MARK RICHARDS

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Links:Website

15-20 years

COLLEEN KOPP

  • 717-233-1111

  • 30 North Third Street, Suite 950HarrisburgPA17101

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Links:Website

15-20 years

ELIZABETH RUSSOLI

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Links:LinkedIn

0-5 years

Before joining the GSL team, Elizabeth worked as a registered lobbyist in Harrisburg. She assists the GSL team in communications and public affairs strategy, design and delivery.

Elizabeth attended Penn State University and received a Bachelor of Arts in Communication with a concentration in Public Relations. Elizabeth was a member of the Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society.

Elizabeth is an avid golfer and volunteers with LPGA*Girls Golf USA in the Central Pennsylvania area. She is also a member of the Harrisburg Young Professionals.

JOHN YUDICHAK

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0-5 years

John brings 24 years of strategic experience in shaping legislative, budgetary, and regulatory policy in the Commonwealth. He most recently served three terms as Pennsylvania State Senator for Senate District 14 in Carbon and Luzerne Counties, where he earned a reputation as a consensus-builder and accomplished notable community and economic development objectives. John was Chairman of the Senate Community and Economic Development Committee, Vice-Chairman of the Aging and Youth Committee and minority Chairman of the Senate Environmental and Energy Resource Committee, a role he held for nearly a decade. Prior to his election to the Senate, he served the 119th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for 12 years.

Across his senatorial tenure, John managed multiple community and economic development projects in Northeastern Pennsylvania that transformed the region into one of the leading economic development areas in the country. He forged coalitions with labor groups, such as the Pennsylvania State Building and Construction Trades Council, and business groups, including the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce, to advance the Local Resource Manufacturing Tax Credit, the Pennsylvania EDGE Tax Credit and the Sales and Use Tax Exemption for computer data center development.

John also worked with the Earth Conservancy to reclaim thousands of acres of mine-scarred lands and set the stage for national developers, like NorthPoint Development, who have invested $1 billion to create 8,000 new jobs in the South Valley of Luzerne County.

Throughout his career, he worked with Republicans and Democrats to author laws to support veterans (Sgt. Sherwood Baker Act), protect seniors (Senior Citizens Full Benefits Act), support law enforcement (Officer John Wilding Law), improve our environment (Coal Refuse Energy and Reclamation Tax Credit) and expand educational opportunities (SHINE Afterschool Program).

Affiliations
• The Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board, Member, 2011-2019
• The Luzerne Foundation, Executive Board Member, 2001-2017
• The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, Executive Board Member, 2011-2015
• The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, Executive Board Member, 2009-2010
• Osterhout Free Library, Director of Development, 1995-1998
• The Earth Conservancy, Board of Directors, 2022-Present
• The Pennsylvania Tuition Account Advisory Board, 2022-Present

Recognition
• Pennsylvania Citizens for Better Libraries Elected State Official of the Year
• Children's Service Center Commitment to Children Award
• North Branch Land Trust Community Stewardship Award
• Pennsylvania Health Care Association Legislative Champion
John is the founder of the Yudichak Family Lighthouse Fund of the Luzerne Foundation, a charity that has donated over $250,000 to public libraries, college scholarships, and youth programs.

Credentials
Education
• The Pennsylvania State University, M.A.
• The Pennsylvania State University, B.A.

DARREN SMITH

  • 215-735-6660

  • 200 S. Broad StreetSuite 1100PhiladelphiaPA19102

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Links:Website

6-10 years

STEVEN CRAWFORD

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1) Adobe Inc.

2) ADP

3) Advanced Energy United

4) American Red Cross Southeastern Pennsylvania

5) ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES

6) Arrow International, Inc.

7) AT&T Inc.

8) Atos Governmental IT Outsourcing Services LLCs

9) Avenues Recovery Medical Center at Valley Forge, LLC

10) Baruch S. Blumberg Institute

11) Baxter Healthcare Corporation c/o MultiState Associates LLC

12) Blackrock

13) BlackRock Funds Services Group, LLC

14) Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art

15) BRG Sports, Inc.

16) Bristol-Myers Squibb

17) Campaign Legal Center

18) Castleton Commodities Renewable Energy Solutions LLC

19) Centene Corporation on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries

20) Ceres, Inc.

21) Citigroup Washington, Inc.

22) Community Associations Institute Pennsylvania Legislative Action Committee

23) Conduent Incorporated and its Affiliates

24) Curtis Institute of Music

25) Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology, Inc.

26) Dell Technologies Inc.

27) EAGLEVILLE HOSPITAL

28) EASTERN UNIVERSITY

29) Ensemble/ Mosaic Navy Yard, LLC

30) Environmental Defense Action Fund

31) Evergreen Collaborative

32) findhelp

33) Focus Health

34) GMS Funding Solutions

35) GOOD SHEPHERD REHABILITATION NETWORK

36) Guidehouse Inc.

37) Gwynedd Mercy University

38) High Associates Ltd.

39) Holistic Farms, LLC

40) Holy Redeemer Health System

41) IEM International, Inc.

42) Incode Technologies, Inc.

43) Indivior Inc.

44) Jefferson Health Corporation (f/k/a Albert Einstein Healthcare Network)

45) Kensington Hospital

11-15 years

SHANNON DAWSON

  • 717-233-1111

  • 30 North Third Street, Suite 950HarrisburgPA17101

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Links:Website

11-15 years