelphia Urban Sustainability Forum, October 2005 – Present. 
• Moderated a panel discussion on Sustainable Land-Use, for the Philadelphia Urban Sustainability Forum.  Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia PA. April 2006.
• Instructed students in the development of “Sustainable Philadelphia: Clean and Green by 2016”:  www.sustainablephiladelphia.com/pdf/Sustainable_sm.pdf.
• Coordinated live webcasts of the USF monthly lecture series on Ambler and Main campuses starting in the fall 2006.  www.sustainablephiladelphia.com.
• Member of the Delaware Valley Green Building Council, September 2005 – Present.
• Member, Education Program Committee, July 2005 – January 2006.
• Volunteer Instructor, American Institute of Architects, Architecture in Education Program, Overbrook Elementary School, 2004.
• Volunteer Researcher/Writer, Natural Resources Defense Council, Stormwater Strategies - Community Responses to Runoff Pollution, 1999.

Dr. Lolly Tai, Senior Associate Dean, Temple University Ambler

• Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA).
• Member of ASLA’s Continuing Education Committee.
• Member: Environmental Design Research Association.
• Member: Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture.
• Associated faculty member of the Center for Sustainable Communities at Temple University Ambler.

William Kaplan, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Community and Regional Planning

• Involved in his own community of Gulph Mills and Upper Merion as the situations demand — zoning hearings, planning commission meetings, etc.
• Active in the art programs of Bryn Mawr, Rosemont and Ardmore and has shown his paintings, by request, at First Friday Mainline, which is jointly sponsored by these communities as part of a larger joint community revitalization effort.
• Active in Lambda Alpha, an urban issues fraternity with members from many different professions whose members are interested and active in community issues.
• A registered architect and a past member of the American Institute of Architects and the American Planning Association.
• Formerly Assistant Regional Administrator for Community Planning and Management in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Baldev Lamba, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture

• A member of the Shade Tree Commission for the Borough of Doylestown since 1997 and has served as the Chair of the commission from 2002 to present.
• His freshmen class worked on a community service project in Ambler. The project a called Pickering Park and we worked with some residents and created alternative designs that addressed the needs and concerns of the surrounding community.
• Made a presentation at the Montgomery County Tree Tenders Training program that was sponsored by the Philadelphia Horticultural Society.

Susan Spinella, Assistant Director, Center for Sustainable Communities

• Lower Frederick Regional Ambulance Corps — Board of Directors.
  Chair, Personnel Committee — Since January 2006.
• Cheltenham Township Police Department — Volunteer Grant Writer — Since January 2006.
• Eastern Montgomery County Emergency Management Group: Member — Since 2003.
• International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM): Member — Since 2005.

Harriet Freidenreich, Coordinator for History, Temple University Ambler

• Active member: Congregation Beth El of Bucks County (Yardley) —  “gabbai” (coordinator of religious services), member of the Religious Activities Committee, and coordinator and facilitator of the Women’s Study Group.
• Member of AAUW, Hadassah, Na'amat, and various other Jewish organizations.
• Member of the American Academy for Jewish Research; Association for Jewish Studies, Leo Baeck Institute, and Center for Jewish History.
• Board member of Center for American Jewish History.

Sylvia Studenmund, Manager for Administration, Temple University Ambler

• Primary involvement is with her church — the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill
• Ordained Elder – elders constitute the “Session” of the church, which , along with the pastors, governs the church, manages its budget, oversees the mission outreach programs, and tends to the needs of the congregation.
• Chair of the Social Witness Committee – this committee coordinates, and manages the budget for 22 mission outreach programs:
• Germantown Avenue Crisis Ministry – provides food, services, child care and training for people in crisis situations.
• Our Brothers’ Place – a shelter for homeless men.
• Norristown Food Cupboard – provides food for the needy.
• Haiti Project – scientists at Woods Hole, MA are working with Haitians of the local villages , building fish ponds and developing ways to produce algae in the ponds that will feed the fish that will feed the people. The emphasis is on teaching and training the locals to be skilled enough to maintain these ponds and fish (food) production for their communities.
• Habitat for Humanity.
• AchieveAbility – located in West Phila., this project houses families until they can get on their feet; provides very low cost housing as they are able to move out on their own; provides child care while parents are working or attending school; provides job and computer training; and partners with churches and companies to provide support for these services.
• Coordinator for Our Brothers’ Place program – one Sunday a month they purchase, cook and serve dinner to over 200 homeless men.
• Member of the Germantown/Mt Airy area Neighborhood Interfaith Mission (NIM) – working on the issue of youth and violence, the group calls this project, “Increase the Peace.”  The group works on building community, on ways that we can reduce violence in these neighbors, and on providing education and training programs for adults and youth.

