topics such as education, healthcare, immigration, opioids, taxes, wages, the economy, farming and women’s issues. Roddy held interviews with elected officials, grassroots leaders and extraordinary citizens.
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JODI (LECKER) REGULSKI, PA has joined Penn Highlands Healthcare as a board-certified physician assistant who sees patients at the QCare Punxsutawney.
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REV. TIMOTHY R. BALLIETT has been named the first director of the Center for Character, Conscience and Public Purpose at Penn State. The Center, part of Penn State Student Affairs, offers programs and services designed to challenge students to reflect on questions of personal conscience and character while equipping them with the understanding, motivation and skills of responsible citizenship. Balliett has been with the University since 2013, serving as the University ethics officer in the Office of Ethics and Compliance. He will continue to serve in both roles at PSU.
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DANIEL R. TELISKI has been promoted to associate director of athletics at Gannon University. Teliski is in his 20th year with Gannon athletics after joining the media relations office in 1999 as the sports information director. Teliski was promoted to assistant director of athletics for Media Relations in 2013 and also served as interim director of athletics in 2014.
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LARISSA (SMITH) ANDERSON has been named the 10th coach in Missouri softball program history. Anderson has spent the last four seasons at Hofstra University of the
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Colonial Athletic Association where she compiled a 125-69-1 (.644) record with two CAA titles and two NCAA regional appearances, one in 2015 and one in 2018.
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ROBERT R. JOHNSON, JR., ACS, ALB has been named district 13 division B director for Toastmasters International. Johnson leads Toastmasters Clubs from Erie to Pittsburgh. Toastmasters International is a world leader in communication and leadership development.
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ANNA M. DIBBLE ’00M has been appointed to the WCA Hospital’s Board of Directors. Dibble is the quality director at Cummins, Inc. She has been appointed new plant manager at Cummins’ Jamestown Engine Plant. Dibble is the first female leader of a major corporate factory in Western New York and the first-ever female manager in Cummins’ engine factory. She began her career as a summer intern before being hired as a quality engineer at the Jamestown Engine Plant 26 years ago. Dibble held a variety of roles at the factory before moving into her last role as director of EBU manufacturing quality. BRIAN S. ORRENMAA is among those being honored by the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce as one of the 2018 40 Under 40 honorees. He joined George Mason Elementary School as principal in 2014. He serves on the Children, Youth and Families Collaborative Commission. While at George Mason, Orrenmaa has worked to increase student achievement and community partnerships at the school. He established a partnership with the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria to promote community service, has partnered with the library system to make sure every child has library access, and he has championed the growth of GM’s award-winning music program. ANGELA (BUSH) RINN ’00M and AIMEE M. PFLEGER are twins and realtors with Maleno Real Estate. Both were involved
in other careers before getting their real estate licenses; Rinn worked in the plastics industry, and Pfleger worked in banking.
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TAMMY (JESSEN) ANDREYKO ‘05C has been hired as new superintendent of the Quaker Valley School District. Andreyko has worked for 21 years in the North Allegheny School District where she currently serves as the assistant superintendent overseeing curriculum and instruction. MATTHEW W. BENNETT ‘05C is Union City Area School District’s superintendent. Bennett was serving as director of secondary education for the Fort LeBoeuf School District where he was employed for 22 years. He has also served as a teacher, coach, athletic director, dean of students, assistant principal and principal in the district. ZACHARY M. FLOCK directed the Erie Dramashop’s performance of “The Laramie Project,” which was selected as their eighth season opener. The production included performances by Gannon alumni Kathleen Cahill, Megan Hamm and Alyssa Pelinsky. TAMI L. HYZIEWICZ ‘06M is a member of the 2018 General McLane athletic hall of fame inductees, honored on Aug. 24. Hyziewicz scored 98 goals during her McLane soccer career, and she was three times selected for the all-Erie County League. TODD R. LAPE ‘05C is principal for the Mars School District’s elementary school. Lape most recently served as principal at Mars Area Primary Center and was principal of the Mars Area Centennial School. He was also principal of Hasson Heights Elementary School in Oil City for three years, and he spent 10 years teaching fifth-grade students. JOSHUA J. LESLIE ‘06M is the winner of Point of Care Network’s 2018 America’s Top Physician Assistant (ATPA) Award in the Mental Health field. This award recognizes 10 of the top physician assistants practicing today.