Election of Directors Held in May

The 2009 Annual Membership Dinner in May wasn’t just a fun night of good food and great conversation. There was a little business conducted. The NPC members in attendance at the dinner elected Mary Cosgrove to a second three-year term, and three new board members to their first three-year term. Mel Lewis, Dick Penfield, and Jim Weaver all joined the NPC Board that evening, and attended their first official board meeting in May.

You may be asking, who are these people? Mary Cosgrove is a resident of Laporte, Pennsylvania. She was the realtor and broker behind Sullivan County Real Estate for many years. Now that she is “semi-retired” you’re more likely to find her golfing with her friends, spending time with her children and grandchildren, or helping with various organizations and activities in Sullivan and Bradford County.

Mel Lewis served on the board before. He and his family live outside of Hillsgrove. When he’s not working at Dwight Lewis Lumber Company you’ll find him camping with his family, volunteering with the local fire company, or participating on various committee within the hardwood lumber industry.

Dick Penfield is a lifelong resident of Lycoming County.  His early education in ornamental horticulture developed into an interest in landscapes both manmade and natural.  He is a Realtor with over 25 years of brokerage experience and currently serves as a director for the West Branch Valley Association of Realtors.  He also served on the Old Lycoming Township Zoning Hearing Board for 10 years.  In his spare time, Dick enjoys paddling and fishing local streams and lakes in Canada, biking area trails and sharing his enjoyment of the outdoors with family and friends.

Jim Weaver and his wife are residents of Tioga County and live near Wellsboro. He has an environmental consulting business, and also serves as the planner for Tioga County. As if those two jobs weren’t enough, Jim volunteers for organizations such as the Tioga County Conservation District and Endless Mountains RC&D. He also always finds time to fish his favorite streams and during the Spring you’ll find him boiling sap at his sugar shack.