Dr. Forrest Huffman, Professor of Real Estate and Finance, Department of Finance

• Member: The American Real Estate Society (ARES) since its creation in 1985.
• Member: The American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA) — (since about 1982).
• International President of Alpha Sigma Gamma, the International Real Estate Honorary Society (24 chapters worldwide). (2 years in that position).
• Member of the Education Committee of American Real Estate Society (1 year).
• Member: Corporate Real Estate Network (CORENET) — (corporate real  estate) and a member of Philadelphia chapter. (about 10 years).
• Member: International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) — property tax assessment - Philadelphia chapter (about 12 years).
• Member: Lambda Alpha International (LAI) — a by-invitation only organization of real estate professionals and related and a member of the Philadelphia chapter (about 6 years).
• Secretary of the Land Economics Foundation — a non-profit subsidiary of LAI, which seeks to develop opportunities to advance the education of real estate students and real estate education in general.

Joe Walker, Adjunct Professor, Temple University Ambler 

• Naval Reserve Association — A retired Captain in the U.S. Naval Reserve,  JAG Corps.
• Philadelphia Bar Association —  Member for  about  40 years.
• Montgomery Bar Association — Member for about 33 years.
• Bucks County Bar Association — Member for about 23 years.
• Cornerstone Society of  Doylestown Hospital — Chairman for the past 10 years.
• Planned Giving Committee, Doylestown Hospital — Member for the past 8 years.
• Institutional Review Board, Doylestown Hospital — Voting member for  the past year.
• Time and Talent Coordinator,  St. Helena Church — Center Square, Pa. — 1 year.
• Stewardship Committee, St. Helena Church, Center Square, Pa. — 3 years.
• Choir Member, St. Helena Church, Center Square, Pa. — 12  years.
• RCIA Ministry, St Helena Church, Center Square, Pa. — Catechist  for  4 years.
• Cantor at Sunday Mass, St. Helena Church, Center Square, Pa. — 10 years.

Dr. Nora Newcombe, Co-Coordinator of the Temple University Infant Lab; Coordinator for Psychology, Temple University Ambler

• Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
• A fellow of four divisions of the American Psychological Association (General, Experimental, Developmental, and Psychology of Women), of the American Psychological Society, and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
• Past President of Division 7 (Developmental Psychology) of the American Psychological Association, a major professional organization of psychologists interested in child and adolescent development.

Marylou Delizia, Director, Temple University Fort Washington

• President, Fort Washington Business Alliance (3 year as president, 1 as co-pres) and member for 10 years.
• Member, Upper Dublin Education Foundation, 5 years.
• Fund Raising Volunteer (Phoneathon), Ambler YMCA and Wellness Center, 3 years.
• Community Leadership Award, Manor College, Jenkintown, April 2007.
• Member, Alumnae Board, Chestnut Hill College, 2 years.
• Held several leadership roles over a 10-year period at the Women’s Center of Montgomery County. She was president of the organization in 1981 and 1982.

Dr. James W. Hilty, Dean, Temple University Ambler

• Has written numerous Op/Ed pieces and been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News, and many local newspapers.
• Has consulted and appeared in several television documentaries for NBC, A&E Biography, PBS, and the History Channel and given live interviews on major breaking news stories, such as the impeachment of President Clinton, the Republican National Convention, and the presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 for all of the local television news programs and nationally for NBC, MSNBC, and C-SPAN.
• Provides frequent interviews for KYW-AM and NPR, through "Radio Times" with Marty Moss-Coane on WHYY.
• Once named “Citizen of the Week” by the Ambler Gazette.
• Former volunteer fireman and was president of the Ogontz Fire Company in Cheltenham.
• Former member of the Montgomery County Fire Advisory Board.
• Former member of the Board of Directors of the Southeast Chapter of the American Red Cross and the board of trustees of the Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia History.

