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Committee Members

The Pennsylvania Land Bank Network is built upon the stewardship of our committee volunteers, listed below.

Steering Committee

Aaron Snippert
Executive Director
Redevelopment Authority, City of Erie
asnippert@redeveloperie.org
An Lewis
Executive Director
TRI-COG Land Bank
An@tricoglandbank.org
Brian Lawrence
Executive Director
Westmoreland County Redevelopment Authority and Land Bank
Brian@westmorelandparedevelopment.gov
Jeremy Bloeser
Executive Director
Erie County Land Bank
Jeremy@eriecountylandbank.org
Joe Chacke
City Administrator, Executive Director
City of Pittston, North East Pennsylvania Land Bank
jchacke@pittstoncity.gov
Kim Hogeman
Assistant Vice President, Economic and Community Development
York County Economic Alliance
Khogeman@yceapa.org
Liz Hersh
Strategy Consultant
PALBN
Lizhersh@gmail.com
Natalie Boydston
Director of Program Operations
Tri-COG Land Bank
Natalie@tricoglandbank.org
Winnie Branton
Senior Advisor 
PALBN
wbranton@brantonstrategies.com

Communication Committee

Ashley Vidale (chair)
Communications Manager
Westmoreland County Redevelopment Authority and Land Bank
ashley@westmorelandparedevelopment.gov
Chris Rosselot
Director of COG Programs
Tri-COG Land Bank
chris@tricoglandbank.org
Liz Hersh
Strategy Consultant
PALBN
Lizhersh@gmail.com
Natalie Boydston
Director of Program Operations
Tri-COG Land Bank
Natalie@tricoglandbank.org
Rachel Jessup
Executive Office Manager
Erie County Land Bank
rachel@eriecountylandbank.org

Governance Committee

Brian Lawrence (Chair)
Westmoreland County Redevelopment Authority and Land Bank
Executive Director
Brian@westmorelandparedevelopment.gov
Aaron Snippert
City of Erie Redevelopment Authority, Erie Land Bank
Executive Director
asnippert@redeveloperie.org
August “Skip” Memmi
Williamsport Redevelopment Authority and Land Bank 
Executive Director
amemmi@williamsportrda.org
Betsy Rubio
Columbia County Housing and Redevelopment Authority
Deputy Executive Director
brubio@cchrapa.org
Jeremy Bloeser
Erie County Land Bank
Executive Director
jeremy@eriecountylandbank.org
Joe Chacke
City of Pittston, Northeast Pennsylvania Land Bank Authority
City Administrator, Executive Director
jchacke@pittstoncity.gov
Kim Hogeman
York County Economic Alliance
Assistant Vice President, Economic and Community Development
Khogeman@yceapa.org
Renna Wrubleski 
City of Meadville
Community Development Director
swrubleski@cityofmeadville.org
Samantha Travis
Crawford County Planning
Planning Director
stravis@co.crawford.pa.us
Winnie Branton
PALBN
Senior Advisor
wbranton@brantonstrategies.com

Policy Committee

Jeremy Bloeser (co-chair)
Chair; Executive Director
Erie County Land Bank
Jeremy@eriecountylandbank.org
Chris Rosselot (co-chair)
Co-Chair; Director of COG Programs
Tri-COG Land Bank
Chris@tricoglandbank.org
August “Skip” Memmi
Executive Director
Williamsport Redevelopment Authority / Land Bank Authority (RDA)
amemmi@williamsportrda.org
An Lewis
Executive Director
TRI-COG Land Bank
An@tricoglandbank.org
Brendan Salyards
Manager, Economic Initiatives & Analysis
York County Economic Alliance
bsalyards@yceapa.org
Joshua Stearns
Property Compliance & Redevelopment Coordinator
Redevelopment Authority, City of Erie
jstearns@redeveloperie.org
Liz Hersh
Strategy Consultant
PALBN
Lizhersh@gmail.com
Natalie Boydston
Director of Program Operations
Tri-COG Land Bank
Natalie@tricoglandbank.org
Rafi Cave
Redevelopment Coordinator
Delaware County Economic Development Corporation
Rcave@delcopa.org
Winnie Branton
Senior Advisor
PALBN
wbranton@brantonstrategies.com