| PALCS Board of Directors & Meeting Information |
Please click here for the board meeting schedule and minutes from past meetings.
Board Meetings are open to the general public. PALCS will provide webcast coverage of Board Meetings for interested parties if requested in advance. Please contact Carolyn Fell at cfell@palcs.org or 610-701-3333 ext. 1102 for more information. |
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| Gwenne B. Alexander |
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Education: |
Drexel University, Education major |
Occupation: |
Executive Director Chester County ACTION |
| First job: |
While in college I worked in retail, spending three years with
Lord and Taylor. I started teaching in 1984. |
Vision for PALCS: |
To prepare Pennsylvania's diverse student population no matter where they live with the skills they need to become young leaders and to prepare them with the skills they need to compete in the 21st century. |
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Donald L. Drain |
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Secretary |
Education: |
Drexel University, B.S. Industrial Administration Management |
Occupation: |
Marketing; President, B & D Business Services |
| First job: |
Orders & Movements Department of IBM. followed by: Human Resources of Missile and Space Division of General Electric. |
Vision for PALCS: |
To continue to provide quality education for an ever increasing group of students wherever there is a need. |
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William L. Middleton |
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| Chairman |
Education: |
Ohio Wesleyan University, B.A. Psychology; Minor in Education |
Occupation: |
Sales Representative for Monrovia Growers |
| First job: |
Ironically it was on a janitorial cleaning crew where I scrubbed, waxed and cleaned every classroom in the Delaware City (Ohio) School System. |
Vision for PALCS: |
Growth through excellence. Excellence means excitedly surpassing the normal where students, teachers and parents feel a growing sense of worth in their pursuit of educational excellence and become excited by it. There is no limit, size, or boundary for this spirit. |
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| David J Conboy |
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| Education: |
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, (University of the Sciences at Philadelphia), BS, Pharmacy Degree. |
| Occupation: |
Industry Pharmacist, Brand Specialist, Information Center at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, in Wilmington, Delaware. |
| First job: |
While in college, I worked as a hospital pharmacy technician, gaining pharmaceutical and clinical/hospital experience with Delaware County Memorial Hospital, in Drexel Hill, PA. I started practicing as a Registered Pharmacist, in 1985, upon graduation. |
| Vision for PALCS: |
As with healthcare industry, we do not want to allow any child to be left behind when it comes to education, no matter where they live or what level of educational instruction they may need. To provide superior quality education and better prepare the next generation to confidently enter into this ever-increasing world of expanded growth and technology, while being empowered to think ‘outside the box’, in and around their local communities, and beyond. |