Jenny Rose Carey, Director, Landscape Arboretum of Temple University Ambler

• The Physic Garden at The Pennsylvania Hospital — I am a member of the Core Committee for this re-created 18th Century garden of medicinal Plants.
• Awbury Arboretum in Germantown — Long term volunteer, Plant Collections Committee Member (10 years) and Board Member (6 Years).
• Montgomery County Lands Trust — New Board Member.
• Winterthur, Delaware — Member of the Steering Committee for the Winterthur Garden and Landscape Society (2+ years).
• Pennsylvania Horticultural Society — long time member, Flower Show Volunteer for many years (15+) including Chair of Clerks for Horticulture. Currently co-vice chair of horticultural information.  Also a member of the PHS Educational Committee.
• Woman’s National Farm and Garden Association — founding President of the ‘Ambler Keystone Branch’
• Herb Society of America - Philadelphia Unit — Member and volunteer for local projects (10 years)
• St. Thomas’ Church Whitemarsh — longtime church member (20 years) Lay reader.
• Garden Club of America, Garden History and Design Committee Incoming Vice-Chair for this committee which works in conjunction with The Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC to continue to add documented gardens from around the country to the Archives of American Gardens — available on the SIRIS website.
• Morris Arboretum Director’s Guild (3 years).
• Membership of other industry organizations — The Perennial Plant Association, The Delaware Valley Daffodil Society, The Hardy Plant Society, The Rock Garden Society, The National Trust  UK (Life Member), The English Heritage UK (Life Member), The Royal Horticultural Society,  The English Speaking Union, The Southern Garden History Society, Friends of Scott Arboretum, The New York Botanic Garden, The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Bartram’s Gardens, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, etc.
• Other outreach — Lectures for many organizations in the community such as women’s groups, library groups, garden clubs, etc.
• Use of personal garden at Northview — Garden is open for tours and groups – special events and fundraisers.

Dr. Wanda Lewis-Campbell, Assistant Dean for Student Life

• Her greatest involvement is with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the Phi Beta Omega Chapter, which provides community service to the Montgomery and Bucks Counties.
• Under her leadership as President for the past 4 years (which ended in December 31, 2006), the organization provided over $11,000 in scholarships including, two to Ambler students, yearly. The organization additionally provided community grant awards to agencies such as Head Start, BEBASHI, Chosen 300 Homeless Ministries, ACE Academic Success program in the Wissahickon School District, and others. We participated in the MS Walk at North Penn H.S., the Homeless Walk at Mondauk Park, and the Cancer Relay at Penndale Middle School.
• Alpha Kappa Alpha adopted several families from the Willow Hill Elementary School in Abington to provide food, clothing, and toys to for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
• The organization sponsored a Young Authors’ Literary Slam at Willow Hill Elementary School in which an anthology was produced of the students’ works as well as implemented an assembly program for the school to highlight the students’ achievements.
• The Chapter provided two Financial Empowerment Seminars at Willow Hill Elementary and Norristown High Schools for the Parent Associations, giving workshops on home ownership, and financial savings and investments for parents and children.
• Worked with Fairy Godmothers to provide prom gowns to disadvantaged young ladies.
• Participated in the Black Male Development Symposium at Arcadia University and paid the registration fees of several young men.
• Member: Zion Baptist Church in Ambler. The church engages in community outreach for the homeless, Mattie Dixon Cupboard, prisons, and the local Senior Nursing Homes.

