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Under the PICA Act, the Authority is administered by a governing Board consisting of five voting
members and two ex-officio non-voting members. The Governor, the President pro tempore
of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives each appoints one voting member of the Board. Each Board
member serves at the pleasure of his or her appointing authority for a two-year term.
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The Secretary of the Budget of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Director of Finance of the City
of Philadelphia serve as ex-officio members of the Board. The ex-officio members have
no voting rights, are not counted for purposes of establishing a quorum and may designate in writing
a representative of their respective offices to attend Board meetings on their behalf.
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The present members of the PICA Board are as follows:
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James Eisenhower, Esquire
Chairperson
Schnader, Harrison, Segal and Lewis LLP
1600 Market Street, Suite 3600
Philadelphia, PA 19103
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William J. Leonard, Esquire
Vice-Chairperson
Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, LLP
One Penn Center, 19th Floor
1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19103
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Mr. Michael A. Karp
Secretary / Treasurer
University City Housing
1630 Locust Street, Suite 200
Philadelphia, PA 19103
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Mr. Joseph A. DiAngelo, Ed. D.
Asst. Secretary / Treasurer
Dean, Erivan K. Haub School of Business
St. Joseph's University
5600 City Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19131-1395
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Wadud Ahmad, Esquire
Ahmad & Zaffarese, LLC
One South Broad St, Suite 1810
Philadelphia, PA 19107
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Mary A. Soderberg
Budget Secretary
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
238 Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120
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(Alternate for Ms. Soderberg)
Kate McNamara
Special Assistant to the Governor
200 S. Broad Street, 11th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
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Mr. Rob Dubow
Director of Finance
City of Philadelphia
1330 Municipal Services Building
1401 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19102
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(Alternate for Mr. Dubow)
Ms. Judith Cassel
Chief of Staff to Director of Finance
City of Philadelphia
1330 Municipal Services Building
1401 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19102
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CHAIRPERSON - JAMES EISENHOWER, ESQUIRE
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Mr. Eisenhower was appointed to serve as a member of the Board by Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell.
Mr. Eisenhower is an attorney with the firm of Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP and chair of
the firm’s Government and Regulatory Affairs Practice Group. His practice emphasis is on government
relations, criminal law, investigative services, ethics and election law and complex civil litigation.
Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Eisenhower served as an Assistant United States Attorney for
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and as trial attorney for the Civil Rights Division of the United
States Department of Justice. His long, distinguished record of public service includes serving as the
2004 Democratic candidate for attorney general of Pennsylvania, serving as Governor Rendell’s chief
criminal justice advisor during the 2002 governor’s race, and in a wide variety of roles – such as participating
as a member on the Governor’s Cabinet for Children and Families – at the request of Governor Rendell.
Mr. Eisenhower's public service commitment is not limited to local or state affairs; he has also has
lent his knowledge and expertise to important matters both nationally and internationally. As a White
House Fellow, he drafted the executive order President Clinton signed allowing the United States to
seize assets of the Colombian Cali drug cartel, which served as the foundation to seize Al-Qaeda assets
after the attacks of September 11, 2001. Mr. Eisenhower has served on the faculty of the University
of Pennsylvania and Temple University.
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VICE CHAIR - WILLIAM J. LEONARD, ESQUIRE
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Mr. Leonard has served as a member of the PICA Board since 1998. He was most recently appointed by Representative
Keith McCall, the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth. Mr. Leonard is a partner
with the Philadelphia based law firm of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP. His areas of concentration
include complex commercial litigation with experience in antitrust, construction and real estate matters.
He graduated from Drexel University in 1981 with a degree in Business Administration. In 1984, he graduated
from the Dickinson School of Law where he was a winner of the Law Review Writing Competition.
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SECRETARY / TREASURER - MR. MICHAEL A. KARP
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Mr. Karp was appointed to serve as a member of the Board by the Speaker of the House of Representatives
in 2000 and has been reappointed to the Board upon expiration of each term of office since that time,
most recently by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. His prior government service includes
service as a member of the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia. He is the founder
of University City Housing and is active in the civic affairs of the University City community in West
Philadelphia.
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ASST. SECRETARY / TREASURER - JOSEPH A. DIANGELO, ED. D.
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Dr. DiAngelo was appointed to serve as a member of the Board by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate
in 2009. He is the Dean and a Professor in the Department of Management at the Haub School of Business
at St. Joseph’s University.
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MEMBER - WADUD AHMAD, ESQ.
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Mr. Ahmad was appointed to the board by the Minority Leader of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
in 2009. Mr. Ahmad is a Partner in the Law Firm of Ahmad & Zaffarese, LLC, a Philadelphia based law
firm, where his practice focuses on business law and criminal defense. Prior to founding Ahmad & Zaffarese,
LLC, Mr. Ahmad served as an Assistant District Attorney with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office.
Mr. Ahmad has served as counsel for the Ten Thousand Men Project, as an Adjunct Professor for Eastern
University’s Philadelphia Center for Community Education, and as a frequent guest lecturer at Temple
University. Mr. Ahmad also serves as an unpaid consultant for the Woman’s Opportunity Resource Center
(WORC) in Philadelphia.
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