Dr. William J. Cohen, Senior Lecturer, Department of Community and Regional Planning

• A charter member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) (1978 – present).
• Member: American Planning Association (1978 – present).
• Board of Directors: Coalition for Natural Stream Valleys (Newark, Delaware), to preserve the scenic and natural resources of the White Clay Creek) (1980 to present).
• Recycling Coordinator: Wilmington Rowing Center (1995 to present).
• Board of Directors: Frank E. Schoonover Fund (Wilmington, Delaware), to research and publish a catalogue raisonne of the works of artist and illustrator, Frank E. Schoonover) (2004 to present).
• Past president of the Delaware Chapter, American Planning Association (1981-1983).
• Past president of the Delaware Association for Public Administration (1976-1978).
• Selected as a Delaware Governor’s Management Fellow (1993-1994) in recognition of exceptional management ability.
• In 1996, he was designated a Lewis Mumford Scholar by the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania in recognition of his professional accomplishments.
• In 2002, the Morris Library at the University of Delaware acquired the William J. Cohen Papers that comprise 37 linear feet of professional papers, documents, and ephemera covering his career from 1967-2001.

Dr. Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek, Co-Director, Temple University Infant Lab
(located at the Ambler Campus)

• One of the investigators on the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development’s Study of Early Child Care — a longitudinal project investigating the intellectual and social outcomes of children in various care environments from infancy through first grade.
• In 2001, she became chairperson for the Maccoby Book Award for Division 7 (Developmental Psychology) of the American Psychological Association.
• She is on the editorial board of the journals Infancy and Child Development and was appointed associate editor of Child Development in 2001.
• She is a member of the Society for Research in Child Development, the International Society for Research in Infancy Studies, the American Psychological Society and the American Psychological Association, both of which awarded her fellowship status for her research contributions to the field.
• As a media spokesperson for the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society on infancy and early childhood, Dr. Hirsh-Pasek has been widely cited as an advocate for children in the national news, including National Public Radio, ABC’s “20/20,” and U.S. News and World Report.

Dr. Deborah Howe, Chair, Department of Community and Regional Planning

• Played a leadership role and organized national conferences for the American Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), the primary professional organization for planning educators.
• Co-founded the Faculty Women’s Interest Group and chaired the Global Perspectives Committee for ACSP. She also served as a regional representative on the ACSP Executive Board.
• Been active with the American Planning Association (APA), serving as President of the Oregon chapter in the mid 1990s. In 2005, she was recognized by the Oregon Chapter of APA for exemplary service as co-editor of the Journal of the American Planning Association.
• In 2000, she was inducted as a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). 
• Chaired and participated on numerous site selection committees for the Planning Accreditation Board (PAB), which accredits planning degree programs in the United States and Canada.

Pauline Hurley-Kurtz, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture

• The Irish Memorial project commemorating “An Gorta Mor” (Ireland's Great Hunger of 1845-1850) was a major creative work for Professor Hurley-Kurtz in her role as the design landscape architect for the memorial. In summer 2002, she visited Croagh Patrick in County Mayo, Ireland, a pilgrimage site associated with St. Patrick, to choose a ceremonial stone to be incorporated in the design. The memorial is located at Front and Chestnut streets in Philadelphia and was completed in 2003.
• Member of the American Society of Landscape Architects, and a member of the land planning and technology committee of that organization.
• Member: The Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture.
• Associated faculty member of the Center for Sustainable Communities (CSC) at Temple University Ambler.

Valencia Libby, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture

• Became one of the trustees of the Abington Art Center in fall 2000.
• As a trustee, worked with the Abington Township Parks Department to enhance the gardens at Alverthorpe Manor in Abington.
• A volunteer in Jenkintown, helping to improve the public environment.
• Has previously been a consultant for Colonial Williamsburg, determining better ways for the popular location to promote its rich history.
• Part of the Women in Historic Preservation International Network.
• Associated faculty member of the Temple University Ambler Center for Sustainable Communities.

M. Richard Nalbandian, Research Associate Professor, Department of Community and Regional Planning; Research Fellow, Center for Sustainable Communities

• Member of the American Institute of Professional Geologists.
• A licensed Professional Geologist in Pennsylvania and Alaska.
• Charter Member of the American Institute of Certified Planners.
• A Fellow of the Geological Society of London.